the inventory of the eric bentley collection...

The Inventory

of the

Eric Bentley

Collection

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Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center

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Bentley, Eric 1916 -

l>ti.rch, 1967

A CENTURY OF HERO WORSHIP Boston, Beacon Press (Contemporary Affairs Series) 1957.

Revised second edition.

a. Typescript with printer's marks of preliminary pages and

Foreword. 13 pp.

b. Printed pages of first edition pasted on sheets with holograph

corrections and some typescript. 11 pp.

c. Typescript 10 pp.

d. Printed pages of first edition with holograph corrections.

pp. 2 - 260.

e. Printed pages of first edition pasted on sheets with holograph

corrections. 6 pp.

f. Typescript of Index 13 pp.

g. Galleys of Index with holograph page of corrections.

h. Galleys - 5 sets. 1 set with author 1 s holograph corrections,

marked "This copy corrected by E .B."

Bentley, Eric

TBE THEATRE OF COMMITTMENT 1967

Typescript with holograph corrections. 178 pp.

Galleys

Box 3

Bentley, Eric

Addenda, August, 1968

Folder 1. ANTIOONE Preliminary draft for script. Typescript ~ith many

holoo corro, 64 PP•

Prologue to ANTIGONE Typescript with holo. corr., 15 PPo

Carbon typescript with holoo corr., 15 pp.

THUNDER OVER THESSALY Script by EB. Based on Euripides 1

"Andromache" Typescript with many halo. notes, 36 PPo

Draft of Spring, 19570

THUNDER OVER. THESSALY Draft of Summer 1957 o Typescript witp

halo. corr., 56 PPo

COMMITMENTS by EBo Script of two plays: Antigone and Thunder Over

Thessalyo Mimeograph, 73 PPo

Folder 20 .ANTIGONE a) Mimeo typescript with holo. noteso 49 PPo

b) Different versiono Mimeo with holoo corr., 49 pp.

COMMITMENTS Contains "Thunder Over Thessaly" only. Mimeo typescript, 34 PPo

ANTIGONE 1660 Mimeo typescrjpt, 50 pp. Different from other versions.

Addendum June 1968 (Purchase)

Package 1 Recording: "Bentley on Biermann. Songs and Poems of Wolf

Biermann; Translated and Performed by Eric Bentley"

Addendum July 1968 Package 2 Recordings:

1. "Bentley On Brecht~ Folkways Records.

2. "Songs of Hans Eisler". Folkways Records.

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Box 6

Bentley, Eric

Addenda, July, 1968

THE WIRE HARP Translation of book by Wolf Biermann.

a) "Original" Typescript with holo. corr., 55 pp., holograph, 4 pp.,

photocopy of typescript, 3 pp. , carbon typescript, 9 pp.

b) "Final" Photocopy of typescript. 7 4 pp.

Printed

7 issues of Daily Columbia Spectator

article by ERic Bentley.

Dec. 1965 - May, 1967. Each contains

9 issues of New York Free Press May 1968. Articles on Columbia student

disorders.

Addenda, December, 1968

THE THEATRE AND OTHER REVIENS

1. M;i.nuscript com1osed of tear sheets ~nd Xerox typescri~t Fages,

with holo. corrections and printer's marl<:s. 116 ,,.

20 Page proofs with ,rinter's marks. 456 pp.

Addenda February 1969

WHAT IS THEATRE AND OTHER REVIEWS. Atheneum, 1968.

1. Preface and Index~ Typescript with holo. corr. and printer's marks. 81 p.

2. Galleys with printer's marks. 2 sets.

Box 5

Box 6

Bentley, Eric

Addenda, February, 1969 by PURCHASE

THE IDEA OF THE HEID IN THOMAS CARLYLE AND FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE, WITH SOME

MENTION OF RICHARD WAGNER, BERNARD SHAW, OSWALD SPENGLER, FftIEDRICH

GUNIX)LF, AND D. H. LAWRENCE; OR THE PHILOSOPHY OF HEROIC VITALISM

1800 - 1930. Dissertation presented to Yale University for the Ph.D. 19Ll.

Typescript (Xerox copy) 3 77 pp.

Addenda, March, 1969 by Purchase from ColUJlbia University

Microfilm.

"Psychology and the Critic of Literatureo A Chapter in 20th

Century Thought" by E~ic ~entley.

