Title: S.N. Behrman Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1911-1973

Creator:

• Behrman, S. N. (Samuel Nathaniel), 1893-1973

Call Number: U.S. Mss 6AN; Micro 585

Quantity: 10.8 cubic feet (27 archives boxes) and 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm)

Repository:

Housed at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives and Museum Collections; owned by the Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers of S.N. Behrman, a writer noted for his sophisticated comedy for the stage and motion pictures. Illustrating Behrman's writing techniques are detailed notes, drafts, and revisions of more than thirty plays, screenplays, and adaptations. Among the plays he wrote or adapted are Amphitryon 38 (1937), Biography (1932), The Cold Wind and the Warm (1958), End of Summer (1935), Fanny (1954), Jacobowsky and the Colonel (1944), Jane (1952), No Time for Comedy (1939), The Pirate (1942), Rain from Heaven (1934), and The Second Man (1927); screenplays represented include Bonjour Tristesse (Columbia, 1958), Ninotchka (MGM, 1939), and Waterloo Bridge (MGM, 1940). In addition to script materials for some titles there are clippings, playbills, correspondence, and other related information.

Language: English

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Probably more than any other dramatist in American theatrical history, S.N. Behrman's dramas exemplify the mastery of high or sophisticated comedy. Stark Young compared him favorably with George Bernard Shaw and called him “...one of those rare authors in the theatre who do not mistrust civilized society, and do not think that Times Square must understand or no tickets will be sold.” Behind Behrman's sophisticated dramas, of which The Second Man (1927), Biography (1932), Rain from Heaven (1934), End of Summer (1936), and No Time for Comedy (1939) represent his early finest work, there is always a sound and intelligent purpose and frequently a theme of social or political significance.

Behrman was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1893. After studying at Clark College and George Pierce Baker's Workshop 47 at Harvard, Behrman went to New York where he wrote reviews and short stories for magazines such as The Smart Set. It was not long until his first artistic and commercial success, The Second Man, started him on a career as an important American dramatist. Turning his talents partially to Hollywood, he achieved recognition for his screenplays: He Knew Women (1930), Anna Karenina and The Tale of Two Cities (1935), Conquest (1937), Waterloo Bridge (1948), Quo Vadis (1950), and Bonjour Tristesse (1956).

Behrman frequently collaborated on or adapted plays. Amphitryon 38 and The Pirate, both vehicles for the acting team of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, were adaptations as were Jacobowsky and the Colonel, Jane, and the S.N. Behrman-Joshua Logan musical Fanny. Behrman was distinctive in American theatre in achieving a high degree of success during five widely varied decades of the twentieth century. Besides his dramatic writings, he also wrote a biography of critic Max Beerbohm, Portrait of Max, and often contributed pieces to The New Yorker.

The collection provides little information on Behrman's personal life but does offer great insights into his work as a dramatist. Extensive notes, usually written daily during the writing and rehearsing of a play, detail character and plot development and often include Behrman's personal reactions and attitudes toward his work. Also included are variant scripts and rewrites, often extensively annotated; correspondence, congratulatory first-night messages, and fan mail; clippings, including reviews of road productions; playbills; box office statements; and miscellany. The papers have been organized in three series: Theatre, Motion Pictures, and Radio. Arrangement is generally alphabetical by production title.

Behrman's THEATRE works comprise the majority of the collection and includes plays such as Amphitryon 38, Biography, End of Summer, Fanny, Jacobowsky and the Colonel, No Time for Comedy, The Second Man, Serena Blandish, and Wine of Choice. Major productions are arranged alphabetically by title with a small section of miscellaneous files completing the series. Included in the latter section are several of Behrman's one-act plays, unidentified script materials, and some biographical clippings.

Behrman co-authored several pieces with his friend playwright J. Kenyon Nicholson. These include All in a Night's Work, an untitled one-act play, and an unidentified manuscript. However, unless noted otherwise, Behrman is assumed to have written the works. Amphitryon 38 correspondence includes two brief sketches of Act I's set which were designed by Lee Simonson. Correspondence for The Cold Wind discusses adapting the story to film, while the Dunnigan's Daughter file includes several drafts of a letter concerning Behrman's withdrawal from the Playwrights' Company. Among the Fanny materials is a transcript of a phone conversation between Joshua Logan and Oscar Hammerstein in which they discuss the play. Included in the Jacobowsky and The Colonel correspondence are telegrams and letters discussing questions of authorship plus a draft script co-authored by Franz Werfel and Clifford Odets. A partial index to notable correspondents in the collection follows:

