Hotchner A. E. and Carroll Sidney "Playwrights '56" draft script A. E. Hotchner and Sidney Carroll "Playwrights '56" draft script MSS 16120

A. E. Hotchner and Sidney Carroll "Playwrights '56" draft script MSS 16120


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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
URL: https://small.library.virginia.edu/

Ellen Welch

Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
Identification
MSS 16120
Title
A. E. Hotchner and Sidney Carroll "Playwrights '56" draft script 1956
URL:
https://archives.lib.virginia.edu/ark:/59853/297
Quantity
0.03 Cubic Feet, One folder.
Language
English .

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation

MSS 16120, A. E. Hochner and Sidney Carroll "Playwrights '56" draft script, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was purchased from Royal Books by the Small Special Collections library at the University of Virginia on March 15, 2016.

Biographical / Historical

A. E. Hotchner and Sidney Carroll draft script for an unproduced episode of the television series "Playwrights 56" produced by Fred Coe and based on stories by Ernest Hemingway. Hotchner and Hemingway were friends and informal business partners.

The show featured small scale dramas, often set in small towns or working class city neighborhoods. Writers included Gore Vidal, Sumner Locke Elliott, and J. P. Miller.

Scope and Contents

A. E. Hotchner and Sidney Carroll "Playwrights 56" draft script, (typescript)1956, for a television show based on a three-part scenario from short stories of Ernest Hemingway, and .03 cubic feet. This episode was unproduced but the series "Playwrights 56 produced by Fred Coe) ran on the National Broadcasting Company in 1955 for about a year.