Saul bellow playwright (2 resultados)

Draft script for the 1965 play, undated, circa 1965, and seen here under the working title "Bummidge." Working copy belonging to actor Ted Schwartz, with his last name on the title page, and his extensive annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on virtually every page, marking deletions, revisions, additions to dialogue, and stage direction. Saul Bellow's only theatrical effort, about a New York comedian who conducts a psychiatric examination on himself in his own apartment, which he televises and broadcasts to a group of therapists at the Waldorf. The play debuted on October 1, 1964, at the Belasco Theatre, and ran for 28 performances, closing on October 24, 1964. Black titled Hart Stenographic Bureau wrappers. Title page present, undated, with credit for Bellow. 136 leaves, with last page of text numbered 2-65. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two silver screw brads. …

Vintage reference photograph of playwright Saul Bellow and actor Sam Levene on the set of the 1964 play. Printed mimeo snipe with a full description affixed to the verso and noting a date of 9/24/64, along with the stamps of The Salt Lake Tribune Library. Bellow's only theatrical effort, about a New York comedian who conducts a psychiatric examination on himself in his own apartment, which he televises and broadcasts to a group of therapists at the Waldorf. The play debuted on October 1, 1964, at the Belasco Theatre, and ran for 28 performances, closing on October 24, 1964. Set in New York. 9 x 7 inches. Near Fine.…