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BOX 1-89 |
Writings, 1957-2013
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This series consists of works written by Neil Simon. These include articles,
essays, memoirs, musical librettos, notes, screenplays, speeches, teleplays, and
scripts. |
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Organized as three subseries. |
BOX 1-83 |
Scripts, 1957-2009
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The largest subseries, the scripts contain handwritten and typescript drafts
for more than 210 differently titled motion pictures, musicals, plays, and
television movies and programs written by Neil Simon. In addition to
full-length drafts, this subseries also holds synopses, character descriptions,
and incomplete or partial drafts. Scripts are organized according to the title
on the work, and sometimes multiple titles referring to different drafts of the
same work. Notes on a work's earlier, alternate, or later title are included
when known. The majority of the material focuses on Simon's work as sole
author, and there is no material connected to his early work as a television
staff writer. Information on draft number or edition is taken from the work,
and not all works include consecutive drafts. When known, a parenthetical
descriptor follows each title identifying if the script is for a motion
picture, musical, play, television movie, or television program. For clippings,
correspondence, programs, and other material related to specific performances,
see Production
Files. |
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Organized as two subseries. |
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Single Works, 1957-2009
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This sub-subseries organizes complete and partial drafts of single performed
works written by Neil Simon. Simon drafted plays, musicals, screenplays, and
teleplays in spiral bound notebooks and typescript pages. Drafts are
typescripts unless otherwise noted. |
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Arranged alphabetically by production title and chronologically therein. |
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45 Seconds from Broadway (play) |
BOX-FOLDER 1/1 |
Second draft, 2001 January
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BOX-FOLDER 1/2 |
Third draft, 2001 January 25
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BOX-FOLDER 1/3 |
Fifth draft, 2001 March 12
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BOX-FOLDER 1/4-5 |
Seventh draft, 2001 Summer
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BOX-FOLDER 1/6-7 |
Eighth draft, 2001 August 31
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BOX-FOLDER 1/8 |
Draft, 2001 October 18
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BOX-FOLDER 2/1 |
Cuts, changes, and
rewrites, 2001
October
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Manuscript notebook |
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202 and 204 (play) |
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see also
The Crack-Up Hotel
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BOX-FOLDER 2/2-7 |
First draft, 1993 Summer and undated
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BOX-FOLDER 2/8 |
First draft, selected
pages, undated
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BOX-FOLDER 2/9-10 |
Fifth draft, 2005 June 25
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BOX-FOLDER 2/11 |
Sixth draft, 2005 July
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BOX-FOLDER 3/1 |
Notebook,
undated
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Manuscript |
BOX-FOLDER 3/2 |
Draft pages,
undated
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Manuscript |
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Actors and Actresses (play) |
BOX-FOLDER 3/3-6 |
First draft, 1982 March
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BOX-FOLDER 3/7 |
Second draft, 1982 October
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Actresses (play) |
BOX-FOLDER 3/8 |
One-act, 1982 November 30
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After the Fox (motion picture) |
BOX-FOLDER 3/9 |
Final script, 1965 May
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After the Fox (musical) |
BOX-FOLDER 3/10 |
Draft,
undated
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[17] pages |
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All Alone by the Telephone
(play) |
BOX-FOLDER 3/11 |
First draft, 2008 January 2
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Manuscript; [7] pages |
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All's Well,---Occasionally
(play) |
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Alternate title: "Think It Out, First
Dear" |
BOX-FOLDER 3/12 |
Draft pages, circa 2009
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Manuscript |
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Another Evening, Another Show
(play) |
BOX-FOLDER 4/1 |
Draft, circa 2009
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Manuscript; 8 pages |
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Arnold, a Retrospective (play) |
BOX-FOLDER 4/2 |
First draft,
undated
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Atlantic Suite (play) |
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Alternate titles: "Going Home" and "A Place to
Sleep" |
BOX-FOLDER 4/3-4 |
