Family Portrait (Original screenplay for an unproduced film)

  • N.p.: N.p., 1981
By William Joyce Cowen, Leonore Coffee (play); John Gay (screenwriter)
N.p.: N.p., 1981. Draft script for an unproduced film.

Based on the 1939 play by William Joyce Cowen and Leonore Coffee, which debuted at the Morosco Theatre, directed by Margaret Webster and starring Judith Anderson. The plot follows the story of Jesus' crucifixion, as told through the eyes of his family.

Set in Jerusalem.

White untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated August 17, 1981, with credits for screenwriter John Gay and playwrights Leonore Coffee and William Joyce Cowen. 106 leaves, with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with white revision pages throughout, dated 9/9. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, lightly soiled overall, bound internally with three gold brads.

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