Alvah Bessie Papers, 1929-1991

Container Title
Theater
Afternoon Tea (Production information unknown)
Box   119
Folder   10
2 scripts, by Gabor Gorgey, undated
Alchemy DaVinci (Production information unknown)
Box   119
Folder   11
Playscript, by Louis Phillips, 1975
All Fall Down! A Clash of Symbols! (Production information unknown)
Box   119
Folder   12
Script, by Edward Greenberg, undated
All People All Around (Production information unknown)
Box   119
Folder   13
Revised script, by George Sklar, 1966 August
As the River Flows (Production information unknown)
Box   119
Folder   14
Script, by Frank Barth, 1977 April 28
Assassin! (Production information unknown)
Box   119
Folder   15
Script, by David Ball, drawn from a film by Roderick Bradley, 1968
Ballad of a Renegade Priest: USA (Production information unknown)
Box   119
Folder   16
Script, by California Kelly, 1970
Balloon (Production information unknown)
Box   119
Folder   17
Script, by Padraic Colum, 1948
Bapu (Production information unknown)
Box   119
Folder   18
Script, by Donald Freed and Harold Lieberman, 1969
Beau Johnny (Production information unknown)
Box   119
Folder   19
Script, by Tim Kelly, 1975
Bech (Production information unknown)
Box   119
Folder   20
Script, by Jerome Chodorov, based on the stories of John Updike, including notes and accompanying letter, 1973, undated
Black Banana (Production information unknown)
Box   119
Folder   23
Script, no author indicated, undated
The Black Veil (Production information unknown)
Box   119
Folder   24
Outline, by Charles K. Peck, 1963
The Boat (Production information unknown)
Box   119
Folder   25
Script, by George Lefferts, 1966
Born Yesterday (Production information unknown)
Box   119
Folder   26
Ground plan, undated
The Boss (Detroit, Garrick, 1911 January 9; New York, Astor, 1911 January 30)
Box   119
Folder   27
Script, by Edward Sheldon, including cast list and notes regarding author, circa 1946
Break in Transmission (Production information unknown)
Box   119
Folder   28
Script, by Karoly Szakonyi, translated by L. T. Andras, including a report regarding Hungarian dramatic works, undated
The Brisburial of Mamele Edleman (Production information unknown)
Box   119
Folder   29
Script, by Edward Pomerantz, 1968
Brother John Faustus (Production information unknown)
Box   119
Folder   30
Script, by Harold Lieberman, 1970
The Butterscotch Sonata (Production information unknown)
Box   120
Folder   1
Script, by Robert Shure, undated
Bystanders and Cry, the War (Production information unknown)
Box   120
Folder   2
Script for two one act plays, no author indicated, undated
Cabrona (Production information unknown)
Box   120
Folder   3
Script, by Cynthia Buchanan, June 1975
Caesar at the Baths (Production information unknown)
Box   120
Folder   4
Script, by Paul Rawlings, including a clipping and accompanying letter, 1975, undated
Calm Down Mother (New York, Sheridan Square Playhouse, March 1965)
Box   120
Folder   5
Script, by Megan Terry, undated
The Cannibals (Production information unknown)
Box   120
Folder   6
Script, by George Tabori, 1967
Canto XI (Production information unknown)
Box   120
Folder   7
Script, by Vincent J. Lonhhi, undated
Charley and Joan (Production information unknown)
Box   120
Folder   8
Script, book by Sidney Michaels, music by Lawrence Grossman, lyrics by Hal Hackady, 1970
Note: See also Box 101, Folder 8.
