Robert Drivas Director (3 results)

Draft script for the 1971 off-Broadway play, which premiered at the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, on January 7, 1971. A comedy about the titular Tommy Flowers, a charming, freewheeling con man who finds himself homeless in Manhattan, eventually finding refuge in the apartment of a young violinist from Tampa. Black generic card wrappers. Title page present, dated September, 1970, with credit for playwright Terrence McNally. 202 leaves, with last page of text numbered II-95. Spirit duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with a silver prong.…

Two Final scripts for the 1968 one act plays "Sweet Eros" and "Witness," bound together and seen here under the joint title "The McNally Plays." Two early works by Terrence McNally, both dealing with alienation and violence, first performed on a double bill off-Broadway, at the Gramercy Arts Theatre, running from November 21, 1968, to January 26, 1969. Beige titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present, noted as FINAL, with credit for playwright Terrence McNally. 58 leaves, with last page of text numbered 36. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, lightly creased, bound with two gold screw brads.…

Draft script for the 1974 play which premiered at the Booth Theatre on May 5, 1974 for 177 performances, closing on October 5, 1974. Annotations in manuscript pencil on title page, and on cast page for "Ravenswood," the first of the two one act plays in "Bad Habits," listing names adjacent to the characters. Two one act comedies, the first is "Ravenswood," set in a sanitarium catering to rich "unglued" patients in which Dr. Pepper treats his patients by encouraging them to indulge in bad habits. The second is "Dunelawn," also a sanitarium, where Dr. Toynbee treats his patients with a magical drug which inhibits any "urges." Blue Studio Duplicating Service vinyl titled wrappers, with credits for playwright Terrence McNally. Title page present, with credits for playwright Terrence McNally. 135 leaves, with last page of text numbered 62. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold screw brads.…