American Literary Studies
Noel Behn Papers
The Collection
Location: Department of Special Collections, Green Library
Call Number: M1084
Size: 93 linear feet
Finding Guide: A printed version is available in the reading room of the Department of Special Collections. An electronic version of the finding guide is available here.
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Career of Noel Behn, 1928 - 1998:
Noel Behn was a novelist, screenwriter,
theatrical producer, and actor who spent his whole creative life in Manhattan.
A graduate of Stanford University,
class of 1950, Behn was active in the New York Theater Community for more
than 50 years as the producing director of the Cherry Lane Theater, a pioneer
of the off Broadway theater movement. Among the influential works premiered
there under his direction were Sean O’Casey’s "Purple Dust"
and Samuel Beckett’s "Endgame". His first novel, The Kremlin
Letter (1966), based on his experiences in the United States Counterintelligence
Corps, was made into a popular film by John Huston in 1970 which starred
Orson Welles. He later wrote The Big Stick-up at Brink’s (1977),
a nonfiction account of the 1950 Brink’s Robbery in Boston, subsequently
made into the film The Brink’s Job. In 1991 Noel Behn was hired
as a consultant for the popular TV series, Homocide: Life on the Street,
for which he periodically wrote scripts. His latest book, Lindbergh:
The Crime (1994) is currently being developed as a feature film.
Content of the Noel Behn Papers:
The Noel Behn Papers feature the materials of literary production of
his career as an author and as a producer including manuscripts, personal
notebooks, annotated texts, and correspondence. Also present is a comprehensive
collection of Noel Behn's published works in various editions and translations.
Last modified:
June 25, 2009
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