Cheese and Eggs (Production information unknown)
Box   120
Folder   9
Script, by Ferenc Karinthy, undated
The Chic Life (Production information unknown)
Box   120
Folder   10
Script, by Arthur Marx and Robert Fisher, undated
The Chinese and Dr. Fish (Production information unknown)
Box   120
Folder   11
Script, by Murray Schisgal, 1969 December 22
Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie (Production information unknown)
Box   120
Folder   12
Script, by Peter Barnes, undated
Clipper (Production information unknown)
Box   120
Folder   13
Script, by Tim Kelly, undated
Come Dressed in Red (Production information unknown)
Box   120
Folder   14
Script, by Melba Thomas, undated
Condemned of Altoona (Production information unknown)
Box   120
Folder   15
Clippings, correspondence, 1960-1965, undated
Congratulations on Being the 100th Graduation Party (Production information unknown)
Box   120
Folder   16
Script, no author indicated, undated
The Conjuror (Production information unknown)
Box   120
Folder   17
Script, by Evan Hunter, including accompanying correspondence, 1967, undated
Coralie Lansdowne Says No (Production information unknown)
Box   120
Folder   18
Script, by Alexander Buzo, 1974
Cosmig Spring (Production information unknown)
Box   120
Folder   19
Treatment, by Ladislav Smocek, undated
Cybele (Production information unknown)
Box   120
Folder   20
Outline, no author indicated, undated
Dance with a Dolly (Production information unknown)
Box   120
Folder   21
Script, by Jack Pulman, including accompanying letter, 1969, undated
A Day in the Park (Production information unknown)
Box   120
Folder   22
Script for one act mime, by Jerome C. Small, undated
The Day of the Plywood Parthenon (Production information unknown)
Box   120
Folder   23
Script, by Jerome C. Small, 1966 November
Dear Antoine or The Love That Failed (Production information unknown)
Box   120
Folder   24
Script, by Jean Anouilh, undated
The Death of King Phillip (Production information unknown)
Box   120
Folder   25
Script, by Paul Earls, from a play by Romulus Linney, undated
Declaration (Production information unknown)
Box   120
Folder   26
Script, by Janet and Philip Stevenson, undated
The Defense of Taipei (Production information unknown)
Box   121
Folder   1
Script, by Conrad Bromberg, annotated, 1962
Democracy and Esther (Production information unknown)
Box   121
Folder   2
Script, by Romulus Linney, based on novels by Henry Adams, undated
Dr. Zvonek Burke's Strange Afternoon (Production information unknown)
Box   121
Folder   3
Treatment, by Ladislav Smocek, undated
Ducks and Lovers (Production information unknown)
Box   121
Folder   4
Script, by Murray Schisgal, undated
Echoes (Seattle, Contemporary Theatre, 1972 August 8)
Box   121
Folder   5
Script, by N. Richard Nash, including reviews, 1972
Edith Stein (Production information unknown)
Box   121
Folder   6
Script, by Arthur Giron, undated
The Education of H*Y*M*A*N* K*A*P*L*A*N (Production information unknown)
Box   121
Folder   7
Script, book by Benjamin Bernard Zavin, words and music by Paul Nassau and Oscar Brand, based on stories created by Leo Rosten, undated
The Empire Builders (London, Arts Theatre Club, 1962 July 31)
Box   121
Folder   8
Script, by Boris Vian, translated from the French by Simon Watson Taylor, including a review, 1959, undated
The Enemy is Dead (Production information unknown)
Box   121
Folder   9
Script, by Don Petersen, 1968
The Entrance Requirements (Production information unknown)
Box   121
Folder   10
Script, by Saul Levitt, undated
Erastus (Production information unknown)
Box   121
Folder   11
Script, by Mark Dunster, 1975
Euripides at Bay or The Matrons' Revenge (Production information unknown)
Box   121
Folder   12
Script, by Aristophanes, translated by William Arrowsmith, undated
Everything in the Garden (Production information unknown)
Box   121
Folder   13
Script, by Edward Albee, from the play by Giles Cooper, 1967 September
The Fifth Murder (Production information unknown)
Box   121
Folder   14
Script, by Benjamin Bernard Zavin, undated
