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George and Mildred Schaefer collection, 1945-1996

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Series 1. Scripts, 1945-1996 (continued)
Television Productions, 1953-1996 (continued)
Our town, 1977 (continued)
Production company: Hartwest Productions, Inc.
Our Town originally broadcast May 30, 1977.
BOX-FOLDER 20/3 Our town, 1977-02-25
Production company: A Hartwest Productions c/o Compass Productions, Inc.
Thornton Wilder's Our Town originally broadcast May 30, 1977.
BOX-FOLDER 20/4 The Second Barry Manilow special, 1978
Production company: Ernest Chambers Productions, Inc.
The Second Barry Manilow Special originally broadcast February 24, 1978 on ABC.
BOX-FOLDER 21/1 First, you cry and Who'll save our children, 1978
Production company: Talent Associates Limited
First, You Cry, screenplay by Carmen Culver, based on the book by Betty Rollin; originally broadcast November 8, 1978 on CBS. Who'll Save Our Children? (originally titled The Orchard Children), by William Hanley, adapted from the book by Rachel Maddux; originally broadcast December 16, 1978.
BOX-FOLDER 21/2 Blind ambition parts I and II, 1978-1979
Blind Ambition, a television mini-series in four parts. Teleplay by Stanley R. Greenberg, based on the book by John Dean and "Mo" by Maureen Dean; originally broadcast May 20-23, 1979 on CBS.
BOX-FOLDER 22/1 Blind ambition parts III and IV, 1978-1979
Blind Ambition, a television mini-series in four parts; teleplay by Stanley R. Greenberg, based on the book by John Dean and "Mo" by Maureen Dean; originally broadcast May 20-23, 1979 on CBS.
BOX-FOLDER 22/2 Here there be dragons, or The Voyage of the Mayflower, 1979
Production company: Syzygy Productions Limited
Here They Be Dragons (The Voyage of the Mayflower), screenplay by James Lee Barrett; originally broadcast November 21, 1979 on CBS as Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure.
BOX-FOLDER 23/1 The Bunker, 1980-1981
The Bunker, a television play by John Gay, based on the book "The Bunker" by James O'Donnell; originally broadcast January 27, 1981. Volume contains copies of the shooting script, and one notating music cues.
BOX-FOLDER 23/2 Barry Manilow--One voice, 1980
Barry Manilow--One Voice originally broadcast May 19, 1980 on ABC.
BOX-FOLDER 23/3 The People vs. Jean Harris, 1981
The People vs. Jean Harris by George Lefferts, based on courtroom transcripts; originally broadcast May 7, 1981.
BOX-FOLDER 24/1 A piano for Mrs. Cimino [and] Right of way, 1981-1983
Production companies: EMI Television Programs, Inc.; and Schaefer/Karpf Productions
A Piano for Mrs. Cimino, written for television by John Gay, based on the book by Robert Oliphant; originally broadcast February 3, 1982 on CBS. Right of Way, by Richard Lees; originally broadcast November 21, 1983.
BOX-FOLDER 24/2 The Deadly game [and] Answers, 1982-1985
The Deadly Game based upon the novel by Friedrich Duerrenmatt, as adapted for the stage by James Yaffe; originally broadcast July 22, 1982. Answers, three short plays by Ernest Thompson, comprised three segments: A Good Time, The Constituent, and Twinkle, Twinkle. Includes 4 loose pages of staging layouts and sketches for A Good Time and The Constituent.
BOX-FOLDER 24/3 Answers
Copy 2. Softcover.
Answers, three one-act plays by RE Thompson, comprised three segments; play one: Twinkle, Twinkle; play two: The Constituent; play three: A Good Time; originally released Apil 30, 1985.
BOX-FOLDER 25/1 The Booth: Death at dinner [and] Bread [and] The 75th; [and] The Best Christmas pageant ever, 1983-1985
Production company: Schaefer/Karpf Productions
The Booth comprised three segments: Death at Dinner by Rose Leiman Goldemberg, Bread by James Prideaux, and The 75th by Israel Horovitz; originally broadcast October 9, 1985. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, teleplay by Barbara Robinson, based on her novel; originally broadcast December 5, 1983.
BOX-FOLDER 25/2 Children in the crossfire [and] Mrs. Delafield wants to marry, 1984-1986
Production company: Schaefer/Karpf Productions
Children in the Crossfire (originally titled Summertime Yanks), written by Lionel Chetwynd; originally broadcast December 3, 1984. Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry, written by James Prideaux; originally broadcast on Easter Sunday, March 30, 1986, on CBS.
