TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, May 11, 1961. Letter to A. C. Spectorsky, the associate publisher of Playboy, in full: “Your letter, while not in a conspicuous place, was rapidly brought to mind by yours of the May 8th. It just so happens (why the hell does this preface every writer’s promise) that I do have a story idea with a fantasy base and a rather different approach. I am still wracked up doing my series and winding up a screenplay for Columbia Pictures on REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT. But come June I take my brood to upstate New York to a very rustic and quiet setting where I dabble in the kind of writing that I like to do but am never forced to—namely fiction. Sometime very early in July I’ll send you the short story to do with as you see fit. This is a most absolute promise. Thanks again for your continued interest and don’t lose the faith!” In fine condition. Serling wrote the teleplay Requiem for a Heavyweight for the live television show Playhouse 90, which originally aired on October 11, 1956. Six years later, it was adapted as a 1962 feature film starring Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, and Julie Harris. The teleplay won a Peabody Award, the first given to an individual script in television, and helped establish Serling's reputation. The broadcast was directed by Ralph Nelson and is generally considered one of the finest examples of live television drama in the United States, as well as being Serling's personal favorite of his own work. Both Nelson and Serling won Emmy Awards for their work.
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