Item 1 - Original playscript of 'Black Comedy' with later additions

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SHAF/B/6/2/1

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Original playscript of 'Black Comedy' with later additions

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  • 1965-c 1970 (Creation)

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4 folders

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Shaffer, Sir Peter Levin (1926-2016), knight, playwright
(1926-2016)

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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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.'

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