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Material relating to the audiobook productions in which Siân Phillips has participated during the course of her career. The items comprise: The Camomile Lawn (1989); An Omelette and a Glass of Wine (1997); Public Places (2001); Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk (2010); Kiss and Kin (2012)

Awards achieved by Siân Phillips (then known by her birth name of Jane Phillips) during her time at Pontardawe Grammar School, largely comprising certificates denoting successes in Urdd Eisteddfod competitions and in school examinations.

Awards achieved by Siân Phillips while a student at University College Cardiff, where she read English and Philosophy, comprising: Welsh Students Eisteddfod (Eisteddfod Gadeiriol Myfyrwyr Cymru) Award for recitation (1951); Bachelor of Arts award from University College Cardiff (1954), which is inscribed with Siân Phillips' birth name of Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips.

Printed invitation to Siân Phillips' second husband Peter O'Toole to attend her induction into the Gorsedd of Bards, 6 August 1959; together with press articles relating to Siân Phillips' induction into the Gorsedd.

Award certificate of the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), conferred upon Siân Phillips on 17 June 2000; together with letter, dated 16 May 2000, from William Chapman, Secretary for Appointments at 10 Downing Street, London, informing Siân Phillips that she is under consideration for the CBE award.

St Davids Award for Culture certificate awarded to Siân Phillips, 12 March 2015; together with awards ceremony dinner menu.

Diaries, 1980 - 1989, of Siân Phillips, the contents largely relating to Siân Phillips' personal, domestic and family affairs and to her professional life. Some entries are in what appears to be the hand of Siân Phillips' third husband, Robin Sachs.

Diaries, 1990 - 1999, and calendar, 1997, of Siân Phillips, most of the diaries having been printed for that purpose, with one or two being notebooks used as diaries. The contents largely relate to Siân Phillips' personal, domestic and family affairs and to her professional life. One notebook (used as a diary) contains a draft piece about Sally Phillips (née Thomas), possibly in preparation for inclusion in Siân Phillips' first volume of autobiography, Private Faces (1999) (see under Published books). Two items contain inserts of correspondence, notes, etc.

Diaries, 2000 - 2009, and calendars, 2007, 2008, of Siân Phillips, some of the diaries having been printed for that purpose, others being notebooks used as diaries. The contents largely relate to Siân Phillips' personal, domestic and family affairs and to her professional life. A few items contain inserts such as press cuttings, correspondence and notes.

Filofax-style diary with noted dates ranging from the late 1980s to the early 2000s, the contents largely relating to Siân Phillips' personal, domestic and family affairs and to her professional life.

Letters, cards, printed emails and one fax (two letters incomplete, one juvenile card), [1960s]-2015, from the actress, producer, film attaché and reviewer Kate O'Toole to her mother Siân Phillips and to Siân Phillips and her third husband Robin Sachs. Most of the correspondence was written from Kate O'Toole's home in Ireland. One letter is annotated by Siân Phillips.

Undated note, [?1960s], to Kate O'Toole from arts administrator Greville Poke, founding member of the English Stage Company.

Cards, most of which are undated juvenalia, from Jessica O'Toole to her grandmother Siân Phillips, with addresses and one note written in the hand of Jessica's mother, Pat O'Toole.

Undated letter (photocopy) from Siân Phillips while at University College Cardiff, where she read English and Philosophy, to her school and university friend Audrey Watkins.

Letters, cards and telegrams to Siân Phillips and to Siân Phillips and her second husband Peter O'Toole from friends, colleagues and acquaintances, the contents largely relating to Siân Phillips' stage and screen career. Correspondents include novelist Alun Richards (six letters); academic, novelist, sculptor, poet and Anglican priest Moelwyn Merchant (one letter) (annotation by Siân Phillips at head of letter: 'Moelwyn 'coached' Peter [O'Toole] for [the rôle of] Shylock [in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, staged 1960]'); American playwright and screenwriter Tennessee Williams (one letter); actress Patricia Lawrence and her husband, writer and arts administrator Greville Poke (one letter); Australian-born stage and screen actress Marie Löhr (one letter); Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) principal John Fernald (one letter); and theatre director Philip Wiseman (one letter). Some letters annotated in Siân Phillips' hand.

