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Nightfall, 1965.

File contains manuscript 1 p, first and second drafts (originals and one copy handwritten by the author).

Herbert, John

Fortune and men's eyes.

File contains Stencils of scripts for Stratford Festival Workshop Production, 1965. Oversized.

Herbert, John

Dreamer, 1965.

File contains manuscript 1 p., three drafts (originals, holograph copy).

Herbert, John

Fortune and men’s eyes : draft script.

File contains one draft typescript of the play "Fortune and men's eyes". It is a 34 leaf mimeograph with holograph corrections. Includes author’s note on the envelope: “Important items. Box C: John Herbert archives: C20: ‘Fortune and Men’s Eyes’: Two early scripts of the play, as typed by Nana Brundage, J.H.’s sister, involved throughout from the beginning of their theatre careers. Enclosed here are also: -Rehersal notes -(carbon) A letter from J.H. to director (N.Y.) -Reference material used by J.H. -Early N.Y. newspaper ads -A program (2 copies) from the performance at ‘The Little Room’ for prospective backers (New York City).

Note: The typed scripts enclosed are the same as submitted to the Stratford Festival (1965), to Nathan Cohen (1966) and to David Rothenberg (N.Y.) in 1966.”

Herbert, John

Fortune and men's eyes.

File contains typescript photocopy, entitled "Fortune and men's eyes: a play in two acts," first New York rehearsal copy, 1966. John Herbert's copy, annotated and with insertions. Missing

Herbert, John

Fortune and men’s eyes, The Little Room, New York.

File contains program for workshop production of "Fortune and men's eyes." Includes author’s note on the envelope: “Important items. Box C: John Herbert archives: C20: ‘Fortune and Men’s Eyes’: Two early scripts of the play, as typed by Nana Brundage, J.H.’s sister, involved throughout from the beginning of their theatre careers. Enclosed here are also: -Rehersal notes -(carbon) A letter from J.H. to director (N.Y.) -Reference material used by J.H. -Early N.Y. newspaper ads -A program (2 copies) from the performance at ‘The Little Room’ for prospective backers (New York City). Note: The typed scripts enclosed are the same as submitted to the Stratford Festival (1965), to Nathan Cohen (1966) and to David Rothenberg (N.Y.) in 1966.”

Herbert, John

Fortune and men's eyes.

File contains manuscript "Life in prison," 3 p., 1966; typescript "Life in prison", 2p., 1966. This document was composed at the request of Mitchell Nestor.

Herbert, John

Fortune and men's eyes.

File contains manuscript 1966, 7 p. Note on envelope: "Rehearsal notes . . . for Actors' Studio (N.Y.) Production."

Herbert, John

Fortune and men's eyes.

File contains manuscript "Rehearsal notes . . . made during rehearsals for workshop production at The Little Room N.Y.C.," 1966, 12 p.

Herbert, John

Fortune and men's eyes.

File contains manuscript 4 p., 1966. Note on envelope: "Prison: in answer to questions from the director to the author." Written to Mitchell Nestor in New York, director of the first professional production of the play.

Herbert, John

Fortune and men's eyes.

File contains manuscript 74 p. Note on envelope: "Playscript rewrites . . . for the New York production of the play," 1966.

Herbert, John

Close friends.

File contains manuscript 18 p.; letter of agreement re: "Close Friends" with Ken Gass.; manuscript 11 p., with title "New opening for one-act play 'Close Friends'."
Date and Place From: June 26, 1970 To Gass, Ken From Herbert, John

Herbert, John

Men's room.

File contains manuscript 22 p., first draft. Later re-titled 'Beer Room' for performance in 1974 and publication in 1976.

Herbert, John

Schwerin, Jules.

File contains one letter from Jules Schwerin to John Herbert about the film version of "Fortune and men's eyes," written November 18, 1967. This letter is a copy made by John Herbert's mother, Gladys Brundage, on lined notebook pages. Includes author's note on the larger envelope: "Box C: John Herbert archives: C17: A copy of the first letter from Jules Schwerin, film director, to J.H. on November 18, 1967, copied in her own hand by J.H.'s mother, G.R.Brundage, who kept a record of the developments of both the play and the film, 'Fortune and Men's Eyes' for years. She was a writer and poet in her own right (published as 'Gladys Reba Kirk'). Enclosed: 6 hand-written pages.

Herbert, John

Children of the wind.

File contains manuscript 1st draft, 47 p. in one spiral notebook (original and photocopy).

Herbert, John

Fortune and men’s eyes : advertisements for Actors Playhouse production in New York.

File contains two clippings. Includes author’s note on the envelope: “Important items. Box C: John Herbert archives: C20: ‘Fortune and Men’s Eyes’: Two early scripts of the play, as typed by Nana Brundage, J.H.’s sister, involved throughout from the beginning of their theatre careers. Enclosed here are also: -Rehersal notes -(carbon) A letter from J.H. to director (N.Y.) -Reference material used by J.H. -Early N.Y. newspaper ads -A program (2 copies) from the performance at ‘The Little Room’ for prospective backers (New York City). Note: The typed scripts enclosed are the same as submitted to the Stratford Festival (1965), to Nathan Cohen (1966) and to David Rothenberg (N.Y.) in 1966.”

