Macgrath Leueen (6 results)

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Staple Bound. Condition: Good. Kal Efron, [Published Date: No date listed, circa 1955]. Souvenir Program for the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera Association's performance at the Philharmonic Auditorium beginning May 28, 1956. Paper covers, [16] pages (unnumbered). In good condition. Light pink illustrated paper covers have light creasing to edges and corners and light to moderate overall spotting fading, soiling and aging. Binding tight (staple bound). Pages lightly aged but unmarked. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. Black and white photos. Includes laid in single cast sheet from the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera Associations production at the Philharmonic Auditorium beginning Monday Evening, May 28, 1956. Cast included Don Ameche, Jan Sherwood, Gretchen Wyler, George Tobias. [From Title Page] Feuer & Martin present Don Ameche in "Silk Stockings," music and lyrics by Cole Porter, book by George S. Kaufman, Leueen Macgrath and Abe Burrows (suggested by "Ninotchka" by Melchior Lengyel), also starring Jan Sherwood and Gretchen Wyler with George Tobias and Leon Belasco, David Opatoshu, Leon, Janney, Philip Sterling, settings and lighting by Jo Mielziner, costumes designed by Lucinda Ballard, additional costumes by Robert Mackintosh, musical director Irving Schlein, orchestrations by Don Walker, vocal arrangements by Herbert Greene, dances and musical numbers staged by Eugene Loring, directed by Cy Feuer. Black and white photography throughout.…

Paperback. Condition: New. /NEW/I HAVE THOUSANDS OF PLAYS AND MUSICALS IN MY LISTINGS/.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Acting Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp 67. Stapled wraps. Original publisher's pale yellow covers, lettered black. Signed presentation from Leueen MacGrath on the title page to Victor Ross (1920- 2021) CEO of Readers Digest and a distinguished book collector, "Dear Victor, Alas! the only signature available is mine but it comes with much love, Leueen October 1st 1981." George Kaufman had died in 1961. Slight wear and rubbing at spine, otherwise very good. Faint note on cover, possibly by publisher, appears to say 'Manuscript copy, not for sale'. Price crossed out. Signedes.…

Rare original Silk Stockings shooting script with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. Quarto, original black Hart Stenographic Bureau leatherette wrappers bound and bradded. In near fine condition. Annotations throughout. Accompanied by the vocal part of Ninotchka which is in fine condition. Loosely based on the Melchior Lengyel story 'Ninotchka', Silk Stockings premiered on Broadway in 1955 and was the final musical that Cole Porter wrote for the stage. The production opened Broadway on February 24, 1955 at the Imperial Theatre, and closed on April 14, 1956 after 478 performances.…

429 pages typed on rectos only hardbound in gilt-stamped full black cloth. Leueen Macgrath (1914 - 1992) was a playwright and scriptwriter and film and theatre actor/ actress. She was married to the British film director Desmond Davis and subsequently the American writer George S. Kaufman. She was married to Kaufman for 8 years from 1949 during which time she collaborated with him on various plays and scripts including the 'book' for Cole Porter's 'Silk Stockings' and "Fancy Meeting You Again'. She also co wrote the Broadway hit 'Small Hours' with him. Her career was launched in 1936 with an enchanting performance in Terrence Rattigan's "French Without Tears" and she appeared with Alec Guinness in John Mortimer's autobiographical play "A Voyage Round My Father." This manuscript is an interior autobiography taken from her diaries but omitting references to places, events or names. Starting from age 23 it chronicles her thoughts and feelings into middle age. She mentions Weininger, Jung, Tolien, Natalie Clifford Barney, Loran Hurnscott, a good amount on Byzantine Art, I Ching, murder, Lesbianism, assisted suicide, Venice, Rilke and always the life of the writer and the habit of writing. This manuscript remains unpublished. There are a few annotations and corrections by her to the text. It is signed by Leueen Macgrath on the first page with her Eaton Square, London address on the next page she has crossed out the name of a a London & New York Ôdramatic agentÕ Gordon Harbord with a Temple Bar phone number. The date of this MS is the late 1960s as these numbers went out in the early 70s. Laid in is a lovely signed black and white photographic portrait of the beautiful MacGrath, 8 by 10 inches, taken by Avery Willard.…