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Magda : a play in two acts.
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102 leaves : photocopy
1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 17 cm
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John Herbert was a Canadian playwright and theatre director. Born and raised in Toronto, Herbert attended Dora Mavor Moore's New Play Society and the National Ballet School of Canada. In 1960 Herbert founded the Garret Theatre with his sister Nana Brundage, and in 1964 wrote his most famous work, Fortune and Men's Eyes, which was in part inspired by his arrest for dressing as a woman and subsequent time spent in a youth reformatory. It was first staged in 1967 in New York and remained his most popular play. Herbert died in 2001.
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File contains one spiral-bound manuscript, ca. 102 leaves (photocopy), of the director Thom Sokoloski's script of John Herbert's play "Magda," with corrections and insertions. Includes one portrait of Basya Hunter, with a note on the verso: "My dear and good friend, Basya Hunter, actor, director, teacher and playwright. This photograph would date from the era of the Group Theatre in New York City, of which Basya was a founding member. J.H.B." Includes author's note on the envelope: "A-1 playscripts. Note: This play was recommended to its first director, Thom Sokoloski, by Basya Hunter (action director, playwright) who was the first person to read Magda - J.H. Title: Magda: a play in two acts by John Herbert. Enclosed: one copy, draft - third. Note: the final cuts, inserts and additions are on this copy of the script, (this is the version that was played by Autumn Leaf Theatre, at the Adelaide Court Theatre in Toronto). No. of pages - 73. Year
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Includes one photograph : b&w ; 13 x 17 cm.
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- Hunter, Basya (Subject)