TOOTSIE, the screenplay

Tootsie, by Larry Gelbart
1982, screenplay

• An underemployed actor gets a major role on a major soap opera——by pretending to be a woman!——but is soon torn between work and love when he falls for the show's leading lady.

Didn't have the final draft of the script, but no matter; I've seen this flawless film many times. It's smart, funny, emotionally and socially charged, and the craftsmanship (theme, tone, character, relationships, dialogue, structure) is inspirational.