Herbert, John

Not your humble servant, Sir!.

Manuscript first draft (11 p.) with cover letter, 1966, to Village Voice and a manuscripts second draft (13 p.). Note by John Herbert: "Later published in Onion."
Date and Place From: 1966 To Village Voice From Herbert, John

Herbert, John

Correspondence : O.

Date and Place From: April 7, 1967 To Herbert, John From Oliver, Dorothy Additional signatories: Krone, Jerry

Herbert, John

The struggle to become a playwright in Canada.

First draft manuscript (7 p.) and second draft manuscript (10 p.) titled "Save the great whooping crane" with cover letter dated January 21, 1965 to Village Voice, where it was published under the title "Tepid theatre in a cold climate" in 1967.
Date and Place From: 1965 January 21 To Village Voice From Herbert, John

Herbert, John

On the desire of a prisoner to have his own identity.

Manuscript (14 p.) of "On the desire of a prisoner to have his own identity" first published in Fortune Newsletter and a second time in Stage Voices ed. Geraldine Anthony, 1977. Alternate title: "The Sissy." Published in Fortune Newsletter and in Stage Voices, ed. Geraldine Anthony, 1977.

Herbert, John

Fortune and men's eyes : film.

File contains typescript 132 p. (104 numbered pages with many insertions) with title "Fortune and men's eyes (file): screenplay by John Herbert." Note on envelope: "First draft of the filmscript with some revisions made during 1968."

Herbert, John

The Cuban sailor.

Typescript (carbon) of "The Cuban Sailor" first published in Onion 1 (Oct. 15-31, 1975): 1-2 and later in Stage Voices, ed. Geraldine Anthony, 1977.

Herbert, John

Connolly, L.W. The abolition of theatre censorship in Great Britain : the Theatres Act of 1968. Queen's Quarterly 75, no. 4 (Winter 1968): [569]-583.

File contains contains one copy of Queen's Quarterly 75, no. 4 (Winter , 1968) with a reference to "Fortune and men's eyes" on page 582. Includes author's note on the envelope: "Box E: John Herbert archives, the Porter Library, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario - E5: one issue of Queen's Quarterly, Winter 1968: containing a brief mention of 'Fortune and Men's Eyes' and John Herbert in article on new theatre in London, England, on page 582. Note: 1968 was the year that 'Fortune and Men's Eyes' opened in London at Charles Marowitz's 'Open Space' Theatre and was later moved by producer Michael White to the Comedy Theatre in the West End."

Herbert, John

Garret Theatre

Series consists of materials relating to John Herbert's Garret Theatre.

Herbert, John

Fortune and men’s eyes : Sal Mineo production, 1969.

File contains a photocopy of a script for Sal Mineo’s New York production of John Herbert’s play “Fortune and men’s eyes,” identified as "Property of Waissman & Fox, Inc." Includes author’s notes on the envelope: “Box C: John Herbert archives: C19: Fortune and Men’s Eyes: the playscript used in the second New York production of the play, directed by Sal Mineo, who altered some small areas of the dialogue against J.H.’s wishes. Note: Sal Mineo tried to usurp the rights to the play from the author, the original producers (1967-’68) and from the film people already interested in 1969, but was stopped by John Herbert and the legal copyright protections. Mineo threatened Herbert by telephone in 1969, saying, “Don’t mess with a New York Italian.” J.H.’s reply was, “Don’t mess with a Toronto Queer!” J.H. denied S.M. any involvement in a film.”

Herbert, John

Fortune and men's eyes.

File contains typescript photocopy, "Aux yeux des hommes," French translation by Rene Dionne, 115 p., 1969.

Herbert, John

World of Woyzeck : costume and set designs.

File contains clipping from the Toronto Star, advertising "World of Woyzeck" at the Garret Theatre. Includes author's note on the envelope: "Box B, set and costume designs, B3b. Title: World of Woyzeck: a play in two acts by John Herbert, adapted from Georg Büchner's unfinished play 'Woyzeck'. Enclosed: set, costume and prop designs for Garret Theatre. No. of drawings: 5 (water colour and pen) (the originals) Plus: 1 copy of original newspaper advertisement for the production and 1 photocopy of ad. Production ran from May to October, 1969."

Herbert, John

Fortune and men's eyes.

File contains typescript photocopy, with title "The Sal Mineo production of Fortune and men's eyes." Note on envelope: "slightly revised version . . . for the 1969 Broadway production, second professional New York production of the play."

Herbert, John

Fortune and men's eyes : screenplay.

File contains one draft screenplay dated May 1969, typescript 115 leaves (photocopy) with annotations and corrections. Includes author's note on envelope: "Box C: C15: Altered film script with notes by the author. Film Title Fortune and Men's Eyes by John Herbert. Enclosed: The final draft, radically altered from J.H. original by Jules Schwerin's added material, later deleted by J.H. and new director Harvey Hart. (Schwerin was bought out by producers, in order to remove J.S. from the film.) No. of pages - 115. Year - 1969."

