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Settled in Neuchâtel; its recent history.

Eight photographs and one photocopy, most of them lacking captions and identifications. Includes a portrait photograph of twins [Peter and Anthony] at about one year of age, photograph by Messrs. Burrell & Hardman, Liverpool, a photograph labelled 'Daddy' which may include Peter and Brian Shaffer, and a photograph of Peter's mother Reka Shaffer at the Venice Lido in July 1962.

c/o 11 Cranley Gardens, Flat 7, London - Photocopy of a thank you note for a weekend written in the form of a review of a play.

Arena Stage, 6th & Maine Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024 - It was good to see him again, thinks he is holding up well, singing some of Steve [Sondheim?]'s more difficult songs.

Autograph hunter.

The Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor, 21 Old Buildings, Lincoln's Inn, London WC2A 3UJ - Describes the Society and invites him to join; with membership form and booklet.

Hopes he is not bored at Westgate; was 'picked up' by a man in London on her way to St Ives, describes people on the train, and bohemian types in St Ives itself.

Concerns 11 Cranley Gardens SW7; encloses a report from C. Crocker of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Environmental Services concerning the works required.

St. Anthony in Roseland, Nr. Porthscatho, Cornwall. - 'I understand that you collect ploughs...'. With drawing of plough.

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

Poem on the birthday of Flora M and Alice M Mayor.

Bound typescript draft, with marks in pencil to mark excisions, and a few additions in PS's hand. 'Production copy' written on front free endpaper in PS's hand.

Duplicated playscript with emendations in Shaffer's hand, and various pages replacing earlier pages and some scenes missing, with Peter Shaffer's signature at top left of the first page. Pages dated 23 November to 6 December 1963.

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.

Cc'ed to Peter Shaffer, concerning the option on the dramatic rights to Dan Jacobson's novel The Rape of Tamar.

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

Photocopies of articles relating to the scholarly argument concerning the circumstances of Tchaikovsky's death: an article in the New York Times by Donal Henahan ("Did Tchaikovsky Really Commit Suicide?"), articles in High Fidelity by Joel Spiegelman ("The Trial, Condemnation, and Death of Tchaikovsky"), and Nina Berberova ("Tchaikovsky's 'Suicide' Reconsidered: A Rebuttal"), including a typescript letter to the editor of by Spiegelman and accompanied by a typescript "Table of Comparison between Stories by Dr Lev B. Bertenson and Modeste I. Tchaikovsky regarding the illness and death of P. I. Tchaikovsky," and a copy of a translation of a letter, "On Tchaikovsky's death" from Alexandra Orlova, and her article in Music & Letters ("Tchaikovsky: the Last Chapter").

Typescript draft revised in Shaffer's hand accompanied by a folder identifying it as the first draft; folder has a draft of a scene written on the front.

Volume One and Only, edited by Anthony Shaffer. Featuring two articles by Peter: "Trick Photography or the Real Thing?, signed 'Levine'" and "Catastrophozzi Castle by Mrs. Bannister, digested by Peter Shaffer". Accompanied by typescript carbon of "Catastrophozzi Castle" article.

Blue W H Smith notebook with drafts of scenes from 'Bezique' and 'Black Comedy' and a bit of a memoir of his own life.