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Orson Welles/Othello, 1952 A quantity of autograph and original material associated with Welles' 1952 production of Othello including: a pen and ink self-portrait caricature of Welles in the leading role, inscribed in his hand ...Set Me Down As One Who Loved, Not Wisely - But Too Well..." -- 11¾x9in. (29.8x22.8cm.) , the sketch illustrated on a fragment of paper torn from a café table cloth, additionally annotated by Welles on the reverse with doodles and portrait sketches, the obverse inscribed in pencil in Maurice Bessy's hand dessin d'Orson Welles , overall measurements -- 15¼x16in. (38.7x40.7cm.) ; eight costume designs for male characters in period/Tudor costume, majority watercolour and graphite on paper, one initialled in pencil OW , largest -- 18x15in. (45.7x38.2cm.) ; a black and white portrait photograph of Welles in the role of Othello [n.d. but circa 1952] standing before a corresponding scenery design, signed and inscribed by subject in white ink Dearest Maurice: I know you hate Christmas but [Buon Natale] anyway - and all my love always and always Orson -- 11¼x9 3/8in. (28.6x23.8cm.) the reverse ink stamped Archive Maurice Bessy ; and two shooting scripts, Othello Part I and Othello Part II , both mimeographed typescript, the former 53pp. labelled on title page ...Prologue -Cyprus- (Second Draft Shooting Script) and Part One -Venice- (Fourth Draft Shooting Script), the latter 128pp. labelled on titled page ...Part Two -Cyprus- (Second Draft Shooting Script) THE FIRST NIGHT DAY THE SECOND NIGHT ; an autograph note, possibly a rough draft for a title layout for Othello ; and a carbon copy of a typescript memorandum, composed by Welles in April 1952, registering his disaproval of the proposed layout for the poster for Othello 1p.; and related material (a lot)