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Lot 420

Sale 5567 - Books, Prints & Ephemera
May 23, 2003 6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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9 pieces.


9 pieces.
Autograph Letters Signed. Wilder, Thornton. New Haven, Conn.; New York; Hamden, Conn., 1932 - 1949. All to Gilbert Miller [prominent theatre producer].
New Haven, April 8, 1932. 5 pp., 4to. Agreeing to translate & adapt The Bride of Torozko for the stage, analyzing the features of the play that need readjustment for American audiences, commenting on its treatment of anti-semitism.
New York, Feb. 20, 1940. 4 pp., 12mo. Commenting on the differences between French and American literary sensibilities after reading Garcons Filles et Chiens for Miller.
New York, April 4, 1946. 4 pp., 12mo. Commenting on possible adaptations of plays by Sartre & Anouilh.
Hamden, Conn., April 29, 1946. Rejecting La Folle de Chaillot as too mannered for adaptation for the American stage.
Hamden, Conn., Nov. 15, 1946. On Sartre, French politics & theatre. Sartre's idolatry of Faulkner.
Hamden, Conn., Nov. 19, 1946. 2 pp., 4to. On correspondence with Sartre.
Hamden, Conn., Dec. 5, 1946. 1 p., 4to. On Achards Aupres de Ma Blonde & upcoming trip to Mexico.
Hamden, Conn., March 29, 1949. "Lucienne et la Boucher must play better then [sic] it reads..."

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