[Rarebooks] FS: Signed William Faulkner Contract for REQUIEM FOR A NUN

[Charles Agvent]

[FAULKNER, William & FORD, Ruth] SIGNED Contract Amendment for 
REQUIEM FOR A NUN
17 Nov. 1958.  This document, in the form of a letter addressed to 
Faulkner, transfers the agreement in the Minimum Basic Production 
Contract from Breakthrough Inc. to the Theatre Guild.  It is principally 
SIGNED by Ruth Ford, who adapted the book into a play, COSIGNED by 
Faulkner, and countersigned by a representative from the Authors League 
of America-Dramatists Guild with the association's blindstamp.  Along 
with this original document are photocopies of three relevant pages from 
the original Minimum Basic Production Contract and a photocopy of a 
letter dated 28 November 1958 from the Dramatists Guild acknowledging 
the amendment and stating that four copies of it exist.  Faulkner 
contracts are exceptionally scarce.  Fine    $5000.00
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