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Photographs taken by Angus McBean for the Festival Theatre, most of them with captions identifying the actors: Robert Stephens, Colin Blakely, Rod Beacham, Peter Cellier, Lewis Fiander, Mike Gambon, Roy Holder, Robert Lang, Gerald McNally, Dan Meaden, James Mellor, Christopher Timothy, and Michael Turner.

Typescript pages with many revisions throughout beginning with a preliminary playscript lacking the opening of the play with unnumbered pages, with an envelope labelled and signed by Shaffer, "Black Comedy Original Manuscript 1965." The typescript is accompanied by more incomplete playscript pages, with edits for typed or published versions, and an alternative ending for theatres lacking a trap-door. Includes one sheet of a "Note" to appear at the front of the playscript for 'The White Liars.'

Obituary from The Times, 10 June 1969; additional tribute by L. J. Mordell, ibid., 19 June 1969.

Early typescript draft with extensive revisions in Shaffer's hand throughout in a folder labelled, "Original manuscript before being typed out."

43 Norroy Road, Putney, S.W. - Wants to know 'whether calculations can be made bearing upon the enormous difference between the entropies of organic mechanic systems (the plant and animal kingdoms), and naturally formed inorganic systems' or expressed another way, wants 'to get at some calculations showing how organic mechanical systems utilize quantities of energy which are inevitably permitted to dissipate in naturally formed inorganic systems'. Addressed to 'H. Mordie, Esq': presumably a misreading for [Helen] Moodie, who must have replied on Onslow's behalf to the advert in the Athenaeum mentioned by Donovan.

62-67 Norfolk House, Norfolk Street Strand, London — MacElwee asks for particulars of Onslow's research.

Map originally produced in 1933 with the lower right quadrant showing where the dams were found.

Benefits of literacy

Visit of Isabella [Grote], encourages Alice to settle into her new surroundings.

Engaged to be married: Bremen.

George’s debts: Bath

Account of a holiday in Italy: Rome,

Settled in Neuchâtel; its recent history.

Purchase of Deansbiggin, legacies due to John Bickersteth when he comes of age, Rees' Cyclopedia, "new and very ignorant servants": Kirkby Lonsdale

Religion at a low ebb in Cape Town, there are few servants that are not slaves, the governor's proposals that all children should receive education from the age of 6 to 12 received much opposition, a local chaplain has requested that a mission be set up, visit to the Moravians at Groenenkloef: Cape Town.

Report of the death of Robert Mayor

Isabella Grote recovered, wishes to buy greyhounds: Futihpoor

Printing of sale particulars for John Mayor, Jane Mayor's faith: Haymarket

Description of Samuel Lambrick, Henry Bickersteth wants Robert and Lambrick to go to Ceylon, meeting with a converted Russian general, preached in London: Church Missionary House

Daily list of books read, kept from 16 Oct. 1817 - 16 Dec. 1817. With a note in the first entry explaining that he has "found it extremely convenient to keep a waste book of my reading &c. Artificers who work in gold have a vessel to receive all the filings that fall from their work - but I am not a gold worker - This is rather a bag to receive all old rags, scraps & remnants."