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Papers, 1918-1997, of Athol Fugard at the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
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Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana © 2004
Repository:
Lilly
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Indiana University
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Creator:
Fugard, Athol.
Title:
Fugard mss.,1918-1997
Collection no:
LMC 2280
Extent:
ca. 1200 items
Language:
Materials are in English.
Abstract:
Consists of journals, correspondence,
memorabilia, and drafts and manuscripts of writings of Athol Fugard, 1932-
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open for research.
Acquisition Information:
Purchase 1999.
Usage Restrictions:
Prior arrangements are not necessary before coming to the Library, however, patrons
from out of town are encouraged to communicate with the Library in advance of their
visits to ascertain availability of materials.
Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Item], Fugard mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Biographical Note:
Athol Fugard was born June 11, 1932 in Middelburg, Cape Province, South Africa. He
began writing in 1950, at first short stories and a novel that he subsequently
destroyed, and then as a journalist. Fugard attended institutions in South Africa
that include Port Elizabeth Technical College from 1946-1950 and the University of
Cape Town from 1950-1953. He left the university in 1953, however, to join the crew
of a British tramp steamer from Sudan and completed a round-the-world voyage in 1954.
He wrote freelance articles in Port Elizabeth, South Africa for the Evening Post, and
was a reporter for the South African Broadcasting Corporation in Port Elizabeth and
Cape Town from 1955-1957. In 1956 he married South African actress Sheila Meiring and
developed an interest in writing plays. Together they founded the Circle Players, a
theatre workshop, in Cape Town and the performance of his first play, Klaas and The
Devil, which is unpublished, took place there also in 1956. Between 1958-1989 many of
his plays were performed by various theatrical organizations that he co-founded,
including New Africa Group, Serpent Players, Ijingle Company in London, and the Space
Experimental Theatre in Cape Town. His plays have been performed internationally from
Cape Town, South Africa, to London, New York, Los Angeles, and Brazil. Most have been
published and a few have been adapted for BBC Television and for film. His works
often illustrate the political and social dilemmas of living under the apartheid
system in South Africa. Theater took on new direction through Fugard as he directed,
acted, wrote, and composed plays with the actors who performed in them.
Consists of journals, correspondence, memorabilia, and drafts and manuscripts of writings of Athol Fugard, 1932-
Correspondents in the collection include: Lindsay Gordon Anderson, Geraldine Aron, Mary Benson, Sidney Bernstein, John Berry, Anthony Charles Fleischer, Athol Fugard, Sheila Fugard, Margie Goldsmith, Nadine Gordimer, Alan Bede Griffiths, Ben Kingsley, Leon Major, Edris Makward, Robin Midgley, Yvonne Mitchell, Zakes Mokae, John Nassivera, Maurice Podbrey, Irving Schneider, Paul Scofield, Leslie James Seth-Smith, Maria Tucci, Dennis Walder, Gerald Clifford Weales, and Liza Williams.
The writings represented by notes, drafts, outlines, or occasionally final scripts are: Blood Knot; Boesman and Lena; The Captain's Tiger; The Coat; Cousins, A Memoir; Dialogue With a Madonna; Dimetos; Drivers; The Drummer; The Guest: An Episode in the Life of Eugene Nielen Marais; Hello and Goodbye; The Island; A Lesson From Aloes; Marigolds in August; Master Harold...and the Boys; Mille Miglia; My Children! My Africa!; My Life; Nongogo; The Occupation; Orestes; People Are Living There; A Place with the Pigs; Playland; The Road to Mecca; Sizwe Banzi is Dead; Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act; Tsotsi (a novel); Valley Song; and short stories Father is a Thorn Tree, Night-Call, Pavane to a Dead Princess, and The Two Friends.
Organized into the following series: I. Correspondence and memorabilia (1918-1997); II. Journals, diaries and notebooks (1960-1997); III. Writings, including notes, drafts, and final scripts arranged alphabeticallly by title, as well as some unpublished short stories, and an article written for the New York Times on theatre in Africa.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in IUCAT , the IU Libraries' online catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by searching the catalog using these terms.
