Ffeil / File I/2/1 - Peter O'Toole

Miscellaneous items relating to Siân Phillips' second husband, stage and screen actor Peter O'Toole, comprising photograph of O'Toole as a boy playing the bagpipes (annotated on dorse in Siân Phillips' hand: 'O'Toole'); watercolour drawing of Peter O'Toole in the rôle of Shylock (The Merchant of Venice, 1960); printed copy of Loughborough National Union of Students' Drama Festival programme 1962-1963, at which Peter O'Toole gave a talk entitled 'The Hazards of Acting'; printed theatre programme for a 1963 production of Bertolt Brecht's 1923 play Baal, in which Peter O'Toole played the title character; printed theatre programme for a 1969 production of Samuel Beckett's 1952 play Waiting for Godot, in which Peter O'Toole played Vladimir; bound first draft screenplay of Peter Shaffer's 1962 play The Public Eye, inscribed on cover 'P O'T[oole]'; material, which contains some annotation by Peter O'Toole, relating to Man of La Mancha, a 1972 musical film adaptation by Dale Wasserman of Miguel de Cervantes' novel Don Quixote, in which Peter O'Toole played the title character; agreements made between H. M. Tennant of the Globe Theatre, London and Alexander Film Productions Ltd whereby Siân Phillips became the investor in a 1976 play by Peter King titled Dead Eyed Dicks (1976), together with summary of accounts relating to the same play (1976 agreement annotated in Siân Phillips' hand to the effect that O'Toole 'forced' her to invest in what she calls 'this awful play'); 1977 agreement annotated in Siân Phillips' hand: 'Invested £2,500.00 against Sara's [Randall, Siân's theatrical agent] wishes Never saw a penny'); photocopied bill from the Hotel Danieli, Venice, dated 26 September 1977, made out to 'Peter O'Toole Keep Films Ltd' and signed by O'Toole (annotated in Siân Phillips' hand: 'our favourite hotel'); photocopied list in Peter O'Toole's hand headed 'P. O'T DAILY LIFE NEEDS' and dated 10 April 1979 (annotated in Siân Phillips' hand 'He wrote this out for someone!'); and undated notes in Peter O'Toole's hand written on headed paper printed with 'Siân Phillips', one folio also including Siân Phillips' hand.