East of Eden, [circa 1968].

0.21 linear feet (1 box)

English

Purchased from Royal Books on the Sinclair Lewis Fund, 2016.

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Terrence McNally is an American playwright, librettist and screenwriter. A musical adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel East of Eden was produced on Broadway by Mitch Miller in 1968, as Here's Where I Belong. Due to a disagreement between McNally and Miller over script changes, McNally asked that his name be removed from the credits, and Alex Gordon, (a pen name for Gordon Cotler) was credited for the book in the Playbill production program.

Typescript, mimeograph copy, bound, and undated, of a script for a musical stage adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel East of Eden. Title page credits Terrence McNally as author of the musical's book, Robert Waldman as composer, and Alfred Uhry as lyricist. Accompanied by a typed note with no salutation, signed by Katharine Smith and dated May 18, 2015, at Ojai, California, stating that the script came from the estate of her father, the actor Dana Andrews.

September 08, 2016

Terrence McNally, East of Eden. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Terrence McNally, East of Eden. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Scripts (documents)

Dramatists United States 20th century.