A MEMORY OF TWO MONDAYS.
Miller, Arthur:
New York: Kermit Bloomgarden, [ca. 1955]. [3],71 leaves, expanded considerably by lettered, revised inserts, pasteovers, canceled leaves and similar variations. Quarto. Mimeographed, original and carbon typescript, clamp-bound into stiff binder lettered in manuscript. Binder worn at edges, use associated purpose, but generally very good. The assistant stage-manager's copy of a heavily revised working script associated with the Broadway premiere performance of Miller's one-act play at the Coronet Theatre, on a double bill with the one-act version of A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE. This copy bears Miller's signed presentation inscription: "For Bob Carrington - Thanks - Arthur Miller Sept. 29, 1955 - 6:45 p.m." (the date corresponds to the opening performance). This script is heavily worked over with revisions, insertions, pasteovers, deletions, stage directions and annotations of a similar nature, and clearly presents a form of the play which was the result of much on-going revision up to the final hours. A leaf inserted in front directs that someone should "disregard all words and lines in colored pencils when typing," suggesting that this copy was utilized for production of a subsequent draft of the script. This production was directed by Martin Ritt, and the cast included Van Heflin, J. Carrol Nash, Jack Warden, Eileen Heckart and Richard Davalos.
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