Name	Date	Production
Atkinson, Brooks	1958 June 16	The Cold Wind
	1958 December 10	The Cold Wind
Choate, Edward	1958 September 9	Me and the Colonel
Fontanne, Lynn	1937 April 5	Amphitryon 38
	1937 April 6	Amphitryon 38
	1946 April 1	I Know My Love
	1948 March 31	I Know My Love
	1948 May 12	I Know My Love
	1948 May 20	I Know My Love
Logan, Joshua	1958 October 29	The Cold Wind
Lunt, Alfred	1937 April 5	Amphitryon 38
	undated	I Know My Love
Marx, Harpo	1949 April 5	I Know My Love
Reinhardt, Gottfried	1956 June-1957 October	Me and the Colonel
	1944 September 11	Jacobowsky and the Colonel
Ross, H. W.	1949 November 7	I Know My Love
Sherwood, Robert	1939 April 6	No Time for Comedy
	1945 May 9	Dunnigan's Daughter
Swope, Herbert Bayard	1939 April 19	No Time for Comedy
Werfel, Franz	1944 February 11	Jacobowsky and the Colonel
	1944 February 25	Jacobowsky and the Colonel

MOTION PICTURES includes scripts of Anna Karenina, Bonjour Tristesse, Ninotchka, Queen Christina, Quo Vadis, A Tale of Two Cities, and others. Typically these files are smaller than those for theatre productions.

RADIO consists of one script for an adaptation of Behrman's theatrical work I Know My Love, which was adapted for radio by Erik Barnow.

S.N. Behrman Papers (MssCol 248) at the New York Public Library.

Acquisition Information

Presented by S.N. Behrman, New York, New York, 1961-1962; and placed on deposit by Anne Grossman, New York, New York, 1975. Six scripts (Anna Karenina, Conquest, Queen Christina, Quo Vadis, Tale of Two Cities, Waterloo Bridge) are on permanent loan from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. Accession Number: MCHC61-033; MCHC62-026; MCHC75-049

Processing Information

Processed by Diane Lindner and Christine Rongone, October 1979.

