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The Screens Original script for the 1971 play
1971143784New York: Chelsea Theater Center 1971. Draft script for the US premiere of Jean Genet's 1961 play which opened on November 30 1971 and ran through December 25 1971 at the Chelsea Theatre Center in Brooklyn NY. <br/><br/>Genet began writing the play about life in a poor village in French controlled Algeria in 1955 and a version was published by L'Arbalete in 1961. Abridged versions of the play were performed in Germany in 1961 Vienna in 1963 and London in 1964. The first performance of the complete text which contained 16 acts and lasted over 5 hours took place in Stockholm in 1964 followed by the French premiere two years later. The Chelsea Theatre Center production employed 45 actors on a multi-level set with elaborate costumes and cost a reported $109500 a huge sum for a non-Broadway production which precluded the play from moving Off-Broadway despite overwhelmingly positive reviews and audience response. <br/><br/>Black titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers with a credit for playwright Genet. Title page present undated with credits for playwright Genet and for the Chelsea Theater Center. 152 leaves with last page of text numbered "16-14." Mimeograph duplication. Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Jamison RJ. Grayson Hall: A Hard Act to Follow. iUniverse 2006 pp. 156-157. Chelsea Theater Center unknown books
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