Sub-series 3 - Writings

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{"type"=>"inclusive", "value"=>"1959 - 1995"}

{"value"=>"undated"}

{"value"=>"1975"}

{"value"=>"undated"}

{"value"=>"1981 – 1992"}

{"value"=>"1984"}

{"value"=>"1992"}

{"value"=>"1990"}

{"value"=>"1973"}

{"value"=>"undated"}

{"value"=>"1985 and undated"}

{"value"=>"1995"}

{"value"=>"1984 and undated"}

{"value"=>"1981"}

{"value"=>"1973"}

{"value"=>"undated"}

{"value"=>"1959"}

date_inclusive_start

1959

date_inclusive_end

1995

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{"value"=>"Sub-series 3 - Writings"}

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{"value"=>"<p>This series contains scripts for plays, dance, films, and television, treatments, poems, short stories, works of fiction, and general musings by Rabb. Some of the works were not completed, such as the plays <span class=\"title\">Alike in Dignity</span> (1975) and <span class=\"title\">Another Design for Living</span> (undated), while others underwent several revisions and title changes. For example, <span class=\"title\">Benefit (A Life Without Illusion)</span> (1981 – 1992), a musical (music by Claibe Richardson), appears to be a reworking of <span class=\"title\">So Many Women</span>(a.k.a. <span class=\"title\">A Life Without Illusion</span>) filed in the Productions and Professional Projects series. Other titles were <span class=\"title\">Benefit (A Musical Review)</span> (1984) and <span class=\"title\">Benefit: A Comedy of Manners with Music</span> (1992). Additionally, there is a 1990 play titled <span class=\"title\">Benefit: A Theatrical Duet</span> (1990) that appears to be a different work using a similar title.</p> <p>There are also several drafts of scripts for stage, television, and film versions of <span class=\"title\">Heart’s Desire</span>, the first play written by Rabb (1973). Rabb used a pseudonym, Charlotte Wilburn, for <span class=\"title\">Heart’s Desire</span> and for his play <span class=\"title\">Unlikely: But Not Impossible</span>. (See Productions and Professional Projects.) A number of the plays are dedicated to friends and colleagues, including Rosemary Harris and Michael Learned.</p> <p>One dance work includes scenarios and outlines for a ballet and movie ballet of <span class=\"title\">The Seagull</span> (undated). Fiction works include the novella, <span class=\"title\">Confessional and Dispensation: A Satirical Fantasy</span> (1985 and undated), <span class=\"title\">A Grateful Nation (Confessional – Expiation)</span> by “Rt. Hon. Wm. G. Whimsey” (pseudonym) (1995), <span class=\"title\">Partial Knowledge</span> (1984 and undated), and <span class=\"title\">Proof Positive</span>(1981). Among Rabb’s poems are “The Birth of Wo” (1973), and “Crossing the Street’ (undated). The earliest piece is “On Being Home for a Visit” (1959), one of a number of contemplative pieces.</p> <p>There is also a notebook, as well as several folders of brief pieces. Of particular note is <span class=\"title\">Subject to Change: Some Events Devised by Ellis Rabb</span>, dated Mar. 3, 1969 (the night the APA-Phoenix production of Hamlet opened at the Lyceum Theatre).</p>"}

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{"value"=>"<p>Alphabetical</p>"}

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1. An Actor in Retirement (Television Play)
2. Alike in Dignity (Unfinished Play)
3. The Amazing Glenn Simpleton (Television Play) by Ellis Rabb and [Christopher] Foster, Nov. 11
4. Another Design for Living (Unfinished Play)
5. The Beast in the Jungle (Television Adaptation of Henry James' Novella), July 24
6. Benefit (A Life Without Illusion) (Draft of Musical) by Ellis Rabb and Claibe Richardson [3/1]
7. Benefit: A Theatrical Duet by Ellis Rabb and the Masters, Mar. 14
8. A Certain Way of Life (Play-in-Progress)
9. Confessional and Dispensation: A Satirical Fantasy (Novella) [2/1]
10. Diary of Death (Television Script), ca. (?)
11. Edith Piaf Is Mad; She Thinks She's Edith Piaf [3/1]
12. Emporium (One-act play)
13. The Extraordinary Events of April (the) 23rd (First Draft), Summer
14. Family Matters: A Trilogy of Full - Length Plays [2/2]
15. Flyers (Film Treatment?)
16. The Frog Prince (Silent Film Treatment)
17. A Grateful Nation (Confessional - Expiation) (Fiction) (First Draft) by Rt. Hon. Wm. G. Whimsey (Pseudonym)
18. Heart's Desire (Proposed Play and Motion picture) by Charlotte Wilburn (Pseudonym) [2/2]
19. Help Wanted (Unfinished Play)
20. Home Again (Unfinished)
21. A Human Condition, Feb. (?)
22. A Leading Man (Play-in-Progress)
23. Lear's Wife, and ca. [1/1]
24. Lisistratum (One-act play)
25. Madness in Great Ones (Television)
26. A Marriage of Convenience (Unfinished Script), Mar. 13
27. MM Meet [sic]the King (Unfinished Script)
28. Partial Knowledge (Fiction) [2/1]
29. A Perfect Murder (a.k.a.The Perfect Murder ) [2/1]
30. Playback [2/1]
31. Proof Positive (Fiction Work-in-Progress)
32. The Seagull (Ballet and Movie Ballet) [2/1]
33. The Snobish [sic] Young Lady, based on Moliere's Les Précieuses Ridicules (Television)
34. The Terrific and Terrifying Duo (Unfinished Script)
35. The Terrifying Addiction of Holmes and Hyde (a.k.a.I Have Discovered the Morning ) [3/1]
36. This Is Daphne Barrett Speaking (Motion picture Script and Draft) [2/1]
37. Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut (Television Scenario)
38. A Very Human Condition (Unfinished Draft)
39. The Whole Truth (Typescript)
40. You Should Have Been There: A Piece of Reportage by E.W. Rabb
41. Untitled Script Fragment
42. Notebook
43. Play, Dance, Film Ideas, and Outlines
44. Poems, Short Stories, and Musings