Steven Keats scripts, 1973-1985

Collection context

Summary

Creators:
Keats, Steven
Abstract:
Steven Keats was actor for film, television, and theater. The collections comprises scripts related to Keats's career.
Extent:
3.0 linear ft. (7 boxes)
Language:
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Steven Keats scripts (Collection PASC 33). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of motion picture, television, and theatre scripts related to the career of actor Steven Keats. Boxes 1- 4 contain screenplays. Boxes 5-7 contain scripts for television productions and playscripts. Productions represented in the collection include Death Wish , Eddie And The Cruisers , Flashdance , and The Runner Stumbles , among others.

Biographical / historical:

Steven Keats was born in New York, 1945. He graduated from Manhattan's High School for the Performing Arts and then served in Viet Nam (1965-1966) before attending the Yale School of Drama and Montclair State College. Keats made his Broadway debut in the second cast of Oh! Calcutta (1970). His film roles include Hester Street, Death Wish, and Black Sunday. His television roles include The Awakening Land and The Executioner's Song. Keats died May 1994 of an apparent suicide.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Steven Keats, 1986.
Arrangement:

The script files are arranged alphabetically by project title.

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Steven Keats scripts (Collection PASC 33). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988