Olivier Archive. Vols. CDV-CDVI. “The entertainer”, by John Osborne. Autograph draft, probably the first, with many additions and deletions. It is likely that this is the particular script referred to by Joan Plowright (Lady Olivier) in her memoirs And that’s not all (2001) as having been sent to Olivier by Osborne “in another of his periodical fits of remorse” after writing an attack on Olivier and the National Theatre in the London Evening Standard. This version almost certainly antedates ...
Olivier Archive. Vol. CDII (ff. ). “The sleeping prince”, by Terence Rattigan. Autograph presentation copy from Rattigan to Olivier. Almost certainly Rattigan’s first draft, heavily revised, with many additions and deletions. Bound in full red morocco by Sangorski and embossed in gold on the fro...