[Screenplays]: A Man Called Hawk: "White Poison" / "Poison

Burbank, California: Warner Brothers Television, 1989. Softcover. Five screenplays. Quartos. 58pp, 59pp., 60pp., 55pp., and 55pp., with two groups of additional revisions laid in of 15pp., and 4pp., respectively. Bradbound in red studio wrappers, each with various color sheets: white, blue, red, yellow, green, and "buff." Near fine with some light wear at the edges. A collections of five versions of the screenplay for the *Spenser: For Hire* spin-off television series, *A Man Called Hawk*, based on the Robert B. Parker character played by Avery Brooks. The scripts include: "First Draft" (1/27/89), "Final Draft" (2/9/89), "Revised Final Draft" (2/10/89), "2nd Revised Final Draft" (2/14/89), and another "2nd Revised Final Draft" with two separate groups of loose sheets laid in, each with additional changes (2/21/89 and 2/22/89). Together the scripts show the difficult development process that television scripts undergo and are particularly interesting in revealing Parker's involvement with this story penned along with his wife Joan. The episode, first titled "White Poison," was originally broadcast on March 25, 1989 as "Poison." Screenplays for *Spenser: For Hire* are available on the market, with copies written by Parker notably scarcer. We have seen no other screenplays of *A Man Called Hawk*, let alone several versions of the sole episode written by Parker.