[John Wood, distinguished English actor, associated with Tom Stoppard.] His copy of the script of ?The Fantasticks / A Parable about Love / Words by Tom Jones / Music by Harvey L. Schmidt?, with autograph note by him and stage plans.

See Michael Coveney?s obituary in the Guardian, 10 August 2011, which states that Wood was ?one of the greatest stage actors of the past century?, and that he ?returned to the West End in 1961 as Henry Albertson in the whimsical off-Broadway musical The Fantasticks, at the Apollo?. 86pp, 4to. Each act separately paginated. Duplicated and bound with metal studs into black waxed-card wraps, with each page on the recto of a separate leaf. Title ?THE FANTASTICKS? printed on front cover, with details of the Studio Duplicating Service. In good condition, lightly aged, in lightly creased wraps. Title-page: ?The Fantasticks / A Parable About Love / Words by / Tom Jones / Music By / Harvey L. Schmidt / This is suggested by a play called ?Les Romanesques? by Edmund [sic] Rostand?. ?JOHN WOOD? is written in large capitals in pencil at top right of title-page. On the reverse of the last leaf, in blue ink, and certainly in Wood?s hand (he has a distinctive way of writing a capital J) is ?John Cater Girl 9171?. P.37 of the first act has two additions in Wood?s hand: ?I nearly forgot? and ?That?s my light . . . .? The rest of the page is covered in pencil notes and doodles in another hand, with words and measurements suggesting a scene builder or set designer. The reverse of p.17 of the second act is covered with stage plans in blue ink. He has also added, on p.29 of act one, the direction for his character ?Henry? (Henry Albertson, ?The Old Actor?) to act ?wounded?. And p.32 of the second hand has an addition in another hand in blue ink: ?HENRY: / Hello?.