Collection Summary
Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
Shepard, Sam, 1943-2017
Sam Shepard Papers
1965-2011 (bulk 1983-1987, 2001-2009)
30 document boxes (12.6 linear feet), 1 oversize box (osb), 1 oversize folder
(osf), 9 electronic files (3.4 MB)
The Sam Shepard Papers consist of
notebooks, drafts, publication proofs, screenplays, scripts, production and publicity
material, correspondence, printed material, photographs, and awards belonging to the
American playwright, author, and actor Sam Shepard.
English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish
Manuscript Collection MS-5197
Provenance Note
The Sam Shepard Papers were purchased by the University of Texas Libraries in 2006.
Originally cataloged and opened for research by the Fine Arts Library, in December 2010 the
collection was transferred to the Ransom Center, where recent additions to the papers were
processed and the entire collection re-cataloged.
In November 2011, the Ransom Center purchased material that was previously on deposit at
the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia.
Additional material was also acquired from Shepard at that time. This material was
integrated into the existing arrangement in 2012.
Acquisition:
Purchases and Gifts, 2006-2011 (10-12-001-T, 11-11-005-P, 11-12-010-P, 11-09-015-G, 22-11-003-P)
Access:
Open for research. Researchers must create an online Research Account and agree to the
Materials Use Policy before using archival materials. To request access to electronic files,
please email Reference.
Restrictions on Use:
Certain restrictions apply to the use of electronic files. Researchers must agree to the Materials Use Policy for
Electronic Files before accessing them. Original computer disks and forensic disk images are restricted. Copying
electronic files, including screenshots and printouts, is not permitted.
Processed by:
Liz Murray, 2011; Daniela Lozano, 2012
Born digital materials processed, arranged, and described by Brenna Edwards, 2022-2023.
Biographical Sketch
Sam Shepard was born Samuel Shepard Rogers VII in Fort Sheridan, Illinois, on November 5,
1943. The son of an army officer, he spent his childhood living on different military bases,
along with his mother, who was a teacher, and his two sisters. The family lived in South
Dakota, Utah, Florida, and Guam, and eventually settled in Duarte, California, where they
lived on an avocado ranch. He began acting and writing poetry while in high school, and
worked as a stable hand at a horse ranch. After graduating in 1960, he attended Mount San
Antonio Junior College to study agriculture. He quit school after one year to join a
traveling theater group, the Bishop's Company Repertory Players.
In 1963, Shepard left the theater group and moved to New York to pursue an acting career.
He shared an apartment with his old high school friend, Charles Mingus, Jr., son of the
legendary jazz musician, who helped him get a job at jazz club, The Village Gate. It was
there that Shepard met Ralph Cook, founder of the Theatre Genesis, who encouraged him to
write plays. Shepard's first two plays,
Cowboys (1964), and The Rock Garden (1964), were avant-garde one-act plays performed at
the Theatre Genesis. He quickly attracted a following in what became known as the
Off-Off-Broadway movement, being dubbed as the one to
watch. He went on to write several more one-act plays, including the Obie Award
winners: Chicago (1965), Icarus' Mother (1965), and Red Cross (1966). He wrote his first full-length play, La Turista, in 1967, for which he also received an Obie Award. That
same year, Shepard began to play drums with the rock band The Holy Modal Rounders. His
musical involvement influenced his writing leading to what are referred to as the Rock plays, which include the Obie Award winning Melodrama Play (1968), Operation Sidewinder (1970), and Mad Dog Blues (1971).
Shepard married the actress O-Lan Jones in 1969, and they had a son, Jesse Mojo Shepard, in
1970. From 1971 to 1973, the family lived in London, England, where Shepard continued to
write plays. Works from this period include
The Tooth of Crime (1972), which marked a stylistic departure from a
modernist to traditional style. Shepard returned to the U.S. in 1974, and settled in San
Francisco where he became the playwright in residence at the Magic Theater from 1975 to
1983. Plays written and produced during this time include Curse of the Starving Class (1978), considered the first of his
plays about family where he uses the domestic drama formula to explore dysfunctional
individuals and families. He continued this exploration with Buried Child (1978), True West (1980), and Fool for Love (1983).
Other plays by Shepard include
A Lie of the Mind (1985), States of Shock (1991), Simpatico (1993), Eyes for Consuela (1998), The Late Henry Moss (2000), Kicking a Dead Horse (2007), and Ages of the Moon (2009). He received numerous Obie Awards, as
well as a Pulitzer Prize in 1979 for Buried Child, and a Drama Desk
Award, a New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, and an Outer Critics Circle Award in 1986 for
A Lie of the Mind.
In addition to his success as a playwright, Shepard had a prolific acting career. His
first role was in 1978 in the film
Days of Heaven. It was on the
set of the film Frances in 1982, that he met Jessica Lange, leading
him to end his marriage to Jones in 1984. He and Lange have two children together, Hannah
Jane and Samuel Walker Shepard.
Shepard appeared in over thirty movies including
The Right Stuff (1983), Country (1984), Crimes of the Heart (1986),
Thunderheart (1992), Black Hawk Down (2001), The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007),
and Blackthorn (2011). Shepard’s achievements in acting include an
Academy Award nomination for The Right Stuff, an Emmy Award
nomination and Golden Globe nomination for the TV movie Dash and Lilly (1999), and a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination
for the TV movie Ruffian (2008).
His involvement in film also extended to screenwriting and directing. He wrote and directed
the films
Far North, released in 1988, and Silent Tongue, which was shown at both the Sundance and Cannes Film
Festivals in 1993. He also collaborated on screenplays with German director, Wim
Wenders. They co-wrote Paris, Texas, which won the Golden Palm Award at the
1984 Cannes Film Festival, as well as Don't Come Knocking, which was
entered into the 2005 Cannes Film Festival and starred Shepard in the lead role.
Shepard also published several short story collections including
Motel Chronicles (1982), Great Dream of Heaven (2002), and Day Out of Days (2009). His stories appeared in the New Yorker, the Paris Review, and the New York Times Magazine.
Shepard died July 30, 2017 at his home in Kentucky from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Sources:
In addition to material found within the Sam Shepard Papers, the following sources were
used:
Sam Shepard. Contemporary Authors Online,
http://galenet.galegroup.com (accessed 23 October 2012).
Sam Shepard. Dictionary of Literary
Biography, http://galenet.galegroup.com (accessed 23 October 2012).
Scope and Contents
The Sam Shepard Papers consist of notebooks, drafts, publication proofs, screenplays,
scripts, production and publicity material, correspondence, printed material, photographs,
and awards belonging to the American playwright, author, and actor Sam Shepard. The papers
document Shepard's various works for stage and screen, his collections of short stories and
other writings, and his acting career. The materials date from 1965-2011, with the bulk
dating from 1983-1987 and 2001-2009. They are organized into five series: I. Works,
1975-2010, undated; II. Acting, 1982-2011, undated; III. Correspondence, 1978-2010, undated;
IV. Personal and Career-Related, 1965-2009, undated; and V. Works of Others, 1984-2006,
undated.
