Alvin Boretz Papers, 1942-1998

Container Title
Series: Theater
Abortion Conference, 1967 August
Box   19
Folder   14
Script for five vignettes performed at the conference and conference program, 1967 September 8
Box   28
Folder   32
Correspondence and scripts for skits illustrating circumstances of abortion, 1967
Note: Includes congratulatory letter from Eunice Shriver to Alvin Boretz.
Banker's Hours, unproduced, circa 1989
Note: “Unproduced play.” -- Alvin Boretz
Box   20
Folder   16
Second draft of script, 1989
Box   35
Folder   9
Typescript of a stage play in two acts by Alvin Boretz, 1989
I Remember You, Schulenburg, Texas: I.E. Clarke Inc, 1993
Note

One-act play by Alvin Boretz, produced on television for General Motors Playwrights Theatre on the Arts and Entertainment Cable Network.

Stage-play version of unproduced episode of the CBS television series Playhouse 90.

Box   32
Folder   29
Published version of the play, 1993
Box   35
Folder   10
Cyclostyled playscript and correspondence, 1991-1994
Note: Page-proof of edition published by I.E. Clark Inc., undated.
Made in America, New Theater for Now at the Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1984 March
Note: “A two act play produced at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles.” -- Alvin Boretz
Box   19
Folder   15-17
Script drafts and research materials, circa 1984
Box   31
Folder   63
Clipping, 1984 March
Box   33
Folder   7
Script of stage play, undated
Box   35
Folder   11
Notes, correspondence, and clippings of reviews, 1983-1991
Millions of Voices, B'nai B'rith 125th Birthday Party, Madison Square Garden, New York City, 1968 December 2
Note: Sketch written by Alvin Boretz.
Box   19
Folder   18
Clippings, correspondence, and playscript, 1968
Box   31
Folder   64
Program, 1968 December 2
Moby Dick, Orson Wells, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, undated
Note: “Moby Dick in a play version by Orson Wells was produced at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. I was asked to provide needed continuity.” -- Alvin Boretz
Box   19
Folder   19
French's drama edition of the play plus various rewritten passages and correspondence, undated
My First Honduran, undated
Box   33
Folder   11
Script of one-act play, undated
Passover 1968, A Protest for Freedom, New York Coordinating Committee for Soviet Jewry, 1968 April 10
Note: A Seder held in New York City to protest the Soviet Union's maltreatment of its Jewish citizens, produced by the New York Coordinating Committee for Soviet Jewry, written by Alvin Boretz.
Box   28
Folder   33
Research clippings, notes, correspondence, script, and revision, 1968
The Price of Freedom, 1956
Box   28
Folder   34
Script for stage presentation, 1956
Sound of Sundays, Cunningham League for Handicapped Children, Bayswater Jewish Center, Far Rockaway, New York, undated
Box   31
Folder   66
Clipping, undated
Sounds in the Night, Brooklyn College Evening Session, Senior Class of 1942, 1942 January 10
Box   31
Folder   65
Musical revue scripted and directed by Alvin Boretz, 1942
The Wall Between, United Community Chest of St. Clair Country, Port Huron, Michigan, 1962
Note

“Written for the General Electric Theatre years before, this was also about my retarded son. The story resonated with many people and a midwest group began doing it as a play to enlighten people about the retarded.” -- Alvin Boretz

Play written by Alvin Boretz and adapted by Gerald O. Werle for limited amateur stage production by United Community Chest of St. Clair Country, Port Huron, Michigan. Originally General Electric Television Theatre episode “Accident of Life,” broadcast 1962 January 8.

Box   19
Folder   20
Correspondence, playbills, and clippings, 1962-1963
A World to See, New York Guild for the Jewish Blind, 1957 May 6
Box   28
Folder   36
Script of a dramatized report for the annual dinner, 1957
Box   31
Folder   67
Program, 1957