U.S. Mss 6AN	Series: Theatre
	All In A Night's Work Note: Production information unknown.
Box   1 Folder   1	Notes, treatment, and 2 incomplete scripts, written with J. Kenyon Nicholson, undated
	The American Idea Note: Production information unknown, before 1927.
Box   1 Folder   2	Typescript, written with Kenyon Nicholson, undated
Box   1 Folder   2	Miscellaneous notes, undated
Box   1 Folder   3	2 Scripts of Act I, annotated, undated
Box   1 Folder   3	Typescript of Act II, annotated, undated
Box   1 Folder   3	Typescript of Act IV, annotated, undated
	Amphitryon 38 Note: New York: Shubert, 1937 November 1.
Box   1 Folder   4	Correspondence, 1936-1953
Box   1 Folder   4	Clippings and playbills, 1937, 1971
Box   1 Folder   5	Manuscript and typescript rewrites, 1937 January
Box   1 Folder   5	Manuscript and typescript rewrites for Chicago premiere, 1937 May
Box   1 Folder   5	Rewrites for West coast production, 1937 June
Box   1 Folder   5	Translation of Amphitryon 38, by Jean Giraudoux, undated
Box   1 Folder   6	Miscellaneous notes, undated
Box   1 Folder   6	Incomplete sound cue sheet, undated
Box   1 Folder   6	First draft typescript, annotated, circa 1937
Box   1 Folder   6	Second draft typescript, annotated, circa 1937
Box   1 Folder   7	Third draft typescript, annotated, circa 1937
Box   1 Folder   7	Final typescript, including property plot, circa 1937
	Anything Can Happen Note: No production.
Box   2 Folder   1	Manuscript draft, 1945 April 18
Box   2 Folder   1	Rewrites, 1945 April 18-1946 January 17
	Biography Note: New York: Guild, 1932 December 12 and London: Globe, 1934 April 25.
Box   2 Folder   2	Correspondence, 1932-1967
Box   2 Folder   2	Clippings regarding Hollywood, New York, and road production, 1934 March-April
Box   2 Folder   3	Clippings from periodicals, 1932-1934
Box   2 Folder   3	German reviews, circa 1947?
Box   2 Folder   3	Playbills, 1932-1934
Box   2 Folder   4	Manuscript inserts, random notes and revisions, undated
Box   2 Folder   4	Scenario and notes, 1932 January-May
Box   2 Folder   4	Typescript fragments and production note, 1932 October 23
Box   2 Folder   5	Complete manuscript draft, 1932 April-May
Box   2 Folder   5	Complete typescript, including property list, 1932
	Brief Moment Note: New York: Belasco, 1931 November 9.
Box   2 Folder   6	Correspondence, 1931 November
Box   2 Folder   6	Clippings, Pasadena Playhouse playbill, 1933 May 18-1935 February 23
Box   2 Folder   7	Manuscript notes, 1930 January-1931 October
Box   2 Folder   7	Manuscript of Act I, “Bride of Quietness,” 1930 October 25
Box   2 Folder   7	2 Manuscripts of Act III, 1931 January 17-October 1
Box   2 Folder   7	Fifth draft manuscript of Act III, 1931 October 3
Box   2 Folder   7	Manuscript inserts and revisions, 1931
Box   2 Folder   8	Scenario, “Bulbs--A Satire on Fame,” 1930? October 23
Box   2 Folder   8	Typescript of Act III, undated
Box   2 Folder   8	Notes and revisions, annotated, October 2?
Box   2 Folder   8	Insert to Act I, annotated, undated
Box   2 Folder   8	Typescript, undated
	The Cold Wind and the Warm Note: New York: Morosco, 1958 December 8.
	Correspondence
Box   2 Folder   9	1958 January-December
Box   3 Folder   1	1959-1964, undated
Box   3 Folder   2	Research clippings, 1955-1958
Box   3 Folder   2	Clippings, 1958-1959
Box   3 Folder   2	Playbills, undated
Box   3 Folder   3	Financial statements, 1958 December-1959 June
Box   3 Folder   3	Billings, 1958-1959
Box   3 Folder   3	Box office statements, 1958-1959
Box   3 Folder   4	Typed notes, in diary-like format, 1953 January 13-1955 August 15
Box   3 Folder   5	Manuscript notes, 1953 September 12-circa 1959 February 1
Box   3 Folder   6	Miscellaneous notes and suggestions, 1953-1958
Box   3 Folder   7	Typescript, annotated, 1954 January 20-February 3
Box   3 Folder   7	First draft script, annotated, 1955 April 17
Box   3 Folder   8	First draft script, annotated, circa 1955
Box   3 Folder   8	Script, annotated, undated
Box   4 Folder   1	Second draft script, 1955 April 17-August 3
Box   4 Folder   1	Notes on second draft, 1955 August 16-December 5