Fishing (Production information unknown)
Box   121
Folder   15
Script, by Michael Weller, 1974 September 11
The Flower is in the Root (Production information unknown)
Box   121
Folder   16
Script, by Harry Granick, undated
Foma the Faker (Production information unknown)
Box   121
Folder   17
Script, by Ruth K. Hill, undated
Forty-Four West (Production information unknown)
Box   121
Folder   18
Script, by Sylvia Regan, undated
Fun, Fun! Music Lessons Have Begun (Production information unknown)
Box   121
Folder   19
Revised script, by Jay Hoffman, 1975 September 8
The Generation Gap (Production information unknown)
Box   121
Folder   20
Script, by Mann Rubin, including accompanying letter, 1969
The Gentle People (Houston, Alley Theatre, 1949 October)
Box   121
Folder   21
Technical script No. 1 for the first arena-staged production of this play, compiled and reproduced by John Ed Berry, including a clipping, 1949, undated
Glory! Hallelujah!...God's on Our Side (Production information unknown)
Box   122
Folder   1
Script, by Anna Marie Barlow, including casting ideas, 1967 March 1
Goodbye People (Production information unknown)
Box   122
Folder   2
Script, by Herb Gardner, undated
Harry Kelly (Production information unknown)
Box   122
Folder   3
Script, by Harold Heifetz, including accompanying letter, 1978, undated
A Head's A Head (Production information unknown)
Box   122
Folder   4
Script, by Lucas Myers, circa 1968
Hester (Production information unknown)
Box   122
Folder   5
Scene Outline, an adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter by Boone Smith, 1975
Hide and Seek (production information unknown)
Box   122
Folder   6
Script for three one act plays, “The Artists,” “Spit in the Ocean,” and “A Limb of Snow,” by Anna Marie Barlow, undated
Hogs Run Wild (Production information unknown)
Box   122
Folder   7
Script, by Donald Freed and Harold Lieberman, including revisions, 1969
Box   122
Folder   8
Revised script, by Donald Freed and Harold Lieberman, 1969
Hot Air (Production information unknown)
Box   122
Folder   9
2 scripts, by Ferenc Karinthy, undated
The House of Blue Leaves (Production information unknown)
Box   122
Folder   10
Script, by John Guare, 1967
Ilium Ilium (Production information unknown)
Box   122
Folder   11
Script, by David Ball, 1969
In Case of Accident (Production information unknown)
Box   122
Folder   12
Script, by Peter Simon, undated
In Our Green Youth (Santa Monica, Calif., Playhouse, other information unknown)
Box   122
Folder   13
Script, by George Savage and George Savage, Jr., 1969 March
In 3 Zones (Production information unknown)
Box   122
Folder   14
Script, by Wilford Leach, undated
The Inspector General (Production information unknown)
Box   122
Folder   15
Script, by Nikolai Gogol, translated by Besty Hulick, undated
The Invincible (Production information unknown)
Box   122
Folder   16
Script, by Ion Nicola, 1968
Invitation to the Voyage (Production information unknown)
Box   122
Folder   17
Script, by Margaret Lamb, 1970
Irrgarten and Dr. Zvonek Burkes Seltsamer Nachmittag (Production information unknown)
Box   122
Folder   18
Script, by Ladislav Smocek, German translation by B. K. Becher, 1966
Is Anyone Out There? (Production information unknown. A multi-media play)
Box   122
Folder   19
Script, by Sigmund Stephen Miller, undated
Jonah (Production information unknown)
Box   122
Folder   20
Script, by Marin Soresou, translated by Stavros Deligiorgis and Pierre Zekelli, undated
The King of the Mountains (Production information unknown)
Box   122
Folder   21
Script, by Edward Eustace, undated
Krish (Production information unknown)
Box   122
Folder   22
Script, by Arthur Pittman, undated
Le Labyrinthe and L'Etrange Apres Midi du Docteur Zvonek Burkes (Production information unknown)
Box   122
Folder   23
Script, by Ladislav Smocek, undated
The Last Chalice (Production information unknown)
Box   122
Folder   24
Script, by Joanna M. Glass, undated
The Last of the Order (Santa Barbara, Calif., University of California-Santa Barbara, 1968, theater unknown)
Box   123
Folder   1
Script, by Richard V. Benner, undated
