The Inventory of the Edwin Sherin Collection #1737 Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center 1 Sherin, Edwin #1737 May-September, 2007 Box 1 Folder 1 I. Manuscripts. A. Stage plays, by various authors. 1. “He Who Gets Slapped,” by Leonid Andreyev, ca. 100 p., 1965. Folder 2 2. “Project Immortality,” by Loring Mandel, 130 p., includes program, holograph notes, Jan.-Feb. 1966. Folder 3 3. “Inspector General,” by Nicolai Gogol, 97 p., TS with holograph notes, includes program, 1967. Folder 4 4. “Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance,” by John Arden, “done for Arena Stage,” includes holograph notes, set diagrams, stage manager’s reports. Folder 5 5. “The Great White Hope,” by Howard Sackler. a. Screener script, ca. 180 p., Nov. 1, 1967; includes holograph notes. Folder 6 b. ES’s copy, with extensive holograph notes, revised June 1968. Folder 7 6. “The Tragedy of King Lear,” by William Shakespeare. 2 Box 1 cont’d. a. Holograph notes, 120 p. Folder 8 b. Arena Stage script, with holograph notes, 120 p. Folder 9 c. Central Park production; notes, contact sheet, 1973. Folder 10 7. “Major Barbara,” by George Bernard Shaw; holograph notes, rehearsal schedule, stage drawings. Folder 11 8. “The Red Devil Battery Sign,” by Tennessee Williams. a. Broadway working script, with holograph notes. Folder 12 b. “Working script with personal notes from Tennessee [Williams],” ca. 80 p. Folder 13 9. “Semmelweiss,” by Howard Sackler. a. Original script, TS draft, 118 p., 1975. Folder 14 b. Draft, TS with holograph notes, 135 p. Folder 15 c. Brigham Young University production, 123 p., 1980s. 3 Box 1 cont’d. Folder 16 10. “Sweet Bird of Youth,” by Tennessee Williams, TS with holograph notes, ca. 110 p., 1975. Folder 17 11. “Rex,” by Sherman Yellen, Sheldon Harnick and Richard Rogers, TS with holograph notes, ca. 90 p., Mar. 17, 1976. Box 2 Folder 1 12. “The Master Builder,” by Henrik Ibsen, ca. 110 p., notes, 1977. Folder 2 13. “First Monday in October,” by Robert E. Lee and Jerome Lawrence. a. Working script, ca. 120 p., with holograph and TS notes, performance schedule, Feb. 26, 1978. Folder 3 b. Kennedy Center script, with holograph notes, 1978. Folder 4 14. “Goodbye Fidel,” by Howard Sackler, ES’s Broadway working script with many holograph notes, Spring 1980. Folder 5 15. “Showdown at the Adobe Motel,” by Lanny Flaherty, ca. 70 p., 1981. Folder 6 16. “Selected Out,” by Sam Engelstad, second draft, 191 p., July 1981. 4 Box 2 cont’d. Folder 7 17. “Nantucket,” by Jan Worthington, with holograph notes, 113 p., Feb. 24, 1985. Folder 8 18. “The Visit,” by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, adapted by Maurice Valency, with holograph notes; includes cast and call sheet, photographs (head shots), thank-you notes to ES; 1991. Folder 9 19. “Karla,” by Robert MacNeil, 101 p., Oct. 5, 1999. Folder 10 20. “Prymates,” by Mark Medoff, with holograph notes, 74 p.; includes Playbill; 2004. Folder 11 21. “Ghosts,” by Henrik Ibsen, 91 p., n.d. Folder 12 22. “The Iceman Cometh,” by Eugene O’Neill, with holograph notes, n.d. Folder 13 23. “The Countess Cathleen,” by William Butler Yeats, TS with holograph notes, 37 p., n.d. Folder 14 B. Screenplays and teleplays, by various authors. 