Manuscripts
Rage in heaven : screenplay and ephemera
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A meeting by the river : a play in two acts
Manuscripts
A mimeographed copy with the number "15" written on the top right-hand corner, with original paper cover. A play co-written with Don Bachardy, this copy was sent to Ruth Ford in order for her to consider playing the part of "Mother." Also enclosed is a typewritten letter from Elizabeth R. Woodman (casting consultant) to Ruth Ford, Dec. 29, 1978 (1 p.).
mssHM 83284
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Collection of Christopher Isherwood ephemera
Manuscripts
Collection consists of 32 pieces of ephemera related to Christopher Isherwood's career; the items were not owned by Isherwood but rather gathered together by the dealer. The material includes printed theater programs and playbills, articles and book reviews, an invitation, a book plate, clippings, and postcards. The theater programs and playbills are for "Cabaret" (1967), "The Dog Beneath the Skin" (1936-1981), "I Am a Camera" (1951-1955), and "A Single Man" (1989). The articles and reviews are published in "The Atlantic" (1964), the literary journal "Tomorrow" (1951), and "Theatre Arts" (1947). All material is in excellent condition.
mssHM 83733-83747
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Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-. The Nazi: screenplay (story treatment)
Manuscripts
Typewritten. Autograph note by Isherwood: "film project with Berthold Viertel."
CI 90.
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Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-, and Bachardy, Don, 1934-. I, Claudius: screenplay
Manuscripts
Photocopy (typewritten). Adapted from two novels by Robert Graves, 1895-.
CI 55.
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Part I : Ephemera
Manuscripts
The collection includes drafts of most of Isherwood's works, as well as book reviews, essays, interviews and travel narratives; the collection also includes extensive correspondence files containing letters from W. H. Auden, Don Bachardy, Truman Capote, E. M. Forster, John Lehmann, Stephen Spender, Edward Upward, Gore Vidal, Tennessee Williams, and others. The correspondence files also contain the letters of Isherwood's parents, Frank Bradshaw-Isherwood and Kathleen Bradshaw-Isherwood, as well as diaries kept by Kathleen, containing references to the first World War. The correspondence files deal with the literary works of Isherwood and others, male homosexuality, Isherwood's interest in Hinduism, World War One and World War Two among other subjects. Also included are important series of poems and other literary manuscripts by Auden and Spender, audiovisual material, photographs and negatives, a scrapbook and ephemera. A box of Addenda was added to the collection in 2020, it contains manuscripts, photographs, printed material, and ephemera.
mssCI
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Śmierć Prezydenta: screenplay
Manuscripts
Printed copy of a script and synopsis of, and an article about the movie "Śmierć Prezydenta" ("Death of President") written by Boleslaw Michalek and Jerzy Kawalerowicz (he also directed). These were written in 1975 (the film was released in 1977). The film is about the assassination of Polish President Narutowicz in 1922. These items are in Polish. There is also a copy of the "22nd Annual San Francisco International Film Festival" (1978, Oct. 4-15) including an entry for the movie, which was going to be shown in the festival (p. 37).
mssHM 79078-79079