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Correspondence, 1953
1963-1965
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Correspondence, 1966-1979
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Correspondence, 1980-1997, and undated
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Benson, Mary. 1964-1966
Twelve letters from Mary Benson, political activist, author; biographer of Nelson Mandela |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Berry, John, et al. 1963-1970.
Includes nine letters from the American director and collaborator John Berry, Circle in the Square Theatre, and eleven letters from Margie Goldsmith, close friend of Berry and the costume designer for Boesman and Lena, all concerning the production of Fugard’s plays, 1960s. Also 12 pages of typed notes for Boesman and Lena, May 9, 1970. |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
[John Berry] News clippings, May-June
1970,
Sent to Fugard, mostly regarding the production of Boesman and Lena, also about Fugard’s passport problems, etc. |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
British Broadcasting Corp./South African Broadcasting Corp., 1967-1976.
Includes Robin Midgley and Leslie James Seth-Smith, et al. |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Fugard, Athol. 1953-1954.
Seven letters to his mother or parents. |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Fugard, Sheila. 1963-1964.
Four letters from Fugard's wife to him in New York after he was deported from Zambia; one from her, 1970, to Athol Fugard’s mother. |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Gordimer, Nadine. 1961,
1964.
Two letters |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Mokae, Zakes. 1962-1971.
Six letters from longtime friend and lead actor in many of Fugard’s plays. |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Schneider, Irving. 1964-1965,
1967.
Twenty-four letters from Irving Schneider, the producer of People are Living There, regarding the script and production. Also a five page letter from Lindsay Anderson, June 23, 1965, enclosing six pages of "Notes on Specific Points in the Script." |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
“Letters from black actors in my Port Elizabeth theatre group who were
sentenced various periods of imprisonment on Robben Island.” 1965-1967
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| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Documents related to Council scholarship for Fugard, 1945
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| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Documents related to The Serpent Players, 1965
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Documents related to withdrawal of Athol Fugard’s passport, 1967-1968
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| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
“Receipt from Security Police for material taken from my house after
Police Raid.” Oct.
24, 1971
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| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Personal and family related memorabilia, 1918-1970.
Includes notes, receipts, bills, sister’s wedding announcement, etc. |
| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Memorabilia, printed
|
| Box 1 | Folder 20-39 |
1960-1982
(17 volumes)
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| Box 2 | Folder 1-27 |
1982-1997
(23 volumes)
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| Box 2 | Folder 28 |
Notes, 5p.
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| Box 2 | Folder 29 |
Typescript, heavily corrected, 101p.
|
| Box 2 | Folder 30 |
Correspondence and clippings re: Brazilian production, 19p.
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| Box 2 | Folder 31 |
Review of the play – news clipping
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| Box 2 | Folder 32 |
BBC rehearsal script, 102p.
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| Box 2 | Folder 33 |
BBC camera script, 91p.
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| Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Typescript and holograph script, 62p.
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| Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Notebook, holograph, 41p.
[“Notes for The Captain’s Tiger made during the Australian tour of Valley Song.”] |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 |
First draft script, holograph, 77p.
|
| Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Second draft, typescript with holograph insertions and corrections, 105p.
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| Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Third and final draft, typescript, 103p.
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| Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Typescript, heavily corrected, 26p.
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| Box 3 | Folder 7 |
Typescript, first draft, with numerous holograph changes and
insertions, 118p.
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| Box 3 | Folder 8 |
Typescript, heavily corrected and with holograph insertions and
additions, 82p.
|
| Box 3 | Folder 9 |
Holograph notes in notebook and holograph insertions, 7p.; 6p.
|
| Box 3 | Folder 10 |
Script, with holograph insertions and changes, [85]p.
|
| Box 3 | Folder 11 |
Printed theatre program - Nottingham Playhouse – starring Paul
Scofield
|
| Oversize 1 |
[Dimetos]. Holograph, written in a 12x16½" "drawing book," 7p.
|
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| Box 3 | Folder 12 |
Carbon typescript, 36p. [lacking p.32-35]
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| Box 3 | Folder 13 |
Typescript, [5]p.