Series I. Works makes up the bulk of the papers and contains materials associated with
Shepard's writings. It is subdivided into two subseries: A. Stage and Screen, 1976-2010,
undated; and B. Other Writings, 1975-2010, undated. Materials in each of these subseries are
arranged in alphabetical order by title of work, and within each title, by chronological
order of creation, from early drafts to finished works. When applicable, related material
such as production and publicity material, playbills, reviews, and other items follow the
drafts.
Subseries A. Stage and Screen primarily contains drafts of Shepard's stage plays and
screenplays. There is considerable material for the stage plays
Ages of the Moon, Kicking a Dead Horse, Fool for Love, and A Lie of the Mind, including
revised versions of drafts and production material. Fool for Love, which was produced for both stage and screen, and
A Lie of the Mind were both directed by Shepard and both contain
rehearsal scripts and production notes. Of the screenplays in this subseries, Don't Come Knocking, Far North, and Paris, Texas are particularly
well represented. Because Shepard also directed Far North, there is a considerable amount of production material
present, including scripts with camera directions, notes on set design, shooting schedules,
and correspondence regarding casting. The material for Paris, Texas illustrates the various versions that the story went
through and includes some correspondence from his collaborator and the director of the film,
Wim Wenders. Several titles reflect his collaboration with others including Joseph Chaikin
and T-Bone Burnett. Most of the title pages of the more recent projects are signed by
Shepard. Correspondence scattered throughout this series, including a small amount of
Shepard's outgoing correspondence, is indexed at the end of the finding aid.
Also of interest in this subseries are twenty-six notebooks containing handwritten notes
and ideas related to the plays Shepard wrote, films in which he acted, story ideas, and his
travels. These notebooks provide a richly detailed perspective of Shepard's working life,
and most cross genres, relating to his work as a writer, actor, and musician. One notebook
from 1991 is inscribed to Shepard by Jessica Lange with a personal note about their
relationship. More than half of the notebooks are labeled by play title, film, geographic
location and/or other identifiers (blues film, fishing play, etc.). Original labels, if
present, are transcribed in the container list in single quotes. The notebooks are arranged
in rough chronological order. Additional notebooks that contain information relating to only
one work are filed with that project.
Subseries B. Other Writings includes drafts and galley proofs for three published short
story collections,
Day Out of Days (2009), Great Dream of Heaven (2002), and Motel Chronicles (1982), as well as an article, foreword,
introduction, poems, song lyrics, stories published in magazines, and tributes. All are
arranged alphabetically by title. The three short story collections underwent numerous
arrangements and revisions before publication, which is well documented in the papers.
Day Out of Days and Motel Chronicles also include several notebooks containing early
handwritten drafts of stories. Nearly all of his writings bear the month/year and state or
country abbreviation for the location where the work was composed or revised, as in 6/05 NY.
Series II. Acting contains scripts from Shepard’s acting projects including the films
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Baby Boom, Black Hawk Down, Blackthorn, Country, Crimes of the Heart, Mud, and Savannah. The play A Number, the TV movie Ruffian, and the TV pilot Tough Trade are also represented. The scripts are often heavily
annotated by Shepard and most include production material. A small amount of visual material
is present for two films, Frances and The Right Stuff.
Series III. Correspondence contains incoming correspondence that spans the years 1978 to
2010. It includes letters from Woody Allen, Michael Attenborough, Michael Almereyda, Judy
Boals, Joseph Chaikin, Johnny Dark, Richard Ford, Fiach MacConghail, Jesse Shepard, Peter
Stampfel, Bob Wade, Tom Waits, and Wim Wenders, among others. Arranged alphabetically, the
correspondence reflects the international scope of Shepard's works and recognition of his
literary stature, as evidenced by interest in performing his works and numerous invitations
to appear at events worldwide. While friends often wrote to Shepard directly, much of the
business correspondence was mediated by his agents Martha Luttrell of ICM (International
Creative Management) and Judy Boals, and is documented in this collection through email
printouts. A complete index of all correspondent names in this collection is included at the
end of the finding aid.
Series IV. Personal and Career Related contains a variety of material documenting Shepard’s
career and interests. It is arranged in alphabetical order by topic or title. The material
includes articles about Shepard in newspapers and magazines, awards, invitations and public
appearances, photographs, reviews, and pencil and ink sketches. Awards include four Obie
Awards from 1965-1973, and The Laurence Olivier Award nomination for West End Play of the
Year for
A Lie of the Mind. Documentation of Shepard's public
appearances include a joint appearance with his son, Jesse, at City Lights Booksellers in
2003, a Gala Tribute to Jessica Lange in 2006, A Tribute to César Vallejo in 2007, and a
story told at Toil and Trouble: Stories of Experiments Gone Wrong
for the storytelling series The Moth in 2008. The photographs range from a 1970 print of
Shepard with the band The Holy Modal Rounders, to shots of Shepard fishing, horseback
riding, and other informal snapshots. The pencil and ink drawings feature people and scenes
from various locations including Arizona, California, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, New
York, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming, from 1985 to 1988; as well as a cross-country
train ride in 1989.
Series V. Works of Others includes song lyrics by T-Bone Burnett and a silkscreen print
from Kurt Vonnegut’s Freedom Portfolio series, inscribed and signed by the author. Also
present are writings by Johnny Dark, Shepard's father-in-law from his marriage to O-Lan
Jones; selections from Jack Kerouac's
Big Sur; playscript drafts by
Sheila Tousey and Maria Vail based on Shepard’s works; a screenplay draft by Michael
Almereyda for Until the End of the World; a page proof of Ron
Kovic’s Around the World in Eight Days; and the text of
Harold Pinter's 2005 Nobel acceptance speech.
Some materials that contain contact information have been restricted to protect the
individual’s privacy. The originals were removed and have been replaced with redacted
photocopies.
The Mel Gussow Collection and the Jonathan Cott Collection of Sam Shepard Audio Interviews
at the Ransom Center contain additional Shepard-related material.
Additional Sam Shepard material is housed at The Wittliff Collection of Southwestern
Writers at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas.
Non-manuscript items received with the papers were transferred to appropriate departments
within the Ransom Center. Included are numerous books; a music CD for a production of
The Late Henry Moss in San Francisco in 2000 (CD 0074); DVDs of
Ruffian and Wanderlust; VHSs of This So-Called Disaster, November 2002, and Jesse and Sam Shepard at
City Lights, April 24, 2003; production clappers from Far North and Silent Tongue; and a silver
business card case engraved The Late Henry Moss, November
2000 with a paper document enclosed: Certificate of
Death--THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT Sam Shepard IS DEAD--[signed] S. Penn, County
Clerk.
