Beschreibung:

[White, Michael.]--The Rocky Horror Show. FILES RELATING TO THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, AND SUBEQUENT SEQUELS, COMPRISING: i) Scripts by Richard O'Brien: 'The Rocky Horror Show', typescript with agent's label (Michael White Ltd), c.45 pages, c.1973; 'Curse of the Baby: A Treatment to a Sequel to the RHPS', typescript with manuscript title and page numbers, 17 pages, 1980s; 'Rocky Horror Shows His Heels' (full script developed from 'Curse of the Baby'), typescript, lacking title page, 71 pages; second copy, photocopy typescript with title page; 'Oh No! Not Faust Again!', typescript of a novella inscribed on the title page ("5/12 Richard O'Brien To Michael '86"), 81 pages, 1985 ii) Correspondence and other papers, including: autograph letter by Michael White to Lou Adler, American producer of the show, recalling his early involvement in Rocky Horror including how he agreed to finance the original production immediately on hearing O'Brien sing two of the songs and the first night ("...I sat in front of Vincent Price and Coral Browne. Vincent laughed throughout and the audience gave the show a standing ovation..."); original, carbon-copy, and photocopied correspondence and other papers concerning revenues, rights, costs, box office receipts, and agreements relating to the first American production at the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles, and also later productions; correspondence about a proposed Japanese production; programmes and flyers for the Roxy Theatre production, together with a photograph of the theatre interior, promotional photographs of Tim Curry ("Frank N. Furter"), and press cuttings, including many on the developing phenomenon of the cult midnight showings of 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show'; mostly 1973-79, housed in three hanging folders iii) Promotional material: flyer for the original London production at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, 1973, together with an invitation to the opening night party; transparency of the original Rocky Horror artwork for the use of the Roxy Theatre production; LP soundtrack album, 'The Rocky Horror Show Original London Cast' (UKAL1006), 1973; LP soundtrack album 'Shock Treatment', 1981 (four copies); set of 10 promotional still photographs from The Rocky Horror Pictoure Show; promotional brochure of stills from 'Shock Treatment' in a spiral bound folder; 'Rocky Horror' trading cards (c.50); fan magazines; leaflet showing steps of the "Time Warp"; promotional pack for the 15th anniversary celebrations of the film, 1990; material relating to other anniversaries and celebrations iv) Posters promoting the Roxy Theatre Production in LA, [1974], other productions in London, New York, and Tokyo, the film, and soundtracks to Rocky Horror and Shock Treatment (9)