Original Grease transcipt! - - 4th draft

[dsaab]

Posted: 10/18/10 at 12:46am

Hey guys,

I'm kind of new to this, so bear with me!

About a year ago, I was an antique shop that I visit reasonably frequently - I noticed for sale and snapped up SO quickly, what appears to be the of the 4th draft manuscript for Grease!!

What I would like to know is, how do I know if it is the original?

Please reply if you can help.

I will try to post a photo of the cover if possible, if that will help.

[thetinymagic2]

Posted: 10/18/10 at 12:57am

Which GREASE is it? I still have the orig. playbill OF GREASE off Bway at the EDEN THEATER, I think pre 1972. Anyway, you probably got a real gem, because who would do a "fake" 4th draft? Interesting thread, because I live in the Theater District and have seen a few sidewalk booksellers selling (cheaply) original manuscripts of plays, movies, etc. I think there are a lot of writers around my bldg. that just want to get rid of "clutter"!

Good Luck, anyway, and enjoy!

[xxdrewboy85xx]

Posted: 10/18/10 at 1:27am

If it is the original grease then it is much edgier, takes place in Chicago, the song Summer Nights is not in the show- with "Foster Beach" in its place. The show was rated "R" and there was more Book and less music.
Updated On: 10/18/10 at 01:27 AM

[dramamama611]

Posted: 10/18/10 at 2:54am

Shows are not, and were not 'rated', so how could that be?

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 10/18/10 at 9:12am

I'd love to read this, no matter what version it is. Can you scan it, dahling?

[darquegk]

Posted: 10/18/10 at 9:58am

R-rated IS an idiom, you know, implying the presence of a large enough amount of "R-Rated content" that it would get that rating if ratings were given to it.

[wickedfan11]

Posted: 10/18/10 at 4:37pm

I'd love to read it, too!

[dsaab]

Posted: 10/18/10 at 6:41pm

Further updating,

I've had a quick look inside and the Summer Nights song is in the script - bear in mind though that this a 4th Draft which is dated June 9 1977.

It is also all totally "glamourless" in look and presentation - making me believe it is real - what I mean is it's all typed and presented as you yourself as a scriptwriter would present a Draft version for submission. Also notably some pages have revision marks and dates on them from early to later in June of 1977.

Anyway, it's a bulky script so I don't know if I can scan all of it, but I will see....

[tellybox]

Posted: 10/18/10 at 6:47pm

If it's dated June 1977, chances are that this is a movie script. The movie came out in 1978, if you were wondering.

This is very fascinating. I wonder if there are big changes in this script with the final shooting script.