Description
Description
This collection contains copies of Allen's articles, essays, and short stories which appeared in The New Yorker,
The New Republic, Kenyon Review, and Playboy, and
elsewhere. There are also mimeographed screenplays by Allen for Bananas, Everything You
Always Wanted to Know About Sex..., Don't Drink the Water, Play It Again,
Sam, Stardust Memories, and The Front by Walter Bernstein, as well as
the original drafts, revised with holograph corrections, for Take the Money and Run and Play It Again, Sam. In addition, there is printed material from newspapers and periodicals about Allen.
An addition to the papers includes original working drafts, typescripts with holograph corrections, rough drafts and notes for a number of
Allen's prose writings, as well as original scripts for many of his popular screenplays, including Annie Hall,
Hannah and her Sisters,
Manhattan,
The Purple Rose of Cairo,
Radio Days,
Sleeper, and Zelig. Also present is an original, unproduced script of "They
Laughed at Fulton," written in 1955 when Allen was twenty.
A further addition consists of various typescript revisions, some with autograph corrections, of scripts for two motion pictures, Deconstructing Harry(1997) and Celebrity (1998) and scripts for two versions of a
one-act play entitled "Central Park West" (1995). Also present is the original script (1998) for Sweet and Lowdown,
a film released in 1999.
An addition in 2007 consists of fourteen archival boxes containing several autograph or original typed manuscripts for screenplays, books,
and essays, including the movies Match Point (2005), Cassandra's Dream (2007), and
Midnight in Barcelona, retitled Vicky Cristina Barcelona when it was released
in 2008. Also included is one archival box of correspondence with publishers, copyright agreements and permissions for Allen's work,
off-prints, and one archival box of printed material.
A later addition in late 2007 / early 2008 includes eight archival boxes of film and theater scripts along with two archival boxes containing
an assortment of video cassette tapes and two long play vinyl records.
An addition to the papers in April 2008 consists of two archival boxes containing galley proofs of Allen's 2007 books, Mere Anarchy and The Insanity Defense, with a few autograph corrections by the author.
An addition to the papers in May 2012 consists of three archival boxes of drafts of screenplays for Midnight in
Paris (2011), You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010), Vicky Cristina
Barcelona (2008) and To Rome with Love (2012). Also includes articles and short stories which
appeared in The New Yorker and Zoetrope: All-Story from 2008-2012, and one stage
play entitled Honeymoon Motel.
Collection Creator
Biography
Woody Allen is an American comedian, director, actor, and writer for television, theater, and film, as well as an author of several books and a
musician. He was born Allen Stewart Konigsberg on December 1, 1935, in Brooklyn, New York. Early in his career, Allen was a stand-up comedian
and comedy writer for television. He is perhaps best known for writing, directing and acting in many of his own films, and has won three Academy
Awards: two in 1978 for Annie Hall for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay (co-written with Marshall
Brickman) and Best Original Screenplay in 1987 for Hannah and Her Sisters. In addition, Allen also has received
multiple awards and nominations for films such as Manhattan, The Purple Rose of Cairo,
Crimes and Misdemeanors, and Match Point. In addition, he has contributed stories
to magazines such as The New Yorker, written plays for Broadway including Don't Drink the
Water and Play It Again, Sam, and performed around the world as a jazz clarinetist.
Collection History
Acquisition
Gift of the author in 1980-2012 (TH1994-09, 1999-02, 2000-02, AM2007-112, 2008-49, 2008-98, 2012-93).
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Barbara Volz and Dina Britain, followed by Sylvia Yu in 2009 and Valerie Addonizio in 2012.
Collection inventory compiled by Barbara Volz in 1994. Finding aid written by Barbara Volz in 2000, with updates by Dina Britain, Sylvia Yu in February 2010, and Valerie Addonizio in May
2012.
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