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A group of working scripts related to Maureen O'Hara's sole Broadway play, Christine
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A group of working scripts related to Maureen O'Hara's sole Broadway play, Christine
Typed manuscript with annotations, carbon copy, approx. 95 pp with 5 unbound script pages laid in, housed in green clasp folder, with typed label, "Christine / by Pearl S. Buck" to front cover.
Typed manuscript with annotations, carbon copy, Act II only, approx. 30 pp, housed in blue clasp folder, with typed label "Christine / by Pearl S. Buck" to front cover.
Approximately 500 loose script pages and lyrics, many heavily annotated in pencil and pen, carbon copies, typewritten and handwritten, with two copies of the 11 pp Theatrical Limited Partnership Agreement for the play. With related correspondence.
In early 1960, Maureen O'Hara began rehearsals of what would be her sole role in a Broadway musical, Christine, by Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winner Pearl S. Buck, with songs by Academy Award® winners Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster. Set in India, Christine dealt with a widow who winds up having to choose a new wife for her widower son-in-law and falls in love with him herself. The show previewed in Boston and Philadelphia. Pearl Buck wrote encouragingly to O'Hara on April 9th: "My Dear Maureen I was in your audience last night and / you looked beautiful I shall be watching you every / night next week with hope and faith I know the / responsibility of all our hope and faith rest heavily / on you but we believe in you and love you and I am sure / you will come to opening night with a great performance / You have it in you / Pearl Buck."
Though poorly received in its test engagements, the show initially did well after its April 28th Broadway opening. It ran for one week only, however, and O'Hara never did another Broadway show. The script pages in this lot show the authors' rigorous working process; Buck worked with a co-author, which led to a feud when she sought sole writing credit.
Typed manuscript with annotations, carbon copy, Act II only, approx. 30 pp, housed in blue clasp folder, with typed label "Christine / by Pearl S. Buck" to front cover.
Approximately 500 loose script pages and lyrics, many heavily annotated in pencil and pen, carbon copies, typewritten and handwritten, with two copies of the 11 pp Theatrical Limited Partnership Agreement for the play. With related correspondence.
In early 1960, Maureen O'Hara began rehearsals of what would be her sole role in a Broadway musical, Christine, by Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winner Pearl S. Buck, with songs by Academy Award® winners Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster. Set in India, Christine dealt with a widow who winds up having to choose a new wife for her widower son-in-law and falls in love with him herself. The show previewed in Boston and Philadelphia. Pearl Buck wrote encouragingly to O'Hara on April 9th: "My Dear Maureen I was in your audience last night and / you looked beautiful I shall be watching you every / night next week with hope and faith I know the / responsibility of all our hope and faith rest heavily / on you but we believe in you and love you and I am sure / you will come to opening night with a great performance / You have it in you / Pearl Buck."
Though poorly received in its test engagements, the show initially did well after its April 28th Broadway opening. It ran for one week only, however, and O'Hara never did another Broadway show. The script pages in this lot show the authors' rigorous working process; Buck worked with a co-author, which led to a feud when she sought sole writing credit.