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Siân Phillips Papers
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Diaries and calendars - 1980s

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 and calendars - 1990s

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 and calendars - 2000s

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.

Diaries and calendars - 2010s

Diaries, 2010 - 2019, and calendars, 2011, 2012, 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. At least one item includes at least one (unidentified) hand other than that of Siân Phillips'. Some items contain inserts such as press cuttings, correspondence and notes.

Diaries and calendars - 2020s

Diaries, 2020 - 2021, and calendar, 2021, of Siân Phillips, the contents largely relating to Siân Phillips' personal, domestic and family affairs and to her professional life.

Diaries and calendars - multiple dates

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.

Diaries and calendars - undated diaries

Three notebooks used as diaries by Siân Phillips. One volume is titled 'Mexico' (where the film Dune (1984), in which Siân Phillips played Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam, was filmed), another titled 'People' (possibly a reference to a 2013 stage production of that title - see Stage productions: 2010s & 2020s), both in Siân Phillips' hand. One volume cover references the musical Pal Joey, in which Siân Phillips starred in its 1980 production (for which see Stage productions: 1980s). Two pages of one volume are annotated in a child's hand. As far as can be discerned, the only date noted is 2013.

Education and training

Miscellaneous material (other than awards and honours) relating to Siân Phillips' education and training through school, university and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).

English Festival of Spoken Poetry awards and honours

First-place certificates awarded to Siân Phillips by the English Festival of Spoken Poetry, at which she would have competed while a student at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London (see Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) awards and honours).

Family correspondence

Letters, cards and telegrams, [1951]-2016, to Siân Phillips (with some correspondence addressed to Siân Phillips and her second husband Peter O'Toole and to Siân Phillips and her third husband Robin Sachs) from family members; correspondence from Peter O'Toole and Robin Sachs; correspondence addressed to family members of Siân Phillips, including Peter O'Toole, and a letter from Siân Phillips to her school and university friend Audrey Watkins.

Family miscellany

Miscellaneous items relating to Siân Phillips' second husband Peter O'Toole, her mother Sally Phillips and her eldest daughter Kate O'Toole.

Film and television awards and honours

Certificates awarded to Siân Phillips in recognition of her achievements in film and television, comprising: National Society of Film Critics Award 1969 for best supporting actress (Goodbye, Mr Chips) (nominated 1969, won 1970); Filmdom's Famous Fives Award 1969 (Goodbye, Mr Chips) (envelope); BAFTA Award 1976 for best actress (I, Claudius and How Green Was My Valley) (won); Royal Television Society Performance Award 1977 (I, Claudius) (won); BAFTA Cymru Film & Television Awards 1991, 1992 & 2001 for best actress and for best contribution to light entertainment (1991 nominated; 1992 nominated; 2001 won); Chivers Audio Books award for excellence 1992 (Swan Sister by Annie Dalton).

General miscellany

** ONE ITEM IS CLOSED FOR 100 YEARS FROM DATE OF LAST ENTRY. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 EXEMPTION (SECTION 40) (PERSONAL INFORMATION). ***

Miscellaneous items of or relating to Siân Phillips, ranging from her earlier life in the Swansea Valley to her latter-day career. A number of items are annotated by Siân Phillips and others, primarily what appears to be the hand of her good friend, the actor Edward Duke.

Some items of note include:
Booklet titled 'Pererindod Ann Griffiths' ('Ann Griffiths Pilgrimage'), outlining a proposed journey of visits to various sites associated with the Welsh hymnist Ann Griffiths (inscribed and dated, Sunday 2 October 1955, inside front cover to Siân Phillips from the Welsh poet and dramatist Albert Cynan Evans-Jones (bardic name Cynan) (1895-1970)).

Printed programme relating to a performance by the Cwmllynfell Welfare Amateur Operatic Society of the musical play The Belle of New York at the Welfare Hall, Cwmllynfell, 26-30 April 1955, by Cwmllynfell Welfare Amateur Operatic Society, of which Siân Phillips was one of the presidents.

Completed land registry certificate, dated 21 January 1981, in the names of Siân Phillips and her second husband Peter O'Toole.

Siân Phillips publicity photographs.

Measurements for stage costume.

Printed programme for the 1935 production of Romeo and Juliet at the New Theatre, London, starring John Gielgud, Alec Guinness, Peggy Ashcroft and Laurence Olivier.

Driving test appointment card addressed to Siân Phillips, test date 16 March 1992.

Copies of publicity photographs of the actress Ellen Terry (1847-1928) (one inscribed 'Ellen Terry' on dorse in Siân Phillips' hand).

Photographs of Siân Phillips' cats.

Work schedules of Siân Philips.

Photocopied photographs of the cottage acquired by Siân Phillips and her second husband Peter O'Toole in Connemara, western Ireland (annotated in Siân Phillips' hand).

