Spare the Rod (Original screenplay for the 1961 British film) Leslie Norman (director); Michael Croft (novel); John Cresswell (screenwriter); Max Bygraves, Geoffrey Keen, Donald Pleasence, Richard O'Sullivan (starring) 1960s Cinema,British Cinema,Film Scripts,Films with Literary Sources,Juvenile Culture

Draft script for the 1961 British film, copy belonging to Art Director George Provis, with manuscript pencil annotations throughout and rough pencil sketches on the versos of four pages. Seven pages with paste-ups of goldenrod revision pages, with many pages cut horizontally separating scenes, and many pages creased vertically, as is common with working scripts. Provenance available upon request. Laid in are 43 carbon typescript leaves detailing construction costs, dating from August 1960 through January 1961, a carbon typescript copy set list, a carbon typescript copy construction staff requirements page, a penciled layout of an October 31 to December 2 Shop Building and Shooting Stage schedule and staff requirements, and a pencil layout of an Art Department construction form. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies (low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927) in the 1930s. After the Second World War, Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures, and is credited on over 120 films. Based on the 1954 novel by Michael Croft. Max Bygraves stars as an idealistic teacher, fresh from training college, who begins work at a tough East London secondary school of badly-behaved impoverished students, and fellow teachers who believe corporal punishment is the most effective way of controlling the students. Shot on location in Clarendon Crescent and Ravenscourt Park Preparatory School in London, England. Blue untitled wrappers with a die-cut window in the British fasion. Title page present, dated 24th October, 1960, with credits for screenwriter John Cresswell and author Michael Croft. 162 leaves, with last page of text numbered 153. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with pink revision pages throughout, dated 3.11.60 and undated, and undated goldenrod revision paste-ups on seven pages. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with three flat metal brads.