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Williams, Tennessee
Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 USD
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Description
- A Significant Archive of Work, Being Corrected Typescripts of Plays, Poetry, and Essays. V.p., late 1940s–early 1980s
- paper, ink
Provenance
Lady St. Just, hence by descent
Condition
Condition as described in catalogue entry.
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The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The condition report is provided to assist you with assessing the condition of the lot and is for guidance only. Any reference to condition in the condition report for the lot does not amount to a full description of condition. The images of the lot form part of the condition report for the lot provided by Sotheby's. Certain images of the lot provided online may not accurately reflect the actual condition of the lot. In particular, the online images may represent colours and shades which are different to the lot's actual colour and shades. The condition report for the lot may make reference to particular imperfections of the lot but you should note that the lot may have other faults not expressly referred to in the condition report for the lot or shown in the online images of the lot. The condition report may not refer to all faults, restoration, alteration or adaptation because Sotheby's is not a professional conservator or restorer but rather the condition report is a statement of opinion genuinely held by Sotheby's. For that reason, Sotheby's condition report is not an alternative to taking your own professional advice regarding the condition of the lot.
Catalogue Note
Together 14 manuscripts, as described belowPlays:
1. The Eccentricities of a Nightingale, or The Sun That Warms the Dark. Ca. 1948. Typescript heavily corrected. 77 pp. Title page inscribed in pencil, "First draft. 'Summer of the Long Knives,' Rome, Paris, Venice, Paris, & London."
2. Orpheus Descending. Ca. 1953. Manuscript in pencil, 2 pp on Palace Hotel (Madrid) letterhead.
3. Out Cry; or, The Two-Character Play. Ca. 1970–73. Corrected typescript, approximately 65 pages, some on hotel stationery from New York, Bangkok, and Positano. With a few letters and notes concerning the play and a multigraphed copy of The Two-Character Play (1970).
4. The Everlasting Ticket. Ca. 1980. Corrected typescript, approximately 30pp.
5. The Notebook of Trigorin. A free adaptation of The Seagull. Ca. 1981. Corrected typescript and photocopy, approximately 50pp.
6. 12pp. of manuscript notes possibly relating to Summer and Smoke. Ca. 1940s.
6 poems in typescript and manuscript, including "A Wreath for Alexandra Molotsova," "Near the Silence," "You Would Not Understand,"Poem for Froggie," "A Big Storn Blew," and "For Not as You Are Now". 9pp.
Essays
1. Untitled essay re: the actress Anna Magnani. Corrected typescript, 4pp.
2, "About 'Evasions'". Corrected typescript, 3pp. With carbon typescript of a later draft, 4pp.
[With]: A group of multigraphed and carbon-copy scripts comprising 7 plays, 1 screenplay, and 1 novel: 'Slapstick Tragedy' (1966) — 'Moise and the World of Reason' (1974) —'The Red Devil Battery Sign' (1976) — 'Tiger Tail' (1977) — 'Vieux Carre' (1977) — 'Three Works for Lyric Theatre' (n.d.) — 'Masks Outrageous' (n.d.) — 'The Chalky White Substance' (n.d.) — 'The Fugitive Kind' (n.d.) — 'Secret Places of the Heart' (n.d.)
1. The Eccentricities of a Nightingale, or The Sun That Warms the Dark. Ca. 1948. Typescript heavily corrected. 77 pp. Title page inscribed in pencil, "First draft. 'Summer of the Long Knives,' Rome, Paris, Venice, Paris, & London."
2. Orpheus Descending. Ca. 1953. Manuscript in pencil, 2 pp on Palace Hotel (Madrid) letterhead.
3. Out Cry; or, The Two-Character Play. Ca. 1970–73. Corrected typescript, approximately 65 pages, some on hotel stationery from New York, Bangkok, and Positano. With a few letters and notes concerning the play and a multigraphed copy of The Two-Character Play (1970).
4. The Everlasting Ticket. Ca. 1980. Corrected typescript, approximately 30pp.
5. The Notebook of Trigorin. A free adaptation of The Seagull. Ca. 1981. Corrected typescript and photocopy, approximately 50pp.
6. 12pp. of manuscript notes possibly relating to Summer and Smoke. Ca. 1940s.
6 poems in typescript and manuscript, including "A Wreath for Alexandra Molotsova," "Near the Silence," "You Would Not Understand,"Poem for Froggie," "A Big Storn Blew," and "For Not as You Are Now". 9pp.
Essays
1. Untitled essay re: the actress Anna Magnani. Corrected typescript, 4pp.
2, "About 'Evasions'". Corrected typescript, 3pp. With carbon typescript of a later draft, 4pp.
[With]: A group of multigraphed and carbon-copy scripts comprising 7 plays, 1 screenplay, and 1 novel: 'Slapstick Tragedy' (1966) — 'Moise and the World of Reason' (1974) —'The Red Devil Battery Sign' (1976) — 'Tiger Tail' (1977) — 'Vieux Carre' (1977) — 'Three Works for Lyric Theatre' (n.d.) — 'Masks Outrageous' (n.d.) — 'The Chalky White Substance' (n.d.) — 'The Fugitive Kind' (n.d.) — 'Secret Places of the Heart' (n.d.)