Box 3
Contains 70 Results:
Brush Hangs Burning [playscript], undated
Draft (7 pp.) of a one-act play which bears some relationship to the plays The Enemy: Time and Sweet Bird of Youth. The characters Candy and Pere Finley foreshadow Miss Lucey and Boss Finley of Sweet Bird of Youth. Included are 10 pages of drafts of additional scenes.
Sweet Bird of Youth [playscript], 1958 May 9
Script for Act II and Act III. Includes small pencil notations by Wood.
Sweet Bird of Youth [playscript], 1958 October
Bound into brown printed wrappers. This copy bears the bookplate of June Havoc on the title page.
Sweet Bird of Youth [playscript], 1958
Originally dated "October-1958" in typescript, this copy was stamped "Nov 14, 1958" and bears the autograph notation "Dec" on the title page. This copy of the script belonged to the play's stage setting and lighting designer, Jo Mielzner, and bears his signature on the title page and autograph notations throughout the text. Autograph revisions in Williams's hand are also present.
Sweet Bird of Youth: a play in three acts, [playscript], 1959
Original mimeographed "Production script" belonging to stage manager, Edward D. Shelton, heavily annotated throughout with production notes and stage directions, laid in black coated wrappers printed in gold. Paul Bowles wrote the music for this theatrical production. Inscribed: "Property of Edward D. Shelton/Martin Beck Theatre/302 West 45th St./New York, NY." The production premiered at the Martin Beck Theatre, March 10, 1959.
Sweet Bird of Youth [playscript], undated
Another copy of the script belonging to Jo Mielzner. Contains extensive autograph notes concerning lighting, blocking, music cues, and other stage directions. Also contains lists of cast and production staff, props, and rehearsal schedules. Original binder has been removed and retained with the collection in Box 4, F246.
Addenda [script changes], undated
Script changes with numerous autograph corrections are present. Also included with this material is a one page autograph listing of understudies for the original production and a flyer.
This Is (An Entertainment), 1974
Originally bound into red wrappers, with additional Typescript and typescript (photocopy) pages laid in. Extensive autograph notes and corrections, numerous revised scenes and inserted pages are present throughout the text. Title page is dated "Key West, January, 1974 1st draft."
"This Property Is Condemned," – Release dialogue script, 1966 June 10
Typescript (mimeograph) release dialogue script for Francis Ford Coppola's, Fred Cole's, and Edith R. Summer's adaptation to the screen of Williams's play. The movie was directed by Sidney Pollack, produced by John Houseman, and starred Natalie Wood, Charles Bronson, and Robert Redford.
The Traveling Companion [playscript], undated
Bound into brown folder with the label of International Creative Management. The script bears Williams's autograph (photocopy) corrections and autograph pencil notes in an unidentified hand.
The Two-Character Play, circa 1969
Playscript in unpublished state, bound in printed blue binder.
Will Mr. Merriwether Return From Memphis [playscript], 1969
Bound into a green acetate spiral-bound folder. Title page is marked "Revised September 1969." Additional typed sheet laid in indicating the script is an acting script used for the Spring 1980, premiere production of the play.
[ Will Mr. Merriwether Return From Memphis] [draft], undated
Draft of several scenes, apparently from the play of this title. Bears Williams's autograph notes and corrections.
[ The Mattress by the Tomato Patch], undated
Short fragment or abbreviated draft of a dramatization of Williams's story "The Mattress by the Tomato Patch."
[Untitled fragment], undated
Single page of dialogue, featuring characters Pearl and Nance, with Williams's autograph corrections. Williams's signature appears at the top of the page.
"Hard Candy" [short story], 1949 August
Dated "Rome, August, 1949" on the final page. Bound into a blue "Liebling-Wood" folder.
"Hard Candy" [short story], 1949 August
Dated "Rome, August, 1949" on the final page. Bound into a blue "Liebling-Wood" folder. Duplicate carbon of the above draft.
"Hard Candy" [short story], 1953 March
Dated "Rome, August, 1949 / Key West, March, 1953." Marked "R" in red pencil on the first page. Bound into a blue "Liebling-Wood" folder.
"Three Players of a Summer Game", 1952 April
Marked "First R" in pencil on initial page. Dated "April, 1952" on p. 33. Bound into a blue "Liebling-Wood" folder.
"Two on a Party", 1952
Dated "New Orleans 1951-2" on front cover and "London, New Orleans, 1951-1952" on p. 33. Bound into a blue "Liebling-Wood" folder.
"The Resemblance Between a Violin-case and a Coffin (a story)", 1949 October
Marked "original" in pencil on the front cover and dated "Manhattan, October, 1949" on p. 21. Bound into a blue "Liebling-Wood" folder.
"Hard Candy", 1949 August
Dated "Rome, August, 1949" on p. 19. Bound into a blue "Liebling-Wood" folder.
"Rubio y Morena", 1948 July
Dated "Paris, July, 1948" on p. 22. Bound into a blue folder marked "Serial Dept./From Curtis Brown, Ltd. / London."
"The Mattress by the Tomato Patch", undated
"The Coming of Something to the Widow Holly", undated
Bound into a blue "Liebling-Wood" folder.