The Immortal Husband

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Merrill, James. 1954. “The Immortal Husband”. Series_IV_Manuscripts, James Merrill: Life and Archive, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/james-merrill-life-and-archive/item/38531

Title: The Immortal Husband
Description: A script for James Merrill's play, "The Immortal Husband," an update of the classical myth of Aurora and Tithonus. Included here are twenty of a total sixty-five manuscript pages.
Subject: Merrill, James, 1926-1995
Creator: Merrill, James
Source: James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Box 146, Folder 3845
Date: Circa 1954
Relation: Series_IV_Manuscripts; Exhibit Cases 3-4: Water Street; James Merrill: Life and Art, pp. 176-90; See also The Immortal Husband mailer and telegram from Charles Merrill to his son on opening night
Format: 20 leaves. Recto.; 21 jpegs. 600 ppi.
Language: English
Type: Manuscript
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Rights Holder: Washington University in St. Louis
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Item sets: Merrill; Merrill Life Archive

Site pages: Water Street - Manuscripts

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