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Photographs of others
SHAF/A/4/13 · Item · [c 1948-c 2010]
Part of Papers of Sir Peter Shaffer

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.

Letter from Robert [Leonard]
SHAF/A/1/L/19 · Item · 4 Apr. 1977
Part of Papers of Sir Peter Shaffer

Misses him; hopes his trip is going well and he is not running around too much; the fish and cat are fine; Peter [Firth?], Paul [Giovanni], and RL have been to the 'Equus' party (awful), and then he took Peter to the gym, which Peter hated; asks after Carolyn [Shaffer], the girls and Jas [?].

Programmes
SHAF/B/10/3/2 · Item · 1974
Part of Papers of Sir Peter Shaffer

Playbill for the New York production at the Plymouth Theatre featuring Anthony Hopkins and Peter Firth (2 copies, one of them for the opening night 24 Oct. 1974); programmes for the Plymouth performances featuring Richard Burton and Keith McDermott, and Anthony Perkins and Thomas Hulce; programme for the Det Norske Teatret production in Oslo; and programme for the Freie Volksbühne production in Munich.

Letter from Peter Firth
SHAF/A/1/F/5 · Item · 6 Jan. [1976]
Part of Papers of Sir Peter Shaffer

Is settling in to their new home, hears 'Equus' is doing him proud in Boston and sends his best wishes to Mr Bradley doing his part, is not thrilled about the idea of going to Ireland to promote the film given the English are not popular over there at the moment.

SHAF/A/4/6 · Item · [c 1970]-1983
Part of Papers of Sir Peter Shaffer

18 portrait and candid photographs, including a proof sheet of photos of Shaffer and Peter Firth by Richard Avedon, three portraits of Shaffer by Claus Bach in Weimar, a set of photographs of Shaffer with Peter Firth and one with Paul Giovanni, a mock dust jacket of Jeffrey Archer's Kane and Abel with Peter's image on front as Abel, and a candid from a Theatre World Awards ceremony[?] with Shaffer and Colleen Dewhurst taken by Van Williams.

SHAF/B/10/2/8 · Item · June-July 1973
Part of Papers of Sir Peter Shaffer

Typescript with emendations in Shaffer's hand and Peter Firth's notes. With Shaffer's note inside front cover, "Peter Firth's script from The Old Vic (1st production) given to me by him November, 1974". With an Actors' Equity form filled in by Firth laid in loose.