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Shelter (Original script for the 1973 musical) by Nancy Ford (music); Gretchen Cryer (book, lyrics); Austin Pendleton (director); Susan Browning, Charles Collins, Terry Kiser (starring) - 1972

by Nancy Ford (music); Gretchen Cryer (book, lyrics); Austin Pendleton (director); Susan Browning, Charles Collins, Terry Kiser (starring)

Shelter (Original script for the 1973 musical) by Nancy Ford (music); Gretchen Cryer (book, lyrics); Austin Pendleton (director); Susan Browning, Charles Collins, Terry Kiser (starring) - 1972

Shelter (Original script for the 1973 musical)

by Nancy Ford (music); Gretchen Cryer (book, lyrics); Austin Pendleton (director); Susan Browning, Charles Collins, Terry Kiser (starring)

  • Used
New York: Richard Fields/Peter Flood, 1972. Draft script for the 1973 play, which premiered on February 6, 1973, with a short run of 31 performances, closing on March 3, 1973. Minor annotations in holograph pencil on a few pages in second act of script, with two pages showing extensive annotations which have been partially erased but are mostly still plainly legible.

A prescient musical comedy for 1973, about Michael, a TV commercial writer holed up in his apartment with a singing computer named Arthur, who he uses to control every aspect of his life.

A studio cast album was released 24 years later, in 1997 and in 2017 a concert performance was given of the musical.

Nomionated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.

Purple Studio Duplicating Service titled wrappers. Title page present, dated 1972, with credits for book and lyrics by Gretchen Cryer and music by Nancy Ford. 88 leaves, with last page of text numbered 2-40. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold screw brads.
  • Seller Royal Books, Inc. US (US)
  • Book Condition Used
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Publisher Richard Fields/Peter Flood
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1972
  • Keywords Play Scripts | Comedy | Musical | Broadway