Herbert, John

Fortune and men's eyes : film.

File contains Ms. and graphics, photocopies, 8 p. (3 copies) of part of the the "picture board" for the film version of "Fortune and men's eyes", 1969.

Herbert, John

World of Woyzeck : costume and set designs.

File contains five pen and watercolour drawings of sets, costumes, and characters for "World of Woyzeck" adapted by John Herbert. Includes author's note on the envelope: "Box B, set and costume designs, B3b. Title: World of Woyzeck: a play in two acts by John Herbert, adapted from Georg Büchner's unfinished play 'Woyzeck'. Enclosed: set, costume and prop designs for Garret Theatre. No. of drawings: 5 (water colour and pen) (the originals) Plus: 1 copy of original newspaper advertisement for the production and 1 photocopy of ad. Production ran from May to October, 1969."

Herbert, John

Toronto writer runs a workshop in the Bahamas.

File contains one clipping about a writers' workshop, with mention of John Herbert's participation. The clipping is from the Toronto Daily Star newspaper, dated Dec. 12, 1970, on page 44. Includes author's note on the envelope: "Box D: D24. Writers' workshop in the Bahamas - 1970. Island of Eleuthera. Enclosed: Newspaper column, Toronto Daily Star, Dec. 12, 1970 (by Gerry Hall)."

Herbert, John

O.K., U.S.A. I give up!.

First draft manuscript of an unpublished essay regarding "struggles with the United States Immigration Dept."

Herbert, John

Horseshoe house : circular.

File contains advertisement in the Globe & Mail, Feb. 3, 1968, with a list of plays produced at the Garret Theatre from 1960 to 1967.

Herbert, John

The dinosaurs.

File contains manuscript 1st draft, photocopy, 47 p.; ms. 21 p., with note: "Preparation material."

Herbert, John

Cohen, Nathan. Underground theatre totally ignored by the mainstream. Toronto Daily Star, Aug. 26, 1970.

File contains contains a column by Nathan with a short review of John Herbert's play "Close friends." Include author's note on envelope: "Box E: John Herbert archives, Porter Library, University of Waterloo: E8: one copy (newspaper printing) of Nathan Cohen's theatre column in Toronto Daily Star, August 26, 1970: 'Underground theatre totally ignored by the mainstream', in which Cohen mentions the debut performance of Herbert's one-act play 'Close Friends', performed at Factory Theatre Lab, directed by Ken Gass. The play was performed many times in following years. - 1970."

Herbert, John

Fortune and men's eyes : film.

File contains typescript photocopy with ms. annotations, 130 p. (124 numbered pages with insertions) of the final draft screenplay of "Fortune and men's eyes," May, 1969, annotated with final revisions made in 1970. Note on t.p.: "Revised filmscript, 'Fortune and men's eyes,' September & October, 1970."

Herbert, John

Fortune and men's eyes : film.

File contains manuscript photocopy, 5 p., consisting of a rewrite of a scene between Mona and Queenie," dated November 1970.

Herbert, John

Fortune and men's eye : caricature of Queenie by Michael Greer.

FIle contains one photocopied sketch of a scene from the filming of John Herbert's play "Fortune and men's eyes", drawn by Michael Greer, and signed "For Dr. Frankenstien from 'your monster'. Peace & Love [peace sign] Michael Greer." Includes author's note on the envelope: "Box C: John Herbert archives: C18: Autographed Caricature: by Michael Greer, the brilliant young actor who played 'Queenie' in the M.G.M. movie 'Fortune and Men's Eyes'. The drawing was mailed to John Herbert from the set of the film in Québec City, where Harvey Hart was directing, 1970. Enclosed: one page copy of Michael’s self-portrait.”

Herbert, John

Cohen, Nathan : open letter from John Herbert.

File contains the first draft manuscript, 10 leaves (carbon copy), with title "An open letter to Nathan Cohen as artist." Note by John Herbert: "Published in Guerrila[sic], the Toronto underground paper, 1970." Includes author's note on the envelope: "Box D: John Herbert archives. D7: Open letter to Nathan Cohen. First draft - 1970. At time of writing this piece, John Herbert was burning his bridges in Canada behind him, fed up with the treatment his Garret Theatre Company had received from Toronto critics, including Nathan Cohen. N.C. had asked J.H. to concentrate on writing and to work with director, George Luscombe of Toronto Workshop Productions, a company Cohen's good reviews had helped to gain audience and arts council respect. J.H. informed N.C. that he had tried to work with G.L. for several months in 1963 and found the director's disrespect for writers made an impossible situation. J.H. suspected Cohen's criticism of the Garret designed to close the theatre. J.H. planned to move to England in 1971."

Herbert, John

Fortune and men's eyes.

File contains typescript photocopy of the French translation of "Fortune and men's eyes," 1970, prepared by Alain Brunet for Théatre Athénée productions in Paris in 1971-1972, 75 p. Note on t.p.: "Final decision of French title for play was 'Hommes'." Includes letter about the translation from Ellen Neuwald, John Herbert's agent.
Date and Place From: Sept. 16, 1970 To Herbert, John From Neuwald, Ellen

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