Box   4 Folder   1	Third draft script, 1955 December 5
Box   4 Folder   2	Manuscript draft fragments, 1955 June 26-November
Box   4 Folder   2	First draft revisions, 1955 April 17
Box   4 Folder   2	Revisions, lightly annotated, 1955-1957
Box   4 Folder   3	Manuscript and typescript revisions, Woodstock, Vermont, 1957 Spring
Box   4 Folder   4	Typed notes, in diary-like format, 1957 March 21-1958 November 8
Box   4 Folder   5	Script, 1957 August-September
Box   4 Folder   6	Third draft of Act I, annotated, 1957 October 18
Box   4 Folder   6	Prologues and epilogues, annotated, 1957 September 15-1959 January 11
Box   5 Folder   1	Script, annotated, circa 1957 October
Box   5 Folder   1	Script, annotated, circa late 1957-early 1958
Box   5 Folder   2	Revisions, annotated, 1957
Box   5 Folder   3-4	Manuscript and typescript rewrites, 1958 March 24-November 7
Box   5 Folder   5	Script, annotated, 1958 April
Box   5 Folder   5	Script, annotated, 1958 June 11
Box   5 Folder   6	4 typescript drafts of Act III, annotated, 1958 May 22-August 15
Box   6 Folder   1	3 typescript drafts of Act III, annotated, 1958 August 15, undated
Box   6 Folder   1	Revisions of Acts I and II, 1958 July 21
Box   6 Folder   2	Script, annotated, 1958
	Dunnigan's Daughter Note: New York: John Golden, 1945 December 26.
Box   6 Folder   3	Correspondence, 1941 November 12-1946 January 16
Box   6 Folder   3	Review and research clippings, 1940-1945
Box   6 Folder   4	Manuscript notes, in diary-like format, “No Repose in Bali,” 1939 August 4-1942 February 6
Box   6 Folder   5	Typescripts of Acts I and II, annotated, 1940 January-March
Box   6 Folder   6	3 drafts of Act I, “No Repose in Bali,” 1940-1941
Box   6 Folder   6	3 drafts of Act III, “No Repose in Bali,” 1941-1942
Box   6 Folder   6	Partial first draft manuscript and rewrites, 1943-1944
Box   7 Folder   1	3 typescripts of Act II, annotated, 1941 October 22, 1942 January 12
Box   7 Folder   2	Manuscript notes, in diary-like format, 1943 February 23-1945 March 14
Box   7 Folder   3	Manuscript notes, in diary-like format, and miscellaneous notes, 1943 September 10-1946 January 27, undated
Box   7 Folder   4	5 typescripts of Acts, I, II, and III, annotated, 1943 October-November
Box   7 Folder   5	Typescript, 1943 December 4
Box   7 Folder   5	Typescript, 1944 December 11
Box   7 Folder   6	Incomplete typescript, “Simple Peasant,” 1944 August 21
Box   7 Folder   6	Typescript, “Simple Peasant,” annotated, 1944 September 8
Box   7 Folder   7	Typescript, annotated, 1945 December 7
Box   8 Folder   1	2 typescripts, 1945 December 26, undated
	End of Summer Note: New York: Guild, 1936 February 17.
Box   8 Folder   2	Correspondence, 1935 December 24-1936 April 18, undated
Box   8 Folder   2	Harold Friedman's notes, 1935-1936
Box   8 Folder   3	Clippings, 1936
Box   8 Folder   4	Manuscript notes, circa 1934 August 27-1935 February 15
Box   8 Folder   4	Original manuscript, draft, undated Note: Also on Micro 585
Box   8 Folder   5	First draft script, 1935 July-September
Box   8 Folder   6	Uncut draft script, 1935-1936
Box   8 Folder   6	Cut draft script, 1935-1936
Box   8 Folder   7	Third draft script, undated
	Fanny Note: New York: Majestic, 1954 November 4.
Box   9 Folder   1	Correspondence, 1954 September-1956 November
Box   9 Folder   1	Clippings, 1954 September-November
Box   9 Folder   1	3 drafts and final clippings of a New York Times article, 1955 October
Box   9 Folder   1	Playbill, undated
Box   9 Folder   1	Transcript of telephone conversation between Joshua Logan and Oscar Hammerstein, 1953 August 5
Box   9 Folder   2	Translation of Marcel Pagnol's plays Fanny and Cesar, undated
Box   9 Folder   3	Early drafts of Acts I and II, annotated, undated
Box   9 Folder   4	First draft script, annotated, 1953 May 5
Box   9 Folder   5	First draft of Act I, co-authored with Joshua Logan, 1953 August 1
Box   9 Folder   5	Script and discarded pages, co-authored with Joshua Logan, annotated, 1954 January 25
Box   9 Folder   5	Notes, 1954 April 1
Box   9 Folder   6	Manuscript and typescript notes, 1953-1954
Box   9 Folder   6	Manuscript draft script, incomplete, 1954 April-June