11This M3 was written in 1938-39, accepted in the latter

year as a Ho Litto thesis by 0xfor~ UniTersity, revised

in the years 1939-41, accepted for pu1'lication by the

University of Chicago Press whose editorial •arkings will be

found in red and blue pencil, but neTer published. Only

two fragaents haTe ever appeared-na11ely in The Rocky Mounta.in

ReTiew under the titles n'fhe Second-"iDest :Bed," and "The E-rl;r

Io A. Richards"o

BENTLEY, ERIC

Addenda: Purchase of October 1969

Byer, Jay Warren. THE HISTORY OF ERIC BENTLEY'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE

AMERICAN THEATHRE. PhD 1967. Carnegie-Miller University.

Xerox copy, 188 pp.

Box 7

Manuscript

BF.NTLEY, ERIC

Addenda, February, 1970.

1. "Happy End The Prologue and Songs" English text by Eric Bentley. c. 1970.

Xerox of typescript, 14 pp.

2. "The Threepenny Opera Songs" by Bertolt Brechto Translated by Eric Bentley,

1960. Mimeo of type8cript, 24 PPo

Ph:tograph

Glossy photograph of Eric Bentley. 8 x 10.

Folder 1

PLAYS

Folder 2

Folder 3

BENTLEY, ERIC

Addenda: June/July 1970

A. THE RED WHITE AND BLACK

1. Under title: BULLSHIT. Dated: August 11, 1969.

Carbon typscript and photocopy of typescript with

holograph corrections. Ca. 50 pp.

2. Typescript, carbon typescript, and photocopy of

typescript with holograph corrections. Ca. 75 pp.

B. A TIME TO LIVE AND A TIME TO DIE. Grove Press. 1969. 1970.

1. "Antigone" A TIME TO DIE . 1967.

Photocopy of typescript with some holograph corrections.

42 pp.

BENTLEY, Eric Addenda: June/July 1970 Page 2

Folder 4

Folder 5

Folder 6

Folder 6

Folder 7

2. 11 Peleus 11 A TIME TO LIVE . 1967

Typescript mimeo and typescript with holograph correc

tions. 38 pp.

3. Typescript setting copy. Ca. 104 pp.

4. Galley proofs.

5. Page proofs.

6. Correspondence. 1966-1967. With Uta Hagen and Herbert c:,,

Berghof.

6 TLS

4 ALS

4 CTL (by EB)

10 pages of notes on play: typescript and

holograph

7. Cover for paperback edition of plays.

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Box 9

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Box 11

Box 11-12

Box 12

Box 13

Box 14

Box 14-15

BENTLEY, ERIC

Addenda: September-December 1970

I. THE GREAT PLAYWRIGHTS. Doubleday, 1970. Compiled and introduced

by EB.

Manuscript pages are either typescript, xerox of typescript,

carbon typescript, reprints, br xerox of printed, with holograph

notations and printer's marks.

A) Volume I. (With chapters on "What is a Greek Tragedy?",

"What is Shakespearean?", "What is Spanish Comedia?", "~at

is Classical and French?", "What is German?"). Manuscript.

1) Preface and Aeschylus, Ca. 150 pp. (1/1).

2) Sophocles, Ca. 150 pp. (t/2).

3) Euripides, Ca. 50 pp. (113).

4) Shakespeare, Ca. 200 pp. (#4).

5) Ben Jonson, Ca. 100 pp. (1/5).

6) Lope de Vega, Ca. 100 pp. (#6).

7) Caldedm de la Barca, Ca. 100 pp. (117).

8) Moli~re, Ca. 130 pp. (1/8).

9) Racine, Ca. 100 pp. (f/9).

10) Heinrich van Kleist, Ca. 100 pp. (#10).

B) Volume II. "What is Modern?". Manuscript.

1) Henrik Ibsen, Ca. 150 pp. (#11-12).

2) August Strindberg and Oscar Wilde, Ca. 250 pp. (#13).

3) Anton Chekhov, Ca. 100 pp. (#14).

4) Bernard Shaw, Ca. 250 pp. (t/15).

5) J.M.Synge, Ca. 75 pp. (t/16).

6) Luigi Pirandello, Ca. 250 pp. (#17-18).

7) Bertolt Brecht, Ca. 250 pp. (t/19-20).

BENTLEY, ERIC Addenda: September-December 1970

C) Galley proofs.

Boxes 15-17 1) Volume I. Ca. 20 partial sets of galleys, of which about half

are corrected. Mostly of individual chapters. (#21-26).

Boxes

Boxes

Box

Box 25

18-20

21-23

24

2) Volume I. 3 sets of complete galley proofs. 1 is corrected.

3) Volume II. Ca. 25 partial sets of galleys, of which about

half are corrected. Mostly of individual chapters. (#27-33).