1. “The Old Man’s Place” by Stanford Whitman (produced as “My Old Man’s Place”), 1971. 5 Box 2 cont’d. Folder 15 2. “Moonlighting” episode: “It’s a Wonderful Job,” shooting script, by Debra Frank and Carl Sautter; includes call sheets. Folder 16 3. “MacGyver,” staff and crew list, Aug. 12, 1986. 4. “Hill Street Blues” episode: “Fathers and Guns,” by Jeffrey Lewis, with holograph notes; includes cast and crew lists; Oct. 1986. Folder 17 5. “The Father Clements Story,” by Arthur Heinamann, revised by Ted Tally, with holograph notes, 110 p.; includes cast and crew lists; Mar. 25, 1987. Folder 18 C. Various manuscripts by ES. 1. Student papers. a. “On the Existence of the External World,” 8 p., TS, 1940s (high school). Folder 19 b. Brown University. (i) “The Dilemma of Security,” TS, 20 p., May 2, 1952. Folder 20 (ii) “Jose Ortega y Gasset, THE REVOLT OF THE MASSES:Critical Analysis.” (a) Draft, TS, 11 p., 1951. (b) Draft, TS, 17 p., Apr. 4, 1952. 6 Box 2 cont’d. Folder 21 2. Speeches. a. Brown University, ca. 1952. (i) “In the Name of Security,” TS and photocopy pages. (ii) “Society and the Independent Mind.” (a) Partial draft, TS with holograph corrections, 5 p. (b) Draft, TS with holograph corrections, 11 p. b. William Ritman memorial speech, TS with holograph corrections, 3 p ., May 18, 1984. Folder 22 c. Fountain Valley School speech, TS and holograph, Spring 1996. d. Zelda Fichandler tribute, holograph, 2 p., n.d. Folder 23 3. “A View From Inside the Storm,” re: ES’s difficulties (and eventual failure) directing Tennessee Williams’ play “Red Devil Battery Sign” due to the interference of producer David Merrick, 5 drafts, TS, July 1975. Box 3 Folder 1 II. Correspondence. A. Professional. 1. Re: “Dierdre of the Sorrows” [first play directed by ES, produced off-Broadway], 1959. Folder 2 2. Re: Arena Theatre; various letters, 1964-1966; includes: a. ES. TLS, May 26, 1966. 7 Box 3 cont’d. b. Crockett, Otway. TLS.\ c. Fichandler, Zelda. TLS. d. Gregory, Andre. TLS, June 7, 1965. e. Irving, Jules. TLS. f. Mann, Paul. ALS. g. Masters, Hilary. TLS. h. Sackler, Howard. ALS, July 4, no year. i. “Brother Leo” [Benedictine monk]. TLS. j. Press release (in German) sent by Bertolt Brecht to the cast and crew of the play “Galileo,” Aug. 5, 1956 (the Arena Theatre later staged a production of the play). Folder 3 3. Re: Arena Stage production of “Project Immortality,” 1965; includes letters between ES and Loring Mandel re: script. Folder 4 4. Re: Broadway production of “The Great White Hope,” Sep.-Oct. 1968; includes: a. Opening night congratulatory letters. b. Schedules. c. Cast and crew contact lists. Folder 5 5. Re: film “Valdez is Coming,” 1970; includes: a. Kibbee, Roland. (i) TLS to ES, June 2 and 7, 1970. (ii) CTL to Burt Lancaster, June 3, 1970. Folder 6 6. Hopkins, John. 3 ALS to ES. a. June 11, 1974. b. Sep. 20, 1974. c. Oct. 18, 1974. 