Add MS 88881/2/40-44. Ronald Harwood Papers. Vols. cxxviii-cxxxii. Papers for 'The deliberate death of a Polish priest'; 1984, 1985. Written as a play, first produced at the Almeida Theatre, London, 15 Oct. 1985 and published by Amber Lane Press, 1985. There are no papers directly relating to the theatre production. The play records the trial at Torun in 1984 of those accused of the murder of Fr Jerzy Popiełuszko in their own words and those of Fr Popiełuszko. The play was modified for...
Add MS 88881/2/45-47. Ronald Harwood Papers. Vols. cxxxiii-cxxxv. Papers for 'Mandela'; 1985, 1986. A film for television, first shown 18 Sept. 1987. Three volumes.
Add MS 88881/2/49-50. Ronald Harwood Papers. Vol. cxxxvii- cxxxviii. Papers for 'Breakthrough at Reykjavik'; 1987. A televised reconstruction of the talks between President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachov at Reykjavik on 11 and 12 October 1986. First broadcast on ITV, 6 Dec. 1987. Two volumes.
Add MS 88881/2/62-63. Ronald Harwood Papers. Vol. cl- cli. Papers for 'The Chicken run', a screen play based on Chekhov's 'The cherry orchard'; 1987-1990. For a CD-Rom containing several drafts of this play see Add MS 88881/7. Two volumes.
Add MS 88881/2/69-71. Ronald Harwood Papers. Vols. clvii-clix. Papers for 'Cinderella: after the ball'; 1990, 1991. The screenplay for this production for Arama Entertainment Inc, was originally written by P. N. Butter, and after several revisions was handed over to Harwood to rewrite. The papers include exchanges of correspondence between Harwood and his and other lawyers relating to the difficulties of his receiving full payment for his work. Three volumes.