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PS's 'neighbor' Maggie Smith was at the British film awards; congratulates him for 'Amadeus' being scheduled again at the National; wonders what he knows about James Levine stepping aside at the Met; the local paper has almost entirely stopped running reviews of music concerts; is offering a three-session course on 'Madama Butterfly'; encloses a past program of 'Amadeus' in Chicago [not present].

John Gielgud, 16 Cowley Street, London S.W.1. - Saw 'Black Comedy' at long last, thought Maggie Smith brilliant, Bob Stephens, whom he didn't like in the Lope de Vega play, is excellent, thinks the characters should have exchanged trousers; Larry [Olivier] has approached him about going to the National, and discusses the Pirandello Henry IV which he has been told he should act; would like [Luchino] Visconti to direct it, not [Franco] Zeffirelli ('for obvious Othello reasons on my part!'), wonders if PS could adapt it, and suggests ways of doing it so that English audiences will like it; wonders what PS thinks of the idea; has to go to New York to do a small part in a film in November but will be in London until then.

Her thanks for the role.

Concerns the script being sent her from Hallmark.

Explains that he had to meet Maggie [Smith] after the play the night before.

Programmes and handbills: programme for the production at the Cambridge Arts Theatre, April 1962 starring Kenneth Williams and Maggie Smith; two handbills for the production at the Globe Theatre in 1962 starring Kenneth Williams and Maggie Smith; programme for the opening night Playbill programme for the production at the Morosco Theatre starring Geraldine McEwan, Barry Foster, Brian Bedford, and Moray Watson on 9 Oct. 1963, with two ticket stubs stapled to the cast list page; the Performing Arts magazine programme for the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre production of 'Light Comedies' starring Harry Groener, David Dukes, Melora Marshall, and Caitlin O'Heaney and directed by Paul Giovanni in April-May 1984; and the Original Theatre Company's production of 'The Private Ear' and 'The Public Eye' in 2013 starring Jasper Britton, Steven Blakely, Rupert Hill, and Siobhan O'Kelly.

Bound duplicated typescript with emendations in Shaffer's hand and another unidentified hand, with title 'The Musical Offering, A Play in One Act by Peter Shaffer,' which appears to have been an early title for 'The Private Ear.' Accompanied by loose typescript rewrite pages for the American productions of both 'The Private Ear' and 'The Public Eye.' , a handbill for Globe Theatre production of 'The Private Ear' and 'The Public Eye,' and a brown envelope which stored SHAF B3/2/1-3.

The Stratford Shakespearean Festival Foundation of Canada, Post Office Box 520, Stratford, Ontario, Canada N5A 6V2 - He and Robin [Phillips] are planning a production of Chekhov's 'The Seagull' for the 1980 season with Maggie [Smith], Brian [Bedford], Hume [Cronyn] and Jessica [Tandy] that would transfer to the Vivian Beaumont at Lincoln Center; wonders if Peter would consider creating a new version, given his familiarity with the actors.

Congratulates Peter on 'Lettice and Lovage', which he saw on Maggie Smith's last night.

34 candid and portrait photographs, some of them lacking captions. Includes photographs of Victor Spinetti, including a portrait of him in 'O What a Lovely War', a photograph of Peter Firth, two production photographs by Angus McBean of Frank Finlay as Iago and Laurence Olivier as Othello in a National Theatre production of 'Othello' with a National Theatre postcard of Laurence Olivier and Maggie Smith in 'Othello' as well.

Photographs by Chris J. Arthur and by Dominic of the set and the actors Derek Jacobi, Maggie Smith, Albert Finney, Graham Crowden, and Louise Purnell.

Programme from the Chichester Festival Theatre production featuring Derek Jacobi, Louise Purnell, and Maggie Smith; a programme with cast list from the National Theatre in which 'Black Comedy' was paired with 'Miss Julie' with revisions in Shaffer's hand and featuring the same actors; a programme from the National Theatre in which 'Black Comedy' was paired with 'A Bond Honoured.'