8 Box 3 cont’d. Folder 7 7. Re: staging and filming performances of the American Repertory Company, 1974. Folder 8 8. Re: “Find Your Way Home,” 1974; includes 2 letters, 7 copies of lawsuit. Folder 9 9. Re: London production of “A Streetcar Names Desire,” 1974; includes: a. Bloom, Claire. ALS. (i) June 17, 1974. (ii) Aug. 5, 1974. (iii) Sep. 12, 1974. Folder 10 10. Re: Broadway production of “Of Mice and Men,” 1974- 1975; includes: a. Business letters. b. Opening night congratulations. c. Cast and crew lists, d. Box office statements. Folder 11 11. Re: Alexander Cohen and the Shubert Theatre, Sep. 1974 - Dec. 1975; includes letters to ES and AC re: plays. Folder 12 12. Re: “Red Devil Battery Sign,” 1974-1975; includes: a. Bloom, Claire. ALS to Hilly Elkins, n.d. b. Rogers, Richard. TLS, July 16, 1975. c. Williams, Tennessee. (i) TLS (copy), n.d. (ii) ANS, n.d. 9 Box 3 cont’d. Folder 13 13. Re: “Sweet Bird of Youth,” 1975; includes: a. Letters, contact sheets, production schedules. b. Rawls, Eugenia. ALS, Sep. 11, 1975. c. Worth, Irene. (i) 2 ALS, n.d. (ii) ANS, n.d. (iii) ALS, Dec. 29, 1975. Folder 14 14. Re: “Rex,” 1976; includes: a. Prince, Harold. TLS (copy), Apr. 22, 1976. b. ES. Letter to unsatisfied theatre patron. Folder 15 15. Re: “Semmelweiss.” a. Re: staging, finances, legal issues, 1976-1978; includes: (i) Brustein, Robert. TLS, June 1, 1976. (ii) Fichander, Zelda. Letter. Folder 16 b. Re: production, 1978-1981; includes: (i) Sackler, Howard. (a) ALS, Nov. 10, 1978. (b) ALS, Dec. 30, no year. (c) TLS, Nov. 20, 1980. Folder 17 16. Re: Broadway production of “The Dream,” 1977; includes script notes. 10 Box 3 cont’d. Folder 18 17. Re: USSR Theater Exchange program, 1979; includes: a. Letters. b. Schedules. Folder 19 18. Re: “Playing for Time,” 1979. Folder 20 19. Re: Brigham Young University production of “Semmelweiss,” 1984 [ES was guest director]. Folder 21 20. Re: Shakespeare Theatre production of “Ghosts,” Spring 2003; includes e-mail re: design of play at Shakespeare Theatre, Washington, D.C. Folder 22 B. Personal. 1. Re: Tony Awards, 1969; includes: a. Congratulatory letters received. b. Mirisch, Walter. Telegram. c. Shaw, Artie. TLS, May 15, 1969. Folder 23 2. Thank-you letters to ES from various co-workers/actors, 1969-2006; includes: a. Fonda, Henry. ALS, n.d. b. Waxman, Philip. TLS, Dec. 21, 1970. Folder 24 3. Miscellaneous letters to ES, with many thank-you notes, 1970-2007; includes: 11 Box 3 cont’d. a. Clements, Father George. TLS, May 11, 2007. b. Elkins, Hillard (husband of Claire Bloom). TLS, Apr. 30, 1972. Folder 25 4. Congratulations re: “Sweet Bird of Youth,” May 1975. 5. Re: opening night of “Rex,”Apr. 25, 1976; includes: a. Alexander, Jane. ANS re: happy birthday, n.d. b. Bloom, Claire. ALS, Feb. 10, no year. c. Lindsay, Philip. Telegram, n.d. d. Lunt, Alfred. TLS, Sep. 9, 1975. e. Rogers, Richard. TLS, May 11, 1976. Folder 26 6. Congratulations re: opening night of “The Eccentricities of a Nightingale,” 1976; includes: a. Wagner, Robert and Natalie Wood. Telegram, Nov. 23, 1976. b. Williams, Tennessee. ANS, Nov. 23, 1976. Folder 27 7. Re: opening night of “The Master Builder,” 1977. Folder 28 8. Re: “Do You Turn Somersaults?” 1977-1978; includes: a.