Letter accompanying the manuscript
Prologue
Graduation and early years
Seagulls over Portland Place: Four famous actors
James Saunders, Don Haworth, Susan Hill
Howard Brenton, David Hare, Peter Everett
David Zane Mairowitz, Alan Bennett, Nick Dear
Annus Mirabilis 1978: Giles Cooper Awards
A Word on Women Dramatists
Two accidents of fortune
Further to-ings and fro-ings
A modest proposal- Alick Rowe, Tom Mallin, Nigel Baldwin and The Archers
Gorky, John Fowles and David Gooderson
Four more writers: Nick Fisher, Perry Pontac, Peter Tegel and Charlie Howe
Mood Music, translators; further notes and queries
Taste or Cost?
Groundhog Day Beginnings
Epilogue, and a list of favourite plays