Letters, cards and telegrams to Siân Phillips (together with some to both Siân Phillips and her second husband Peter O'Toole and to Siân Phillips and her third husband Robin Sachs) from friends, colleagues and acquaintances, the contents largely relating to Siân Phillips' stage and screen career. Correspondents include the novelist Alun Richards (six letters); US-born Venetian cook, author and theatre afficionado Herbert F. (Buzz) Bruning, Jr and his then wife Leslie (six letters); playwright and screenwriter Robert Bolt (three letters); poet Laurence Cotterell (three letters); actor and screenwriter Brian Rawlinson (two letters); US screenwriter and author George Baxt (two letters); playwright, screenwriter and actor John Osborne (one telegram) and his fourth wife, actress Jill Bennett (one telegram); actor Peter Cushing (one letter); actress Dame Edith Evans (one letter); and author David Cornwell (John le Carré) (one letter). Some items annotated in Siân Phillips' hand. Of interest is an introductory letter, 1972, from Sara Randall, then of BKM (Personal Agency) Ltd, who, according to Siân Philips' own annotation at the top of the letter, was to serve as her agent for a total of twenty-six years (for Sara Randall/Saraband Associates, see also under Stage productions).

Letters and cards to Siân Phillips from friends, colleagues and acquaintances, the contents largely relating to Siân Phillips' stage and screen career. Correspondents include actor Bryn Ellis and his partner, author William (Bill) Corlett (sixteen letters); novelist and journalist Shirley Conran (eight letters); poet Laurence Cotterell (six letters); US playwright Tina Howe (six letters); US author, playwright and screenwriter Jane Stanton Hitchcock (four letters); US political novelist Richard Condon (four letters); Welsh landscape painter Kyffin Williams (three letters); Welsh stage and screen actor Keith Baxter (two letters); stage and screen actor Ian McKellen (two letters); US composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim (one letter); and Czech and US film director, screenwriter, actor and professor Miloš Forman (one letter). One postcard (in French, from actor Edward Duke) is addressed to Siân Phillips' cats Rupert and Barnaby. A few items are annotated by Siân Phillips.

Correspondence not addressed to Siân Phillips nor to members of her family circle, a portion of the letters discussing potential theatrical rôles via Siân Phillips' agent Sara Randall. Of interest is a letter, 1950, from schoolteacher, dramatist and radio broadcaster Isaac (Eic) Davies to 'Huw, [?Gwenda] [and] Branwen', which is annotated in Siân Phillips' hand: 'From Eic Davies (Dir[ector] of Blodeuwedd) my Welsh master', the reference being to Saunders Lewis' 1948 play Blodeuwedd (for Saunders Lewis, see, for example, under Letters to Siân Phillips - undated correspondence, Media productions and General miscellany).

Material relating to the writing of Siân Phillips' two- volume autobiography, Private Faces (1999) and Public Places (2001), mainly comprising manuscript and printed drafts of the text, together with printed copies of both volumes. Letters sent to Siân Phillips in response to both volumes are kept in a separate envelope, correspondents including Gwynn Pritchard, then Head of Welsh Broadcasting at BBC Cymru/Wales; novelist and journalist Shirley Conran; novelist Alun Richards; Welsh stage and screen actor Keith Baxter; Dafydd Wigley, then Member of the Welsh Assembly and Member of Parliament for Caernarfon; and Siân Phillips' sister-in-law Pat O'Toole.

Printed book by Siân Phillips entitled Siân Phillips' Needlepoint, published in 1987.

Miscellaneous material relating to Siân Phillips' period of study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, including qualifiying passages; prospectus; student timetable; notes on vocal and postural exercises; annotated scripts; progress reports; list of candidates in a Shakespeare speaking test, autographed by participating students; notice of student productions at the Vanbrugh Theatre; items in Siân Phillips' hand; printed items annotated by Siân Phillips. Some items torn and consequently somewhat fragile.

Two items have been subsequently added to this collection in August 2023: Photocopied record of stage rôles played during 1956-7 by Sian Phillips whilst studying at RADA; together with a printed programme of a RADA production of Henrik Ibsen's play Hedda Gabler, staged at the Duke of York's Theatre, London, 3 December 1957, in which Siân Phillips took the leading rôle.