The Invention of Love, by Sir Tom Stoppard: sectional drafts (March 1997)
Scope & Content:
Typewritten and fax-copy drafts, with manuscript annotations mostly in red ink, partly typrd on coloured typing paper. Includes numerous cancelled and superseded sheets.
The Invention of Love, by Sir Tom Stoppard: complete drafts (April 1997)
Scope & Content:
Complete typewritten draft, with typewritten cover page, all on yellow typing paper. Cover marked 'DEAD' by the author in red felt-pen, also used for sparing cuts made to dialogue throughout text.
The Invention of Love, by Sir Tom Stoppard: complete drafts (June - July 1997)
Scope & Content:
Manuscript and typewritten drafts of rewritten passages across whole play, with annotations and additions in pencil and red and black ink. Also includes fax-copies of typewritten sheets, with further additions and deletions in manuscript.
The Invention of Love, by Sir Tom Stoppard: complete drafts (July 2007)
Scope & Content:
Complete typewritten draft, with light and infrequent manuscript notes in pencil. Sheets hole-punched for loose-leaf folder and considerably soiled and dog-eared by heavy use.
The Invention of Love, by Sir Tom Stoppard: notes and drafts (1995).
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Notes include timelines, one written by the author on the inside of a manilla document folder. Some of the drafts are written on the reverse of sheets originally used for drafts of a translation of Les Liaisons Dangereuses.