An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Center
Creator:
Osborne, John, 1929-1994
Title:
John Osborne Collection
Dates:
1953-2017
Extent:
1 box (.42 linear feet)
Abstract:
The John Osborne Collection contains the
British playwright's screenplays, typescripts, programs, correspondence, and newspaper
clippings that were acquired separately from the John Osborne Papers.
Call Number:
Manuscript Collection MS-05339
Language:
English
Access:
Open for research.
Researchers
must create an online Research Account and agree to the Materials Use Policy before
using
archival materials.
Use Policies:
Ransom Center collections may contain material with sensitive or confidential information
that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers
are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable
living
individuals represented in the collections without the consent of those individuals
may have
legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy
may
arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be
deemed
highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the Ransom Center and The University
of
Texas at Austin assume no responsibility.
Restrictions on Use:
Authorization for publication is given on behalf of the University of Texas as the
owner of
the collection and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright
holder
which must be obtained by the researcher. For more information please see the Ransom
Centers' Open Access and Use Policies.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
John Osborne Collection (Manuscript Collection MS-05339). Harry Ransom Center, The
University of Texas at Austin.
The Ransom Center’s John Osborne Collection contains screenplays, typescripts, programs,
correspondence, and newspaper clippings that were acquired separately from the John
Osborne
Papers. The collection includes an acting script used by George Relph in the original
1957
production of "A Play", which would later be known as "The Entertainer". This script
was later
given to David Hare. Also included are copies of two typescripts, "Time Present" and
"The Hotel
in Amsterdam". These materials were donated to the Royal Court Theatre and include
programs from
the productions, as well as a newspaper article that discusses censorship in British
Theatre.
Related Material
Ransom Center holdings that complement the materials in the John Osborne Collection
include
the John Osborne Papers, as well as the John Osborne and Helen Dawson Osborne Papers.
