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.
Original cuttings and photomechanical copies of reviews.
The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Director Peter Hall - Discusses the revised playscript of 'Royal Hunt of the Sun', feels the gains are enormous, still has little quibbles concerning the Interpreter and the Indian language in the first scene; has large reservations about the shape of the play, thinks there is a confusion of epic and domestic style, some scenes could be cut, takes too long to prepare for some scenes; the play has grown, but he must push on for the epic structure.
John Gielgud, 16 Cowley Street, S.W.1. - Thanks him for his good wishes [for 'The Ages of Man']; the notices are disappointing but hopes people will come and judge for themselves; has just read the two plays ['The Private Ear' and 'The Public Eye'?] and hopes they will be as successful as 'Five Finger Exercise'.
John Gielgud, 16 Cowley Street, London S.W.1. - Discusses casting for 'Five Finger Exercise': [Harry?] Lockart, James Hayter and John Perry's reaction; Brenda de Banzie has the play and is considering it; asks him to come see him after he is launched at the Globe with 'The Potting Shed'.
A typed transcript of 27 audiotapes of an oral history interview, with gaps indicating where the recording was inaudible, and a few emendations in an unidentified hand. The interviews are wide-ranging and cover his personal and professional life in a non-linear way, touching on the same topics several different times. Missing p. 497.
Is a teenage budding actor, writes to express his appreciation of Shaffer's work, has read 'Amadeus' and 'Equus'.
A list of ugly buildings.
French translation by Marie-Anne Chazel and Albert Algoud.
Typescript with emendations in Shaffer's hand in a folder labelled "End of Perseus."
A photocopy, accompanied by a photocopy of pages 2-5 of the letter.
A play about an unsuccessful man who buys a wish-granting gourd in Portobello Road.
Incomplete typescript draft, with emendations in Shaffer's hand. Accompanied by a cutting, "Wealthy spinster, 73, wins £255,000" in the Evening Standard 17 Oct. 1973, which is related to the plot of the play. The papers were found together in a folder but lack page numbers and act and scene numbers and may represent multiple drafts.
Draft with emendations in Shaffer's hand of chapters 1-5 of a story about Oswald Llyn-Deevers, drafted to work in the coal mines in Nov. 1944.
The entire issue of Show magazine, Vol. IV, No. 2, February 1964, and a carbon typescript draft of the article.