Rules of golf entitled "Articles and Laws in Playing at Golf" and consisted of 13 rules. The original manuscript of the rules is in the collection of the National Library of Scotland Debate surrounds the authorship of these regulations, which were signed by John Rattray and which—on matters of order of play, outside interference, water hazards, holing out, making a stroke, and the stroke and distance penalty for the loss of a ball—remain an integral part of the modern game. Rattray's sole signature does not guarantee that he was wholly responsible for them, though his prominence within the company and Edinburgh society at
As Is (play) Erickson. "As Is" portrays the effect that AIDS, a relatively new epidemic in the 1980s, has on a group of friends living in New York City. It was one of the first plays, and subsequent television films, depicting how the epidemic was affecting gay Americans. "As Is" opened shortly before Larry Kramer's play about AIDS, "The Normal Heart", was first performed on April 21, 1985. This play depicts a gay couple, Saul and Rich, who open the play, and their separation. Rich’s firm decision to separate is reversed when he returns to Saul after contracting AIDS from his new lover.