Lectures and tributes

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
1 Printed tribute, "Epilogue. An Epilogue for A Theatrical Occasion" for the tribute to Lilian Baylis Item 6 May 1974
7 Drafts, "Battlements at Midnight," inaugural lecture at Oxford as Professor of Contemporary Drama Item Feb. 1994
10 Notebook containing material relating to the third Oxford lecture ["The Treason of Clerks"?] Item [1995]
14 Offprint, 'Brooding in the Snow,' from the Shakespeare Jahrbuch Item 1996
20 Draft, "Brooding in the Snow: The Lesson of Shakespeare," a lecture at the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts Item 2 May 2002
21 Draft of two speeches about Tennessee Williams given at the Tennessee Williams Festival in Key West Item Mar. 2003
22 Draft of a speech at the Colorado Festival of World Theatre Item [2006]
24 Partial drafts of a tribute to the National Theatre[?] Item [2012]
5 Copy draft of a speech accepting the Shakespeare Preis given by the Stiftung F.V.S. zu Hamburg Item 25 May 1989
6 Printed article, "The Ideal Playwright. Universal Poet, Perhaps; Universal Storyteller, Certainly" in The Dramatists Guild Quarterly Item Summer 1992
8 Drafts, "Brooding in the Snow," second lecture at Oxford as Professor of Contemporary Drama Item 3 May 1994
12b Notebook with notes for Shaffer's eulogy of Andrea Velis with a scene draft from 'Bezique' Item [20th-21st cent.]
13 Draft, "Battlements at Midnight" used for an unidentified speech Item 1995
15 Copy draft tribute to Derek Jacobi at the presentation of the John Gielgud Award for Excellence in the Dramatic Arts Item 24 Apr. 1997
25 Draft of a speech to be given in absentia upon receiving an unidentified honour Item [21st cent.]
2 Drafts of a tribute to John Gielgud Item [c 1980?]
3 Drafts of remarks and extracts of plays and a poem for a public reading [at the 92nd Street Y Poetry Center?] Item [1986?]
4 Copy draft of remarks at the presentation of the UJA Lifetime Achievement Award to Robert Lantz Item 19 Sept. 1988
9 Drafts, "Make Me Immortal with a Kiss," third lecture at Oxford as Professor of Contemporary Drama Item 15 Mar. 1995
12a Draft of a speech on Andrea Velis Item [20th-21st cent.]
18 Drafts of a speech about Oscar Wilde at the New York Public Library Item [30 Nov. 2000]
11 Draft, "The Treason of Clerks" Item [1994]
12 Copy draft of Shaffer's eulogy of Andrea Velis at the Metropolitan Opera Item 7 Dec. 1994
16 Drafts of tributes to Elizabeth Ireland McCann Item [1997?-2001]
17 Introduction for Harold Pinter Item [late 20th cent.]
19 Drafts of a talk about John Gielgud at the New York Public Library for Performing Arts Item 2001
22a Draft of a tribute to Robby Lantz Item [Oct. 2007]
23 Drafts of a tribute to Leopold de Rothschild Item Oct.-Nov. 2012