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Foxfire play collection

Foxfire play collection

Descriptive Summary

Title: Foxfire play collection
Creator: Cronyn, Susan Cooper
Inclusive Dates: 1977-1989
Language(s): English
Extent: 3 box(es)
Collection Number: ms4432
Repository: Hargrett Library

Collection Description

Historical Note

Foxfire is based on the Foxfire book series from North Georgia. Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn and Keith Carradine starred in the 1982 Broadway production.

Scope and Content

Collection includes drafts of Susan Cooper Cronyn's play Foxfire as well as research for the play, handwritten revisions, feedback from friends and peers, and published reviews. Foxfire focuses on the struggle to keep Appalachian culture and traditions alive.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Item, box, folder], Foxfire play collection, ms4432, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.


Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Drafts (documents)
Interviews.
Plays (document genre)
Reviews.
Scripts (documents)

Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
boxfolder
11Research notes and script drafts, 1977-1979
 
12Research interviews, 1978
 
13Bahamas script notes, 1977-1978
 
14Bahamas script notes, 1978
 
15Research on childhood, land, and marriage, 1977
 
16Research on moonshine, horse trading, and health, 1977
 
17Research on midwives, characters, well digging, and philosophy, 1977
 
18Research on friendship, resources, how to, and hunting stories, 1977
 
19Research on the moon landing, then vs. now, gypsies, and the signs, 1977
 
110Research on money, ghosts, and tales, 1977
 
111Research on old age and dying, 1977
 
112Clippings, 1977
 
113Foxfire fund correspondence, 1978
 
114Correspondence with Urjo Kareda, 1978-1980
 
115Drafts, 1978
 
116Drafts, 1978-1980
 
117Drafts, 1977-1978
 
118Drafts, 1977-1978
 
119Drafts, 1977-1978
 
120Draft notes, 1978
 
121Draft feedback, 1978
 
122McDowell draft feedback, 1978
 
123Foxfire draft act one, 1978
 
123Foxfire draft act two, 1978
 
125Draft feedback, 1978
 
126Foxfire draft act one, 1979
 
127Foxfire draft act two, 1979
 
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21Draft three master copy, 1979
 
22Interim script, 1979
 
23Interim script with edits, 1979
 
24Draft five, 1979
 
25Foxfire script studio duplication, 1979-1980
 
26Draft feedback, 1979
 
27Draft feedback and notes, 1979
 
28Handwritten script revisions
 
29Handwritten script revisions
 
210Music composition and correspondence, 1979
 
211Music composition and correspondence, 1979
 
212Foxfire magazine volume 13, number 2, 1979
 
213Hands On journal, 1979
 
214Handwritten notes and script revisions, 1980
 
215Foxfire reader response, 1979-1981
 
216Stratford performance schedule, program, and audio schedule, 1980
 
217Script and appendix, 1981
 
218Script revisions, 1980-1981
 
219Correspondence and reviews, 1981-1989
 
220Script revisions, 1981
 
221Script, 1981
 
222Script revisions, 1981
 
223Guthrie Theatre performance notes, 1981
 
224Exhuma notes, 1982
 
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31Exhuma revisions, 1982
 
32Revisions post Exhuma, 1982
 
33Script with rehearsal notes
 
34Exhuma revisions, 1982
 
35Baltimore advertisements and reviews, 1982
 
36Baltimore revisions, 1982
 
37Baltimore script seven, 1983
 
38Business and correspondence, 1982-1989
 
39Quebec production press kit and French translation script, 1984
 
310Handwritten script revisions, 1984
 
311Script and production schedule, 1985
 
312Photograph at Ahmanson Theatre, 1985
 
313Denver theatre program, 1985
 
314Guthrie Theatre student educational materials, 1985
 
315Hallmark CBS Foxfire press kit, 1987