A Cry of Players (Original script for the 1968 off-Broadway play)

Author: William Gibson (playwright); Gene Frankel (director); Frank Langella, Michael Egan, Lois Kibbee, Anne Bancroft, Robert Donley (starring)
Title: A Cry of Players (Original script for the 1968 off-Broadway play)
Publication: New York: Lincoln Center, 1968

Description: Revised Draft script for the 1968 play. Copy belonging to an unknown lighting technician, with their manuscript pencil annotations regarding lighting changes throughout.

A dramatization of the early life and loves of William Shakespeare. The play made its Broadway debut at the Repertory Theatre at the Lincoln Center on November 14, running for 72 performances.

Beige titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present, dated August 1968, noted as Revision, with credits for playwright William Gibson. 157 leaves, with last page of text numbered 3-2-31. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus, with a small chip to the top edge of the rear wrapper, bound with two gold brads.

Seller ID: 151803

Subject: Broadway, Play Scripts, Theatre, Writers



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