Item 42 - Typed draft and copy letter from Peter Shaffer to Nicholas Hytner

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SHAF/B/5/1/42

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Typed draft and copy letter from Peter Shaffer to Nicholas Hytner

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  • 29 Apr. 2003 (Creation)

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Shaffer, Sir Peter Levin (1926-2016), knight, playwright
(1926-2016)

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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173 Riverside Drive Apt. 16C, New York City, N.Y. 10024 - Is cautious about restaging the play is protectiveness towards a "favourite son", is afraid of revisionist criticism in the press, found the reception of 'The Gift of the Gorgon' hurtful; believes the play belongs at the Olivier Theatre; is working on two plays at the moment, one set in a probation office, and the other about Tchaikovsky, and filming of 'Lettice and Lovage' for television will take some time, would want to revise 'Royal Hunt'; still thinks Trevor Nunn is the person to direct, though he praises Edward Hall; suggests they meet.

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