Browse Items (15 total)

Program for a dramatic reading of Voices From Sandover featuring James Merrill, Leah Doyle and Peter Hooten sponsored by The Library of Congress, April 9, 1993.

James Merrill letter to Peter Hooten written in Key West to be read when Hooten wakes up. Merrill is begging Hooten to "get a hold of [his] feelings" and states that "the only permitted feeling is loyal clear-eyed love." This is one of the first…

During the March 8, 1986 séance James Merrill gets relationship advice from Ephraim concerning Peter Hooten, with mention of the fight that led to Merrill pushing Hooten into the pool.

Fifteen pages (out of sixty total) ofa corrected typescript draft ofAn Evening at Sandover, Merrill's first stage adaptation of the Ouija board epic, performed as part of the revived Poets' Theatre at Hasty Pudding theater at Harvard. Peter Hooten…

Richard & Charlee Wilbur, Merrill's Key West neighbors. Richard Wilbur was a fellow Amherst grad and accomplished poet, as well as a longtime friend and supporter of Merrill's work. Charlee Wilbur played matchmaker with Merrill and Peter Hooten.…

Flyer advertisingThe Image Maker, a one-act verse play for two actors about Santeria, the syncretic art and religion of the Caribbean. The play featured Hooten, puppets, and a subtext about James Merrill's mother.

Flyer for a dramatic reading of Voices from Sandover at UCLA. This was a stage adaptation of Merrill's Ouija board epic, which Hooten and Merrill toured for one-night performances in New Jersey, Los Angeles and Detroit.

Cover page, title page and four sample pages from the limited edition chapbook of "Volcanic Holiday"--a "wary love poem" to Peter Hooten--with stanzas printed on separate sheets accompanied by etchings by Dorthea Tanning.

Cover and first 25 pages of theVoices from Sandovervideo script, final draft, with corrections. This was an expanded version of the dramatic reading/stage version. With Hooten's connections in the film industry, it was possible for "highly talented…

Excerpt from Voices from Sandover, a play by James Merrill based on Merrill and David Jackson's Ouija board seances. The performance was staged at the Agassiz Theatre at Radcliffee College, produced by Peter Hooten, and directed by Joan Darling. The…