BOX-FOLDER 25/3 Mrs. Delafield wants to marry
Copy 2. Softcover.
Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry, screenplay by James Prideaux; originally broadcast on Easter Sunday, March 30, 1986, on CBS.
BOX-FOLDER 26/1 Stone pillow, 1985
Production company: Schaefer/Karpf Productions
Stone Pillow, an original television movie by Rose Leiman Goldemberg; originally broadcast November 5, 1985.
BOX-FOLDER 26/2 Laura Lansing slept here, 1987-1988
Productions companies: Schaefer/Karpf/Eckstein Productions; and Gaylord Production Company
Laura Lansing Slept Here (originally titled Guest Appearance), written by James Prideaux; originally broadcast March 7, 1988 on NBC.
BOX-FOLDER 26/3 Tusitala [and] Let me hear you whisper, 1988-1989
Tusitala, a play in two acts by James Prideaux; staged at the Berkshire Theatre Festival in 1988. Let Me Hear You Whisper by Paul Zindel; originally aired January 4, 1990 on A&E's American Playwrights Theatre: The One-Acts.
BOX-FOLDER 27/1 The Man upstairs, 1992
The Man Upstairs, a screenplay by James Prideaux; originally broadcast December 6, 1992, on CBS.
BOX-FOLDER 27/2 Harvey, 1996
Harvey, a screenplay by Joseph Dougherty, based on the play by Mary Chase; originally broadcast July 18, 1999, on CBS.
Stage Productions, circa 1945-1989
BOX-FOLDER 28/1 Macbeth and G.I. Hamlet
Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, with an all-soldier cast; directed by Private George Schaefer while serving in the U.S. Army during World War II. G.I. Hamlet, an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Hamlet with a soldier cast.
BOX-FOLDER 29/1 Darling, darling, darling and Man and superman and The Linden tree, 1946, and undated
Darling, Darling, Darling (also titled The First Hundred Years), a comedy by Patricia Coleman. Man and Superman original staged in 1905. The Linden Tree, a play in two acts and four scenes by J. B. Priestley; original staged in 1947.
BOX-FOLDER 28/2 Too much Johnson
Too much Johnson, a musical farce; music and lyrics by G. Wood, book by George Schaefer, adapted from the play by William Gillette.
BOX-FOLDER 28/3 The good fairy
BOX-FOLDER 28/4 The Teahouse of the August moon, 1952
The Teahouse of the August Moon, a play in three acts by John Patrick, based on the novel by Vern Sneider; original staged in 1953.
BOX-FOLDER 28/5 The Teahouse of the August moon, 1952
Copy 2. Softcover.
The Teahouse of the August Moon, a play in three acts by John Patrick, based on the novel by Vern Sneider; original staged in 1953.
BOX-FOLDER 29/2 The Southwest corner and The Apple cart and The Body beautiful, 1954-1955, 1957
The Southwest Corner, a new play in three acts by John Cecil Holm; originally staged in 1955. The Apple Cart, a political extravaganza by Bernard Shaw; originally staged in 1929. The Body Beautiful, by Joseph Stein and Will Glickman, music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick; originally staged in 1958.
BOX-FOLDER 30/1 The Body beautiful, 1957
Copy 2. Softcover.
The Body Beautiful, by Joseph Stein and Will Glickman; originally staged in 1958.
BOX-FOLDER 30/2 The Body beautiful, 1956
Copy 3. Softcover.
The Body Beautiful, by Joseph Stein and Will Glickman; originally staged in 1958.
BOX-FOLDER 30/3 The Body beautiful
Copy 4. Softcover.
The Body Beautiful, by Joseph Stein and Will Glickman, music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick; originally staged in 1958.
BOX-FOLDER 30/4 Write me a murder, 1961
Production company: Compass Productions, Inc.
Write Me a Murder, by Frederick Knott; originally staged in 1961.
BOX-FOLDER 30/5 Write me a murder
Write Me a Murder, a new play by Frederick Knott; originally staged in 1961.
BOX-FOLDER 30/6 Write me a murder
Production company: Compass Productions, Inc.
Copy 2. Softcover.
Write Me a Murder (originally titled When No One is Looking. . .), a new play by Frederick Knott; originally staged in 1961.
BOX-FOLDER 31/1 Zenda and To Broadway with love
Zenda originally staged in 1963. To Broadway with Love, conceived and staged by Morton Da Costa; originally staged in 1964 at The Music Hall at the Texas Pavilions, New York World's Fair.
BOX-FOLDER 31/2 The Great indoors, 1965-1966
The Great Indoors, a play in three acts by Irene Kamp; originally staged in 1966.
