Robert Downing papers concerning A streetcar named Desire, 1947.

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Robert Downing papers concerning A streetcar named Desire, 1947.

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Stage manager's script (promptbook) for original production of the play in New York City, with manuscript annotations by the stage manager, Robert Downing, December 1947. Also includes: playbill for the play at Wilbur Theatre (Boston), 1947 November 3, signed by Marlon Brando, Tennessee Williams, Jessica Tandy and others; playbill from Ethel Barrymore Theatre (New York), 1947 December 15-on; typescript (signed) of "Scene Twelve" written by Robert Downing; autograph manuscript dialogue (by Tennessee Williams), 1947 December; and letter of transmittal of this material from Downing to Bill [?], 1947 December 29.

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