BIB_ID
195261
Accession number
MA 4792.1
Creator
Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975.
Display Date
[1937-1938].
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1993.
Description
1 item (79 p.) ; 28 cm.
Notes
Part of a collection which includes a corrected typescript, autograph manuscript revisions and correspondence related to "Our Town." Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information (MA 4792.1-9).
The typescript is undated, but it is known that he completed Act 3 while in Zurich in September 1937 and worked continuously with his producer, Jed Harris, on revisions through February 1938 when the play opened in New York.
The typescript is undated, but it is known that he completed Act 3 while in Zurich in September 1937 and worked continuously with his producer, Jed Harris, on revisions through February 1938 when the play opened in New York.
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1993.
Summary
Being 82 pages, including 3 cover pages, with no revisions; the typescript differs from the play as published.
Housed in
On "Featherweight" onion-skin paper in a three-ring paper folder with brass brads.
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