Box   9 Folder   7	Draft script of musical version, co-authored with Joshua Logan, annotated, 1954 June 20
Box   10 Folder   1	Final? draft script of musical version, 1954 June 20
Box   10 Folder   2	Script of Act II, annotated, 1954 June 29
Box   10 Folder   2	Script of Acts II and III, undated
Box   10 Folder   2	Random sheets of typescript, annotated, undated
Box   10 Folder   3	Draft script of musical version, undated
	I Know My Love Note: New York: Shubert, 1949 November 2.
Box   10 Folder   4	Correspondence, 1946-1951
Box   10 Folder   4	Clippings, 1949
Box   10 Folder   4	Playbills, undated
Box   10 Folder   4	New York Times articles, 1949 December, 1950 October
Box   10 Folder   5	Box office statements for road tour, 1949
Box   10 Folder   5	Typed notes, in diary-like format, 1947 August-1949 September
Box   10 Folder   5	Notes and correspondence, including letters between Behrman, Alfred Lunt, and Lynn Fontanne, 1948-1950
Box   10 Folder   5	Manuscript and typescript rewrites, 1949
Box   10 Folder   6	Playscript, in French, of Marcel Achard's Aupres de Ma Blonde, 1947
Box   10 Folder   6	Translated script of Marcel Achard's Aupres de Ma Blonde, undated
Box   10 Folder   7	First draft script, undated
Box   11 Folder   1	First script before road tour, undated
Box   11 Folder   2	Typescript used by Lunt on tour, undated
	The Incompatibles Note: No production.
Box   11 Folder   3	Manuscript script, 1924 June 28-August 4
	Jacobowsky Note: No production.
Box   11 Folder   4	Musical script, by Stan Daniels, based on Werfel's German play Jacobowsky and the Colonel and Behrman's play of the same name, undated
Box   11 Folder   5	2 draft outlines and notes for musicalization of Jacobowsky and the Colonel, by Albert Lewis, 1965 February 4
	Jacobowsky and the Colonel Note: New York: Martin Beck, 1944 March 14. London: Wimbledon, 1945 May 21.
Box   11 Folder   6	Correspondence, 1944-1946
Box   11 Folder   7	Clippings, 1944
Box   11 Folder   7	3 drafts and final clipping of article, undated
Box   11 Folder   7	Research clippings and story in German by Franz Werfel, undated
Box   11 Folder   7	Notes, 1941-1944
Box   11 Folder   8	Script, in German, by Franz Werfel, circa 1943
Box   12 Folder   1	Translation of Werfel's German script, by M. Bay, circa 1943
Box   12 Folder   2	2 scripts, by Franz Werfel and Clifford Odets, annotated, 1943
Box   12 Folder   2	Memoranda regarding Werfel and Odets scripts, by John Gassner, undated
Box   12 Folder   3	Manuscript script of Scene IV, 1943 December
Box   12 Folder   3	Script, annotated, 1944 January 22
Box   12 Folder   3	Script, 1944 February 26
Box   12 Folder   4	Script of Theatre Guild version and technical plots, 1945
Box   12 Folder   5	Script of Acts I, II, and III, undated
Box   12 Folder   5	Script, undated
	Jane Note: Blackpool: Lyceum, 1947 January 13; London: Aldwych, 1947 January 29; Westport (as The Foreign Language): 1951 August 20; New York: Coronet, 1952 February 1; Ft. Lee: 1958 April.
Box   12 Folder   6	Correspondence, 1946-1967
Box   12 Folder   6	Clippings, 1947
Box   13 Folder   1	Notes, in diary-like format, 1945-1949
Box   13 Folder   1	Miscellaneous notes, 1946, 1967
Box   13 Folder   1	Maugham's notes, undated
Box   13 Folder   1	Dialogue, dictated by S.N. Behrman, undated
Box   13 Folder   2	Script of London version, 1947
Box   13 Folder   2	Final script of American version, 1947
Box   13 Folder   3-4	4 scripts of London versions, 1947
Box   13 Folder   5	2 scripts, “Period Piece,” 1949
Box   13 Folder   6	Script, “The Foreign Language,” circa 1950-1951
Box   14 Folder   1	2 scripts, 1951 September, 1951 October
Box   14 Folder   2	Script, annotated, 1951 October 10
Box   14 Folder   2	Script, annotated, 1952 February 10
Box   14 Folder   3	Script and inserts, annotated, circa 1957-1958
Box   14 Folder   4	2 final acting scripts, “Jane or You're as Young as You Feel,” 1958 April 17
Box   14 Folder   5	Script, in French, undated
	Let Me Hear the Melody Note: Philadelphia: Walnut Street, 1951 March 12.
Box   14 Folder   6	Correspondence, 1951, 1956, 1962
