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Concerning Shaffer's radio script 'Alexander the Corrector.'

The contents of the present class relate to the following:

Viscount Alexander of Hillsborough (1-4)
Allen & Unwin Ltd (5-12)
The American War Memorial Chapel (13-17)
L. S. Amery (18-21)
Lord Ammon (22-9)
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur (30-9)
Louisa Garrett Anderson (40-56)
Earl Attlee (57-81)
A. K. Azad (82-7, 88a-c, 89-90)
Lord Balfour of Burleigh (91)
George Benson (92-4)
Phyllis Bentley (95-100)
The British-Asian and Overseas Socialist Fellowship (101-2, 103a-b)
R. A. Butler (104)
Lord Casey (105-15, 115a, 116-18)
Viscount Cecil of Chelwood (119-46)
Viscount Chandos (147-51)
Tara Cherian (152-7)
G. D. H. and M. I. Cole (158-69)
Lord Coleraine (170-1)
Hugh and Ruth Dalton (172-87, 188a-b, 189-203)
Eamon De Valera (204-5)
The Duke of Devonshire (206-7)
The Earl of Dundee (208-9)
Lady Durning-Lawrence (210)
The East and West Friendship Council (211-30)
The East India Association (231a-b, 232-43)
Anthony Eden (244-6)
Walter Elliot and Lady Elliot of Harwood (247-50)
Lady Elphinstone (251-2)
Eton College (253-6, 257a-e, 258-60)
The Fabian Society (261-76)
The Field Security Police (277a-b, 278-80)
E. M. Forster (281-97)
Margery Fry (298-303, 304a-b, 305-21)
Hugh Gaitskell (322-3)
Indira Gandhi (324)
The Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Fund (325-6)
R. C. Ghose (327-34, 335a-b, 336-7, 338a-b, 339a-c, 340)
Thomas Gold (341-56)
Victor Gollancz Ltd (357-79)
Sir Ernest and Lady Graham-Little (380, 381a-b, 382-9, 390a-b, 391-5)

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.

61 Hercules Buildings, Lambeth Road, London S.E. - Graham was formerly a railway engineer at Leeds; has suffered in the trade conflicts and seeking work. Postscript: Graham's dignified demeanour caused jealousy. Enclosure: printed address to James Graham from fellow workmen at the North Eastern Railway Locomotive Department, Leeds, 'on his leaving to partake of a better situation'.

Settled in Neuchâtel; its recent history.

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.

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.

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.'