General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderHawkins, Erick
Sender (corporation)
Sender‘s locationGarden City, NY
Send date13.07.1947
RecipientFitzgerald, Robert
Recipient (corporation)
LanguageEnglish
AcquiredCopy from Robert Fitzgerald Papers. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library; copy of the carbon copy from Hawkins Papers at Library of Congress, Box 30, Folder 33; 08/2024
Owner of the sourceYale University
Owner‘s call numberYCAL MSS 222, Box 19, folder 668
Call number at IBMHawE 1947-07-13
Content and physical description
ContentErick Hawkins had studied Robert Fitzgerald's text [for THE STRANGER ballet] several times and wanted to reread it with fresh eyes. EH enjoyed RF's writing very much. In the last few days EH has had to rework a year old performance because he hasn't yet found a solution to balance the experiment with trying to convey the meaning of the piece to the audience. He is also addressing this for the financial sustainability of his work. That's why he wants the RF text to be in line with Hawkins' idea from the beginning. EH describes how the RF text is unusable for stage use, is too poetic, unintelligible on one listen and detracts from the action on stage. EH asks that RF rework the text. They can discuss everything at the meeting the following week, or EH can send the new text before the meeting.
Total number of leaves5
Number of pages bearing text5
NoteAt Martinu Institute also carbon copy of the letter from Hawkins Papers from Library of Congress
FixationTypescript and handwritten signature
Digitisation
Quality of digitisationProfessional
Digitized atBeinecke Library
Date of digitisation2023

Preview only available at the Institute.

Person as subject
Graham, Martha
Composition as subject
The Strangler [auth.], H 317
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