Papers, 1946-1983.

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Papers, 1946-1983.

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Papers of Dale Wasserman (1917- ), a playwright, screenwriter, and television dramatist. Also from this period are materials on the teleplay "I, Don Quixote," written for the "DuPont Show of the Month," which Wasserman subsequently adapted for the Broadway stage as "Man of La Mancha" (1965). Extensive holdings on this production include unused lyrics by W. H. Auden. Also well represented among his stage plays is "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1963), the records of which include a script annotated by Ken Kesey, author of the book of the same name. For "Livin' the Life" (1957), written with Bruce Geller, and "Cafe Crown" (1964) there are advertising posters and for "The Wind Blows Free" (1950), water color renderings of the sets are included. Film writing is represented by produced and unproduced titles, primarily "Cleopatra" (20th Century-Fox, 1963), "The Vikings" (UA, 1958), and "Quick Before It Melts" (MGM, 1965). The processed portion of the papers are summarized above, dates 1946-1983, and is described in the register. Additional accessions date ca. 1960-1979 and are described below.

9.8 c.f (1 record center carton, 22 archives boxes, 1 package) and1 tape recording; plusadditions of 1.4 c.f. and14 tape recordings.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6923206

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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