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| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Typescript with holograph corrections, revisions, and insertions, [104]p.
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| Box 3 | Folder 15 |
Holograph [draft], 62p.
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| Box 3 | Folder 16 |
Holograph, [later version], 62p.
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| Box 3 | Folder 17 |
"Production copy," typescript with holograph corrections and
insertions, 52p.
|
| Box 3 | Folder 18 |
Notes and drafts, holograph; typescript of Act Two. 43p.
|
| Box 3 | Folder 19 |
“Notes. 25/1/72” in bound volume, 26p.
|
| Box 3 | Folder 20 |
...“First draft of Aloes at the Market Theatre Jhb. November 1978
(typed pages). Pencilled corrections and additions – rewriting in March-May
of 1979,” [100]p.
|
| Box 3 | Folder 21 |
“(Market script) from their archives.” Photocopy of typescript, 63p.
|
| Box 3 | Folder 22 |
“Final and Definitive version of the text as staged at the National
Theatre (London) in July 1980.” Typescript with holograph changes and
insertions, [76]p.
|
| Box 3 | Folder 23 |
Miscellaneous relating to Aloes, Dec. 1978-Jan.
1979,
2 letters, two poems and one news clipping [review]
|
| Box 3 | Folder 24 |
“Synopsis” Typescript with holograph corrections, 10p.
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| Box 3 | Folder 25 |
A Synopsis of a Proposed New Devenish - Fugard Film for Television.” Photocopy of holograph, 10p. and typescript, 6p.
|
| Box 3 | Folder 26 |
...“Screenplay....” Typescript with paste-ins and holograph changes, [60]p.
|
| Box 3 | Folder 27 |
Mimeo script with numerous typed and holograph insertions and
changes, [113]p.
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| Box 3 | Folder 28 |
Mimeograph script, [iii], 39p.
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| Box 3 | Folder 29 |
“Post production dialogue script,” mimeograph, [38]p.
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| Box 3 | Folder 30 |
Notebook: “Master Harold New Haven” Holograph, 15p. (photograph [of cast?] laid-in)
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| Box 3 | Folder 31 |
“... for Sam” Holograph draft, 46p.
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| Box 3 | Folder 32 |
“...a personal memoir for Sam” Holograph [later draft], 56p.
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| Box 3 | Folder 33 |
“...For Sam and H.D.F.” Typescript with holograph corrections and
changes, 58p.
|
| Box 3 | Folder 34 |
Master Harold...and the Boys. New York: Knopf, 1982.
Marked galleys
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| Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Notes, holograph, in “examination book,” [7]p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 2 |
Incomplete draft of script, typescript with holograph insertions and
corrections, [39]p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 3 |
Carbon typescript, with scene number changes, [47]p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 4 |
Holograph insertions for typescript, [23]p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 5 |
Retyped pages and scenes, [32]p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 6 |
Holograph script, 62p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 7 |
“Theatre 625” “Mille Miglia” Photocopy of television script in
recording order, 89p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 8 |
Typescript with holograph insertions and changes, 88 [i.e.100]p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 9 |
Notes by Rebecca Waddell re: development of My Life, Typescript
(fax), 9p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 10 |
Typescript, 30p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 11 |
“First typed [carbon] copy...--Johannesburg, 1959.” 62p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 12 |
...“A script for the camera.” Typescript with holograph corrections and insertions, 36p.,
accompanied by letter from editor of Contrast to Fugard, 3-3-64,
2p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 13 |
Script: “Text” Holograph, [10]p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 14 |
Script, holograph (pencil), [19]p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 15 |
Letter from Fugard to Bruce Davidson. Typed (carbon), 10p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 16 |
"Orestes An experiment in theatre as described in a letter to Bruce
Davidson, the American photographer," Typed carbon with holograph corrections, 12p., and typescript with
title change: "Orestes An experiment in theatre as described in a letter to
an American friend," June 1973, 1p.
|
| Oversize 2 |
Orestes. Holograph, written in three 12x16½" drawing pads, with insertions,
ca. 50p., including some inserts. Written on drawing pad covers: 1. "Dec.