Non-manuscript items received with material acquired in 2011 were also transferred to
appropriate departments within the Ransom Center and include: numerous books; a Brandeis
University Creative Arts Award (1984); two Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding New Play,
A Lie of the Mind (1985-1986); a Gradiva Award for Best Play, When the World Was Green (A Chef's Fable) (1997); two unpublished,
non-commercial audio CDs – one labeled from Toil and
Trouble and is most likely audio from Toil and Trouble: Stories of Experiments Gone Wrong, held at The
Moth on May 29, 2008; the second labeled with the song titles: Raining in my Heart, Take Your Burden to the Lord, and Operator.
Index Terms
People
Chaikin, Joseph, 1935-2003.
Dark, Johnny.
Lange, Jessica.
Wenders, Wim.
Subjects
Actors--United States--20th century.
Authors, American--20th century.
Dramatists, American--20th century.
Motion Pictures, American.
Screenwriters.
Theater--United States--20th century.
Document Types
Awards.
Born digital.
Clippings.
Contact sheets.
Correspondence.
Drawings.
Electronic documents.
Electronic mail.
Ephemera.
Essays.
Galley proofs.
Manuscripts.
Notebooks.
Photographs.
Playbills.
Poems.
Postcards.
Posters.
Programs.
Publications.
Screenplays.
Scripts.
Serials (publications).
Set design drawings.
Short stories.
Container List
Series I. Works, 1975-2010, undated
Subseries A. Stage and Screen, 1976-2010, undated
Ages of the Moon (stage play)
1.1
First draft, circa September 2007-January 2008
1.2
Unfinished working script, November 2007, revised 19 July
2008
1.3
Draft, bound photocopy, lightly revised, 28 February 2009
1.4
Dublin work copy [rehearsal script], circa January-March 2009
1.5, osf
Early set designs and ground plan, Peacock Theatre, Dublin, January
2009
1.6
Dublin world premiere: theater program and ticket, handwritten notes by
Shepard, Dublin itinerary, February-March 2009
1.7
Dublin rehearsal script, itinerary, and theater program, Abbey Theatre
production, October-November 2009
1.8
Theater program, ticket, correspondence, production material, Atlantic
Theater Company production, January 2010
Buried Child (stage play)
1.9
Uncorrected proof, with Seduced and Suicide in B Flat, Urizen Books
edition, undated
1.10
Production photographs, circa 1978-1979
Steppenwolf Theatre, 1996
2211003P_001
Costume plots. 4 electronic files: Microsoft Excel, 1996
2211003P_001
Logo. 1 electronic file: Microsoft Word, 1996
2211003P_001
Preshow checklist. 1 electronic file: Microsoft Excel, 1996
2211003P_001
Props list. 1 electronic file: Microsoft Word, 1996
2211003P_001
Sound cue plots. 2 electronic files: Microsoft Excel, 1996
Curse of the Starving Class (stage play and screenplay)
1.11
Published play (Dramatists Play Service, 1976), revised with handwritten
edits, June 2006
1.12
Screen adaptation by A. J. Gentile, with annotations by Shepard,
1987
2.1
Production photographs of stage play, undated
2.2
Denial (film), screenplay draft, undated
Don't Come Knocking (screenplay based on a story by Shepard and Wim
Wenders)
2.3
First draft, 24 April 2002, revised January 2003 with Shepard's song
lyrics for Sunk Up faxed to T-Bone Burnett, 22 January 2003
2.4
Second draft, 22 January 2003 with rewrites through 12 June
2004
2.5
Blue revised script, 20 June 2004 with revisions through 23 June
2004
2.6
Shooting script, revised through 23 July 2004 with inserted production
material
3.1
Second yellow revision, 30 August 2004
3.2
Script to be approved by Sam Shepard,
clean copy without revisions, 8 June 2005
3.3
Associated material: handwritten notes for reworked scenes, typescript
draft of Shepard's introduction, photographs of Shepard and Wenders at Wisconsin
farmhouse, letter from Eva Marie Saint and photograph with Shepard and Wenders,
Cannes Festival ticket and reception invitation, publicity tour itinerary
2005-2006
3.4
Eyes for Consuela (stage play), photocopy of first draft, circa
October-November 1997, with selected pages from published edition of Paz's The Blue
Bouquet
Far North (screenplay)
3.5
First draft, November 1986
3.6
Early draft, camera, circa
1986-1987
3.7
Early draft with camera directions, circa 1986-1987
3.8
Final draft, lightly revised, June 1987
4.1
Final draft, camera with camera
directions, June 1987
4.2
Annotated script with one line
breakdowns, scene lists, and music cues, 1987-1988
4.3-4
Shooting script, with production
material and photographs, October-November 1987
4.5
Script fragments and handwritten notes; shot list, 30 September 1987;
Now Filming cardboard sign
4.6
Correspondence, 1987-1988, undated
4.7
Shooting schedules, April-May 1987
4.8
Green spiral notebook, including notes for shooting and set design,
August 1987
5.1
Wild track log and second unit log, October-November 1987
5.2, osb 31
Production and publicity material: storyboard drawings with directorial
notes; strips for scene board; mockups for display posters, circa 1987
Fool for Love (stage play and screenplay)
5.3
Typescript of play with slight revisions, December 1982
5.4
Rehearsal script (December 1982) for Magic Theatre production, January
1983 with rewrites through March 1983
5.5
Bound typescript, includes March 1983 rewrites, 1983
5.6-7
Photographs and contact sheets, Magic Theatre production, San Francisco,
1983
5.8, osf
Photographs and ground plan, Circle Repertory Theatre production, New
York, 1983
5.9
Contract and correspondence with City Lights Books, February
1983
5.10
Photocopied page proofs, Dramatists Play Service edition, 13 January
1984
5.11
Proof, German version (S. Fischer Verlag edition), 1984
5.12
Published play (City Lights Books, 1983) with annotations for the
screenplay version, undated
6.1
Screenplay third draft, 19 April 1985
6.2
Screenplay fourth draft, 25 April 1985
6.3
Correspondence regarding film version, 1985
6.4
Programs for performances at Magic Theatre, San Francisco (1983); S.
