Zone d'identification
Cote
Titre
Date(s)
- 28 Nov. 1983 (Production)
Niveau de description
Étendue matérielle et support
5 sheets, 1 env.
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
Histoire archivistique
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
Two copies, both with corrections and signed by Peter. 173 Riverside Drive, Apartment 16C, New York, NY 10024 - Thanks him for his letter, sent 'at last' [about the reference to 'Black Comedy' in his book], giving the details of the genesis of his idea for the staging, describing the limited extent of Kenneth Tynan's involvement; finds it more than unfortunate that Olivier should have defended Tynan to his Board by implying he was responsible for the idea of 'Black Comedy' and its implication that PS has been taking credit for work he never did; rejects his letter of apology, noting Olivier's waffling 'my mistake, if mistake it was'; is further hurt by the fact that Olivier fails to mention two of the 'smash-hits' he provided the company entirely, and attribute the third to someone else.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d’accès
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
Finding aids
Zone des sources complémentaires
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Zone des notes
Note
One copy in an envelope with letter from Olivier to PS dated 20 Oct. 1983.
Note
One letter with an envelope addressed to Lord Olivier, 7, St. Leonards Terrace, London SW 3 England [Peter Shaffer's address], Private. With a note in Dennis Aspland's hand at top left, 'Correspondence betw. P. Shaffer & Larry Olivier'.
Note
Second letter with a photocopy of a caricature of a scene in Act II, by Al Hirschfeld.