1970 - Feb. 71"; 2. "Cape Town final"; 3. "[JHB]"
|
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| Box 4 | Folder 17 |
Holograph notes, in “Reporter’s Spiral Note Book” [16]p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 18 |
Typescript with holograph insertions and corrections, [114]p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 19 |
First draft, holograph, [35]p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 20 |
Second draft, holograph, 63p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 21 |
Third draft, typescript with holograph insertions and corrections, [64]p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 22 |
First Outline, holograph, [42]p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 23 |
First draft, holograph, [55]p. Accompanied by T.L.S. (fax), Kenny
Leon to AF, May 14, 1992. 1p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 24 |
Second draft, typescript (word processed) and holograph,
[51]p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 25 |
Third draft, typescript (word processed) with holograph insertions
and corrections, [59]p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 26 |
Final draft, typescript (word processed), with holograph corrections
and changes, [63]p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 27 |
Typescript (photocopy) of Yale Repertory Theatre/Yale School of
Drama script, [ii] 123p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 28 |
Notes and draft script, holograph and typescript [66]p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 29 |
Typescript, draft with holograph insertions and changes, [62]p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 30 |
"...script for the 1st London production...." Typescript (photocopy), [56]p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 31 |
"Rehearsal log for the London Premier...." Holograph, [44]p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 32 |
“earlier draft....” [incomplete], holograph, [76]p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 33 |
Notes and later draft, holograph, [155]p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 34 |
First version, 1st draft, holograph, [84]p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 35 |
First version, Act One, 2nd draft, typescript with holograph insertions and changes, [57]p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 36 |
First version, Act Two, 2nd draft, typescript with holgraph corrections, [44]p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 37 |
Second version, 1st draft, typescript/holograph, [71]p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 38 |
Second version, 2nd draft, typescript with holograph insertions and changes, [70]p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 39 |
Second version, 3rd draft, typescript with holograph changes and insertions, [76]p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 40 |
Second version, 4th and final draft, typescript (word processed), with holograph corrections,
[76]p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 41 |
Notes for plays[?]: "The Silkworms;" "The Fordsburg Native Comm.
Court"; etc. Holograph and typescript, [20]p.
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Short stories and writing fragments, ca. early 1960s
all unpublished |
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| Box 4 | Folder 42 |
Father is a Thorn Tree. Four holograph drafts: 10p., 2p., 2p., 2p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 43 |
Night-Call. Two typescript drafts: 25p. and 21p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 44 |
Pavane to a Dead Princess. Typescript (title in pencil), 16p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 45 |
The Roots of Matter. Holograph draft, 2p.; [storyline], holograph, 1p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 46 |
The Two Friends. Typescript (title in pencil), 9p.; holograph notes, 1p.
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| Box 4 | Folder 47 |
"He died at [t]wo o'clock in the morning, or at least...." [1st
line]. Typescript fragments, [7p.]
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New York Times article by Fugard
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| Box 4 | Folder 48 |
Typescript with holograph changes and corrections, 6p.
[possibly "African Stages: South Africa is Likely to Offer Most Valuable Contribution to Theatre" New York Times, 20 September 1964] |
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Lecture by Fugard: "Some Problems of a Playwright from South Africa."
Delivered at NYU, Oct. 16, 1990.
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| Box 4 | Folder 49 |
Draft transcript of speech, T.D., 12p.; Edited transcript, T.D., 10p.
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[Review of a play by George Pemba. Reviewer unknown, undated].
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| Box 4 | Folder 50 |
Carbon typescript, 4p.
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