Box   14 Folder   6	Clippings, reviews, and research, 1951
Box   14 Folder   7	Notes, in diary-like format, 1946 March-1947 December
Box   14 Folder   8	Script, including costume plot, annotated, circa 1946
Box   15 Folder   1	2 scripts, circa 1946
Box   15 Folder   2	2 scripts, annotated, circa 1946
Box   15 Folder   3	Manuscript script, incomplete, 1947 September-1951 July
Box   15 Folder   3	Script of Acts I and II, undated
Box   15 Folder   4	Script, incomplete, annotated, 1947 October
Box   15 Folder   5	Script, 1947
Box   15 Folder   5	Script, annotated, 1947
Box   15 Folder   6	Notes, in diary-like format, 1949 September-1951 November
Box   15 Folder   6	Miscellaneous notes, 1951
Box   16 Folder   1	Script, 1951 November 16
Box   16 Folder   1	Script, circa 1950-1951
	Love Story Note: Philadelphia: Walnut Street, 1933 December 13.
Box   16 Folder   2	Correspondence, 1932-1933
Box   16 Folder   3	Manuscript script fragments, inserts, and supplements, 1929-1933
Box   16 Folder   3	Miscellaneous notes, 1929-1933
Box   16 Folder   4	Original manuscript script and rewrites, 1929 April-1930 September
Box   16 Folder   4	Script #1?, undated
Box   16 Folder   5	Script #2, undated
Box   16 Folder   5	Script #3, annotated, undated
Box   16 Folder   6	Script #4, undated
Box   16 Folder   6	Script #5, undated
	The Man Who Forgot Note: Atlantic City: Apollo, 1926 October 25.
Box   16 Folder   7	Correspondence, 1925-1932
Box   16 Folder   7	Box office statements, 1926
Box   16 Folder   8	Manuscript script, “The Scant Pint,” 1925 August
Box   16 Folder   8	Manuscript notes, circa 1925
Box   16 Folder   8	Partial script, “The Scant Pint,” circa 1925
Box   17 Folder   1	Script, “The Scant Pint,” undated
Box   17 Folder   2	Partial manuscript script, 1926 July 20
Box   17 Folder   2	3 scripts of Act I, undated
Box   17 Folder   3	Script of Act II, 1926 September 17
Box   17 Folder   3	2 scripts of Act III, undated
Box   17 Folder   3	Script, co-authored with Owen Davis, undated
Box   17 Folder   4	2 scripts, undated
	Meteor Note: New York: Guild, 1929 December 23.
Box   17 Folder   5	Clippings and playbills, 1929
Box   17 Folder   5	Random manuscript notes and rewrites, 1925-1929, undated
Box   17 Folder   6	Notes, annotated, 1925-1929
Box   17 Folder   6	Manuscript draft, “The Terrible Gift,” 1926-1927
Box   17 Folder   6	Rewrites of Acts I and II, “The Terrible Gift,” 1927 August 31
Box   17 Folder   6	Treatment, “The Terrible Gift,” circa 1927
Box   18 Folder   1	Script, “The Terrible Gift,” 1927
Box   18 Folder   2	Manuscript draft of Acts I-III, 1928 April-May
Box   18 Folder   2	Manuscript draft of Acts I-II, 1928 December-1929 April
Box   18 Folder   2	Introduction to published edition, “Meteor or Napoleonism: 1929,” 1930?
Box   18 Folder   2	Random revisions, annotated, undated
Box   18 Folder   3-4	2 scripts, annotated, circa 1929
	No Time for Comedy Note: New York: Ethel Barrymore, 1939 April 17.
Box   18 Folder   5	Correspondence, 1938 September-1954 November, undated
Box   18 Folder   5	General clippings, 1939 March-1940 May
Box   18 Folder   5	Research clippings, 1939
Box   18 Folder   6	Notes, in diary-like format
Box   18 Folder   6	Miscellany, 1938-1940
Box   18 Folder   6	Manuscript revision of parts of Act III, 1939 March
Box   18 Folder   6	Revisions, annotated, 1939 March
Box   19 Folder   1	Script, 1939 April 23
Box   19 Folder   1	Notes, undated
	The Pirate Note: New York: Martin Beck, 1942 November 25.
Box   19 Folder   2	Correspondence, 1941-1962
Box   19 Folder   2	Clippings, 1942-1943
Box   19 Folder   2	5 outlines, 1939 July-August
Box   19 Folder   2	First draft script of Act I, 1939 September 9
Box   19 Folder   3	Original manuscript script of Act I, 1939 September 19
Box   19 Folder   3	Notes, in diary-like format, and miscellaneous notes, 1939-1943, undated
Box   19 Folder   3	Manuscript script, 1942
Box   19 Folder   3	Rewrite of Act I, 1942
Box   19 Folder   4	Script, by Ludwig Fulda, translated from German by Julian Leigh, circa 1941-1942
Box   19 Folder   4	Script of Acts I, II, and III, annotated, 1942 February-March
Box   19 Folder   5	Third draft script, 1942 March 18