Fischer Theater, Frankfurt (1984); Apollo Theatre, London (2006); Island Etc.,
Galveston (2004); and Parco Theater, Tokyo (2007)
6.5
Reviews, Circle Repertory Theatre production, New York, May
1983
The God of Hell (stage play)
6.6
Drafts blue spiral notebook, March
2000
6.7
First draft, 1 June 2003
6.8
Second draft, 14 January 2004
6.9
Second draft, revised through October 2004
7.1
First pass page proofs with cover design and back cover copy (Vintage
Books, 2005)
7.2, osb 31
Production and publicity material, 2004-2006
7.3
Jacaranda (a dance), stage play written for Daniel Nagrin, photocopy of
script, 1979
Kicking a Dead Horse (stage play)
7.4
First draft, November 2006
7.5
First draft, photocopy
7.6
Draft, photocopy with minimal revisions, undated
7.7
Revised draft, 12 December 2006
7.8
Rehearsal script, revised 15 December 2006-12 February 2007
7.9
Rehearsal notebook, Peacock/Abbey Theatre, March 2007
7.10
Correspondence, Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 2006-2007; includes text of
Stephen Rea's introduction for program [?]
7.11, osf
Abbey Theatre production material, January-April 2007
7.12
Reviews, Peacock Theatre world premiere, 12 March-14 April
2007
7.13
Associated material: typescript text of The Killing of Crazy Horse from
Chapter 12 of John G. Neihardt's Black Elk Speaks; map of Dublin; cover proof for
published version of Kicking a Dead Horse; handwritten fax to Lou regarding a poem for possible music
collaboration; announcement of Shepard's appearance at the Irish Film Institute to
talk about Paris, Texas, 1 March 2007
7.14
Script, corrected copy,
Abbey--8/07
7.15
Working production script, Public Theater performance, June 2008, with
production material
7.16
Playbill and reviews, Public Theater, June-July 2008
8.1
Knowledge of the Seven Steps (Synthetic Tears), stage play handwritten
draft, November 1979
8.2
The Last Shot, screenplay typescript draft with revisions, 28 January 1986;
handwritten notes, April 1986; and script fragment, 3 October 1986
The Late Henry Moss (stage play)
8.3
Unfinished script, undated
8.4, osb 31
Almeida Theatre production programs and publicity cards, 12 January-4
March 2006
8.5
Tribeca Film Festival Guide announcing This So-Called Disaster,
documentary on rehearsals of The Late Henry Moss, with related faxes,
2003
A Lie of the Mind (stage play)
8.6
First version and cuts, May-August 1984
8.7
Second version and cuts, 24 August 1984
8.8
Second version, circa 1984
8.9
Script fragment and handwritten notes, January-April 1985
9.1
Working script, September 1985
9.2-3
Final script before cuts, November 1985
9.4
Typescript, April 1986
9.5
Production Notes green spiral notebook,
October-December 1985, with handwritten pages, 1 July 1984
9.6, osf
Production material including floor plan for Minetta Lane Theatre
production of Balm in Gilead, 18 July 1984; rough ground plan for Promenade
Theatre production, August 1985; contact sheets and schedules, October-December
1985
10.1
Correspondence and reviews for Promenade Theatre production,
1984-1987
10.2
Published play (Dramatists Play Service, 1986)
10.3
Draft jacket copy, photographs, and correspondence, Methuen London
edition, 23 January 1987
10.4
Page proof and correspondence, Methuen London edition, 13 February
1987
10.5
Galley proof, New American Library edition, circa 1987
10.6
Cover design and flap copy, New American Library edition, circa
1987
10.7, osb 31, osf
Program, reviews, and publicity material for Dutch production, Rotterdam
Theater, September-November 1987; Swedish production, Gotesborgs Stadsteater,
April 1988; and Norwegian production, Det Norske Teatret, April-May
1988
10.8
Photocopy of printed script, with revisions for New Group production, 7
January 2010, and production material, 2009-2010
10.9
Man Fly, stage play adapted from Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus,
photocopied typescript, undated
Paris, Texas (film)
10.10
Film outline, November 1982, with
rewrites through 22 February 1983
10.11
Film outline second draft,
February-March 1983, with rewrites through May 1983
10.12
Descriptive script, June 1983, with
rewrites and dialogue, September 1983
11.1
Script fragment and dialogue pages with correspondence from Wim Wenders,
circa 1983
11.2
Scene rewrites, circa 1983
11.3-4
Screenplay typescript, circa 1983
11.5
Screenplay, 21 September 1983, with final
rewrites, September-November 1983
11.6
Script fragment, October 1983, with rewrites, November 1983
11.7
Correspondence from Wim Wenders, with character background story and
summary for rewrite to ending of film, 20 October 1983
11.8
Handwritten pages, scenes for new ending, circa 1983
11.9
Dialogue list, bound photocopy, April 1984
12.1
Program and newspaper articles, Cannes Film Festival screening,
1984
12.2
English dialogue script with corrections; correspondence regarding
screening at the Rubin Museum of Art, New York, 25 May 2007
12.3
Red Cross (stage play), French script translation by Dominique Meyer, 15
January 1986
The Sad Lament of Pecos Bill on the Eve of Killing His Wife (stage
play)
12.4
Typescript, July 1976
12.5
Musical score revised edition by
Shepard and Catherine Stone, April 1983
12.6
Musical score photocopy, 1983
Savage/Love (stage play)
12.7
Production script with revisions,
August 1979
12.8
Typescript by Joseph Chaikin and Shepard, circa 1979
12.9
Typescript, three photocopies, circa 1979
12.10
Photographs and contact sheets of production of Savage/Love and Suicide
in B Flat, 1978-1979
Side to Side (stage play, published as True Dylan in Esquire)
12.11
Typescript first version from tapes and
handwritten notes, August 1986
12.12
Typescript draft, September 1986
12.13
Correspondence regarding title change in Esquire, 28 July 1987; photocopy
of published play (July 1987), together with transcribed copy sent by Ben Hedin,
