ONDINE, 1954

ONDINE, 1954
Audrey Hepburn's working script for the 1954 Broadway stage production Ondine, 46th Street Theatre, New York, the script with approximately 109 pages of mimeographed typescript with green paper covers, bound in black leather, the title page inscribed in Hepburn's hand in blue pencil Audrey Hepburn, 46th Street Theatre, 46th Str.-B'way, N.Y., the parts for the character of Ondine marked in pencil, with words underlined for emphasis, deletions to the dialogue and approximately 32 pages annotated in Hepburn's hand with copied out lines, minor amendments and notes including:
-Act 1-8 (verso) Hepburn has summarised the three Acts 1 Hans - gay, 2 sadness - dis, 3 love, 1 chamberlain - gay, 2 King -serious, 3 profound - vital
-Act 1-14 (verso) Hepburn has sketched a courtly character in medieval costume
-Act 2-39 (verso) Hepburn notes reluctance to face him;
together with a one page typescript Production Schedule
11 ½ x 9 ¾ in. (29.2 x 24.8 cm.)

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