Reviews, essays, lectures, tributes, and miscellaneous writings

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Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
2 "Slamkin Festival" in the granta magazine Item May week 1951
5 Drafts of a review of "Oh What a Lovely War" Item [1963]
Interview notes for The New York Times Item [1962?]
5 Newspaper cutting, "The First Time Out, Uncle Vanya Was Uncle George", The New York Times Item 27 Jan. 1974
7 Draft of an essay, "Morocco: A Ten Days'' Impression" Item [20th cent.]
8 Draft, "A Programme Note on Programme Notes" Item [20th cent.]
2 Drafts of a tribute to John Gielgud Item [c 1980?]
6 Printed article, "The Ideal Playwright. Universal Poet, Perhaps; Universal Storyteller, Certainly" in The Dramatists Guild Quarterly Item Summer 1992
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]
12a Draft of a speech on Andrea Velis Item [20th-21st cent.]
12b Notebook with notes for Shaffer's eulogy of Andrea Velis with a scene draft from 'Bezique' Item [20th-21st cent.]
14 Offprint, 'Brooding in the Snow,' from the Shakespeare Jahrbuch Item 1996
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
19 Drafts of a talk about John Gielgud at the New York Public Library for Performing Arts Item 2001
22 Draft of a speech at the Colorado Festival of World Theatre Item [2006]
25 Draft of a speech to be given in absentia upon receiving an unidentified honour Item [21st cent.]
3 Scrapbook of cuttings of book and music reviews from Truth and Time and Tide Item 1956-1961
3 Newspaper cutting, "Surface recollections of an ex-Bevin Boy", Evening Standard Item 24 Jan. 1972
6 Draft of an essay defending subsidised theatre in Britain Item [late 1980s]
1 Printed tribute, "Epilogue. An Epilogue for A Theatrical Occasion" for the tribute to Lilian Baylis Item 6 May 1974
3 Drafts of remarks and extracts of plays and a poem for a public reading [at the 92nd Street Y Poetry Center?] Item [1986?]
9 Drafts, "Make Me Immortal with a Kiss," third lecture at Oxford as Professor of Contemporary Drama Item 15 Mar. 1995
12 Copy draft of Shaffer's eulogy of Andrea Velis at the Metropolitan Opera Item 7 Dec. 1994
18 Drafts of a speech about Oscar Wilde at the New York Public Library Item [30 Nov. 2000]
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
23 Drafts of a tribute to Leopold de Rothschild Item Oct.-Nov. 2012
1 Follower Magazine Item Mar. 1950
4 Scrapbook of cuttings of music reviews from Time and Tide Item 1961-1962
7 Draft of review of an unidentified violin concert Item [2010?]