April 2003
12.14
Sway (stage play), corrected script, January 2006
12.15
Tongues (stage play), typescript by Joseph Chaikin and Shepard, 29
September 1978
The Tooth of Crime (Second Dance) (stage play)
12.16
Copy-edited typescript, Vintage Books edition, August 2005
12.17
Typeset pages, Vintage edition, October 2005
12.18
Typescript introductions to new re-write
2005 for Buried Child and The Tooth of Crime; faxed pages from published
editions and the Lucille Lortel Theatre production; review of La MaMa E.T.C.'s
production, 2006
12.19
Sahib: Songs from Tooth of Crime, Second Dance, by T-Bone Burnett,
2007
True West (stage play)
13.1-2
Typescript, two photocopies, September 1979
13.3
Typescript photocopy with revisions, circa 1979
13.4
Typescript, circa 1979
13.5
Photocopied playscript, Broadway version, February 2000
13.6
French script translation by Rudi Coupez, undated
*
Presentation plaque of Mel Gussow's review in the New York Times (18
October 1982), given to Shepard by the producing partners of the 1982 Cherry Lane
Theater production (*transferred to Personal Effects Collection)
13.7
Program from 1985 L'Avant Scene Theatre production; 2004 productions in
Japan; Peacock/Abbey Theatre program, 2006
13.8
The Unseen Hand (stage play) production photographs, undated
The War in Heaven (Angel's Monologue) (stage play by Joseph Chaikin and
Shepard)
13.9
First version, August 1984
13.10
Second version, August 1984
When the World Was Green (A Chef's Fable) (stage play and
screenplay)
13.11
Script by Joseph Chaikin and Shepard, 5 July 1996
13.12
Bill Coco's reconstruction of stage directions from the Signature Theater
production, with edited script pages and correspondence, 2002
14.1
Screenplay by John P. Adams, based on Chaikin/Shepard stage play,
uncorrected revised draft, 30 March 2006
14.2-4
Works, fragments, 1978-2008 and undated
Works, notebooks
14.5
4/30/80-7/80 brown notebook, includes
material for True West, April-July 1980
14.5
Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Nevada,
California brown notebook, 17 July 1980-31 August 1980
14.6
4/81 brown notebook, includes material
for Bad Sleep, Superstitions, April-June 1981
14.7
Film 5/81 brown notebook, includes
material for Bad Sleep, Superstitions, 1981
14.7
Fool, Chronicles, '81 brown notebook,
includes material for Fool for Love, Motel Chronicles, June-August
1981
14.7
Seattle – L.A. '81 brown notebook,
includes material for Oedipus Film, Transifixion [Motel Chronicles],
October-November 1981
14.8
Right Stuff, Motel Chronicles, L.A.–'81-'82,
Juan Bautista brown notebook, includes material for Motel Chronicles,
Right Stuff, 1981-1982
14.9
Notes: Right Stuff (Levon), Curse, Story:
Bluewater, N.M. brown notebook, includes material for Right Stuff, Curse
Magic, Fool for Love, Motel Chronicles, April-July 1982
14.10
'82-Fool-Paris, TX brown notebook,
includes material for Fool for Love; Paris, Texas, July-November 1982
14.11
Snake skin print notebook, includes material for Fool for Love; Paris,
Texas, December 1982-February 1983
14.12
Brown notebook, includes material for Paris, Texas, June-August
1983
14.13
Brown notebook, includes material for Denial, The War in Heaven,
January-April 1984
14.14
Brown notebook, includes material for A Lie of the Mind, Brownsville
Girl, October-November 1984
15.1
Brown notebook, includes material for blues film, August 1986
15.2
Story: Father/Son, pregnant woman brown
notebook, July-September 1988
15.2
'88-89-notes: Far North, Silent Tongue
brown notebook, includes material for Far North, Silent Tongue,
1988-1989
15.3
Brown journal, includes material for Stray Hand, 1991
15.4
London-'01 black notebook, includes
material for stories Actor Threatens Writer, MN-7 degrees, December 2000-February
2001
15.5
Mexico-'01-Morocco blue notebook,
includes material for Great Dream of Heaven, March 2001-August 2002
15.6
California to Australia black notebook,
January 2003-February 2004
15.7
Australia '04 black notebook, includes
material for Day Out of Days, February-May 2004
15.8
Black notebook, includes material for Day Out of Days, June 2004-May
2005
16.1
Green spiral notebook, includes material for cabin play, Dead Horse,
fishing play, Sway, 2005
16.2
Black notebook, includes material for Day Out of Days, Pity the Poor
Mercenary, Sway, November 2005-August 2006
16.3
Black notebook, includes material for Kicking a Dead Horse, Cell Dance,
Sisters of Mercy, Kitchen Drama, Just Another Johnny Stampanato, November
2006-August 2007
16.4
Black notebook, includes material for Ages of the Moon, March
2007-February 2008
16.5, osf
Works-related ephemera: publicity material for Theatre de Lys production of
Buried Child, 1978, Jalopy Theatre production of The Holy Ghostly, undated, and
Italian production of Mad Dog Blues, undated; bands from cover of Motel Chronicles,
1985; blurb sheet and bookmark for Cruising Paradise, 2002; cover art for revised
edition of Buried Child, 2006, and The Late Henry Moss with Eyes for Consuela and
When the World was Green, undated; publicity material for the Sam Shepard Festival,
2006-2007; program for Atlantic Theater Company 2009-2010 season
Subseries B. Other Writings, 1975-2010, undated
16.6
Brownsville Girl (song collaboration with Bob Dylan), typescript draft of
lyrics with revisions, undated
Day Out of Days (collected short stories, 2009)
16.7
Black notebook, May-October 2005
16.8
Black notebook, August-November 2006
17.1
Black notebook, April 2008-February 2009
17.2
Unfinished working manuscript photocopy, 7 July 2008; with handwritten
note to LuAnn Walther, 10 July 2008
17.3
Unfinished working manuscript photocopy, circa 2008
17.4-5
Drafts, August 2008 and 10 October 2008
17.6
Reworked drafts, including Saving Fats (2005)
18.1
Work copy, revised 27 August 2008
18.2