4) Volume II. Complete galley proof. Corrected.

II. "Commitments". 1965. "Two plays for One Evening".

Mimeograph, Ca. 70 pp. (#34).

III. Posters and adveritisng for "A Man's a Man", THE PLAYWRIGHT AS

THINKER, "Commitments", etc. 6 items.

BENTLEY, ERIC

Addenda: March 1971

(t/34) .·

THE GREAT PLAYWRIGHTS edited by EB. Doubleday, 1970.

Galleys checked by contributors of essays and translations,

with their holograph corrections.

BENTLEY, ERIC

July 1971-January 1972

Box 25 1) "Antigone 66 11• Play, c. 1966.

Mimeograph with hologre.ph corrections, 50 pp. (Ill).

2) "Brecht and the Days of the Commune". Radio boradcast,

November 11. 1971.

Mimeograph, 6 pp. (#1).

BENTLEY, ERIC Addenda: July, 1971-January, 1972

B 25

OX

26

3) Printed advertising from Viking re: THIRTY YEARS OF TREASON,

2 pp. (f/1).

4) THIRTY YE&.~S OF TREASON. Viking, 1971.

Xerox copies of HUAC printed transcript with EB' s holograpl1

notations with some typescript and carbon typescript pages with

EB's corrections, Ca. 1000 pp. (#2-6).

BENTLEY, ERIC

Addenda: April 1972

Manuscripts

Box 27

Box 28

1) BEFORE VIETNAM: The Investigation of Show Business by the

Un-American Activities Committee, 1938-1958.

Typescript and mounted tearsheets with holograph notations

and cuts, dated October 1971, 199 pp. (t/1).

2) THE GOOD CATHOLIC. 1968.

a) Mimeo, 132 pp. (t/2).

b) Titled ROARING ALL DAY LONG, 1955. Photocopy of typescript

with holograph corrections, 160 pp. (#1).

c) Titled ROARING ALL DAY LONG, 1967. Typescript with holograph

corrections, 126 pp. (//2).

3) MOTHER COURAGE by Bertolt Brecht; adapted by Eric Bentley.

a) Typescript mimeo with holograph notations and corrections,

dated 1959, 85 pp. (if 3).

b) Dated Autumn 1962. Carbon typescript with holograph

corrections, 99 pp. (#4).

c) Dated 1963. Mimeo with holograph corrections, 92 pp. (#5).

page 3

Box 28.

Folder 6

Box 29:

Folder #1.

Box 30:

Folder #1.

Folder f)2.

Folder #3.

BENTLEY, ERIC

Addenda, September, 1972

Manuscript

ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN The Investigation of Show Business

by the Un-American Activities Committee, 1947-1958. Harper Colophon

Books, 1972.

Typescript with halo. oorr., 192 p.

BENTLEY, Eric

Addenda: March 14, 1973-Sept. 7, 1973

I. Manuscripts (2)

A. THEATRE OF WAR, Viking Press, 1972.

l.Setting copy with printers marks and notations, 628 p.

Includes: typescript, xerox of typescript, carbon typescript,

reprint or xerox of printed material.

2. 6 preliminary pages, 1st p. signed by EB.

B. "Drama as Social Criticism: Ibsen, Shaw, Brecht". Page

proofs. p. 569-602. Chapter 21 ~

II. Interview, (Gift of Doug Youngkin).

III.

A. Interview with EB with Doug Youngkin, Aug. 10, 1973, con

cerning the relationship between Peter Lorre and Bertolt

Brecht. Xerox of typescript, 33p.

Correspondence June 15, 1945-May 13, 195L~.

1. Brecht, Bertolt. 15 copies of TLS to EB:

Feb. 27, 1946; Aug., 1946; June 21, 1947; March 12, 1948;

Dec. 2, 1948; Feb. 5, 1949; March 13, 1949 (2 copies);

Oct. 31, 1949; Nov. 12, 1949; May 13, 1950; Sept. 28, 1950;

Aug. 14, 1953; Hay 13, 1954.

Bentley, Eric Addenda: March 14, 1973-September 7, 1973

Folder //5.

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IV.

2.

3.

Legal

Brecht and Bentley

Brecht to Dr. Van

Oct. 4, 1950,

Dacµments 'I

concerning royal ties. Xerox of TLS June 15, 19li.5 signed only by Brecht.

Loewen (British literary agent). TL, copy

1. 3 depositions dated March 27, 1969; Aug. lLJ., 1969, Sept. 3, 1970.