BOX-FOLDER 31/3 The Great indoors, 1965-1966
Copy 2. Softcover.
The Great Indoors, a play in two acts by Irene Kamp; originally staged in 1966.
BOX-FOLDER 31/4 The Last of Mrs. Lincoln and The Student prince
The Last of Mrs. Lincoln, a play in two acts by James Prideaux; originally staged in 1972. The Student Prince, music by Sigmund Romberg, book and lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly; originally staged in 1924.
BOX-FOLDER 32/1 On golden pond and Lyndon, 1979, and undated
On Golden Pond, by Ernest Thompson; originally staged in 1979. Lyndon, a one-character play by James Prideaux; originally staged in 1991.
BOX-FOLDER 32/2 Lyndon, 1983-11-26
Lyndon, a one-character play by James Prideaux; originally staged in 1991. Third draft.
BOX-FOLDER 32/3 Another part of the forest and Mixed couples
Another Part of the Forest, by Lillian Hellman; originally staged in 1946. Slightly Delayed, a play by James Prideaux; originally staged in 1979; later re-titled Mixed Couples when staged on Broadway in 1980.
BOX-FOLDER OS2/2 The Boys from Syracuse, 1965, 1987
The Boys from Syacuse, music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, book by George Abbott, based on The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare; original staged in 1938.
BOX-FOLDER 33/1 Winterset and Leave it to Jane
Winterset, a play in three acts by Maxwell Anderson; originally staged in 1935. Leave It to Jane, book and lyrics by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse, music by Jerom Kern, based on the stage play The College Widow by George Ade; originally staged in 1917; UCLA rehearsal script dated April 10, 1987.
BOX-FOLDER 41/1 The Admirable Crichton
Photocopy of the The Admirable Crichton as published in The Plays of J. M. Barrie (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928). Supplemented by additional staging directions and set drawings.
BOX-FOLDER 32/4 Me and Juliet, copyright 1953
Me and Juliet by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.
State Fair Musicals, Dallas, Texas, 1952-1958
BOX-FOLDER 33/2 A Tree grows in Brooklyn [and] The Student prince [and] Carousel, 1951, and undated
A Tree in Brooklyn stamped "State Fair of Texas, Dallas, Texas."
A musical based on Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, book by Smith and George Abbott, music by Arthur Schwartz, lyrics by Dorothy Fields; originally staged in 1951. The Student Prince, a musical romance based on the play Old Heidelberg, book and lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly, music by Sigmund Romberg; originally staged in 1924. Carousel, based on Ferenc Molnar's Liliom as adapted by Benjamin F. Glazer, music by Richard Rodgers, book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; originally staged in 1945.
BOX-FOLDER 33/3 The Wizard of Oz and Call me madam, 1942, 1950
Both scripts stamped "State Fair of Texas, Dallas, Texas."
The Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, adapted by Frank Gabrielson, with music and lyrics of screen version by Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg; originally staged in 1942. Call Me Madam, music and lyrics by Irvinng Berlin, book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse; originally staged in 1950.
BOX-FOLDER 34/1 Brigadoon [and] Best foot forward [and] Kiss me, Kate
Brigadoon stamped "State Fair of Texas, Dallas, Texas."
Brigadoon, a musical play in two acts; book and lyrics by Allan Jay Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe; originally staged in 1947. Best Foot Forward, by John Cecil Holm; originally staged in 1941. Kiss Me, Kate, by Cole Porter and Bella Spewack; originally staged in 1948.
BOX-FOLDER 34/2 Girl crazy [and] The New moon [and] Paint your wagon
Paint Your Wagon stamped "State Fair of Texas, Dallas, Texas."
Girl Crazy, a musical comedy in two acts; book by Guy Bolton and Jack McCowan, music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin; originally staged in 1930. The New Moon, music by Sigmund Romberg, book and lyrics by Frank Mandell, Oscar Hammerstein and Laurence Schwab; originally staged in 1927. Paint Your Wagon, a musical play; book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe; originally staged in 1951.
BOX-FOLDER 34/3 Wish you were here [and] Hazel Flagg [and] Naughty Marietta
Naughty Marietta stamped "State Fair of Texas, Dallas, Texas."
Wish You Were Here, a musical play by Arthur Kober and Joshua Logan, music and lyrics by Harold Rome, based on Kober's play Having Wonderful Time; originally staged in 1952. Hazel Flagg, book by Ben Hecht, music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Bob Hilliard; originally staged in 1953. Naughty Marietta, music by Victor Herbert, book by Rida Johnson Young; originally staged in 1910.
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