Guide to the Robert A. Potter Plays PA Mss 10
Scope and Content of Collection
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Series I. Original Plays
Finding guide and list of plays produced by Potter--working draft (10/3/99)
Fifteen Signs of the Apocalypse, 1978
In a Pig's Eye, 1972
Just Across the Border, 1981
The Sea Lion, 1983
The Vision of Children, 1980
Where is Sicily, 1969
Amusia, 1999
Amusia (production script), 1999
Amusia (background, press clippings), 1999
Amusia (festivities), 1999
Amusia (music), 1999
Amusia (production script), 2007
Amusia (programs), 1999
Amusia (publicity), 1999
Baby
Baby (background, clippings), 1966
Bedtime Story, 1992
Bedtime Story (stage directions), 1992
Bedtime Story (third draft), 1993
Bird of Paradise, 1996
Butterfly Summer, 1960
The Famous Tug of War, 1959
Fifteen Signs of the Apocalypse, 1978
Fifteen Signs of the Apocalypse (production material), 1978
A Fine and Private Place (first draft), 1990
A Fine and Private Place, 1991
A Fine and Private Place (reviews, programs, cards), 1991
Ilyria, 1977
Imaginary Music, 1999
In a Pig's Eye (copy 1), 1972
In a Pig's Eye (copy 2), 1972
In a Pig's Eye (copy 3), 1972
In a Pig's Eye (production script), 1975
Just Like Life (background, production)
Just Like Life, 1993
The Labyrinth (first draft), 1985
The Labyrinth (copy 1), 1985
The Labyrinth (copy 2), 1985
The Lady in the Labyrinth (background, design)
The Lady in the Labyrinth, 1988
The Lady in the Labyrinth (May 1988, script 7)
The Lady in the Labyrinth (script 4), 1988
The Lady in the Labyrinth (1988 production script)
The Lady in the Labyrinth (RAP production script), 1989
The Lady in the Labyrinth (March 1989 revision)
The Lady in the Labyrinth (May 1989, #12)
The Lady in the Labyrinth (first stage workshop), 1989
The Lady in the Labyrinth (UCSB Winter 1989 production)
The Lady in the Labyrinth (publicity)
The Lady in the Labyrinth (reviews, articles)
The Lady in the Labyrinth (sound)
Last Days of Empire, 2007
Last Days of Empire (background, notes)
Last Days of Empire (music)
Last Days of Empire (press clippings)
The Last Liberal (1.0), 2005
The Last Liberal (1.1), 2005
The Last Liberal (press clippings)
The Man in the Middle
Morning Song, 2000
My Scrape with the CHP and Other Ten Minute Plays (Four plays: My Scrape with the CHP (1999); Waveplay (1999); Remiehzla's Disease (1997, never completed); Boxing on the Radio)
Mutt's Monologue (From the Space Between the Stars), 1993
Saint Barbara in the Flesh, 1995
A Seagull on the South Shore (After Chekhov)
The Sea Lion, 1981
The Sea Lion (March 1982)
The Sea Lion (July 1982)
The Sea Lion (November 1982)
The Sea Lion (December 1982, copy 1)
The Sea Lion (December 1982, copy 2)
The Sea Lion, 1983
The Sea Lion (March 1987)
The Space Between the Stars, 2003
The Space Between the Stars (production photos), 2003
Universe City, 1974
The Vision of Children, 1978
The Vision of Children, 1980
Where is Sicily? (first draft), 1969
Where is Sicily? (copy 1), 1969
The Wind Dancers, 1981
The Wind Dancers (notes), 1987
The Wind Dancers (script, notes), 1987
The Wind Dancers, 1987
Series II. Adaptations
Brechtian Variations (The Private Life of the Master Race) (Bertolt Brecht), 1994
Faust: An Entertainment (Johann Goethe), 1982
Faust: An Entertainment (Johann Goethe) (background, notes)
Faust: An Entertainment (Johann Goethe) (production)
Fiorenza (Thomas Mann), 1975
Fiorenza (Thomas Mann) (background, notes)
King Johan (John Bale) (1964 Bristol production), 1964
King Johan (John Bale) (notes)
La Celestina (Fernando de Rojas), 1987
La Celestina (Fernando de Rojas) (illustrations, notes), 1987
La Celestina (Fernando de Rojas) (third draft), 1990
The Left Hand of God (Jose Saramago) (1.0), 2007
The Left Hand of God (Jose Saramago) (2.0), 2009
The Left Hand of God (Jose Saramago) (2.0, unbound, notes, additions), 2009
The Left Hand of God (Jose Saramago) (2.1), 2009
The Left Hand of God (Jose Saramago) (unbound script)
The Left Hand of God (Jose Saramago) (background, notes)
The Left Hand of God (Jose Saramago) (letters)
The Left Hand of God (Jose Saramago) (first draft, notes)
The Left Hand of God (Jose Saramago) (notes)
The Left Hand of God (Jose Saramago) (work in progress)
Life is a Dream (Calderon de la Barca), 1997
Life is a Dream (Calderon de la Barca) (script, clippings), 1997
Life is a Dream (Calderon de la Barca) (script, clippings), 1997
Life is a Dream (Calderon de la Barca) (third draft), 1997
Life is a Dream (Calderon de la Barca) (background), 1997
Lost Posadas (Brian Hansen), 2007
Man's Desire and Fleeting Beauty (Unknown, 16th century Dutch) (notes, music, programs)
Man's Desire and Fleeting Beauty (Unknown, 16th century Dutch) (Cambridge production), 1984
The Merry Wives of Windsor (Shakespeare), 1993
The Miser (Moliere), 1965
Mother Courage (Bertolt Brecht), 1979
Mother Courage (Bertolt Brecht) (revision, programs), 1998
Mother Courage (Bertolt Brecht), 1998
Mother Courage (Bertolt Brecht) (clippings)
Mother Courage (Bertolt Brecht) (music)
Panhandle (Walter Davis), 1972
Panhandle (Walter Davis) (background, notes, music), 1972
Queen Margaret of England (Shakespeare), 1976
Queen Margaret of England (Shakespeare) (Act I), 1977
Queen Margaret of England (Shakespeare) (Act II), 1977
Queen Margaret of England (Shakespeare), 2000
Queen Margaret of England (Shakespeare) (Act I Rewrite), 2000
Queen Margaret of England (Shakespeare) (Act I second draft), 2000
Queen Margaret of England (Shakespeare) (Act II second draft), 2000
Queen Margaret of England (Shakespeare) (November 2000 first draft)
Queen Margaret of England (Shakespeare) (December 2000 second draft)
Queen Margaret of England (Shakespeare) (2001 notes, revision, redux)
Queen Margaret of England (Shakespeare) (notes, Act I revision), 2001
Queen Margaret of England (Shakespeare) (RAP production script), 2001
Queen Margaret of England (Shakespeare) (2001 revision)
Queen Margaret of England (Shakespeare) (August 2001 revision)
The Tragicall History of the Tapioca Misanthropa (Walter Davis)
Volpone (Ben Jonson), 1978
Fiorenza (Thomas Mann)
Queen Margaret of England (Shakespeare), 1976
Series III. Miscellaneous
Robert Potter: Playwriting 1978-88. Excerpts from Ten Years Work (Mother Courage (1979); The Vision of Children (1980); Just Across the Border (1982); The Sea Lion (1983); The Wind Dancers (1987); The Lady in the Labyrinth (1988))
Opera Projects (The Parakeet; The Man of the Future)
Potter Plays Misc Clippings