Suit brought by Helene Brecht Weigel, Stefan S. Brecht,

Suhrkamp Verlap;, K.G., against Grove Press Inc. and EB con

cerning royalty rights.

2. 4 legal briefs dated Oct. 23, 1959; July 27, 19Go. Suit brour,ht

by Stefan Sebastian Brecht ap;ainst EB, Lee Paton, David Brooks,

Robert Welber, and Katina Paxinov concerning the ownership of

the copyright of Bertolt Brecht's 11Mother Courage".

Addenda: February, 1977

I. Manuscripts.

A. Plays (116)

1. "From the Memoirs of Pontius Pilate", from a collection of

three plays, Rallying Cries, New Republic Books, 1977.

a) Typescript with holograph corrections, "first draft",

titled "Stations of the Cross", a play about the last

days of Jesus", April, 1975, 29 pp.

b) Holograph, "second draft", May-June, 1975, 27 leaves.

c) Xerox of typescript with holograph corrections, 1976

75 pp.

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BENTLEY, Eric

Addendum: September 1977

I. MANUSCRIPT

RALLYING CRIES: Three Plays by Eric Bentley. New Republic Book

Co., Inc., 1977. (Incl.: "Are You Now or Have You Ever Been"

(F/17); "The Recantation of Galileo Galilei" (Ff/8); and

"From the Memoirs of Pontius Pilate" (Ff/9)). Carbon typescript

xerox .and tearsheets with printer's marks, 307 p., incl.

prelim. p.

Prelim. p. -93

94-188

189-289

(F/17)

(F//8)

(Flf 9)

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I. MANUSCRIPTS

Bentley, Eric

Addenda: Jan.-June, 1979

A. "The Fall of the Amazons, a Tragedy, based on Penthesilea

by Heinrich von Kleist".

1. "The Last of the Amazons ... " Photocopy of typescript with

halo. corr., typescript, carbon typescript with halo.

corr., dated September, 1978, 102 p. (#10)

2. Typescript with halo. corr., December, 1978, 100 p. (#1)

3. Carbon typescript, December, 1978, 73 p. (#2)

B. "H for Hamlet, a tragic farce in two acts based in Pirandello's

'Henry the Fourth"'.)°< Typescript with some holo. corr., 89 p., (113)

C. "Lord Alfred's Lover". Published in The Canadian Theatre Review,

1977, (based on an earlier play, "Posing as a Sodomite").

1. Typescript and carbon typescript, both with halo. corr,

April, 1977, 176 p. (//4)

2. Typescript with halo. corr., July, 1977, 151 p. (//5)

3. Photocopy of typescript with printer's holograph notations,

1978, 119 p. (#6)

4. Page proofs with holograph corrections by the author, 1978,

20 p. (117)

5. Holograph notes, April, 1977, 71 pages on 36 leaves, in

blue spiral notebook. (#8)

D. "The Nixon Quartet". Copyright, 1974. Photocopy of typescript

and halo. corr., 104 p. (119)

* Never finished and not approved for publication or production by EB,

Eric Bentley

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E.

Page 2

"Posing as a Sodomite, a play about Oscar Wilde in 24 scenes".

(See also I, C. "Lord Alfred's Lover")

1. Typescript with bolo. corr., July, 1976, 125 p. (1110)

2. Holograph notes, Spring 1976, 168 pages on 84 leaves in tan

spiral notebook. (t/11)

3. Holograph notes, Fall 1976, 167 pages on 85 leaves in tan

spiral notebook. (#1)

F. "There Are Other Things in Life". A monologue. Typescript, 7 p. (112)

G. "Wannsee,, a play in two parts. Based on 'Cathy of Heilbronn' by

Heinrich von Kleist". Copyright, 1978.

1. Photocopy of typescript, carbon typescript, both with bolo. corr.,

1978, with "The script when we went into rehearsal in

Buffalo. EB", in holograph on the title page, 136 p. (113)

2. Typescript and photocopy of typescript, both with bolo. corr.,

1978, with "The script right after the Buffalo premiere",

in holograph on the cover, 139 p. (#4)

II. PRINTED ITEMS (#5)

A. By EB.

1. "The Homosexual Question", Canadian Theatre Review, Fall, 1976,

pp. 15-23.

2. "A Brecht Commentary (continued) 11, p. 15-27 from PERSPECTIVES

AND PERSONALITIES, A volume in honor of Claude Hill, Heidelberg, Winter, ca, 1979,

3. Commentary on "Are You Now or Have You Ever Been", and sub

sequent responses to the article, in German, in Theatre,

January 1978, No. 63, and January 1979, No. 67, published

by S. Fischer.