Work script, 30 September
2008
18.3
Unfinished working manuscript, 9 October 2008
18.4
Typescript, undated
19.1
Typescript draft, 8 January 2009
19.2
Revisions, draft fragments, January 2009
19.3-4
Unfinished manuscript in progress, 16 March 2009
19.5
Partial draft photocopy, circa 2009
19.6
Final draft with slide images, 19 May 2009
20.1-2
Final draft, two photocopies, 19 May 2009
20.3-4
Late draft with revisions and editor's notes, circa 2009
20.5
Uncorrected first pass proofs, 7 August 2009
21.1-2
First pass proofs with corrections, 8 August 2009
21.3
Uncorrected proofs, 3 September 2009
21.4-5
Proofs with corrections, 3 September 2009
21.6
Correspondence from publisher, 2009
21.7
Reviews, 2010
22.1
Days of Black Outs (story published in Cruising Paradise), typescript
draft, May 1994
22.2
Four Days, story in Paris Review (Fall 2009), galleys and published issue,
2009
Great Dream of Heaven (collected short stories, 2002)
22.3
Drafts of eleven stories, undated
22.4-6
Drafts, with revisions, 27 June 2001
22.7
Working manuscript, 27 July 2001
22.8
Typescript of title story, 15 August 2001
22.9
Draft, 5 December 2001
23.1
Draft, informally bound typescript, 29 December 2001
23.2
First pass proofs, author's copy, 2 April 2002
23.3
Second pass proofs, author's copy, 2 May 2002
23.4
Cover art for various editions, 2002-2003
23.5
Foreword to In New Mexico Light (2007) by Douglas Kent Hall, handwritten
draft
23.6
Indianapolis (Highway 74), story in the New Yorker, 23 November 2009, two
proofs and magazine
23.7
Land of the Living, story in the New Yorker, 21 September 2009, two proofs
and magazine
Motel Chronicles [working title Transfixion] (collected short stories,
1982)
23.8
10/10/79-1/15/80 Transfixion brown
notebook, September 1979-January 1980
23.8
Transfiction 1/80 black notebook,
January 1980
23.8
2/5/80-3/30/80 Transfixion (Motel
Chronicles) brown notebook, February-March 1980
23.8
9/1/80–Ca. brown notebook, September
1980
23.8
9/11/80 brown notebook, September
1980
23.8
10/11/80, S.F. to Texas brown notebook,
October-December 1980
23.8
12/8/80-1/24/81 Chronicles, Austin to
S.F. brown notebook, December 1980-January 1981
23.8
1/30/81-4/81 Motel Chronicles brown
notebook, January-April 1981
23.9
Early draft typescript, circa 1981
24.1
Typescript draft with revisions, 1981
24.2
Bound draft with editor's annotations and correspondence,
1981
24.3
Bound photocopy of draft, circa 1981
24.4
Contract, City Lights Books, 7 July 1982, and reviews, 1983
24.5
Typesetting proofs with Hawk Moon, Redwood Burn Limited edition, 24
September 1984
24.6
My First Year in New York, 1963, typescript draft, 26 June 2000, and
published article in the New York Times Magazine, 17 September 2000
24.7
Poem written to accompany photograph of Patti Smith in Lynn Goldsmith's
Rock and Roll, handwritten draft, 15 June 2006
The Rolling Thunder Logbook
24.8
List of tour personnel, Rolling Thunder Revue Tour, 1975
24.9, osb 31
New introduction, typescript draft, 28
April 2004; cover art; related material
24.10
Sixty, poem, typescript draft, 5 November 2003
Slave of the Camera (An Actor's Notes)
25.1
Partial early draft with photographs, August 1990
25.2
Continuation of early draft, November 1990
25.3
Tributes for Joseph Chaikin (2003) and Billy Hart (2008) in The Village
Voice, typescript drafts and published versions
25.4
Thor's Day (Highway 81 North, Staunton, Virginia), in Zoetrope: All-Story,
Fall 2009, published story
25.5
An Unfair Question, typescript draft, 15 August 2001, and published story
in the New Yorker, 11 March 2002
25.6
Williams, Arizona (Highway 40 West), published story in Filter Magazine,
Fall 2006
Series II. Acting, 1982-2011, undated
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (film,
2007)
25.7
Screenplay by Andrew Dominik, revised through 26 August 2005 with four
typescript pages of quoted passages
25.8
Production material: crew lists, one-line schedules, crew call, and
publicity, 2005
25.9
Baby Boom (film, 1987), shooting script by Nancy Meyers and Charles Shyer (27
October 1986), revised through 2 November 1986
25.10
Black Hawk Down (film, 2001), shooting script by Ken Nolan, revised through 4
May 2001, with script fragments; production and publicity material
Blackthorn (film, 2011)
26.1
Screenplay by Miguel Barros, third draft, August 2008, with Shepard's
annotations and correspondence from director Mateo Gil, 22 June 2009
26.2
Screenplay, fourth draft, January 2010, with Shepard's annotations,
production and research material
26.3
Country (film, 1984), script fragment, production material, and
correspondence, 1983
26.4
Crimes of the Heart (film, 1986), shooting script by Beth Henley (1 February
1986), revised through 15 April 1986
26.5
Frances (film, 1982), photographs of Shepard and Jessica Lange,
undated
26.6
Mud (film, 2012), shooting script by Jeff Nichols (22 August 2011), revised
through 16 September 2011, with Shepard’s annotations and production
material
A Number (play, New York Theater Workshop, 2004)
26.7
Marked-up copy of published play by Caryl Churchill, 2003
26.8
Photocopy of script with Shepard's annotations, undated
26.9
Performance script with production material and review, 2004
26.10
The Right Stuff (film, 1983), associated material including production
Polaroids of scenes at Pancho's bar, publicity stills of Shepard, and related
photographic images, 1982-2003
Ruffian (TV movie, 2007)
27.1
Screenplay by Jim Burnstein and Garrett Schiff, 6 January 2006, with
Shepard's annotations
27.2
Screenplay, last revision, 20 March 2006
27.3
Production and publicity material, 2006
27.4
Savannah (film, 2012), screenplay by Annette Haywood-Carter and Ken Carter,
13 January 2011, with production material
27.5
Tough Trade (TV pilot, 2010), script by Chris Offutt, 10 November 2009; full blue draft of script, 30 November 2009; and