Leda Had a Little Swan (Production information unknown)
Box   123
Folder   2
Prospectus, 1967
Lemon Sky (Production information unknown)
Box   123
Folder   3
Revised script, by Lanford Wilson, 1968 August 30
The Leper (Production information unknown)
Box   123
Folder   4
Script, by Lonnie Carter, including correspondence, 1966 December
Letters from a True Believer (Production information unknown)
Box   123
Folder   5
Script, by Sidney Brooks, undated
The Liberated Cinderella (Ferrum Little Theatre, other production information unknown)
Box   123
Folder   6
Script, by Rex and Ginny Stephenson, including playbill, 1974
The Life and Death of Rogue Robbie Kilkenny (Production information unknown)
Box   123
Folder   7
Script, by Leo Rutman, 1969
The Lion of Jachin-Boaz (Production information unknown)
Box   123
Folder   8
Script, book and lyrics by Frank Streich, adapted from the novel The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz, by Russell Hoban, undated
Listen to the Lions (Production information unknown)
Box   123
Folder   9
First revised draft script, by John Ford Noonan, 1975 September
Little Boy (Production information unknown)
Box   123
Folder   10
Script, by Leo Heaps, 1970
The Little Old Lady Says Yes (Production information unknown)
Box   123
Folder   11
Script, by Jan Hartman, annotated, 1973 October
Love Feast (Production information unknown)
Box   123
Folder   12
Script, by Richard Benner, undated
Love is Nothing to Laugh About (Production information unknown)
Box   123
Folder   13
Script, by Andrew Glaze, 1975
Love Lies Bleeding (Amaranthus Caudatus) (Production information unknown)
Box   123
Folder   14
Script, by Frank Schwartz, 1967
Lying Figures (Production information unknown)
Box   123
Folder   15
Script, by Francis Warner, 1970 December 31
Make Laff (Production information unknown)
Box   123
Folder   16
Script by Serge Pone, (Sergei Ponomarov), undated
The Man in the Glass Booth (London, St. Martin's, 1967 July 27)
Box   123
Folder   17
Script, by Robert Shaw, including reviews, 1967, undated
Man in the White Suit (Production information unknown)
Box   123
Folder   18
Second revised script, by John Hess and Charles E. Andrews, including correspondence, 1966 August 7, 1967
Marching to Georgia (Production information unknown)
Box   123
Folder   19
Script, by Barbara Kay Daniel, undated
Me Jack You Jill (Production information unknown)
Box   123
Folder   20
Script, by Robes Kossez, 1973
The Memorandum (Production information unknown)
Box   123
Folder   21
Script, by Vaclav Havel, translated by Vera Blackwell, undated
Mention My Name in Peoria (Production information unknown)
Box   123
Folder   22
First draft script, by Richard Chandler, 1968 Summer
Box   123
Folder   23
Script, by Richard Chandler, including letter, 1969 Summer
A Moon for Lulu (Production information unknown)
Box   123
Folder   24
Script, by David Manber, undated
Morning In America (Production information unknown)
Box   124
Folder   1
Script, by Willard Wiener, undated
The Mouth of the Wolf (Production information unknown)
Box   124
Folder   2
Script by David Risk, 1978
Nature's Godr (Production information unknown)
Box   124
Folder   3
Revised script, by Patrick Flynn, including accompanying letter, 1976 July 11, August
The Niggerlovers (Production information unknown)
Box   124
Folder   4
Script, by George Tabori, 1966
A Night Wind (Production information unknown)
Box   124
Folder   5
Script, by Leo Rutman, 1974
Nine Lovers in Hell (Production information unknown)
Box   124
Folder   6
Script by Ion Nicola, 1969
Nothing for Thanks for Nothing (Production information unknown)
Box   124
Folder   7
Revised script, by Jerome C. Small, 1966 August 1
The Old Ones (Production information unknown)
Box   124
Folder   8
First draft script, by Arnold Wesker, including accompanying letter written in script, 1971 May 28
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Production information unknown)
Box   124
Folder   9
Script, adapted for the stage by Richard France, undated
The One Way Omnibus (Production information unknown)
Box   124
Folder   10
