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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').

Copy of death certificate of Siân Phillips' mother Sally Phillips, 11 February 1985; and printed order of Sally Phillips' funeral service, 19 February 1985.

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.

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

** 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'.

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

General miscellany relating to Siân Phillips' personal life and career; together with miscellaneous items relating to Siân Phillips' second husband Peter O'Toole, her mother Sally Phillips and her eldest daughter Kate O'Toole.

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

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.

Material relating to the writing of Siân Phillips' two volumes of autobiography, Private Faces (1999) and Public Places (2001), and to a book entitled Siân Phillips' Needlepoint, published in 1987.

Letters, cards, telegrams and telemessage to Siân Phillips, to 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 actor and director Thierry Harcourt and his partner, osteopath, Pilates instructor and performance coach Fabi Waisbort (fifteen letters); novelist Alun Richards (fifteen letters); actor Bryn Ellis and his partner, author William (Bill) Corlett (thirteen letters); Jane Ireland, Siân Phillips' assistant/housekeeper (twelve letters); actor Kevin Moore (twelve letters); Australian-born stage and screen actress Marie Löhr (ten letters); actor Edward Duke (nine letters and one note); theatrical agent Sara Randall (nine letters); US actress Annette Bening (eight letters); stage and screen actress Eileen Atkins (six letters); theatre actor and director Frith Banbury (five letters); Welsh actor, director and writer Sean Mathias (four letters); US supermodel Debbie Jupp (four letters); radio drama producer Enyd Williams (four letters); stage and screen actress Judi Dench (three letters); stage and screen actor Ian McKellen (two letters); Canadian editor, writer and publishing executive Hugh Brewster (two letters); Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet and author Edna O'Brien (two letters); Welsh political activist, poet, dramatist, historian and literary critic Saunders Lewis (one letter, with draft article written by Lewis for the Radio Times referencing Siân Phillips' up-and-coming stage career); actor Alec Guinness (one letter); actor and theatre director John Gielgud (one letter); actor and presenter Richard E. Grant (one letter); and Welsh actress Rachel Thomas (one letter). Some items annotated in Siân Phillips' hand.

Letters, cards and telegram to Siân Phillips from friends, colleagues and acquaintances, the contents largely relating to Siân Phillips' stage and screen career. Correspondents include Expressionist artist Stephen B. Whatley (eight letters); radio drama producer Enyd Williams (five letters); actor Rodney Archer (five letters); actor and director Thierry Harcourt and his partner, osteopath, Pilates instructor and performance coach Fabi Waisbort (four letters); theatre actor and director Frith Banbury (three letters); novelist and journalist Shirley Conran (two letters); stage and screen actress Eileen Atkins (two letters); Welsh landscape artist Kyffin Williams (one letter); US composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim (one letter); film director and screenwriter Ken Loach (one letter); and stage and screen actor Ian McKellen (one letter). Some items annotated by Siân Phillips. Two letters incomplete. A number of items kept separately in an envelope reference Siân Phillips' CBE award, suggesting they were dated 2000.

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.

Letters and cards to Siân Phillips 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 US-born Venetian cook, author and theatre afficionado Herbert F. (Buzz) Bruning, Jr and his then wife Leslie (fourteen letters); actor Bryn Ellis and his partner, author William (Bill) Corlett (including one 'spoof' letter addressed to 'Ms Marchal') (ten letters), together with one letter (annotated by Siân Phillips) solely from William Corlett; novelist Alun Richards (five letters); US screenwriter and author George Baxt (five letters); poet Laurence Cotterell (four letters); ballet dancer and choreographer Anton Dolin (three letters); academic, novelist, sculptor, poet and Anglican priest Moelwyn Merchant (three letters); US actress Annette Bening (three letters); Welsh stage and screen actor Keith Baxter (three letters); theatre actor and director Frith Banbury (two letters); US playwright Mart Crowley (two letters); Welsh writer, dramatist and actor Emlyn Williams (two letters); author and screenwriter Lynda la Plante (two letters); novelist and journalist Shirley Conran (two letters); George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy (two letters); child model and actress and interior designer Joyce Buck (two letters); Welsh writer, dramatist and actor Emlyn Williams (one letter); and Professor Gwyn Jones, University College Cardiff (one letter). Some letters annotated in Siân Phillips' hand. One letter incomplete.

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, 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 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.

Papers and other material relating to the personal life and professional career of the Welsh actress Siân Phillips, which include material relating to her early education and training and to her subsequent many and varied stage and screen rôles; correspondence from family members and from her myriad friends and colleagues in the world of theatre and film; press articles, etc relating to her stormy marriage to legendary actor Peter O'Toole; notebooks and diaries containing day-to-day schedules and personal reflections; and the copious preparatory material which went into the publication of her two-volume autobiography, Private Faces (1999) and Public Places (2001).

Material donated March 2023, which includes diaries, notebooks and press cuttings, have been amalgamated within the existing archive.

Letters, cards and telegrams, [1953]-2021 and undated, to Siân Phillips, mostly from friends and colleagues in the theatrical world and the media, and also from fans. The material largely references Siân Phillips' acting career, including congratulatory messages on the awards and honours she received. Several of the correspondents appear under more than one decade heading.

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.

Letters and cards, 1986-2015 and undated, from personal, business and development coach Pat O'Toole to her mother Siân Phillips and to Siân Phillips and her third husband Robin Sachs. One item shows a child's paint-smeared handprint, with, on reverse, in Pat O'Toole's hand, a note purporting to be from Jessica (Jessica Shayle O'Toole, daugher of Pat and granddaughter of Siân Phillips), then aged two and a half.