Eric Bentley

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C.

D.

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Reviews of EB's work.

Six reviews of books by Bentley in "The Independent Shavian",

which lists Bentley on its advisory board. 6 issues:

Winter 1970/71, Vol. IX, No. 2 to Fall 1976, Vol. XV,

No. 1.

Theatre programs. Premieres of "Lord Alfred's Lover", February 16,

1979, and "The Fall of the Amazons", April 26, 1979. (//6)

Miscellany.

Leary, Daniel J., "The Ends of Childhood: Eschatology in

Shaw and Clarke", Shaw Review, May 1973, p. 67-78. (117)

III. CORRESPONDENCE (#7)

Lewis, C. S., photocopies of two letters of recommendation

written for Bentley, ALS March 12, 1938; April, 1940.

One letter concerning "H for Hamlet", February 3, 1979,

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Bentley, Eric

Addenda: July 1980-July 1981

I. MANUSCRIPTS

A. THE BRECHT COMMENTARIES, 1943-1980. Grove, 1980.

1. Galleys with holo. corr. by EB and printer's marks. (#7)

2. Page proofs,

a. "Uncorrected proof". Bound page proofs with a tew holo.

corr, (f/8)

b. With holo. corr. and printer's notations and marks,

Jan.5, 1981. (#1)

c, With holo, corr. by EB, Jan.20, 1981. (#2)

d, With some printer's notations, Jan.30, 1981, (#3)

e, Selected pages, Appendix, and Index, with holo, corr,

and printer ''s notations and marks, (f/4)

B, THIRTY YEARS OF TREASON, Viking, 1972,

1, Setting copy,

a, Typescript with holo. corr, and printer's notations and

marks, c 1 1800 p.

i, Pages numbered through 210. (#5)

ii' Pages numbered 211-464, (#6)

iii, Pages numbered 465-1126, (Ill)

iv, Pages numbered 1127-1789_, ( 112)

b, Miscellaneous pages with editor's queries, Photocopy of

typescript with holo, corr. and editor's notations, (#1)

Bentley, Eric Addenda; July 1980-July 1981 Page 2

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2, Galleys, '"Author 1's proof'', with holo. corr, (112)

3, Page proofs, Author''s set with holo, corr, (Ill)

II, PRINTED ITEMS, (1/2)

About EB

Box 37 (Ill)

A, ''Critic as Thinker'1 by Berthold Vierte1. Theatre Arts,

November 1946, Book. review of THE PLAYWRIGHT AS THINKER,

B, "Eric Bentley, No Stranger to Passion'·' by Stephen Greco,

!he Advocate, March 19, 1981, p,11,

C, Promotional flier for movie '·'Eric Bentley" produced by Center

for Mass Communi-cati.on in association with NET,

III, CORRESPONDENCE, (//3)

Photocopies of letters and documents to EB unless indicated other

wise, June 15, 1945 - March 14, 1955. 36 pieces, Includes:

Brecht, Bertolt (Note: copies of starred letters are also in

Addenda March - Sept,1973, Box 29, F3)

Agreement signed between BB and EB, June 151

1945.

TLS, n,d, 1945,

* TLS, Feb,27, 1945,

* TLS, Aug. 1946.

TL, unsigned, March 18, 1947 (with typescript explanation by EB)

* TLS, June 21, 1947.

Statement signed July 31, 1947.

* Authorisation signed March 12, 1948.

TLS, March 1948.

Bentley, Eric

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Addenda: July 1980-July 1981

* TLS, Dec.2, 1948. (1/3)

Authorisation,signed, n.d. 1948.

TLS, 1948.

-J< TLS, Feb.5, 1949 "To Whom It May Concern".

* TLS, March 13, 1949.

* TLS, Oct.31, 1949,

* TLS, Nov.12, 1949.

TLS, Feb.10, 1950.

TLS, May 12, 1950, to Michel St. Denis.

* TLS, May 13, 1950.

* TLS, Sept.28, 1950.

TLS, Oct.1, 1950, to Mr. Vesey.

* TLS, Oct.4, 1950, to Dr. Van Loewen.

TLS, n.d. 1951, to Prof. Smith.

TLS, 0ct.20, 1952.

* TLS, Aug.14, 1953.

Page 3

Statement, signed, 1953, photocopied on same page as preceding

item.

* TLS, May 13, 1954.

TL S , n , d • 19 5 4 ,

TLS, March 14, 1955,

TLS, n.d,

Viertel, Berthold, 5 ALS, July 13, July 21, 1945, May 16, 1946,

Aug. 20, Aug.21, 1950.

