John Osborne Playwright (3 results)
Colonel Redl [Oberst Redl: The Spy of the Century] (Original film treatment for the 1985 film)
Istvan Szabo (director, screenwriter); Peter Dobai (screenwriter); John Osborne (playwright); Klaus Maria Brandauer, Gudrun Landgrebe, Hans-Christian Blech (starring)
Published by MA-Film, Hungary, 1985
- Softcover
- Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFilm treatment for the 1985 film, here seen under the working title "Oberst Redl: The Spy of the Century." Loosely based on John Osborne's 1965 play "A Patriot for Me." A dramatization of the life of Alfred Redl, a former peasant and closeted gay man who climbs the ranks of the Austro-Hungarian military, eventually becoming Chie…f of Military Intelligence. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Set and shot on location in Austria, Hungary, and Croatia. Green titled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for director-screenwriter Istvan Szabo and screenwriter Peter Dobai, and playwright John Osborne. 16 leaves, with last page of text numbered 12. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus, with light soil to the rear wrapper, bound with two gold brads.
More imagesThe Entertainer (Archive of six original photographs and other ephemera from the 1958 stage production at the Royale Theatre on Broadway)
Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright (starring); Tony Richardson (director); John Osborne (playwright)
Published by The Royale Theatre, New York, 1958
- Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerArchive of six vintage photographs, a playbill, a program, and a mimeograph summary from the 1958 stage production. Photographs with occasional layout annotations on the versos. After a smash debut in London in 1957 at the Royal Court and Palace Theatres, the play moved to the Royale Theatre on Broadway in 1958, where it ran for… 97 performances, between February 12 and May 10. Osborne's play, written at the behest of Olivier, was about an embittered, middle-aged music hall performer named Archie Rice. Olivier's presence at the theatre, which brought West End London notoriety to a playhouse associated with new and nontraditional drama, made British theatre history. Photographs 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus overall. Playbill 6.5 x 9 inches. About Near Fine. Program 8.75 x 11.5 inches. Near Fine.
[John Osborne, playwright; Hunter Davies, journalist] Substantial Typescript Article headed "Indy Interview: John Osborne" [i.e. The Independent newspaper] AND with MS. comments and corrections by Osborne (and wife Helen - see added letter below).
Hunter Davies, journalist [John Osborne, playwright (Look Back in Anger)]
- Signed
Seller: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, United KingdomRichard M. Ford Ltd
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£ 450.00
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Add to basketNine pages, A4, good condition. Davies begins the typescript "John is not feeling so good today, said his wife Helen, picking me up at the local railway station. More of a halt really, miles from anywhere, on the Shropshire-Wales border. She looked a bit tired herself, but then being Mrs John Osborne has always been a fairly exh…austing business.[.]" The last words from "but" are underlined in pencil and Osborne has commented in the margin, "Come off it - not that old one!". Among other additions, Helen comments that he has "not much" to contribute to "local life" when Davies has said "nothing". Later Davies adds to his statement about "Jill's suicide" with a MS addition, presumably in Davies hand but perhaps prompted by Osborne, "but [due to] the break-up of an affair with a millionaire businessman". Various additions and corrections throughout, the last two being a. a MS addition concerning Osborne's drinking (in Helen's hand). The final MS addition is probably by Davies himself. Following the typed line "And he did make me smile, even on a bad day", the line in MS ironically "for him. Let's hope there are many better days to come". WITH: [John Osborne, playwright experiencing difficult times] Helen Osborne, wife of John Osborne, playwright [John Osborne, playwright] Autograph Letter Signed "Helen" [Osborne] to Hunter Davies, author, journalist and broadcaster, apparently reviewing an article Davies is seeking to publish & admitting that Osborne and herself are experiencing hard times. Headed "The Hurst | Clunton | Craven Arms Salop", minimal date ("Sun[day]").With envelope. Two pages, 21 x 20cms, fold marks but text clear and in good condition. "Dear Hunter, | Thanks. Have made a few corrections & also - | a) Could you play down the health bit? Sometimes it's pretty good, but this sort of thing scares off commissions & bloody terrifies the bank manager. b) The subject of money. The position is frightful. If you saw the size of the overdraft & the back tax demands, you'd go white overnight. But, again, it gets up the nose of the afore mentioned Bank Manager & what Archie Rice [The Entertainer] called the Income Tax Man. We are treading on sliver-thin ice here. | Also, as I know from a previous Indie [The Independent Newspaper presumably] interview, with La Barber [Lynn Barber], it produced a wad of hate mail from your readers. Ditto the daughter. Which I have to answer. No thanks! | Hope we'll see you again - either here or in your ravishing looking house in the Lakes. Better mood then, I'd hope.[.]" Helen Osborne [nee Dawson] was herself a journalist [Wikipedia] NOTE: Osborne died later in the year in which Davies interviewed him and published a piece (presumably this one) in "The Independent", Osborne's obituary appearing in "The Independent" on 27 December 1994. See Image (half).
