Oswego [Haven]

N.p. N.p., 1993. Revised Draft script for the 1993 musical. Copy belonging to writer Jerome Coopersmith, with his annotations in manuscript pencil to the interior of the manila folder.

Based on the 1992 book written by Ruth Gruber, recounting her real-life experience rescuing 1000 Holocaust refugees who were held at Fort Oswego, New York, after arriving in America. The play was first staged in 1993 at the California Institute of the Arts under the title "Oswego," but was later staged under the alternate title "Haven," at the Gindi Theatre in Los Angeles in 2001.

Jerome Coopersmith wrote prolifically for television and the stage throughout the mid- to late-twentieth century. He is best remembered today for his writing for "Hawaii Five-O" (1968-1980), and the 1974 Christmas television special "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," but also contributed episodes for “Armstrong Circle Theater,” “The Streets of San Francisco,” “Combat!,” “Spenser for Hire," and others. In 1965, he received a Tony nomination for the Sherlock Holmes Broadway musical "Baker Street," and wrote and co-wrote a number of off-Broadway plays.

Self wrappers. Title page present, noted as Revised and dated November 1993, with credits for Gruber, Coopersmith, composer William Goldstein, and lyricist Joe Darion. 113 leaves, with last page of text numbered II-42. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, unbound, housed in a manila folder.

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