THE NUN'S STORY, 1959

THE NUN'S STORY, 1959
Audrey Hepburn's working script for the 1959 Warner Bros. production The Nun's Story, [n.d but circa December, 1957], the script bound in a brown paper folder with typescript label Script of "THE NUN'S STORY" and comprising 148 pages of mimeographed typescript including deleted scenes, with 48 pages printed on coloured paper representing revisions to the script dated January 1958, pages folded at lower right corner when completed, the majority of the parts for the character of Gabrielle Van Der Mal/Sister Luke marked in pencil or Hepburn's signature turquoise ink, with words underlined for emphasis, deletions to directions and dialogue, and approximately 34 pages annotated in Hepburn’s hand with copied out lines, amendments to the dialogue and notes on the character’s development including:
- p.38 when the novice Sister Luke prays Dear Lord, the more I try, the more imperfect I become… When I succeed in obeying the Rule, I fall… because I have pride in succeeding, Hepburn has noted this as the character’s first doubt
- p.40 Hepburn has noted the character’s second doubt in a deleted confessional scene Father, I don’t belong here…
- p.52 when Sister Luke is asked to fail her examination to show humility, Hepburn makes the note 1. Blow
- p.68 verso when Sister Luke arrives in the Congo, Hepburn notes completion – true happiness and eagerness
- p.78 when Sister Luke learns she is to work at the white hospital, Hepburn notes this as the character's 2nd blow
- p.99 when Sister Luke visits the leper station, Hepburn notes now the regret really show
- p. 103 Hepburn has noted 3 Blow on a deleted scene Why did you leave the convent without my permission?
11 ½ x 10 in. (29.2 x 25.4 cm.)

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