Box 1
Contains 11 Results:
Typescript, [circa 1939]
Dramatic production contract and minimum basic agreement between Saroyan and Dowling, 1939 October 1
Signed by Saroyan and Dowling and includes three sections of revisions.
Letter of contract by Dowling to Theatre Guild for joint production of play, 1940 February 20
Signed by Dowling and Warren P. Munsell, business manager of the Theatre Guild.
Letter of contract by Theatre Guild employing Paul Bowles to compose music for the play, [1940] February 20
Signed by Theatre Guild business manager Warren Munsell and Paul Bowles. There are two minor corrections made to the letter, each initialed by the signers.
Contract by Theatre Guild employing Saroyan as co-director, 1940 February 21
Signed by Munsell and Saroyan.
Contract by Theatre Guild employing Dowling as co-director, 1940 February 21
Signed by Munsell and Dowling.
Contract amendment extending date of production, 1940 March 1
Signed by Munsell and Saroyan.
Loan agreement between Theatre Guild and George Stevens, 1940 April 8
Details the loan of $5,000 from American film producer George Stevens. There are provisions for the loan of additional money as well as the portion of the play's profits to which Stevens is entitled. The contract is signed by Munsell and Stevens.
Contract between Samuel French Plays Inc. and Saroyan, Dowling and Theatre Guild for rights to amateur production rights, 1940 July 27
Signed by Saroyan, Dowling, Munsell and Samuel French secretary Frank Shiel.
Assignment of production rights to Theatre Guild Inc. by Dowling., [circa 1939-1940]
Signed by Saroyan, Dowling and Dramatists' Guild assistant secretary Don Angus Douglas.