Papers of Sir Peter Shaffer

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
3 Scrapbook of cuttings of book and music reviews from Truth and Time and Tide Item 1956-1961
4 Scrapbook of cuttings of music reviews from Time and Tide Item 1961-1962
2 Drafts of an essay, "Some Observations on the Official Guidebook to the Kingdom of Farce" Item [1967]
4 Newspaper cutting, "What we Owe Britten", The Sunday Times Item 18 Dec. 1973
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
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]
2 Drafts for captions in a book of Al Hirschfeld drawings Item 25 Mar. 2005
9 Notebook containing material relating to 'Equus,' 'Bezique' and other unidentified writings Item [21st cent.]
13 Notebook containing material relating to a lecture or essay on the state of the Arts Item [20th-21st cent.]
6 Confirmation copy telegram from Peter Shaffer to John Dexter Item 13 June 1979
10 Card from Lynne K[?] Item 2 Nov. 1979
12 Telegram from Brian and Nellen [Shaffer] Item 2 Nov. 1979
13 Telegram from Steve [Sondheim?] Item 2 Nov. 1979
15 Letter from Lisl Hamburger-Rehfeldt Item 6 Nov. [1979]
16 Letter from Harold [Pinter] Item 7 Nov. [1979]
22 Typed letter from [Frank Tait] Item [Nov. 1979?]
24 Letter from Estela Welldon Item 6 Dec. 1979
34 Copy of a letter from Alan [Howard?] to Peter [Hall?] Item 5 Jan. 1980
38 Letter from Elizabeth [de Rothschild] Item 9 Jan.1980
42 Copy of a letter from Janet Baker to Peter Hall Item 6 Feb. 1980
46 Typed letter from Leo de Rothschild Item 26 Feb. 1980
48 Postcard from Wilfred Josephs Item 20 Apr. 1980
54 Letter from Jimmy Carter Item 26 Nov. 1980