| Description | Drawing labeled 'New York': private life sketches; sketches of David Wirrilow in Krapp's Last Tape, Paris; notes on conversation with Warrilow about Samuel Beckett. Sketch of two football hooligans from Trackers of Oxyrhynhus by Tony Harrison, inscription on trousers related to Sophocles. Sketches of Trackers when it played at Brighton. Sketch of Square Rounds by Tony Harrison. Thoughts relating to health. Texts relating to article by Michael Billington, 'The Theatre of Thrift'. Quotations from newspapers and books, including by Samuel Beckett. Journal entries, 1991, 1992, including Lindsay Anderson coming to see the model for Stages by David Storey; Peggy Ashcroft's death and memorial service; judging the Linbury Prize for Stage Design; Tony Richarson's health; appointment of Stephen Daldry as Artistic Director of the English Stage Company; Herbert's health; travelling abroad (including Copenhagen) with Trackers of Oxyrhynchus by Tony Harrison. The notebook also contains postcards from Tony Harrison [see JH/3/61a].
The notebook also contains several useful explanatory notes from stage manager Trish Montemuro, placed in notebook after Herbert's lifetime when Montemuro visited her archive. The notes relate to productions and sketches mentioned in the notebooks. |