N. Richard Nash Papers, 1925-2000

Summary Information

Title: N. Richard Nash Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1925-2000

Creator:
  • Nash, N. Richard, 1913-2000
Call Number: U.S. Mss 41AN; M2008-014; Audio 1447A

Quantity: 21.2 cubic feet (53 archives boxes); plus additions of 32.6 cubic feet, 200 photographs, 350 negatives, 6 tape recordings, and 1 compact disc (audio)

Repository:
Wisconsin Historical Society Archives / Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
Contact Information

Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Papers of N. Richard Nash (1913-2000), an American playwright and author, best known for his Broadway play and film, The Rainmaker, and his teleplays for television series such as the Philco Playhouse. Included are drafts and final versions of Nash's plays, teleplays screenplays, short stories, novels, and unfinished works. Many are heavily annotated with outlines, treatments, synopses, notes, and with other production-related materials. Among the works represented are Nash's award-winning plays, Parting at Imsdorf and Rouge Atomique, his Broadway plays Second Best Bed, The Young and Fair, See the Jaguar, The Rainmaker, Girls of Summer, Handful of Fire, Wildcat, and The Happy Time. Other files consist of correspondence, personal papers, contracts and financial records, and works by other authors.

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Language: English, Czech, Dutch, German, Greek, Portugese, Spanish, Turkish

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