Jun 5, 2025 11:00 EST
Stage & Screen
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Jo Mielziner's copy of "Guys and Dolls"
JO SWERLING and ABE BURROWS
Guys and Dolls. N.p.: n.d., September 11, 1950. Inscribed on the title page by Jo Mielziner, noting that it was received 9/11/50. Typed sheets secured with brass split pins, housed in original thin red card wrappers (with Hart Stenographic Bureau stamp on upper cover). 11 x 8 1/2 inches (21 x 21 cm); unpaginated but apparently complete. The covers lightly worn, minor dampstain to text not affecting the text; together with a typed letter signed in pencil on George S. Kaufman's stationery (dated "Friday"). This reads "This will be close anyway, Joe [sic]. Sorry to mess you up so," signed in pencil "George." Red stain to the right margin where this was originally laid into the script.
This is Jo Mielziner's pre-production script and includes additional scenes in act two that were received September 25, 1950 (dated thus in pencil). These would have required changes to the scenery, which was designed by Mielziner, hence the apology in the cover letter. The show premiered on Broadway on November 24, 1950, with the wonderful music and lyrics by Frank Loesser.
Sold for $3,200
Estimated at $400 - $600
Includes Buyer's Premium
JO SWERLING and ABE BURROWS
Guys and Dolls. N.p.: n.d., September 11, 1950. Inscribed on the title page by Jo Mielziner, noting that it was received 9/11/50. Typed sheets secured with brass split pins, housed in original thin red card wrappers (with Hart Stenographic Bureau stamp on upper cover). 11 x 8 1/2 inches (21 x 21 cm); unpaginated but apparently complete. The covers lightly worn, minor dampstain to text not affecting the text; together with a typed letter signed in pencil on George S. Kaufman's stationery (dated "Friday"). This reads "This will be close anyway, Joe [sic]. Sorry to mess you up so," signed in pencil "George." Red stain to the right margin where this was originally laid into the script.
This is Jo Mielziner's pre-production script and includes additional scenes in act two that were received September 25, 1950 (dated thus in pencil). These would have required changes to the scenery, which was designed by Mielziner, hence the apology in the cover letter. The show premiered on Broadway on November 24, 1950, with the wonderful music and lyrics by Frank Loesser.
Auction: Stage & Screen, Jun 5, 2025
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Popular Stage & Screen Auction on Thursday, June 5, 2025 at 11am
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Memorabilia, Autographs, Artwork & Photographs of the Theater, Hollywood, Music and Dance
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Hosted in Collaboration with the Entertainment Community Fund (Formerly the Actors Fund)
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Consignments Are Currently Being Accepted for Future Auctions
NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle hosted the popular Stage & Screen auction on June 5, 2025. Fans and collectors around the world vied for exciting offerings celebrating the performing arts of Theater, Hollywood, Music and Dance.
The Glass Menagerie
Highlighting the sale was an extraordinary script of The Glass Menagerie, inscribed by Tennessee Williams to Jo Mielziner, the celebrated set and lighting designer. Mielziner’s annotated carbon copy, it sold for $11,520, many times its $1,500-2,500 estimate. His notes reveal early design ideas, including “wonderful!” beside Williams’ lighting suggestions. This script predates rewrites and was issued before rehearsals began in late November 1944. Their first collaboration, Menagerie became a theatrical milestone, with Mielziner’s visionary designs playing a crucial role in its success and in later Williams-Meilziner productions, A Streetcar Named Desire and Summer and Smoke.
The Entertainment Community Fund
Recognizing the importance of the performing arts to the fabric of New York, Doyle is proud to collaborate on this auction with the Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund), a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Lots 501 through 519 were auctioned to directly benefit the Fund, and Doyle will donate 100% of our Buyer's Premium on these lots. Featured are stylish costumes from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. For further information on the Entertainment Community Fund, visit EntertainmentCommunity.org
Property of Technical Production Manager Jake Bell
Jake Bell has had a legendary career in the theater as Technical Production Manager for Sir Cameron Mackintosh's iconic musicals. Bell managed some of the most dazzling and technologically advanced stage elements in theater history: the famous falling chandelier in The Phantom of the Opera, the flying helicopter in Miss Saigon, the barricade of Les Misérables and so much more. Among the collection's highlights are annotated production books, scripts, props and memorabilia from Cats, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, A Chorus Line and Phantom of the Opera, including a stage-worn Phantom mask presented to Bell at the April 2023 closing performance. View Lots
The Estate of Tony Roberts
New York native Tony Roberts (1939–2025) was a prolific stage and screen actor with a career spanning over six decades. A two-time Tony award nominee, he appeared in 23 Broadway productions, among them David Merrick’s Barefoot in the Park, Arsenic and Old Lace, and Promises, Promises, for which he won the London Critics Poll Award for the West End production. Among his numerous screen credits are six Woody Allen films, including Annie Hall, Play It Again, Sam and Star-Spangled Girl. He performed in New York City Opera's Brigadoon and South Pacific, and played Scrooge in A Christmas Carol at Madison Square Garden. Collection highlights feature original illustrations by Al Hirschfeld depicting Roberts in Arsenic and Old Lace and Doubles, his script from Star Spangled Girl, and a large group of awards and memorabilia. View Lots
“Costume Bibles” of Barbara Matera
Barbara Matera (1929-2001) was one of the foremost costume designers and creators of costumes on Broadway, working on more than 100 shows between the 1970s to the early 2000s. It was her invariable practice to create a costume bible for every show, with copies of the original designs, specimens of the fabrics used, and notes on the sources of those fabrics. This enabled repairs and new copies of costumes to be consistently assembled over the course of a show. Featured in the sale are costume bibles for Angels in America, Evita, La Cage aux Folles, Phantom of the Opera, RENT and even the Rolling Stones 1994 Voodoo Lounge Tour. View Lots