Box   19 Folder   5	Revised third draft script, annotated, 1942 March 18
Box   19 Folder   6	Fourth draft script, annotated, 1942 April 25
Box   19 Folder   6	Revised fourth draft script, 1942 April 25
Box   20 Folder   1	Fifth draft script, 1942 June 19
Box   20 Folder   1	Script, 1942 August 12
Box   20 Folder   2	Sound script, annotated with music cues, circa 1942 September
	Rain From Heaven Note: New York: John Golden, 1934 December 24.
Box   20 Folder   3	Correspondence, 1934 July-1935 April, undated
Box   20 Folder   3	Clippings, 1934-1935
Box   20 Folder   4	Notes, in diary-like format, 1934 January 2-December 1
Box   20 Folder   4	Original manuscript script, 1934 January 22-August 18
Box   20 Folder   4	Miscellany, 1934
	The Second Man Note: New York: Guild, 1927 April 11.
Box   20 Folder   5	Correspondence, 1927-1973
Box   20 Folder   5	Clippings and playbills, 1927
Box   20 Folder   6	Original manuscript script, “The Talker,” 1925 January-March
Box   20 Folder   6	Manuscript inserts, rewrites, and notes, 1927, 1950, undated
Box   20 Folder   6	Notes, undated
Box   20 Folder   6	Rewrites, annotated, undated
	Serena Blandish Note: New York: Morosco, 1929 January 23.
Box   20 Folder   7	Correspondence, 1927-1955
Box   20 Folder   7	Clippings, 1934, undated
Box   20 Folder   7	Notes, 1928 July 18
Box   20 Folder   7	Revisions, 1928 July 18
Box   20 Folder   7	Scene outline, undated
Box   20 Folder   7	Notes, in series and scene order, undated
Box   21 Folder   1	Synopsis of Act I, musical, 1938 April 22
Box   21 Folder   1	Synopsis of Act I, musical, 1938 May 2
Box   21 Folder   2	Notes from meetings between Sillman and Behrman, 1953
Box   21 Folder   2	Sequence of scenes, annotated, 1953
Box   21 Folder   2	Manuscript drafts of various scenes-musical, 1953
Box   21 Folder   2	Typescript drafts of various scenes-musical, 1953
Box   21 Folder   3	Notes and suggestions for musical numbers, circa 1954
Box   21 Folder   3	Sequence of scenes, musical, annotated, 1954
Box   21 Folder   3	Miscellaneous manuscript drafts, 1954
Box   21 Folder   3	Musical lyrics, undated
Box   21 Folder   3	Script, “The Difficulty of Getting Married,” undated
Box   21 Folder   4	Script of musical, incomplete, annotated, circa 1953
Box   21 Folder   4	Drafts of Acts I and II of musical, 1954-1956
Box   21 Folder   4	Miscellaneous notes-musical, 1956
Box   21 Folder   5	Script of Act I, musical, 1953
Box   21 Folder   5	Presentation of Sillman's musical based on Behrman's play, annotated, 1956
Box   21 Folder   6	Script of Acts I and II, annotated, undated
Box   21 Folder   6	Script of Act II, undated
	The Talley Method Note: New York: Henry Miller, 1941 February 24.
Box   21 Folder   7	Correspondence, 1940-1941, undated
Box   21 Folder   7	Clippings, 1941, undated
Box   22 Folder   1	Manuscript drafts, rewrites, and inserts, 1940 May-December
Box   22 Folder   1	Rewrites and inserts, 1940 December-1941 January
Box   22 Folder   1	Notes and financial statement, 1940-1941
Box   22 Folder   2	Notes, in diary-like format, 1940-1941
Box   22 Folder   3	Script, annotated, 1941 February 14
	Wine of Choice Note: New York: Guild, 1938 February 21; London: Haymarket, 1941 March 27.
Box   22 Folder   4	Correspondence, 1937-1938
Box   22 Folder   4	Clippings and playbill, 1938
Box   22 Folder   5-6	Notes, in diary-like format, 1936 July 19-1938 February
Box   22 Folder   7	Original manuscript script, 1936 August-1937 September
Box   22 Folder   7	Rewrites, 1937 April-September
Box   22 Folder   7	3 scripts of Act III, annotated, 1937 September-November, undated
Box   22 Folder   8	Script of Act I, 1937 November
Box   22 Folder   8	Script of Act II, 1937 November
Box   22 Folder   8	Rewrites and inserts, annotated, 1937 November-December
Box   23 Folder   1	Notes, including notes from Langner, Harold Freedman, and Herman Shumlin, 1937-1938
Box   23 Folder   1	Treatment for possible film?, circa 1938 March
Box   23 Folder   1	Second draft script, undated
Box   23 Folder   2	2 scripts of Chicago version, undated
Box   23 Folder   3	2 final scripts, undated
