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New York: Daniel Wilson Productions, 1989. Softcover. Near Fine. Screenplay. "Draft 1/17/89, Revised by V. S." Bradbound in stiff white printed wrappers with white, pink, and blue sheets, totaling 102 pages. Mixed collations with some non-consecutive page numbering and inserted or replacement pages suffixed with “A” or “B.” The white pages are not dated but the pink pages are noted “Rev. 1/17/89” and blue noting “Rev . 1/24/89.” Near fine with light wear to the wraps but with the internal pages fine and unmarked. The adaptation of Atwood’s novel proved exhausting for Pinter who started work on it in 1986. He completed three drafts of the script, all while struggling with how best to tell the visual story of a book told entirely from the interior thoughts of the main character. After the original director had been replaced in 1988 by Volker Schlöndorff, who would ultimately complete the film, Pinter was essentially done with the project, suggesting Atwood step…

The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, first published in 1985. It is set in a near-future New England, in a totalitarian state resembling a theonomy that has overthrown the United States government. The novel focuses on the journey of the handmaid Offred, her life in this regime, and her role in society to produce children against her will.