Rattigan Papers. Vol. cxxix. 'Like father', [1960]. Autograph, with some typewritten leaves. Draft with a 'reconstruction of Act 1', being, in fact, a revision of the original first two acts to become one act. Planned as the first part of a double bill to be entitled 'Like father, like son', but...
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. ccxxvi. 'Cause célèbre', [1977]. Photocopy of a typewritten original with autograph amendments. 'London production version, Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket'. ff. i+120. 315 x215mm.
Rattigan Papers. Vol. ccxxviii. 'Cause célèbre', [1977]. Partly autograph, partly typewritten with autograph amendments. A further revised version with a different ending and the change of name of the character O'Connor to O'Grady: a change which was not retained. ff. 229. 295 x 210mm.
Rattigan Papers. Vol. ccxxx. 'Cause célèbre', 1978. Partly autograph, partly Printed. Instructions for typists amending the version in Add. 74516 for publication, together with the page proof of the published play. ff. 103. 280 x 215mm., 190 x 150mm.