PSA Cert TENNESSEE WILLIAMS Signed NY Times Article Manuscript Collection X2 Two

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PSA Cert TENNESSEE WILLIAMS Signed NY Times Article Manuscript Collection X2 Two
PSA Cert TENNESSEE WILLIAMS Signed NY Times Article Manuscript Collection X2 Two
PSA Cert TENNESSEE WILLIAMS Signed NY Times Article Manuscript Collection X2 Two
** Does Not Include the Frame, This letter is currently displayed in my personal collection as it awaits its forever home.  The paper is very old and delicate with fold marks and rust marks from an old paper clip.
** Tennessee Williams writes two stories about actress Tallullah Bankhead in one article, and actress Anna Magnani in the other article manuscript.
NY TIMES ARTICLE MANUSCRIPT #1
-    Signed TENNESSEE WILLIAMS Article Manuscript Collection Talks TALLULAH BANKHEAD PSA Certified #Z02243 with Letter of Authenticity
** In this Historic Tennessee Williams Manuscript LOT is 3 Different Versions of a Manuscript named "Something about a Star", and was written for the New York Times Drama Section.  The main mauscript is Signed by Tennessee and is certified, it is 13 pages long.  The Second copy seems to be an edited, shorter version, it is unsigned and it's 9 pages long.  Then there is a final copy with a separate letter signed by Richard Maney, that manuscript is 10 pages long.
** Tennessee Williams talks about his relationship with Actress Tallulah Bankhead.  He mentions how he tried to "sell her" on a play that later "failed spectacularly."  He goes into great detail about his views on Tallulah, and talks about random moments in his life with her.  The cool part is much of the content was removed and scratched out, never to be used in the final cut of the New York Times.  I have good reason to believe i have never before statements on this subject, many of these "lost paragraphs" are in the signed copy.  So, not only is this an original Tennessee Williams manuscript, there are some parts that were never even seen in the public before!  Tennessee also talks about his thoughts on A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE play in which she played Blanche DuBois.  One line reads "of course we both hate the theatre as it can only be hated by those who have loved it with all their hearts." The second unsigned copy seems to be very similar to the first signed copy, minus the paragraphs Tennessee crossed out.  Also, Tennessee talks about how he seen her naked through a window while she was confronting a young man in her house.
The third copy has a note signed by Richard Maney saying "Bankhead has objected to certain statements in Williams story and it's my understanding that he is going to do a re-write taking out or changing paasages or sentences to which she objects."
NY TIMES ARTICLE MANUSCRIPT #2
-   1950s Tennessee Williams Article Manuscript "Don't take a Wolf on Tour".  I believe this is an unreleased Story that was sent to Lewis Funke as sort of a cry for help, in reference to Tennessee's Drug Addiction.  Mr. Funke also sent a copy of this to a mutual actress friend named Audrey Wood.
** Guaranteed to be typed and written by Tennessee Williams, but it is not signed.  I believe the words "Revised Ending A" are in his hand, if you know a handwriting expert they can check.  I'm selling this manuscript with the above manuscript in order to help guarantee authenticity, as the paper, wording, and general ageing are all similiar and match perfectly.  And of course the above is PSA Certified as well.   Sotheby's sold the original "A Streetcar named Desire" Manuscript for 0,000 and the paper was the exact same, from what i recall from my research years ago.
- First Page Header sheet : Tennessee talks "The hypnotic effect of late movies on T.V., with tranquilizers washed down with a slow scotch amount familiar surroundings, these emollients make production of a play something almost bearable to the playwright."
- Second Page is Lewis Funke asking his secretary to xerox one copy to Tennessee and one to Audrey Wood
**There is a Rip on the Last page, and on the top left hand side as in photos. Paper clip used in the 50s has rusted out and stained the papers.
*** This manuscript starts out talking about his time in Rome with actress Anna Magnani, which then goes into how Tennessee buys a wolf dog from the waiter whom is named Satan (the Dog).  Tennessee makes mention of how "the wolf would sit directly in front of me while i hypnotized myself with late movies on TV", which we know is really a metaphor or code for his drug addiction to barbiturates. He mentions this directly in the cover sheet, but keeps it hidden in the story, which is worth noting.
He further goes into the story of a night where he calls the doctor over, doctor arrives at midnight, and "Satan then goes Berserk and bites Tennessee's ankle, causing a stapphococcic infection.  The doctor uses a needle so large he describes it as "the kind used on horses."  He has an allergic reaction to the shot and is removed "forcibly from the window to a stretcher."  He recalls from inside the ambulance "Oh God, I guess i'm dying but i had better not think about it, just keep trying to breathe."
The article goes on, and i'll leave most of it a mystery but generally he has his friend come break him out of the hospital in the middle of the night because he was withdrawing from drugs, but said in the ways only Tennessee Williams can.  He made the story intense and interesting.
This Letter was part of the Lewis Funke Estate.  Mr. Funke was a well respected New York Times Critic for the Theatre in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s.  The Content on the letters are Excellent, most showing the celebrity correspondent in they're most charming or, if they were not happy with his article...the opposite. Most Letters are Dated, with exemplary signature specimens and some even have the celebrities' addresses shown.  Due to the age of the letters, they're may be one or all of the following: stains, folds, bends, abrasion, aging, yellowing, tinting in one area, vintage tape, etc..  These are all used letters and are not perfect specimens.  All of the letters are PSA Graded and Authenticated to be Genuine.   They have been permanently marked with  an invisible DNA daub that will flouresce under a patented laser lamp.  The price of the grading, as well as the shipping, is included in the Sales price.  PSA is not a low cost grading company, keep this in mind when considering purchase.  Thank you for showing interest in my extraordinary historical find.
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