production material
Series III. Correspondence, 1978-2010, undated
27.6
A, 2002-2006
27.6
Abbey Theatre, Fiach MacConghail, 2005-2006
27.6
Allen, Woody, 1987
27.6
American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2002-2006
27.6
Antonelli, Sara, 2002
27.6
Attenborough, Michael, 2006
27.7
Almereyda, Michael, 2002-2004
27.8
B, 2005-2006, undated
27.8
Boals, Judy, 2002-2003, undated
27.8
Brando, Marlon, 1987
27.8
Callaghan, Dylan, 2006
27.8
Callahan, Michael, 2004
27.8
Crowe, Cameron, 1986
27.9
Chaikin, Joseph, 1983-1988, 2002, undated
27.10
D, 2003-2006
27.10
Daniels, Barry, 1985
27.11
Dark, John (Johnny), 1983-2006, undated
28.1
Eshleman, Clayton, 2007
28.1
Evans, Tim (Steppenwolf Theatre Company), 1999-2000
28.1
F, 1998-2002
28.1
Ford, Richard, 2001-2004
28.1
G, 2002-2010
28.1
Graves, John, 2006
28.1
H, 1987-2002
28.1
Horn, Michael, 2006
28.1
Irwin, Bill, 2008
28.1
J-L, 1987-2007
28.2
Luttrell, Martha, 1995-2006
28.3
M, 1985-2006
28.3
Maloney, Peter?, 2006
28.3
Mañe, Carlos, 2006
28.3
McGuane, Thomas (Tom), 2002
28.3
Middleton, Clark, 2004, undated
28.3
Murphy, Tom, 2007
28.3
92nd Street Y, 2006
28.3
Norman, Howard, 2001
28.3
O-P, 2002-2010
28.3
Powers, David, 1985
28.3
R, 2005
28.3
Rae, Heather, 2004
28.3
Royal Court Theater, 2009
28.4
S, 1978-2006
28.4
Shepard, Hannah Jane, undated
28.4
Signature Theatre, 2005-2006
28.4
Stampfel, Peter, 2001-2003
28.5
Shepard, Jesse, 2004-2006
28.6
T, 2005-2006
28.6
V, 2006
28.6
Vahey, Brien, 2009
28.6
Vintage Books, 1996-2010
28.6
Von Malotky, Eva, undated
28.6
W, 1990-2006
28.7
Wade, Bob, 2006-2009
28.8
Waits, Tom, 1986, undated
28.9
Wenders, Wim, 1988-2004
Series IV. Personal and Career-Related, 1965-2009, undated
Articles about Shepard
28.10, osb 31
Various, 1984-2006
28.11
Cott, Jonathan. Conversation with Sam Shepard, typescript of Rolling Stone
article with revisions by Shepard and correspondence, March 1986
28.12
Cott, Jonathan. Sam Shepard and Far North, typescript of article,
undated
28.13
Gibbons, Luke. Made in the Shade: Sam Shepard and the West, typescript of
essay, 10 November 2009
29.1
Scobie, Stephen. The Only Thing We Knew for Sure About Henry Porter: Bob
Dylan, Sam Shepard, and the Staging of the Absent Father, typescript of literary
analysis of Brownsville Girl, 1987
29.2, osb 31
Sessums, Kevin. Horse Sense, typescript for article in Interview magazine
with revisions by Shepard, correspondence, and photocopies of photographs of Shepard
by Herb Ritts, 27 June 1988
Awards
29.3, osb 31
Various, 1965-2008
*
Brandeis University Creative Arts Award, Theater Arts, 1984 (*transferred
to Personal Effects Collection)
*
Drama Desk Award, 1985-1986, for Outstanding New Play, A Lie of the Mind
(*2 awards transferred to Personal Effects Collection)
*
Gradiva Award, 1997, for Best Play, When the World Was Green (A Chef's
Fable) (*transferred to Personal Effects Collection)
29.4
The Laurence Olivier Awards nomination for The BBC Award for the West End
Play of the Year, A Lie of the Mind, 1987
29.5-6, osb 31
Invitations and public appearances, 2001-2009
29.7
Life Interrupted: The Unfinished Monologue by Spalding Gray, typescript for
audio recording, May 2005
29.8
Photographs, 1970-2009, undated
Reviews
29.9
Great Dream of Heaven, 2002-2003
30.1
Various works, 1984-2009
Sketches
30.2, osb 31
Notebook pages, pencil and ink, 1985-1995
30.3
Brown sketch notebook, 1986
Sound Recordings
*
Raining in my Heart, Take Your Burden to the
Lord, Operator (*audio CD removed to Sound Recordings
Collection)
*
Toil and Trouble: Stories of Experiments Gone Wrong, held at The Moth as
part of the World Science Festival, 29 May 2008 (*audio CD removed to Sound
Recordings Collection)
Series V. Works of Others 1984-2006, undated
30.4
Almereyda, Michael. Revised draft of screenplay for Until the End of the
World, 16 May 1987
30.5
Burnett, T-Bone. Song lyrics, undated
30.6
Dark, John (Johnny). Various writings, 2003, undated
30.7
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. Speak Out, poem printed as postcard, signed,
2003
30.8
Kerouac, Jack. Big Sur, typed transcription of selected chapters through
chapter 34, undated
30.9
Kovic, Ron. Around the World in Eight Days, uncorrected page proof,
1984
30.10
Pinter, Harold. Transcription of Nobel acceptance speech, 8 December
2005
30.11-12
Tousey, Sheila and Maria Vail. Play script drafts for Hunted from the short
stories and poetry of Sam Shepard, The Public Theater, May 2006
30.13
Vonnegut, Kurt. Free At Last Freedom Portfolio, silkscreen print, inscribed
and signed, 2004
osb 31
Oversize box
Index of Selected Correspondents
- Abbey Theatre, Fiach MacConghail--27.6
- Adams, John P. (3rd party)--14.1
- Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.--27.6
- Alive Films--4.6
- Allen, Lewis, 1905-2000--6.3, 10.1
- Allen, Woody--27.6
- Almendros, Nestor--4.6
- Almereyda, Michael--18.4, 27.7
- American Academy of Arts and Letters--27.6
- Antonelli, Sara--27.6
- Arthur, Jason (Vintage Books)--23.4
- Attenborough, Michael--8.4, 27.6
- Aukin, David (ACT Productions Ltd.)--27.6
- Bailen, Gloria--29.5
- Barra, Allen--28.3
- Bergin, Joan--1.6
- Berman, Lois--10.1
- Berrigan, Anselm (The Poetry Project)--29.6
- Boals, Judy--12.18, 13.12, 14.1, 27.8
- Boals, Judy (3rd party)--7.1
- Bogaards, Paul (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.)--27.6
- Bosicke, Karsten--27.8
- Brando, Marlon--27.8
- Bronk, Robin (The Creative Coalition)--27.8
- Burke, James (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.)--27.6
- Burnett, T-Bone--12.19, 27.5
- Buser, Gene--27.8
- Callaghan, Dylan--27.8
- Callahan, Michael--13.7, 27.8
- Carstensen, Uwe (S. Fischer Verlag)--28.4
- Chaikin, Joseph, 1935-2003--27.9
- City Lights Books--5.9, 24.2, 30.9
- Coco, Bill--13.12
- Cott, Jonathan (Rolling Stone)--28.11
