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Permutations of a written copy…

1. Permutations of Dramatic Manuscripts:

author’s plot
to foul papers
to intermediate transcript (?)
to authorial or scribal prompt-book
to censored and licensed prompt-book
to players’ parts
to performance
to reports of performance.

Along the way other permutations may appear:
From Foul papers
to private transcript.

OR

From foul papers
to latest revision or adaptation
to players’ parts to performance
to reports of performance.

OR

From censored and licensed prompt-book
to the latest revision or adaptation and so on
to reports of performance.

OR

Both authorial or scribal prompt-book
AND censored and licensed prompt-book
to private transcript.
Censored and licensed prompt-book
to playhouse plot.