The Bradbury Chronicles: Four Television Dramas

Ray Bradbury (short stories, screenwriter)

Los Angeles: Ray Bradbury Enterprises, 1983. Draft script for four television films, one unproduced, INSCRIBED by the author on the title page (on Ray Bradbury's letterhead), "Herb / Love / Ray Bradbury." The script includes four screenplays based on Bradbury's short stories, one unproduced, and three which aired on the HBO television series "The Ray Bradbury Theater," 1985-1992.

The first, "A Medicine for Melancholy," is a Draft script, circa 1983, based on the 1959 short story, and is unproduced.

The second, "Marionettes, Inc.," is a Draft script, dated July 21, 1983, based on the 1949 short story, and was aired as episode one, season one of "The Ray Bradbury Theater," on May 21, 1985.

The third, "The Playground," is a Revised Version Draft script, dated September 28, 1983, based on the short story first published as part of Bradbury's 1953 novel "Fahrenheit 451," and was aired as episode two, season one of "The Ray Bradbury Theater," on June 4, 1985.

The fourth, "The Crowd," is a Draft script, circa 1983, based on the 1943 short story, and was aired as episode three, season one of "The Ray Bradbury Theater," on July 2, 1985.

Yellow illustrated titled wrappers, with credits for screenwriter and author Ray Bradbury. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter and author Ray Bradbury. 134 leaves, with last page of text numbered 32. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with three gold brads.


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