- Cox, Christopher (The Paris Review)--22.2
- Crowe, Cameron, 1957- --27.8
- Da Capo Press--24.9, 28.4
- Daniels, Barry V.--27.1
- Dark, John (Johnny)--16.1, 27.11, 30.6
- Darnton, John (The New York Times)--27.10
- Dawson, Nick, 1980- --27.10
- Doulin, Jack (New York Theatre Workshop)--26.9
- Dramatists Play Service--14.2, 28.4
- Driver, Adam--27.10
- Dunayevich, Rama (California Film Institute)--27.10
- Edwardes, Pamela (Methuen London Ltd.)--10.3, 10.4
- Eisenberg, Lee, 1946- (Esquire)--12.13
- Eshleman, Clayton--28.1, 29.6
- Eustis, Oskar, 1958- (The Public Theater)--16.1
- Evans, Tim (Steppenwolf Theatre Company)--28.1
- Feltrinelli, Inge (Giangiacomo Feltrinelli editore)--28.1
- Ferlinghetti, Lawrence (City Lights Books)--5.9, 24.2
- Finstuen, Ingrid (Da Capo Press)--24.9
- Firstenberg, Jean Picker (American Film Institute)--29.3
- Ford, Richard--28.1
- Fox, David (Gyuto Wheel of Dharma Monastery)--29.5
- Frank, Mary--28.1
- Garchik, Leah (The San Francisco Chronicle)--28.1
- Gentile, Anthony R.--1.12
- Gil, Mateo, 1972- --26.1
- Gilbert, Ronnie--28.4
- Goldsmith, Lynn--24.7
- Gottlieb, Hildy (International Creative Management, Inc.)--26.6, 27.4
- Graham, Stephen--9.6
- Graves, John, 1920- --28.1
- Greene, Callum--8.5
- Gresham, Angela--3.3
- Guare, John--28.1
- Haas, Peter--29.2
- Halpern, Daniel (Antaeus)--28.1
- Handke, Peter--28.1
- Harper, Tess--4.6
- Hedin, Ben--12.13
- Hern, Nick (Methuen London Ltd.)--28.1
- Horn, Michael--28.1
- International Creative Management, Inc.--26.6, 27.4, 28.2, 29.6
- Irwin, Bill--28.1
- The Julliard School--28.1
- Katagas, Anthony G.--8.5
- Kaufman, Phil--28.1
- Kelley, James (Alive Films)--4.6
- Kener, David--29.6
- Kennedy, Star St. George--28.1
- Keys, Wendy--29.5
- Kovic, Ron--30.9
- Kreshka, Ruth--7.2
- Kroll, Ginger--28.1
- La Mama Experimental Theatre Club--29.5
- Lange, Jessica--16.1
- Lawson, Jeffory--1.8
- Leslie, F. Andrew (Dramatists Play Service)--14.2
- Lhormer, Brenda--28.1
- Lieberson, Sandy (Umbrella Entertainment Productions)--4.6
- Lieven, Stefanie von (S. Fischer Verlag)--28.4
- Locitzer, Debby--10.1
- Lovell, Joel (New York Times Magazine)--24.6
- Lui, Florence (Vintage Books)--21.6, 21.7, 25.4
- Lurie, Jan (Limelight Editions)--28.1
- Lutrell, Martha (International Creative Management, Inc.)--28.2, 29.6
- Lutrell, Martha (3rd party)--25.8
- MacConghail, Fiach--7.10 (see also Abbey Theatre)
- MacConghail, Fiach (3rd party)--7.4
- McFarland, Dan--26.3
- McGuane, Thomas (Tom)--28.3
- McGuire, Pat (Filter Magazine)--25.6
- McHenry, Tim (Rubin Museum of Art)--12.2
- Madden, Ken--13.7
- Maloney, Peter?--28.3
- Mañe, Carlos--28.3
- Manning, Sean--28.3
- March, Michael (Prague Writers' Festival)--28.3
- Masterson, Marc (Actors Theatre of Louisville)--28.3
- Methuen London Ltd.--10.3, 10.4, 28.1
- Middleton, Clark--28.3
- Moore, Stephen--28.3
- Motika, Stephen (Poets House)--29.6
- Mottram, Ron--28.3
- Mulligan, Geoff (Martin, Secker & Warburg)--28.3
- Muñoz Molina, Antonio (Instituto Cervantes Nueva York)--28.3
- Murphy, Tom--28.3
- Myers, Larry--28.3
- 92nd Street Y--28.3
- Norman, Howard--28.3
- Olguín, David (Ediciones El Milagro)--28.3
- O’Mahony, John (Guardian)--28.3
- Parker, Tiffany (New York Theatre Workshop)--26.9
- Parks, Suzan-Lori--28.3
- Patrick, Robert--28.3
- Penhall, Joe--28.3
- Pepe, Neil--1.8
- Peter, John--28.3
- Peters, Nancy J. (City Lights Books)--14.8, 30.9
- Pfeiffer, Carolyn (Alive Films)--4.6
- Phillips, Suzanne R.--28.3
- Piepenburg, Erik--28.3
- Port, Robert--28.3
- Powers, David--28.3
- Pupello, Joseph (La Mama Experimental Theatre Club)--29.5
- Rae, Heather--28.3
- Reichenbach, Fabienne--28.3
- Roberts, Jack (The Sunday Telegraph)--28.3
- Rosen, Jeff--29.1
- Rossier, Mark (A.R.T./New York)--27.6
- Royal Court Theatre--28.3
- S. Fischer Verlag--28.4
- Saint Louis University Library Associates--29.3
- Saint, Eva Marie, 1924- --3.3
- Sanders, Jackie--7.15
- Schafer, Ben (Da Capo Press)--24.9, 28.4
- Schumacher, Julie (University of Minnesota)--28.4
- Schweitzer, Adam--24.7
- Seaver, Jeannette M. (Richard Seaver Books)--28.4
- Sessums, Kevin (Interview Magazine)--29.2
- Shalom, Janine (Almeida Theatre Company)--28.4
- Sharman, Jim, 1945- --10.1
- Shepard, Hannah Jane--28.4
- Shepard, Jesse--28.5
- Shepard, Sam, 1943- (outgoing)
- Boals, Judy--1.1
- Burnett, T-Bone--2.3
- Cott, Jonathan--28.12
- Eisenberg, Lee, 1946- --12.13
- Feingold, Michael--25.3
- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation--27.7
- Walther, LuAnn--17.2, 22.7, 25.1, 25.2
- Wenders, Wim--3.3
- _____, Lou--7.13
- Signature Theatre--28.4
- Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004--28.4
- Stampfel, Peter--28.4
- Stein, Robert L.--6.3
- Stewart, Ellen, 1919-2011 (La Mama Experimental Theatre Club)--29.5
- Stone, Catherine--12.5
- Sultan, Stephen (Dramatists Play Service, Inc.)--28.4
- Tharp, Twyla--28.6
- Thessaloniki International Film Festival--29.5
- Todd, Connie (Texas State University)--28.6
- Toney, Linnea (Austin Film Festival)--29.6
- Tousey, Sheila--30.11
- Treisman, Deborah, 1970- (New Yorker)--23.6
- Vahey, Brien--Oversize folder, 1.5, 28.6
- Vass, Sara--28.6
- Vilfort, Erika--28.6
- Vintage Books--7.1, 12.16, 12.17, 15.3, 21.6, 21.7, 23.4, 25.4, 28.6
- Von Malotky, Eva--28.6
- Wade, Bob--28.7
- Waits, Tom, 1949- --28.8
- Waldman, Anne, 1945- --28.6
- Wallach, Erica--28.6
- Walt Disney Productions--26.3
- Walther, LuAnn (Vintage Books)--7.1, 12.16, 12.17, 15.3, 21.6, 23.4
- Warchus, Matthew--28.6
- Waterhouse, Anna (Out of the Blue Productions, Ltd.)--28.6
- Weber, Bruce--28.6
- Welker, Alexandra--27.5
- Wenders, Wim--4.6, 11.1, 11.6, 28.9, 30.4
- Werden, Bob--26.3
- Wiles, Joanne (William Morris Agency)--28.6
- _____ Carin (New Yorker)--23.7
- _____ Gloria--5.4, 9.4
- _____ Meghan (New Yorker)--25.5
- _____ Paul--4.6
- _____ Shami [?]--28.4