Alvah Bessie Papers, 1929-1991

Container Title
The Torch
Note: Play by N. Richard Nash, produced at the University of Florida, September 1985, and, as Wildfire, in Bath, England, November 1986 (alternative titles Auto da fé, Choir of Angels and The Harps of Heaven), also a version as a novel. See also Joan.
Play
Box   59
Folder   1
“The Torch, a play by N. Richard Nash”: hand emended typescript, undated
Note: With several pages of notes.
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Folder   2
“Choir of Angels [written over crossed-out 'The Harps of Heaven'], a play by N. Richard Nash”: typescript photocopy, undated
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Folder   3
“The Harps of Heaven, a play by N. Richard Nash”: hand emended typescript, undated
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Folder   4
“Choir of Angels, a play by N. Richard Nash”: hand emended typescript, undated
Note: Marked “First draft (with Jenny's notes)”.
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Folder   5
“Choir of Angels, a play by N. Richard Nash”: hand emended typescript, undated
Note: Marked “First draft--revised”.
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Folder   6
Untitled: hand emended typescript, undated
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Folder   7
“Auto da fé, a play by N. Richard Nash”: hand emended typescript, undated
Note: Cover marked “Auto da fé and The Torch,” title page marked “2nd draft”.
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Folder   8
“Choir of Angels, a play by N. Richard Nash”: hand emended typescript, undated
Note: Marked “Find Act I place for father to be ill”.
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Folder   9
Untitled: incomplete typescript and manuscript, undated
Note: Odd typescript and handwritten pages, mostly crossed out, originally in folder marked “Choir of Angels, Used”.
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Folder   10
Untitled : hand emended typescript, undated
Note: With many handwritten emendations and pages of notes (including a list of alternate titles), originally in folder marked “Auto da fé”.
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Folder   11
“Auto da fé, by N. Richard Nash”: hand emended typescript, undated
Note: Including a casting.
Box   60
Folder   1
“Auto da fé, a play by N. Richard Nash”: hand emended typescript, undated
Note: Cover slip marked “Third draft”.
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Folder   2
“The Torch, a play by N. Richard Nash”: typescript, undated
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Folder   3
“The Torch, a play by N. Richard Nash”: typescript, undated
Note: With “The Torch, Florida version, prior to February, 1986” on the cover.
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Folder   4
“The Torch, a play by N. Richard Nash”: hand emended typescript, undated
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Folder   5
“The Torch, a play by N. Richard Nash”: hand emended typescript, undated
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Folder   6
“The Torch, a play by N. Richard Nash”: typescript, undated
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Folder   7
“The Torch, a play by N. Richard Nash”: computer printout, undated
Note: Marked “Florida Version”.
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Folder   8
“The Torch, a play by N. Richard Nash”: computer printout, submitted 1986 February 13
Note: Also cover of an identical copy marked “The Torch, July, 1986”.
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Folder   9
“The Torch, a new play by N. Richard Nash”: cyclostyle typescript, undated
Note: With cover letter from Barry Brown dated “2/19/86.”
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Folder   10
“The Torch, a play by N. Richard Nash”: cyclostyle typescript, undated
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Folder   11
“The Torch, a play by N. Richard Nash”: typescript, undated
Note: Marked “New print”.
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Folder   12
Untitled: hand emended typescript, undated
Box   61
Folder   1
“The Torch, a play by N. Richard Nash”: typescript, undated
Note: Marked “Obsolete”.
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Folder   2
“The Torch, a play in two acts by N. Richard Nash”: typescript, undated
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Folder   3
“The Torch, a play in two acts by N. Richard Nash”: typescript, undated
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Folder   4
“The Torch, a play in two acts by N. Richard Nash”: typescript, undated
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Folder   5
“Wildfire, a play by N. Richard Nash”: typescript, undated
Note: On A4 paper with London address; Act I only.
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Folder   6
“The Torch, a play by N. Richard Nash”: typescript, 1986
Note: One of two identical copies, except one marked “August 12, 1986,” the other with cover marked “The Torch, August 11, 1986”.
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Folder   7
“The Torch, a play by N. Richard Nash”: typescript, 1986 September 1
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Folder   8
Untitled: hand emended typescript, undated
Note: Originally in folder marked “Enoch”.
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Folder   9
“Wildfire, a play by N. Richard Nash”: typescript, 1986 October 10
Note: On A4 paper, some pages marked “10.10.86,” title page marked “Richard Nash copy”.
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Folder   10
“Wildfire, a play by N. Richard Nash”: hand emended typescript, undated
Note: On A4 paper.
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Folder   11
“Wildfire, a play by N. Richard Nash”: typescript, undated
Note: On A4 paper.
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Folder   12
“Wildfire, a play by N. Richard Nash”: hand emended typescript, 1986 October 16
Note: On A4 paper, many pages marked “16.10.86”.
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Folder   1
“Wildfire, a play by N. Richard Nash”: hand emended typescript, undated
Note: On A4 paper.
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Folder   2
Untitled: hand emended typescript, 1986 October 24
Note: On A4 paper, marked “Oct 24, 1986”.
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Folder   3
Untitled: typescript, undated
Note: On A4 paper, undated, originally in folder marked “Enoch”.
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Folder   4
“Wildfire, a play in two acts by N. Richard Nash”: typescript, undated
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Folder   5
“The Torch, a play in two acts by N. Richard Nash”: typescript, 1987 January 13
Note: Marked “Work copy, 1/13/87”.
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Folder   6
Drafts of various scenes: manuscripts and typescripts, undated
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Folder   7
Correspondence and clippings about the production (as “The Torch”) at the University of Florida, 1985 September 30
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Folder   8
Correspondence, principally with Peter Wood, and clippings regarding the 1986 Bath, England, production (as “Wildfire”)
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Folder   9
Correspondence, casting material, and revised scripts, circa 1986
Note: Including a long letter from Cristopher Nash. Revised script pages relating to a public reading of the play in New York, 1986 (as “The Torch”).
Novel
Box   62
Folder   10
“Torch Novel”: typescript, undated
Note: A few typescript pages of a novelized version; handwritten notes under the heading “Torch Novel.”
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