Actors

Series Description From the Series: Many of the short stories represented in this series were published in short story compilations Motel Chronicles(1982) and Cruising Paradise(1996). The series has been arranged by those compilation titles. Volador was a working title for Cruising Paradise; those files immediately precede the files labeled Cruising Paradise. The...

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The series for Plays is the largest of Shepard’s works and includes notes, annotated typescripts, playbills, programs, correspondence, sound recordings, rehearsal schedules, reviews, and publicity. This series is notable in that Shepard meticulously identified each annotated draft with the date and place (by city and state) of each revision, and there tend to be multiple drafts of each work represented.

Series Description From the Series: Series III: Photographs is comprised of photographs collected by Dark. Many are mounted onto notebook pages with annotations in Dark’s hand. These photographs provide a glimpse into the private lives of the men. The bulk of the photos are of Shepard and Dark, but there are also images of Scarlett Dark, O’Lan Jones, Jesse Shepard, Sam Rogers (Shepard’s father) and Jessica Lange. The photographs are in the order in which Dark arranged them, and each has a unique identifying number (001-178)...

Series Description From the Series:

The series for Plays is the largest of Shepard’s works and includes notes, annotated typescripts, playbills, programs, correspondence, sound recordings, rehearsal schedules, reviews, and publicity. This series is notable in that Shepard meticulously identified each annotated draft with the date and place (by city and state) of each revision, and there tend to be multiple drafts of each work represented.

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Two annotated typescripts of Stray Hand(working title Slow Dawning of a Sudden Loss), 1991.

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quotes dated August, 1992

“Separation: Horrors of the Road,” September 1992

“Simms – Tall Stories Solid 7,” September, 1993

“One Last Favor,” playscript September, 1992

“No Better Place than the Present,” undated

Scope and Contents “Turkey Sag,” January, 1994 “Gary Cooper ofthe Landscape,” January, 1994 “A Weakness for Horses,” January, 1994 Actors, Simpatico, “An Actors Doubt,” January, 1994poem “My mother loved the sea...” March, 1994“Dreaming of a way to Enter the Unbearable Present,” April, 1994“Self Made Man (Divine Providence,” undated“Questions for Junior Brown,” March, 1995“Once,” May, 1995“Dignity,” May, 1995“A Man’s...

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“Thin Skin – What Any Woman Can Do To You,” 1989

“J.D.’s Collapse,” December 1998

“Southwest Chief – L.A. to Chicago,” February 1989

“More Urgent Emergencies,” April, 1989

“Wild to the Wild,” May, 1989

“Ancient Fear of the Fiddle,” May, 1989

“Open Suitcase,” January, 1990

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“Brecht Clown Play - Joe - World Was Green - At theEdge of the World,” November 1993

“Confession - Obsession - Blessing or Curse,” “Oedipus,” October 1995

“Great Place,” November 1995

“Sins of the Distant Past,” “Marfa Lights,” February 1996; November 1993-January 1996,(black cover)

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The Notebooks series includes handwritten notes, dialogue ideas, small drawings, and journal entries, usually in spiral bound notebooks. Some entries are personal and many were or were intended to be developed into longer works.

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“Machine Dreams: “Film Synopsis,” December 25, 1984

“Denial,” film sketch, February 1984

“History of the Dog,” undated

Film sketch beginning, “A Man has a dream about a murder...” undated

“Jealousy is not a pretty thing,” October 23, 1988

“States” notes, February, 1989

“1957” film notes, January 1, 1987

“The Man Who Could Not Stop Crying,” October 3, 1988

Series Description From the Series:

The Notebooks series includes handwritten notes, dialogue ideas, small drawings, and journal entries, usually in spiral bound notebooks. Some entries are personal and many were or were intended to be developed into longer works.

Series Description From the Series: This series is divided into two subseries. The first, films for which Shepard wrote the screenplay, includes: notes, annotated drafts, dialogue rewrites, publicity, correspondence, contracts, music notes, production notes and schedules. Of the films in this subseries, Silent Tongueincludes the most information (1 linear foot), followed by Far North(.25 linear feet.), Onibaba(.25 linear feet),...

Series Description From the Series: This series is divided into two subseries. The first, films for which Shepard wrote the screenplay, includes: notes, annotated drafts, dialogue rewrites, publicity, correspondence, contracts, music notes, production notes and schedules. Of the films in this subseries, Silent Tongueincludes the most information (1 linear foot), followed by Far North(.25 linear feet.), Onibaba(.25 linear feet),...

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Series V: Video Material consists of two items. The first is a VHS tape of home movies shot by Dark. The video quality is relatively poor, but the tape has been digitized and a viewing copy is available. The second item is a DVD of the documentary, Shepard and Dark, directed by Treva Wurmfeld. Access to this DVD is by special permission only.

Series Description From the Series: This series is divided into two subseries. The first, films for which Shepard wrote the screenplay, includes: notes, annotated drafts, dialogue rewrites, publicity, correspondence, contracts, music notes, production notes and schedules. Of the films in this subseries, Silent Tongueincludes the most information (1 linear foot), followed by Far North(.25 linear feet.), Onibaba(.25 linear feet),...

Series Description From the Series: This series is divided into two subseries. The first, films for which Shepard wrote the screenplay, includes: notes, annotated drafts, dialogue rewrites, publicity, correspondence, contracts, music notes, production notes and schedules. Of the films in this subseries, Silent Tongueincludes the most information (1 linear foot), followed by Far North(.25 linear feet.), Onibaba(.25 linear feet),...

Series Description

Series V: Video Material consists of two items. The first is a VHS tape of home movies shot by Dark. The video quality is relatively poor, but the tape has been digitized and a viewing copy is available. The second item is a DVD of the documentary, Shepard and Dark, directed by Treva Wurmfeld. Access to this DVD is by special permission only.

Series Description From the Series: Many of the short stories represented in this series were published in short story compilations Motel Chronicles(1982) and Cruising Paradise(1996). The series has been arranged by those compilation titles. Volador was a working title for Cruising Paradise; those files immediately precede the files labeled Cruising Paradise. The...

Series Description From the Series: Many of the short stories represented in this series were published in short story compilations Motel Chronicles(1982) and Cruising Paradise(1996). The series has been arranged by those compilation titles. Volador was a working title for Cruising Paradise; those files immediately precede the files labeled Cruising Paradise. The...