Script, by David Haviland, undated
Ornstein's Retreat (Production information unknown)
Box   124
Folder   11
Script, by David Freeman, 1969 January 13
The Other Half (Production information unknown)
Box   124
Folder   12
First draft revised script, by Elinor Jones, including notes by Alan Schneider, 1978 June 5
Pak is Still Alive (Production information unknown)
Box   124
Folder   13
Script, by Henry A. Zeiger, including a note by Alan Schneider, 1957
The Panel (Production information unknown)
Box   124
Folder   14
Script, by Kenneth Bernard, undated
The Paper (Production information unknown)
Box   124
Folder   15
Script, by Al Christina, 1970
The Park (Production information unknown)
Box   124
Folder   16
Script, by Marguerite Duras, adapted by Anne Bolton, undated
People Are Living There (Production information unknown)
Box   124
Folder   17
Script, by Athol Fugard, including character descriptions and correspondence, 1969 April, undated
Physiognomy Recapitulates Phylogeny (Production information unknown)
Box   124
Folder   18
Script, by Lucas Myers, circa 1968
The Plaster Bambino (Production information unknown)
Box   124
Folder   19
Script, by Sidney Michaels, undated
The Pleasure Palace (Production information unknown)
Box   124
Folder   20
Script, by Mark Daniels, undated
A Public Prosecutor is Sick of It All (For Arena Stage, other production information unknown)
Box   124
Folder   21
Script, by Max Frisch, undated
Roundelay (Production information unknown)
Box   124
Folder   22
Script, suggested by Schnitzler's “La Ronde,” libretto by Jerry Douglas, music by Hal Jordan, including miscellaneous notes, 1967, undated
The Ruling Class (Production information unknown)
Box   124
Folder   23
Script, by Peter Barnes, undated
The Saliva Milkshake (Production information unknown)
Box   125
Folder   1
Script, by Howard Brenton, undated
The Scapegoat (Production information unknown)
Box   125
Folder   2
Script, by John F. Matthews, suggested by Franz Kafka's novel The Trial, undated
Box   125
Folder   3
Script, by John Matthews, suggested by Franz Kafka's novel The Trial, annotated, 1948
Seascape (Production information unknown)
Box   125
Folder   4
Script, by Edward Albee, 1974
Shellgame (Production information unknown)
Box   125
Folder   5
Script, by Douglas Bankson, 1966
Shapiro and the Bible (Production information unknown)
Box   125
Folder   6
Article, “Shapiro and the Bible: Why the Making of a Motion Picture?,” and letter, 1972, undated
Box   125
Folder   7, 8
Revised script, by Charles K. Peck Jr., undated
Box   125
Folder   9
Second revised working draft script, by Charles K. Peck Jr., undated
Silence (Production information unknown)
Box   125
Folder   10
Script, by Roman Brandstaetter, undated
The Soft Core Pornographer (Production information unknown)
Box   125
Folder   11
Script, by Martin Stone and John Heller, 1971
Soldiers (Production information unknown)
Box   125
Folder   12
Script, author not indicated, including an epilogue as used at Burgtheater Vienna, undated
Someone's Comin' Hungry (Production information unknown)
Box   125
Folder   13
Script, by McGrea Imbrie and Neil R. Sheldon, undated
Son of Man and the Family (Production information unknown)
Box   125
Folder   14
Script, author not indicated, undated
Song of the Butcher Block (Production information unknown)
Box   125
Folder   15
Script, by Mark Daniels, annotated, undated
The Sound of a Woman (Production information unknown)
Box   125
Folder   16
Script, by Frank Spiering, undated
Sounding Brass (Production information unknown)
Box   125
Folder   17
Script, by Robert E. Lee, 1975 November
Steinway Grand (Production information unknown)
Box   125
Folder   18
Script, by Ferenc Karinthy, English translation by Matyas Eszterhazy, revision by Bertha Gaster, undated
Sticks and Bones (New York, Anspacher, 1971 November 7 and John Golden, 1972 March 1)
Box   125
Folder   19
Script, “Bones,” by David W. Rabe, including clipping and brochure, undated
Suzanna Andler (Production information unknown)
Box   125
Folder   20
Script, by Marguerite Duras, undated
