Zone d'identification
Cote
SHAF/B/6/2/1
Titre
Original playscript of 'Black Comedy' with later additions
Date(s)
- 1965-c 1970 (Production)
Niveau de description
Pièce
Étendue matérielle et support
4 folders
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
Histoire archivistique
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
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.'