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Baker, Rooke & Co. Chartered Accountants, 2/3 and Canada House, Norfolk Street, London, W.C.2. - Receipt for Peter Shaffer Ltd. cheque.

(Bibliog. 5).

19pp. typescript draft (incomplete), with ms. corrections; 4pp. typescript draft.

Three green ring bound Pukka Pad notebooks containing drafts of Shaffer's memoir written in the form of a play, with a few other miscellaneous scenes from plays which may be related. Notebook I also contains drafts of a letter to a critic about an article on Benjamin Britten, notebook 2 has the most writing of the three and contains material for act II, with possible additional material for 'Amadeus' and 'The Syllabub Saloon.'

Carbon typescript draft.

Photographs of Peter Shaffer, Peter Firth, and Anthony Hopkins.

Includes profiles about both Peter and Anthony Shaffer, and Shaffer's article, "My three years in this grim and disgusting family business..." in the Evening Standard dated 14 Jan. 1972. There is also an entire issue of The Daily Mail for 9 June 1981, the Times 2 section of The Times for 18 May 2001, an entire issue of Theatregoer Magazine from 2001, and a letter from Derrick F. Mead of Peat Marwick dated 27 Feb. 1985 forwarding an article from The Sunday Telegraph magazine.

3 Storey's Way, Cambridge. - Thanks Rouse Ball for sending him the Cayley MSS, which he is very glad to have. Was at school with Cayley's son Henry; remembers doing Latin prose with him, and the 'various mathematical adventures' they had together; regrets not hearing of his later life.

A group of unpaginated typescripts heavily revised in Shaffer's hand, representing several drafts and left as found. Accompanied by a note in Dennis Aspland's hand identifying the typescript.

The National Theatre - Ken [?] tells him the typed script might reach him by the end of the week, is 'quite peaky with hunger for it' as it has been talked about for so long; has been asking colleagues about their opinion of a new Shaffer play, at the moment Paul Scofield, who won't answer until he has more information.

Apologises for not answering; enjoyed reading 'The Syllabub Saloon' but has previous plans and so cannot accept the part.

Early typescript fragments with emendations in Shaffer's hand. Title from Peter Shaffer's notes on folder cover.

Includes: a printed letter to the editor of the Sunday Times by Shaffer, 19 Nov. 2000, an incomplete copy of an article in the Sunday Times about the letter and the controversy, and an introduction piece, "The Final Amadeus," several incomplete articles about Amadeus by Shaffer, and a photocopy of the letter to the Sunday Times by H. C. Robbins Landon. Accompanied by the original folder, labelled "Misc Amadeus" in Dennis Aspland's hand

Typescript, much revised in Shaffer's hand with folder labelled 'Yonadab Original MSS Sept. 24 : 84 - Feb 24 : 85" at top.

Family background, letters, diaries and so on, original material 1865-1972, with copies of items dating from 1794 onwards.

Letters from Augusta Julia Babington, née Noel, to her father in law Thomas Babington.

Letter from C. S[?] B[abington?] to Mary Ellen Rose, née Parker. Letters from Catherine Babington, née Whitter, to her brother in law Thomas Babington. Letter from Charles Cardale Babington to his uncle Thomas Babington. Letters from Charles Edward Babington to his aunt Mary Parker, née Babington.

Letter from Charles Roos Babington to his sister Jean Babington; letters to his father Thomas Babington, and sister Mary Babington.

Letter from Elizabeth Babington, later Strange, to her uncle Thomas Babington. Letters from Frances Babington, née Sykes, to her sisters in law Maria Frances Babington (née Pratt) and Mary Parker (née Babington). This last includes a note from her husband Matthew Babington to his sister Mary.

Infrequent entries gradually becoming daily one line entries.

Windsmill, Enfield, Middlesex: - Is late in acknowledging Onslow's letter of 30 Jun due to absence from home; 'much obliged' for the particulars Onslow has given of his work, and as Fletcher is 'specially interested in any researches bearing on the cancer problem' will be 'very glad' if he can assist in furthering Onslow's work. Asks if he may write to Professor Hopkins for further information, and for information about the apparatus Onslow requires and its likely cost.

'Reprinted, with corrections, from Notes and Queries'
'Fifty copies privately printed'.