Take a Globe in Plano (Production information unknown)
Box   125
Folder   21
Script, by Donald Symington, including accompanying letter, undated
They Got Jack (Production information unknown)
Box   125
Folder   22
Script, by Leo Rutman, 1965
This is the Chicken That Goes to Its Slaughter (Production information unknown)
Box   125
Folder   23
Script, by Yosef Bar Yosef, translated from Hebrew by Aviva Marks, undated
This Story of Yours (Production information unknown)
Box   125
Folder   24
Script, by John Hopkins, slightly annotated, 1965 July
Three Sons (Production information unknown)
Box   126
Folder   1
Script, by Richard Lortz, including note from Alan Schneider, undated
A Time to Laugh (Production information unknown)
Box   126
Folder   2
Script, by Stephen Hotchner, 1970
Tour (Production information unknown)
Box   126
Folder   3
Script, by Terrence McNally, undated
Transparencies (Production information unknown)
Box   126
Folder   4
Script, by Mark Daniels, undated
The Trial (Production information unknown)
Box   126
Folder   5
Script, by Andre Gide and Jean Louis Barrault, English translation and adaptation hy Jacqueline and Frank Sundstrom, from the novel by Franz Kafka, undated
Box   126
Folder   6
Script, annotated, undated
The Trial of A. Lincoln (Hartford, Conn., theater unknown, 1970 April 6; Phoenix, Palace West, 1971 March 30; Hollywood, Huntington Hartford, 1971 April 7; Detroit, Fisher, date unknown)
Box   126
Folder   7
Notes, playbill, clippings, 1970-1971
Box   126
Folder   8
Script, by James Damico, undated
Box   126
Folder   9
Patch copy script, by James Damico, 1971 April 28
The Trouble with Europe (Production information unknown)
Box   126
Folder   10
Script, by Paul D'Andrea, 1978
Two Plays (Production information unknown. Consists of Confessional I Can't Imagine Tomorrow)
Box   126
Folder   11
Script, by Tennessee Williams, undated
The Universal Nigger (Production information unknown)
Box   126
Folder   12
Script, by Gordon Porterfield, undated
Ups and Downs (Production information unknown)
Box   126
Folder   13
Script, by Amitsur Ilan, including an accompanying letter, June 1968, undated
Virgil's Dream (Production information unknown)
Box   145
Folder   1
Musical script, for one act chamber theater, 1967
A Walk in the Moonlight (Production information unknown)
Box   126
Folder   14
Script, by anonymous author, translated by Algirdas Landsbergis, 1976
Wandering (Production information unknown)
Box   126
Folder   15
Script fragment, by Lanford Wilson, undated
The Wedding Feast (Production information unknown)
Box   126
Folder   16
Script revisions, no author indicated, 1976
We'll All Be There (Production information unknown)
Box   126
Folder   17
Draft script, by Dale Wasserman, based on Oldrich Danek's “I Shall Return to Prague,” 1977 November
What Use Are Flowers? (Production information unknown)
Box   126
Folder   18
Script, by Lorraine Hansberry, 1961 December 20
Where is Che Guevara? (Production information unknown)
Box   126
Folder   19
Script, by Leo Rutman, 1968
The Wife of Bath's Second Tale (Production information unknown)
Box   126
Folder   20
Script, by Norman Wahl, annotated, undated
The Windows of Heaven (Production information unknown)
Box   126
Folder   21
Script, by Shimon Wincelberg, based on “A Cat in the Ghetto,” by Rachmil Bryks, including review of a Stockholm production, 1969, undated
Women in Sorrow (Production information unknown. Consists of Evolution: Child's Play and Our Secret Dreams)
Box   126
Folder   22
Script, by Stanley Crouch, undated
The Young Men (Production information unknown)
Box   126
Folder   23
Script, by Vincent Wilde (winner of the Wisconsin Playwright Guild, freely adapted from a short story “The Blood of the Martyrs,” 1938-1939)
You're A Good Man Charlie Brown (New York, John Golden, 1971 June 1)
Box   126
Folder   24
Script, based on the comic strip “Peanuts” by Charles M.Schulz, book, music and lyrics by Clark Gesner, 1967
Box   126
Folder   25
Untitled script, no author indicated, undated (Production information unknown)
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