Play Scripts from Royal Books, Inc.

N.p.: N.p., 1972. A substantial archive of scripts, production documents, correspondence, and other ephemera belonging to theatre director and producer John "Jack" C. Wilson, largely dating from 1936-1948, including materials relating to two productions of works by Wilson's lover, collaborator, and client, Noël Coward; the nine one-act play cycle, "Tonight at 8:30" (1936 US production at the National Theatre)… Read more about this item

New York: N.p., 1955. Draft script for the 1955 Broadway play. Copy belonging to an uncredited cast or crew member, with their name in manuscript pencil on the title page and their annotations throughout, noting substantive revisions. Loosely based on the famed 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial, a thinly veiled means of discussing the then-contemporary McCarthy trials. The… Read more about this item

New York: Robert Whitehead Productions, 1968. Working script for the 1968 Broadway play, which ran from January 16, 1968, to December 14, 1968, at the Helen Hayes Theatre. Copy belonging to assistant stage manager Jim Oyster, with his name on the title page in manuscript ink, and his annotations throughout, amending dialogue and noting deletions. Laid in with the… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Draft script for an unproduced play. The times and trials of a Hollywood diner and its patrons and employees, who all want to be famous in motion pictures. Set in Hollywood. White untitled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Lillian Kreiger Burton. 126 leaves, with last page of text… Read more about this item

New York: Stella Holt-Roscius Productions, 1963. Draft script for the 1963 play. Laid in are a number of contemporary documents relating to the production, including playwright William Hairston's business card and resumé, a playbill for the show, two reviews by Maxine Keith and John Wingate, two advertisements for the show, and a photocopied article from the "New York Times"… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Early draft script for the 1976 play, inscribed by the author on the front wrapper, "With Good Wishes for: Bruce! / From Ray Bradbury 1974 - June." The play script on offer here is 146 pages in six acts. The play debuted at the Cricket Theater in Minneapolis in 1976, and a stage production of "Way… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1956. Revised Draft script for the 1956 play, INSCRIBED on the title page, "For my dear friend Steve Fritchman / with gratitude for helping me bring it to life / Lester." Stephen Hole Fritchman was a noted minister of the First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles, which put on the only known production of play, which premiered… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1981. Draft script for a circa 1981 production of the 1967 musical, boldly SIGNED and dated "Jan 27 1982" by the author on the front wrapper. An early script for the 1981 Los Angeles production of the musical by the acclaimed Colony Theatre Company, directed by Terrence Shank. A complicated moment in a stage production that… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1981. Seventh Revised Version Draft script for a circa mid-1970s production of the 1967 musical, with a "Peter John Bailey Productions ... New York" stamp and an annotation of copy number 18 on the front wrapper. Two pages,100 and 101, with sections omitted with affixed blank labels, and five Xerographically duplicated pages of dialog bound in between… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1966. First Draft script for the 1966 Broadway play. SIGNED on the title page by playwright Frederick Knott. Copy belonging to actor Robert Duvall, with his substantive annotations regarding lines and delivery in manuscript ink throughout. Script evidently also shared by actors Julie Herrod and Mitchell Ryan (a common practice in theatre productions), with their… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Draft script for an unproduced play. With copied manuscript annotations on several pages, noting deletions and substantive revisions. Based on Josephine Tey's classic 1951 mystery novel, about a Scotland Yard inspector's investigation into the alleged crimes of King Richard III. Set in London. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present, undated,… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1969. Vintage script for the 1970 play. INSCRIBED by playwright Mart Crowley to author and film critic Parker Tyler on the title page: "NYC / 11-15-69 / For Parker Tyler / who makes me know I know very little / With warm and deep admiration / Mart Crowley." One of the first film critics to write… Read more about this item

New York: Resoloot Company, 1968. Vintage script for the 1968 American debut of the 1965 British play. Two gay lovers successfully rob a bank and stash the loot in a coffin in the funeral parlor next door. A decidedly queer spin on popular 1960s British satires such as "Beyond the Fringe" and "Private Eye." The play made… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1973. Vintage script for the 1973 play. Copy belonging to an unknown cast or crew member, with their annotations in manuscript pencil on two pages. Set entirely in a men's locker room, the play follows the conversations of the members of a working class rugby league team. The play debuted in the UK at the Royal… Read more about this item

Westport, CT: William F. Brown, 1976. First Draft script for the 1979 musical, here under the working title "Shala Hadra," with annotations in manuscript pencil on eleven pages. "Damon's Song" opened December 5, 1979 at the Rodale Theater in Allentown, Pennsylvania. William F. Brown is a playwright best known for writing the book to the 1974 Tony Award… Read more about this item

New York: Edward Padula, 1960. Draft script for the 1960 musical, noted as "Acting Version" on the front wrapper. The play opened at the Martin Beck Theatre on April 14, 1960, transferring to the 54th Street Theatre and then the Shubert Theatre, and closed on October 7, 1961, after a run of 607 performances. Winner of the 1961 Tony… Read more about this item

New York: Self published, 1965. Vintage Draft script for the 1969 one-act off-Broadway play. The play premiered on February 2, running through February 4, 1969, at the Little Synagogue at 27 E 20th St., New York, along with Tony Preston's 1968, one-act play, "The Madonna of the Trash Cans." A secretary "whose hard, abrupt manner suggests the lethal… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.P., 1954. Draft script for the 1954 play, undated, circa 1954. The last theatrical effort to be written and directed by Clifford Odets. Paper tabs stapled along top edges, with scene numbers written in red manuscript ink indicating scenes. Title and Odet's name in manuscript ink on card stock affixed to the title page with cello tape, with… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1985. Revised script for the 1985 play. An amateur psychic plans to defraud a young woman out of her inheritance, aided by his young protégé and lover. The play debuted at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago on April 19, 1985, before moving to New York at the Lincoln Center on December 23, 1985. … Read more about this item

New York: Lewis Allen, 1972. Original script for the 1972 musical, which debuted on November 6, 1972, at the Piccadilly Theatre in London's West End. A musical interpretation of the lives of Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert. Set in London, England. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present, with book credits to JAY… Read more about this item