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Peter Hall gave her the courage to write to him, admires 'Amadeus', and finds the description of the ensemble in a Mozart opera most insightful, 'To stand on a stage and be a part of a trio or a quartet or sextet is indescribable and I have never been able to understand why those moments are so utterly special. But now I understand, because your play gives me the answer ... the ensemble is a symbol of eternity and musicians are fortunate indeed to be a part of such a figure'.

Photocopy of a letter dated 3 Feb. [1980] with a copy of a typescript letter to the Editor of 'The Sunday Times' dated 4 Feb. 1980 from Dame Janet Baker, each page headed "C. C. Peter Shaffer 6th February '80". She disapproves of the wording of the thumbnail sketch in the arts guide, with its negative review of 'Amadeus' [by James Fenton]; has seen [Schnitzler's] 'Undiscovered Country'; she spends much time in the theatre as she learns so much from actors, admires Paul Schofield [Scofield].