	Miscellaneous theatre-related file
Box   23 Folder   4	Clippings, correspondence, notes, circa 1927-1973
Box   23 Folder   5	Unidentified fragments of scripts, undated
Box   23 Folder   5	Untitled one-act plays, undated
Box   23 Folder   5	One-act plays by Behrman, undated
Box   23 Folder   6	Adagio
Box   23 Folder   6	Bedside Manners
Box   23 Folder   6	The Clip
Box   23 Folder   6	The Cure
Box   23 Folder   6	The Dark Secret
Box   23 Folder   6	Destiny
Box   23 Folder   6	The Lie
Box   23 Folder   6	The Man Pays
Box   23 Folder   6	The Message
Box   24 Folder   1	Patricia Prepares or “Helen,” undated
Box   24 Folder   1	The Philanthropists (adaptation), undated
Box   24 Folder   1	Playing a Part or “The Rehearsal,” 1911
Box   24 Folder   1	Professor Makes Love, undated
Box   24 Folder   1	Red-Cross, undated
Box   24 Folder   1	Wanderlust, undated
Box   24 Folder   2	Unidentified manuscript, by S.N. Behrman and Kenyon Nicholson, undated
Box   24 Folder   2	One-act play, Say It With Flowers, by S.N. Behrman and Kenyon Nicholson, undated
Box   24 Folder   2	Unidentified scenario, undated
Box   24 Folder   3	Untitled, three-act play, undated
	Series: Motion Pictures	⇧
	Anna Karenina Note: MGM, 1935.
Box   24 Folder   4	Final script, written with Clemence Dane and Salka Viertel, 1935 March 14
	Bonjour Tristesse Note: Wheel Productions, 1958. Columbia.
Box   24 Folder   5	Script, fragment, annotated, 1956 February 29
Box   24 Folder   5	Script, annotated, 1956 March 29-May 16
Box   24 Folder   6	Notes, 1955 September 4-1956 May 17
Box   24 Folder   7-8	Rewrites, 1956 February 26-June 1
	The Cold Wind and the Warm Note: Unproduced Charles K. Feldman production.
Box   25 Folder   1	Script, annotated, 1959 May 16
Box   25 Folder   2	Correspondence, 1958
Box   25 Folder   2	Notes, 1959 February 12-21
Box   25 Folder   2	Script for the lake sequence, 1959 February 18
Box   25 Folder   2	Script fragments of miscellaneous scenes, annotated, 1959 February and September
	Conquest Note: MGM, 1937.
Box   25 Folder   3	Script, “Marie Walewska,” 1937 February 9
	He Knew Women, see The Second Man
	Me and the Colonel Note: Court Enterprises and Goetz Pictures, 1958. Columbia.
Box   25 Folder   4	Correspondence, 1956-1959
Box   25 Folder   4	Clippings, 1958, undated
Box   25 Folder   4	2 articles for the New York Times, 1958 August-September
Box   25 Folder   5	Notes and script inserts and fragments, circa 1956-1957
Box   25 Folder   5	Miscellany, 1957-1958
Box   25 Folder   6	Revised final script, no author indicated, 1957 October 7
Box   25 Folder   7	Revised final script, by I.A.L. Diamond, 1957 October 7
	Ninotchka Note: MGM, 1939.
Box   26 Folder   1	Manuscript original and rewrites, 1938 November 8-January 13
Box   26 Folder   1	Script, 1938 November 9
Box   26 Folder   1	Notes and memoranda, 1938-1939
Box   26 Folder   1	Manuscript notes, in diary-like format, undated
	No Time For Comedy Note: Warner Brothers, 1940.
Box   26 Folder   2	Script, adapted by Robert Anderson, annotated, undated
	Queen Christina Note: MGM, 1934.
Box   26 Folder   3	Shooting script, dialogue continuity from S.N. Behrman Salka Viertel, 1933 July 31
	Quo Vadis Note: MGM, 1951.
Box   26 Folder   4	Manuscript notes, in diary-like format, 1942 December-1943 December
Box   26 Folder   5	Script, by John Magin and S.N. Behrman, 1950 April 3
	The Second Man Note: Released as He Knew Women, RKO, 1930.
Box   26 Folder   6	Script, 1930 February 22
	A Tale of Two Cities Note: MGM, 1935.
Box   26 Folder   7	Final script, by W. P. Lipscomb, dialogue treatment by S.N. Behrman, 1935 May 23
	Waterloo Bridge Note: Loews Inc., 1940. MGM.
Box   26 Folder   8	Original manuscript script and some rewrites, 1939 December-1940 January
Box   26 Folder   8	Script, 1939 December-1940 January
Box   27 Folder   1	Script, written with Hans Rameau and George Froeschel, 1940 January 5
	Series: Radio	⇧
	The Theatre Guild on the Air Note: On ABC, 1945-1949; NBC, 1949-1953. Also known as The United States Steel Hour)
	“I Know My Love” (21 October 1951)
Box   27 Folder   2	First draft script, adapted by Erik Barnow, 1951 August 31