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I. TAPE RECORDINGS

Bentley, Eric

Addenda: May, 1982

Forty-one (41) reel to reel tape recordings of lectures,

performances and interviews by Eric Bentley.

A. Lectures

1. Norton Lectures. E.B. gave a series of 7 lectures

as Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry at Harvard

during 1960-61.

a. "Human Emotions." 2 reels

b. "Plots: Passions Spin the Plot." 2 reels

c. "Character." 2 reels

d. "Melodrama." 2 reels

e. "Spring of Pathos: Farce." 2 reels

f. "Tragedy." 2 reels

g. "Comedy." 2 reels

2. "E.B. on Bertolt Brecht." Part of the Brecht Symposium

held at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, April 17,

1970. 1 reel

3. "E.B. and Lillian Hellman." A reading E.B. gave at the

Poetry Center, YMHA, in 1971. Lillian Hellman introduced

E.B. He reads from his book, THIRTY YEARS OF TREASON (Viking

Press, 1972). 1 reel

Bentley, Eric Addenda: May, 1982

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B. Interviews p. 2

1. "Brecht and Communism." Series of five programs covering

Brecht's relationship with the Communist party from the

end of the Weimar Republic until Brecht's death in 1956.

Recorded in 1966. 5 reels

2. "Memory of Brecht." Interview with E.B. about his friendship

and collaboration with Brecht. Recorded at E.B. 's home in

New York. 2 reels

C. Performances by E.B. of Brecht's works:

1. "B. B. presented by E. B." Lyrics sung by E. B. December

1961. 1 reel

2. "B.B. presented by E.B." Poet:ry and lyrics of Brecht.

4 reels. Holograph list of the tapes' contents. 1 p. (F #1)

3. "Theatre for the New City Concert." Feb. 1975. (Tape in poor

condition.) 3 x5 index card, typescript and holograph of the

tapes' contents. (F #1)

4. "Brecht-Bentley." Poetry and lyrics, recorded for WGBH.

2 reels. Recording slip included. (F #1)

5. "Brecht-Bently Brooklyn Program"

a) B.B. songs. Feb. 10, 1962. (Tape in poor condition.)

b) Brecht-Bentley. Same program. 2 reels

6. "Brecht-Bentley Cut Loose." Lyrics and music. 1 reel

7. "Music for B.B. 's The Goog Woman of Setzuan." TLS accompanies

tape, 12/12/79. 1 reel. (F Ill)

8. "Brecht: The Measures Taken." 1 reel from the Brecht Symposium,

(see Box 38). (Tape is in poor condition.)

Bentley, Eric

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Addenda: May, 1982

D. Other Recordings p. 3

1. "A Young Girl Decides to Die." Performance of a play by

E.B. 1 reel

2. The Brute: A Chamber Opera by Lawrence Moss, libretto by

E. B. Also six bxw photos, 4½ X 3". (F 112) 1 reel

3. "Leonce and Lena." Play by George Buchner, translated from

the German by E.B., November 10, 1961. Music and excerpts.

2 reels

4. "Songs by E.B. and Arnold Black." 1 reel

I.

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Bentley, Eric Shipments of: 02/15/84; 02/17/84; 09/13/85; 02/17/98

Addenda

Audio Material. A. 52 reel to reel tapes (all 7" reels).

1. "Bentley on Brecht." [ number of tape, length in minutes]. a. #5, 21 :00 (2 copies); #6, 30:52. b. #7, 31:40; #8, 31:10. C. #9, 32:00. d. #10, 25:00; #11, 26:00. e. #12, 57:40. f. #13, 34:00; #14, 36:00. g. #15, 25:30. h. #20, 30:00; #21, 32:00. 1. #24, 25 :00. J. #25, 45:00. k. #26, 42:53. 1. #27, 48:42. m. #28, 45:00. n. #29, 52:30. o. #30, 49:20. p. #31, 46:24. q. #32, 52:10. r. #33, 52:32. s. #34, 47:20. t. #43, 38:30. u. #44, length unknown. V. #45, 50:00. w. 46, 52:00.

2. "Interview with Benno Frank." a. Part 1. b. Part 2.

3. "Brecht- Teil." a. Part 1. b. Part 2.

4. "The Exception and the Rule." Brecht. 5. "Gisela May." Songs by Eisler/ texts by Brecht. 6. "The Measures Taken."

a. Part 1. b. Part 2.

(Bentley, Eric: Feb. 1984-July 1998) 1

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7. "H.U.A.C." a. Part 1. b. Part 2.

