GIGI, 1951-1952

GIGI, 1951-1952
Audrey Hepburn's working script for the 1951 Broadway stage production Gigi, Fulton Theater, New York, the script with approximately 104 pages of mimeographed typescript bound in black leather, the title page inscribed in black ink in Hepburn's hand Audrey Hepburn, additionally annotated with contact addresses Edgar Scott, Villanova, PA and 157 West 57 Street Apt 6B, the latter address possibly for Miss Collette [indistinct], the parts for the character of Gigi underlined in blue ink, with words underlined in pencil for emphasis, deletions to dialogue and approximately 50 pages annotated in Hepburn's hand with copied out lines, direction notes and amendments to the script including:
- Act I, Scene 2, p. 7 Hepburn expresses Gigi’s boredom and resentment with the direction coat – hat – 1,2,3 looks – kick, foot hurt
- Act I, Scene 2, p. 15 Hepburn edits the line Oh, Aunt Alicia! A dress from Bechoff-David! to A dress from Paquin!
- Act I, Scene 3, p. 10 when Gigi asks Gaston where he will be eating tonight, Hepburn has amended the restaurant from Larue’s to Maxim’s
- Act II, Scene 3, p. 9 when Gigi escapes, crying, from Gaston’s arms Doesn’t stop you, very strong
- on the reverse of the last page, Hepburn has made the reminder notes Voice down, guts, diction, build
11 ½ x 9 ½ in. (29.2 x 24.1 cm.)

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