Autograph Letter Signed ("Tennessee"), 2 pp recto and verso, 8vo, London, [1958], to Joe Mankiewicz, regarding casting for Suddenly, Last Summer. WITH: 3 telegrams from Williams to Mankiewicz, 8vo, Rome and Venice, Italy, July 7-11, 1954, and an ALS of Williams' agent Audrey Wood to Mankiewicz, 2 pp, regarding Williams and a script. Some thumbing and creasing overall. Academy Award®-winning writer/director Joseph Mankiewicz directed the film adaptation of Tennessee Williams' Suddenly, Last Summer (1959). In an undated letter in this lot, Williams writes: "Dear Joe – / I do hope you / will find a / nice little part / in the picture for / Maria – she's an / excellent actress / of long & varied / experience, stage / and screen. / Good luck & / affection [illegible] goodbye / Tennessee. / Maybe Foxhill?" Williams may be referring to actress Maria Britneva, who later became his literary executrix; Britneva has a supporting role in Suddenly, Last Summer. The telegrams from Williams to Mankiewicz are regarding Williams and Mankiewicz meeting; in one, Williams writes: "Eager to discuss play with you." Provenance: Joseph L. Mankiewicz; by descent 8.5 x 11 in.
Autograph Letter Signed ("Tennessee"), 2 pp recto and verso, 8vo, London, [1958], to Joe Mankiewicz, regarding casting for Suddenly, Last Summer. WITH: 3 telegrams from Williams to Mankiewicz, 8vo, Rome and Venice, Italy, July 7-11, 1954, and an ALS of Williams' agent Audrey Wood to Mankiewicz, 2 pp, regarding Williams and a script. Some thumbing and creasing overall. Academy Award®-winning writer/director Joseph Mankiewicz directed the film adaptation of Tennessee Williams' Suddenly, Last Summer (1959). In an undated letter in this lot, Williams writes: "Dear Joe – / I do hope you / will find a / nice little part / in the picture for / Maria – she's an / excellent actress / of long & varied / experience, stage / and screen. / Good luck & / affection [illegible] goodbye / Tennessee. / Maybe Foxhill?" Williams may be referring to actress Maria Britneva, who later became his literary executrix; Britneva has a supporting role in Suddenly, Last Summer. The telegrams from Williams to Mankiewicz are regarding Williams and Mankiewicz meeting; in one, Williams writes: "Eager to discuss play with you." Provenance: Joseph L. Mankiewicz; by descent 8.5 x 11 in.
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