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SHAF/A/1/L/11 · Item · 24 Mar. 2008
Part of Papers of Sir Peter Shaffer

Her handwriting has suffered from the six or seven hundred letters she has written following Robby [Lantz]'s death; thought of him when she heard the news of Paul Scofield's death; remembers Paul and speaking to Peter about him; Robby saved him from a disastrous seven year contract with a Hollywood film company; she first saw Paul via a sculpture in Rolf Gerard's studio; remembers Robby's tender love and deep admiration for Peter.

SHAF/B/8/1/11 · Item · 21 Feb. 1970
Part of Papers of Sir Peter Shaffer

Finds his wife [Isla Blair] whom Peter doesn't know, has written the letter he wanted to write, as an acquaintance of Peter's; 'The Battle of Shrivings' is the play he has been waiting for, one that addresses the issues of the times, without imposing a solution; finds that it picks up themes from 'The Royal Hunt of the Sun' and explores them, watched an interview with Peter on television and hopes he won't abandon the idea of a play addressing the Faust problem; played Atahuallpa in Bristol and was grateful to get close to the text and Peter's mind; will be going again to the play with his mother.

Playscript for "Shrivings"
SHAF/B/8/2/11 · Item · [1974?]
Part of Papers of Sir Peter Shaffer

A mix of green duplicated typescript and original typescript pages heavily revised by Shaffer. The title, on a duplicated typescript page, has been changed from 'The Battle of Shrivings' to 'Shrivings.'

CHIL/3/11 · Item · 22 Dec. 1910
Part of Papers of Erskine Childers

Fern Lodge, Milnthorpe Road, Eastbourne. - Has not forgotten to send a letter of [T. H. Huxley's] for her autograph collection; sends it now, 'doing duty, if you please, as a Christmas box'. Notes the role being played by The Riddle of the Sands in the trial of the English naval officers at Leipzig.