mss0099_0845.xml Finding aid for Chapter Two : screenplay and letter1979–1980 University of Delaware Library, Special Collections University of Delaware Library
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Date encoded (2009 June 11) Finding aid encoded 2009 June 11 English Chapter Two : screenplay and letter1979–1980 Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library
Newark, Delaware 19717-5267 Phone: 302-831-2229 Fax: 302-831-6003 URL: http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/
 Simon, Neil. Chapter Two : screenplay and letter1979–1980 MSS 099, F845 2 items (132 p., 1 p.) This photographically duplicated typescript of Chapter Two, written by American playwright Neil Simon, is accompanied by a promotional letter. Materials entirely in English. University of Delaware Library - Special Collections Source

Purchase, May 2009.

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 Citation

MSS 099, F845, Neil Simon, Chapter Two : screenplay and letter, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.

 Shelving Summary F845: Shelved in SPEC MSS 099 Processing

Processed and encoded by Anita Wellner, June 2009.

 Biographical Note

Award winning American playwright Neil Simon was born July 4, 1927, in the Bronx, New York.

"Neil Simon." Contemporary Authors Online (reproduced in Biography Resource Center). http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC (accessed December 2007).

 Scope and Content Note

This photographically duplicated typescript of Chapter Two, written by American playwright Neil Simon, is accompanied by a promotional letter.

The typescript is dated April 1979 but includes revision pages dated as late as August 11, 1979. The front cover is signed by Neil Simon. Laid in the screenplay is a typed letter, signed, by David Forbes, vice president of marketing at Rastar Films, to Kim Garfield of United Features. In the letter dated January 11, 1980, Forbes forwards this copy of the screenplay and describes its promotional status.

 Selected Search Terms Personal Names Simon, Neil. Corporate Names Rastar Films, Inc. Topical Terms Romantic comedy films––20th century––Sources. American drama––20th century––Sources. Form/Genre Terms Screenplays. Letters (correspondence) Occupation Screen writers. Personal Contributors Forbes, David M. Related Materials in this Repository

This item forms part of MSS 099 Miscellaneous Literary and Historical Manuscripts.

MSS 485, Richard Hoffman Neil Simon collection, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.

 Detailed Contents List 58 F845 Chapter Two : screenplayApril 1979 1 item (132 p.) 58 F845 David Forbes letter to Kim Garfield1980 January 11 1 item (1 p.)