WILLIAMS, Tennessee — ORPHEUS DESCENDING
New York. Anne Meyerson Typing & Mimeographing. Bound with two brass screws in dark green leatherette covers (8-3/4" x 11"), the title lettered in gold. Original mimeographed rehearsal script of 130 pages from the first production, produced by Robert Whitehead at the Producer's Theatre in the spring of 1957. Directed by Harold Clurman, the play followed CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF and failed to meet expectations, running for only 68 performances. This script shows substantial and important textual variants when compared with the published version, with much altered dialogue. The most important changes were made to Act 2, which here includes an entire scene that was subsequently cut. A 2008 invoice laid in.. Some chipping to covers, some yellowing and slight chipping to first and last few pages. Very Good and scarce
