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Studio Duplicating Service, New York: September, 1975 The final draft (so stated) of the blocking script for the smash hit musical "The Wiz" adapted from L. Frank Baum's THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ. This was the personal copy of the producer Kenneth Harper. The original cast list, scenes and musical numbers precede the script which collates at 47 pages in Act I and 38 pages in Act II, printed on the recto only. Bound in a lettered red binder. Very good condition. This text does not reflect the changes William F. Brown made to the text in his updating of the African American vernacular. THE WIZ made Broadway history as a production which featured African American actors, singers, and dancers exclusively. more information

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Printed by the photographer, Philadelphia:[n.d.] A vintage, original silver gelatin print, 24.2cm x 18.2cm, bust portrait, full-face frontal, of the famed actress as a young woman, ca. 1930, signed in pencil in the lower right-hand corner by the photographer as "R.T. Dooner," and signed and inscribed boldly by the actress in ink, "To the '2nd Twin' - with love from 'Peter' E[va] Le Gallienne." This inscription may be a reference to Ibsen's THE MASTER BUILDER, which Le Gallienne translated; or, the PETER PAN revival of 1928. Mounted by the photographer on a slightly larger unused piece of photographic print paper along the top edge only. On the back of the portrait is the photographer's restriction on use, "Not to be published unless credit is given Richard T. Dooner Philadelphia." A fine vintage image of a legendary stage actress and director, with slight solarization on the lower part of the photograph. Dooner (1874-1954) was known for his thoughtful and meticulous portraits. more information

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Dated: Roma 30 Nov[embre] 1924 A full length glossy publicity photograph of Enrico Pea (1881-1958) in the full theatrical costume of a "maggiate," wearing a royal robe, a crown, and carrying a sword, inscribed in black ink to D'Amico, probably Silvio D'Amico of the ENCICLOPEDIA DELLO SPETTACOLO, as this is the very illustration to Ottavio Spadaro's entry, which appears in D'Amico's encyclopedia: "Al mio caro D'Amico veramente Tole. Il suo Roma 30 novembre 1924 Pea". On the back of the photograph are cropping indications, and three pencilled notes indicating this image was used as a full-page illustration, with a four-line "Dicitura," indicating the image represented "il vero Pea, impressario di 'maggi' ..." 23cm x 17cm. Condition very good. There are four small pinholes in each of the four corners. Best known for the children's classic, MOSCARDINO (The Dormouse), in the English translation done by Ezra Pound, Pea led a long and active active life of a literary (verses, stories, novels, drama) and theatrical polymath. more information

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Dated [19]54 A beautiful black and white glossy publicity photograph of Jerome Robbins, born Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz (1918-1998), the legendary American dancer and choreographer, dedicated "To Ed Sinclair who started me on my way to dancing success," signed "Jerry '54." Taken by New York photographer James J. Kriegsmann, showing Robbins seated, half-turned, in a white dinner jacket and black tie, turned right towards the camera for a full face look into the camera, half body pose. A beautiful photograph of a young Robbins. Condition fine. more information

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