Admittance ticket and printed programme relating to Siân Phillips' attendance at the investiture of Charles as Prince of Wales at Caernarfon Castle, 1 July 1969.

Text, annotated by Siân Phillips, taken from the memoirs of Swedish actor Fredrik Ohlsson, with whom Siân Phillips had a relationship during their time at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). While both were still at RADA, Ohlsson took the part of Jörgen Tesman alongside Siân Phillips' rôle as the title character in a 1957 production of Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler (see under Stage productions: 1930s-1950s).

Dust-jacketed copy, with added protective plastic binding, of History of Pontardawe and District from Earliest to Modern Times by Emeritus Principal John Henry Davies; Christopher Davies (Publishers) Ltd (Llandybïe, 1967). Title-page inscribed 'Siân Phillips' in her hand. Inserted at title-page is a printed black and white photographic plate showing a view of Brynaman, Carmarthenshire in the year 1895. 'Mynydd Du' inscribed at top right of plate in Siân Phillips' hand.

General notes, including notes relating to Welsh political activist, poet, dramatist, historian and literary critic Saunders Lewis.

Screenplay titled Flower Walk by Siân Phillips' good friend, the actor Edward Duke.

Script of a one-man show titled Cowardly Lion, based on the life and work of Noel Coward, adapted and devised by Siân Phillips' good friend, the actor Edward Duke. Annotated in what appears to be Edward Duke's hand.

Typescript text of children's book The Gondolier's Cat (published 1993) by author William (Bill) Corlett.

Bound typescript script of a stage adaptation by Jane Stanton Hitchcock of Edith Wharton's 1913 novel The Custom of the Country.

Bound copy of John Edmunds' translation into English of Jean Racine's 1677 tragic play Phèdre (Phaedra), inscribed and signed to Siân Phillips in John Edmunds' hand.

Bound typescript script, dated 1965 at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, of Sophocles' play Antigone, translated by Paul Merchant; with covering letter to Siân Phillips from academic, novelist, sculptor, poet and Anglican priest Moelwyn Merchant (father of Paul Merchant), the letter referencing Siân Phillips' second husband Peter O'Toole.

Bound script of Tennessee Williams' 1981 play The Notebook of Trigorin, an adaptation of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull (1895).

Bound script of Jean-Claude Carriere's 1968 comedy play L'Aide-Memoire. Inscribed title on cover possibly in the hand of Siân Phillips' good friend, the actor Edward Duke.

Three bound copies of the script of a play by author William (Bill) Corlett titled Elizabeth and her Will.

Piece of fabric depicting the Norwegian banner, bearing the printed inscription in Norwegian: 'Det Nye Teater Axel Otto Normann'.

Gorsedd of Bards

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.

Honorary D. Litt., University of Wales

Certificate (two copies), printed invitation, order of proceedings, correspondence and associated material relating to Siân Phillips' award of an Honorary D. Litt. by the University of Wales in July 1984.

Kate O'Toole

Delivery note, dated 9 June 1995, addressed to Siân Phillips' and Peter O'Toole's eldest daughter, actress, producer, film attachée and reviewer Kate O'Toole; undated note of expenses paid on behalf of Kate O'Toole, presumably by Siân Phillips, while Kate was living in New York (note written on card with heading 'Robin & Sian [sic] Sachs').

Letters to Sally Phillips

Undated poem in Welsh addressed to Siân Phillips' mother Sally Phillips on the family's removing from Alltwen in the Swansea Valley to Cwmllynfell, a village now situated within Neath Port Talbot county borough (note in Siân Phillips' hand reads 'To my mother - Sally Phillips a poem written by ? in Alltwen village and given to her when she left Alltwen to go to live in Cwmllynfell'); letter (incomplete), 1962, to Siân Phillips' mother Sally Phillips from Joan Inkin, a former schoolmistress of Siân Phillips, sending condolences on the death of Sally Phillips' husband David Phillips, father of Siân Phillips (letter annotated by Siân Phillips: 'Joan Inkin after Daddy's Death'); and an undated poem in Welsh by J. Meirion Evans, signed 'Meirion', addressed to Sally Phillips on what appears to have been her eightieth birthday (l. 12 reads: 'Aeth pedwar ugain mlynedd, do, yn rhwydd' (= Eighty years have easily slipped by), which would date the poem to around 1983).

Letters to Siân Phillips - 1950s

Letters and card to Siân Phillips from friends, colleagues and acquaintances, the contents largely relating to Siân Phillips' burgeoning stage career. Correspondents include a presumed member of the teaching staff at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) who writes regarding a conflict between Siân Phillips' professional and personal life (incomplete and undated letter, [1957]); and Welsh writer, dramatist and actor Emlyn Williams.

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