Writings

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
16 Playscript of 'The Gift of the Gorgon' as adapted for a staged reading Item Apr. 2011
18 Miscellaneous playscript pages of 'The Gift of the Gorgon' with notes on dates in the play Item [1991?]-2011
3 Typed letter from Anthony Holden to Peter Shaffer Item 22 Oct. 1998
4 Letter from Louise [Cournoyer] Item [14 Jan.? 2001]
2 Materials relating to Tchaikovsky's death Item [1981]
2 Copy draft, '[Act I (or Acts I and TWO of three)' Item Dec. 1997
14 Miscellaneous draft pages Item [20th-21st cent.]
15 Draft pages, ‘Think notes on unfinished Tchaikovsky Play’ Item [20th-21st cent.]
5 Notebook with notes about the Richard IV play Item [late 20th cent.]
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.]