8. "A Man's A Man." a. Music only. b. Part 1, 27:35. C. Part 2, 31 :56.

9. "Prof. Bentley." a. #1. b. #4. C. #5. d. #7. e. #9 (?).

10. "Mutter Courage." 25:35. 11. "King in Wash." 12. "Die Gewehre der Frau Carrar."

a. Part 1. b. Part 2.

13. "Berliner Ensemble." a. Part 1 of 4. b. Part 2 of 4.

14. "Eisler." a. Part 1. b. Part 2.

B. Record albums. 1. "Caucasian Chalk Circle," by Bertolt Brecht.

a. Music for EB's version. 2. "The Good Woman of Sutzuan," by Bertolt Brecht (translated by

EB). II Printed material.

A. By/Re: EB. 1. "Bentley interviews Christopher Griffin (photocopy). 6 pg. 2. Brochure featering EB. Lyceum Studio/ "Edinburgh Festival

1985." a. Includes short biography re: EB.

3. "The Man who Helped set Brecht to Music," by Joseph Farrell. 4. "Bentley and Brecht," by Owen Dudley Edwards. 5. Advertisement for EB's book re: Brecht. 6. Flyer for EB's "Kleist Variations."

III. Correspondence. A. 2 letters between EB and David J. Olson (July 1998).


Box 43 IV. Manuscripts.

A. By EB. 1. "German Requiem." (Play).

a. Draft. Typescript, 107 pg. (2 copies). B. By others.

1. Untitled speech re: EB. Author unknown.


Box 43 I. Printed materials.

A. Re: EB.

Bentley, Eric 02/16/98 Addenda

1. Playbill. a. 1997 Theater Hall of Fame Annual Ceremony (02/02/98).

EB as honoree.

Box 43 I. Manuscripts.

A. Re: 1.

EB.

Bentley, Eric 07/23/98 Addenda

Interview with EB by Martin Dubennan. a. Typescript (photocopy), 102 pg. (June 12, 1967). b. Includes letter from North Carolina State Archives.

**RESTRICTION**

Permission to quote from interview must be obtained from EB.

Added to Box 41

I. Printed Material.

Bentley, Eric 8/17/01

Preliminary Listing

A. "Johnson's Proposed Surtax Opposed by Bentley Bermel," article in The Columbia Daily Spectator newspaper, 10/9/1967, 1 page, photocopy.

B. "On Hating the Opposite Sex," essay by EB in The Body Politic magazine, March 1980.

C. "A Conversation With Eric Bentley," in The Advocate, 3/23/1977. D. "The Critic as Playwright," article by William Harris which mentions EB Other

Stages magazine, 11/2/1978. E. Article re : EB and his play "Lord Alfred's Lover," by Diane Julin, in Alligator

magazine, 2/16/1979. F. Section of article re : EB in The Gainesville Sun, 2/16/1979. G. "The Importance of Posing as Oscar," essay/ book review by EB, Threepenny

Review, 2001, 2 p., photocopy. H. Review ofEB's THEATRE OF WAR by Jacques Barzun, in The Independent

Shavian, Winter 1972 / 1973, photocopy, 1 p. I. "Fun With Art," letter to New York Times from EB, 11/23/1980, 1 page,

photocopy. J. "Who Is Intelligent? A Quote From Lenin." song by EB. "adapted from the

German by Bert Brecht." music by Hans Eisler, photocopy, from The Nickel Review, 4/13/1970, 1 p.

K. Flyer for EB "in a reading of his New Gay Play [untitled]." June 28, no year, 1 page.

L. "I propose Arthur Miller as the American Dramatist of the Day." article by Howard Fast, clipped from The Daily Worker, 11/8/1955 ..

II. Correspondence, A. Personal.

1. TL from EB to Martin B. Heinlein, 1 p., 2/23/2001. 2. TLS from Katharine Brown to EB, 1 p., 12/14/1954. 3. TL from Arthur Miller to George Hamilton Combs, 1 p., 1/28/1955. 4. TLS from Fred Woltman to EB, 1 p., 12/23/1955. 5. TLS from Fred Woltman to EB, 1 p., 1/3/1956. 6. ALS from Arthur Miller to EB, 1 p., 5/2/1956. 7. TL from Murray Kempton to Arthur Miller, 4 p., no date [probably 1955]. 8. TLS from EB to Robert Penn Warren, all photocopies.

a. 1 p., 3/6/1950. b. 2 p., 3/28/1955.

