The big love / by Florence Aadland ; as told to Tedd Thomey ; edited by William Styron, 1961.

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The big love / by Florence Aadland ; as told to Tedd Thomey ; edited by William Styron, 1961.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/731027856

Typescript, dated Nov. 1961. The one-woman play concerns the life of Florence Aadland, whose teenage daughter Beverly had a two-year affair with actor Errol Flynn. This play was probably never produced, but an adaptation of the original book by Florence Aadland and Tedd Thomey was adapted by Brook Allen and Jay Presson Allen and produced at the Plymouth Theatre, New York, N.Y., starring Tracey Ullman in 1991.

105 leaves ; 28 cm.

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 8101479

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Aadland, Beverly, 1942-2010

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Aadland, Florence.

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Styron, William, 1925-2006

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American novelist William Styron was born in Virginia and graduated from Duke. After serving in World War II, he worked as an editor while writing his first novel. His work has been both controversial and timely; his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Confessions of Nat Turner, explored the theme of slavery, and benefitted from being released during the racially-charged 1960s, and his American Book Award-winning novel, Sophie's Choice, examined a World War II concentration camp survivor. His styl...

Thomey, Tedd

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Flynn, Errol, 1909-1959

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