RepositoryUniversity Archives and Special Collections Centre
Reference NumberCE/2/9
TitleRhinoceros
DescriptionItems in this subseries relate to Exton's adaption of Eugene Ionesco's THE RHINOCEROS, including 2 bound first draft screenplays, two bound film treatments (one with annotations), an unbound screenplay, one bound screen play. Exton worked on this adaptation through 1964-1965. There was a later film made in 1974 starring Gene Wilder. The screenplay is credited as having been written by Ionesco and Julian Barry and rights are owned by 20th Century Fox.
Datec. 1964
CreatorClive Exton
Individual or organisational biographyFrom his earliest days working on ITV's Armchair Theatre productions to his dramatisations for popular, lavishly produced series such as Agatha Christie's Poirot and Jeeves & Wooster, Clive Exton was a screenwriter who brought intelligence and depth to television drama. (see Saturday, 18 August 2007 Independent Newspaper).
LevelSeries
Custodial HistoryThe papers have been in the possession of Mrs Mara Exton, since the death of her husband Clive Exton. The papers are donated to University of the Arts London in March 2010.
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