Le divorce : typescript of a screenplay / based on the novel by Diane Johnson ; screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and James Ivory.

Small script of 117 leaves (typed on the rectos and many with handwritten additions on the versos) heavily annotated by James Ivory and throughout. Title page includes typed note "Second Draft, September, 11, 2001" and address for Merchant Ivory Productions in Paris. A postcard depicting a man balancing a ball on top of a pipe while doing handstand in front of the Eiffel Tower is laid in at page 103.
With a note in James Ivory's hand adhered to the upper cover: "Le Divorce."
The screenplay for Le Divorce was written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and James Ivory based on the book of the same title by Diane Johnson. The film was directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant for Merchant Ivory Productions; it was released in the United States in August 2003.
Part of a collection of film director James Ivory's heavily annotated shooting scripts, editing notebooks, and small scripts. Each of the thirty-one films he directed for Merchant Ivory Productions is represented in the collection, beginning with the production company's first film, The Householder (1963), and including, among others, The Europeans (1979), A Room with A View (1985), Howards End (1992), The Remains of the Day (1993), The Golden Bowl (2000), and The City of Your Final Destination (2010). The collection also includes two films directed by Ivory's partner, Ismail Merchant (In Custody (1994) and The Mystic Masseur (2002)). Items in the collection have been cataloged individually; see collection-level record for more information.