Bentley, Eric (8/17/01) Page 1 of 2

c. 3 p., Sept 12, year unknown. d. 1 p., 3/15/1950. e. 1 p., 9/3/1946. f. 2 p., 8/17/1947. g. 2 p., 7/24/1947. h. 1 p., Sep. 9, year unknown. 1. 1 p., April 11, year unknown.

III. Electronic Records. A. 1.44" computer floppy disk, labeled "James Perkin Interview, Eric Bentley,

Oct.18, 1997."

Bentley, Eric (8/17/01) Page 2 of2

Added to Box 41


Preliminary Listing

I. Electronic Records. A. Computer disk, labeled "James Perkin Interview, Eric Bentley, Oct. 18,

1997."

II. Correspondence. A. Personal, TLS from EB to Robert Penn Warren, all photocopies.

1. 1 p., 3/6/50. 2. 2 p., 3/28/55. 3. 3 p., Sept. 12, year unknown. 4 . 1 p., 3/15/50. 5. 1 p., 9/3/46. 6. 2 p., 8/17/47. 7. 2 p., 7/24/47. 8. 1 p., Sept. 9, year unknown. 9. 1 p., April 11, year unknown.


Added to Box 41

I. Correspondence. A. Personal.


Preliminary Listing

1. CSLS from Rhoda Nathan to "Sally," 1 p., 9/25/01, photocopy. 2. ALS to EB from Jacques Barzun, 1 p., 1/15/94, photocopy.

II. Printed Material. A. Reviews ofEB's book THE MODERN THEATRE (published in U.S. as

PLAYWRIGHT AS THINKER), sources unknown, 3 p., photocopy. B. Item re: EB from The Nation magazine, 1 p., 2/20/67.


Added to Box 41

I. Printed Material.


Preliminary Listing

A. HAPPY END, by Kurt Weill, translated into English by EB, rough version, 8/9/1995 ( corrected version privately printed 12/12/1995), with holograph corrections.


I. Box20

Printed Material.


Preliminary Listing

A. 6 articles re: EB, 1985. B. Immodest Proposals, Vol. 1, No., Dec. 1990, 2 pgs. C. "Silent Partners,"carbon copy and photocopy, 4 pgs., 12/1/2002.

(Bentley, Eric 12/16/02) Page 1 of 1

Added to Box 41

A. Printed Material.

Bentley, Eric #323

9/27/06 , Preliminary Listing

1. "A Celebration of the 90th Birthday of the Great American Theatre Critic and Playwright Eric Bentley," flier, 10/6/06. [F. 6]

Bentley, Eric (9/27 /06) Page 1 of 1

Bentley, Eric #323

8/18/09

Preliminary Listing

Added to Box 43

I. Manuscripts. A. Untitled file re: poems by EB, "FW," omitted from WEDEKIND

CABARET, includes TS, 9 p. B. By EB, TS with holograph corrections.

1. "A Letter to the Freshman Class," 1 p.

[F. 1]

2. "Quotes for Jacket Copy," includes blurbs from various authors for unidentified EB book, 1 p.

3.

4.

"Round Two: A Sex Comedy," first draft, bound volume, approx. 100 p., 1985.

"Statement on a day of national mourning," 2 p., 1968. [Env. 1]

[F. 1]

II. Correspondence. A. Professional to/from EB; includes TLS, TNS, 1973-2008, notables

include: 1. McMullen, Eman. TLS copy, 2 p., 6/4/73. 2. EB to Susskind, David. TL, n.d. 3. Berlin, Isaiah. TLS copy, 4/19/67.

B. Personal re: tickets to a play, invitations, 1967-2008.

III. Legal Materials. A. Arbitration agreement between Gero Communications and EB, photocopy,

1 p., 11/27/79.

IV. Printed Materials. [F. 2] A. Files, may include correspondence, printed articles, and advertisements.

1. Untitled re: play "Are You Now or Ever Have Been ... " by EB, 1972-1987.

2. Untitled re: early productions of the play "Round Two" by EB, 1986-1999.

3. Untitled re: "Orpheus" and "Good Woman," reviews by Harry Raymond in The Daily Worker, 1956.

B. Photocopied reviews re: "The Brecht Memoir," 9 p., 1954-2008. C. Newspaper clippings re: Berthold Brecht, EB; 1964-1986, approx. 15 p.


D. 2 bulletins re: "The West Sider" and "American Psychiatric Association," 1973-1974.

E. Flyer re: "Commitments," by EB, 1967.

V. Personal Memorabilia. A. Theatre tickets re: "Commitments," "A Time to Die," and "A Time to

Live," n.d.


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