{"value"=>"<p>This series consists of <span class=\"genreform\">scripts</span>, <span class=\"genreform\">promptbooks</span>, <span class=\"genreform\">correspondence</span>, <span class=\"genreform\">contracts</span>, <span class=\"genreform\">royalty statements</span>, <span class=\"genreform\">photographs</span>, production notes, <span class=\"genreform\">programs</span>, <span class=\"genreform\">flyers</span>, and <span class=\"genreform\">ephemera</span> for various productions and proposed productions of the play, both in the United States and all over the world. The materials also cover television and radio broadcasts, as well as the score and production materials for the opera and publication rights. The series is arranged by format (Play, Opera, Motion Picture, Television, and Radio) and within the format, arranged alphabetically by country. Some of the correspondence covers negotiations between the Goetz's agent, <span class=\"persname\">Leah Salisbury</span>, on behalf of the play.</p> <p>The original New York production opened at the Biltmore Theatre on September 29, 1947, starring Wendy Hiller and Basil Rathbone and was directed by Jed Harris. The papers contain only some correspondence, contracts and clippings relating to the original production. There is also a 1948 agreement with the Henry James Estate. Later U. S. productions included in the papers are the Westwood Playhouse, Los Angeles, California, production (1976), the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C. pre-Broadway tryout (1976), and the Broadhurst Theatre, New York City production, (April 20, 1976) starring Jane Alexander and Richard Kiley. The Lincoln Center Theater production (1995) is documented only by mention in some correspondence and a poster, which has been separated to the Theatre Collection poster files. The papers consist mostly of box office and royalty statements. Of particular interest is an album of color photographs taken by L. Arnold Weissberger of the Jane Alexander/Richard Kiley production.</p> <p>Productions around the world include those in Brazil, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Germany, Greece, Holland, India, Israel, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Norway and Finland, Portugal, Scotland, South Africa, South America, Spain, Sweden and Yugoslavia. Productions in Great Britain are well documented and include the play's London premiere at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket on February 1, 1949, starring Peggy Ashcroft and Ralph Richardson, a revival at the Nottingham Playhouse (April 17, 1980) starring Juliet Mills and Nigel Hawthorne, and the Chichester Festival (May 17, 1989) starring Alec McCowen and Nichola McAuliffe, directed by Vivan Matalon. There are also materials covering a 1992 tour starring Frank Finlay and Nichola McAuliffe. Samuel French and Heinemann Educational Books publication statements are also included.</p> <p><span class=\"title\">The Heiress</span> (<span class=\"title\">L'Herítíere</span>) was adapted as an opera by Louis Ducreux and Jean-Michel Damase and opened at the Grand Theatre, Nancy, France on March 13, 1974. The papers include the published score, correspondence, clippings, production notes, brochures, and a few photographs of the original production. Other productions of the opera in France are also documented, mostly through correspondence. Correspondence includes a letter from Frederika von Stade regarding her interest in the opera.</p> <p>Motion picture materials include a story outline, a photocopy of the release dialogue script, correspondence, programs, clippings, and ephemera, including tickets for the Los Angeles premiere. Radio and television broadcast materials consist mostly of correspondence, contracts, and royalty statements. Of particular interest is the correspondence from 1974 through 1978 relating to the copyright infringement lawsuit brought by Ruth Goetz against London Weekend Television for its broadcast of Catherine by Terence Feeley.</p> <p>Miscellaneous papers include an uncredited satirical scene, titled <span class=\"title\">The Heiress - or The Jewish Father</span>.</p>"}