Papers of Sir Peter Shaffer

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
1 Notebooks labelled 'Peter Shaffer, a Monologue with Interruptions' [third notebook CLOSED] Item [late 20th cent.-21st cent.]
3 Partial draft of a screenplay titled "Cowl" Item [20th cent.]
5 Draft of a story about Dr Barron and Peter Stafford File [20th cent.]
14 Unidentified fragment of a story about an adopted child of Quintus Marianus, a goldsmith Item [20th cent.]
2 "Slamkin Festival" in the granta magazine Item May week 1951
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
Interview notes for The New York Times Item [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.]
1 Early production photographs of 'Equus' Item [1973-1974]
6 Photograph of a production poster of 'Equus' featuring Leonard Nimoy Item [1977?]
8 Photographs of the exterior of Broadhurst Theater, New York during the 'Equus' run Item 2008
5 Students' Commentaries on 'Equus' Item Apr. 1995
1 Playscript of 'Equus': 'Preserved bits, and incomplete 1st draft' Item [before 26 May 1972?]
10 Playscript for the second London production of 'Equus' Item [Oct. 1974?]
11 Screenplay, 'Equus' Item Dec. 1975
13 Paul Giovanni's rehearsal playscript of 'Equus' Item [1976]