Papers of Sir Peter Shaffer

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
16 Miscellaneous draft pages Item [20th-21st cent.]
1 Incomplete playscript, "The Comedy of the Gourd" Item [20th cent.]
1 Partial draft of an untitled story about a Bevin Boy Item [20th cent.]
6a Partial draft outline for a dramatization of Lord of the Rings Item [20th cent.]
8 Partial draft of a story titled 'Then Fall Caesar' Item [20th cent.]
10 Miscellaneous pages from an untitled playscript about a woman visiting her assailant Item [20th cent.]
1 Draft and printed article, "The Nonconforming Shakespeare" in Show Item Feb. 1964
3 Newspaper cutting, "Surface recollections of an ex-Bevin Boy", Evening Standard Item 24 Jan. 1972
7 Draft of an essay, "Morocco: A Ten Days'' Impression" Item [20th cent.]
5 Copy draft of a speech accepting the Shakespeare Preis given by the Stiftung F.V.S. zu Hamburg Item 25 May 1989
6 Printed article, "The Ideal Playwright. Universal Poet, Perhaps; Universal Storyteller, Certainly" in The Dramatists Guild Quarterly Item Summer 1992
8 Drafts, "Brooding in the Snow," second lecture at Oxford as Professor of Contemporary Drama Item 3 May 1994
12b Notebook with notes for Shaffer's eulogy of Andrea Velis with a scene draft from 'Bezique' Item [20th-21st cent.]
13 Draft, "Battlements at Midnight" used for an unidentified speech Item 1995
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
25 Draft of a speech to be given in absentia upon receiving an unidentified honour Item [21st cent.]
1 Transcript of an interview between Peter Shaffer and Irving Wardle about John Dexter and Peter Hall Item 30 May 1980
6 Notebook containing material relating to an unidentified story and 'Gift of the Gorgon' Item [20th-21st cent.]
8 Notebook containing material relating to Tony Shaffer, 'Lettice and Lovage,' and a memoir Item [21st cent.]
11 Notebook containing material relating to 'Gift of the Gorgon,' 'Bezique,' an autobiographical monologue, as well as a letter draft Item [20th-21st cent.]
5 Photographs of Uruguayan production of 'Equus' Item [1977?]
17 Letter from Fu Manchu [Paul Giovanni] Item 17 May 1966
18 Typed letter from 'Anne Baxter' [Paul Giovanni] Item 31 May 1966
28 Typed letter from [Paul Giovanni] Item 10 Jan. [1969]
29 Typed letter from [Paul Giovanni] Item [31 Aug. 1970]
36 Letter from Paul [Giovanni] Item [11 Nov. 1983]
37 Card from Rosslyn Glassmar Item [2011]
38-39 Two typed letters from Arnold Goodman Item 1973, 1983
40 Typed letter from Lizbeth Goodman Item 7 June 1999
41 Letter from Cliff Gorman Item June 1971