Rattigan Papers. Vol. ccv. 'Before dawn', [1972]. Typewritten, with autograph amendments. Wanting the first two leaves. 'Before dawn' and 'After Lydia' were written to form a double bill entitled 'In praise of love', although on production the title 'In praise of love' was applied to 'After Lydi...
Rattigan Papers. Vol. ccvi. 'Before dawn', [1972]. Autograph, with typewritten insertions. A further revision of the parts of the script. ff. 43. 280 x 215mm.
Rattigan Papers. Vol. ccix. 'Before dawn', [1973]. Typewritten, with autograph amendments. A further revision, with various notes and suggestions attached. The typed leaves, with a few of the amendments, but not the deletions, were published in In praise of love (1973). ff. xxx. 280 x 215mm.
Rattigan Papers. Vol. ccxi. 'After Lydia', [1972]. Photocopy of typewritten text, with autograph amendments, some on the original and others on the photocopy. ff. 93. 330 x 215mm.
Rattigan Papers. Vol. ccxii a-d. 'In praise of love', [1973]. Two typewritten play scripts, typed on both sides of the leaves, both with some amendments and marked for the character of Sebastian; two photocopies of the typewritten text, the second with some autograph (?) amendments. The text of this version is that published in The collected plays of Terence Rattigan, vol. 4 (1978), with the amendments made for Rex Harrison and those made, but not now present, by the extensive revisions indi...