First draft, 2007 Summer
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Manuscript and typescript |
BOX-FOLDER 4/5-6 |
Draft pages, circa 2009
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Manuscript |
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Ballet (play) |
BOX-FOLDER 4/7 |
First draft, 1972 Spring
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Barefoot in the Park (play) |
BOX-FOLDER 4/8-9 |
Drafts,
undated
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Barefoot in the Park (television
program) |
BOX-FOLDER 4/10-11 |
First draft, 1996
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Manuscript and typescript |
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Bash (television program) |
BOX-FOLDER 5/1 |
Synopsis, 2005 November 5
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Big Joe and Kansas (play) |
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see also
Happy Endings
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BOX-FOLDER 5/2 |
Second draft,
undated
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7 pages |
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Billy the Kid (play) |
BOX-FOLDER 5/3-4 |
Notebook and pages,
2006 and undated
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Manuscript and typescript |
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Biloxi Blues (play) |
BOX-FOLDER 5/5 |
First draft, 1984 January 9
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BOX-FOLDER 5/6 |
Final version, third
draft, 1984
October
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BOX-FOLDER 5/7-8 |
Notebooks,
undated
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Manuscript notebooks |
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Biloxi Blues (motion picture) |
BOX-FOLDER 5/9-10 |
First draft, 1987
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Manuscript and typescript |
BOX-FOLDER 6/1-2 |
Third draft, 1987 February
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BOX-FOLDER 6/3 |
Draft pages,
undated
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Bogart Slept Here (motion
picture) |
BOX-FOLDER 6/4 |
First draft, 1974 September
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Manuscript notebook |
BOX-FOLDER 6/5-6 |
First revised draft,
1975 May
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BOX-FOLDER 6/7 |
Draft, 1975 May
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The Book Tour (play) |
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Note: Part of
London Suite
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BOX-FOLDER 6/8 |
Draft, 1995 June 20
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BOX-FOLDER 6/9 |
Act 2, Scene 1, 2001 November and
undated
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Brighton Beach Memoirs (play) |
BOX-FOLDER 7/1-2 |
First draft, 1981 September
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BOX-FOLDER 7/3 |
Second draft, 1982 November
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BOX-FOLDER 7/4 |
Second draft
corrected, 1982
December 14
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BOX-FOLDER 7/5 |
"About Kate,"
character description, undated
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Manuscript |
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Brighton Beach Memoirs (motion
picture) |
BOX-FOLDER 7/6-7 |
First draft,
undated
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BOX-FOLDER 7/8 |
Second draft, 1985 March
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Manuscript notebook |
BOX-FOLDER 8/1 |
Fourth draft, 1985 July 18
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Bound |
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Broadway Bound (play) |
BOX-FOLDER 8/2-6 |
First draft, 1985 November
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BOX-FOLDER 9/1 |
Third draft, 1986 May
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BOX-FOLDER 9/2 |
Fourth draft, 1986 August
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BOX-FOLDER 9/3 |
Rehearsal draft, 1986 September 4
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BOX-FOLDER 9/4-6 |
Drafts,
undated
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Manuscript and typescripts |
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Broadway Bound (motion picture) |
BOX-FOLDER 9/7-9 |
First draft, 1990 March
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BOX-FOLDER 10/1 |
Second draft, 1991 January
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BOX-FOLDER 10/2 |
Selected pages of
final shooting script, 1991 February 11
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BOX-FOLDER 10/3 |
Final shooting script,
1991 March 8
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BOX-FOLDER 10/4 |
Notebooks,
undated
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Manuscript |
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Bungalow (play) |
BOX-FOLDER 10/5 |
Incomplete first
draft, 2002
January
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Bus and Truck (play) |
BOX-FOLDER 10/6-7 |
Drafts,
undated
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California Suite (play) |
BOX-FOLDER 10/8 |
First draft,
undated
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BOX-FOLDER 10/9 to 11/1 |
Second draft,
undated
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BOX-FOLDER 11/2 |
Published edition,
1977
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