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Ryerson, Florence. Years of the locust; a play in three acts, by Florence Ryerson and Colin Clements.

Title: Years of the locust; a play in three acts, by Florence Ryerson and Colin Clements. c1941.

ArchivalResource: 46, 44, 33 f. 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44517729 View

Florence Ryerson papers, 1924-1948.

Title: Florence Ryerson papers, 1924-1948.

Collection consists of Ryerson's diaries, correspondence, notes, and memoranda.

ArchivalResource: .9 linear foot (2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122615889 View

Herbert M. Prentice papers, 1925-1960

Title: Herbert M. Prentice papers 1925-1960

The collection is almost entirely bound promptbooks, annotated with notes and cues by Prentice, for the plays he produced. The extensive handwritten staging directions as well as many loose lighting and property plots, cast lists and set design diagrams provide substantial documentation of these productions of the regional British theater in this period (1920s-1950s). There are also some autobiographical writings, notes and drafts for speeches he gave, a small amount of correspondence, mostly with playwrights, photographs from unidentified productions and some photographs of Prentice with colleagues.

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http://archives.nypl.org/the/21400 View

Federal Theatre Project scripts, 1935-1939

Title: Federal Theatre Project scripts 1935-1939

This collection contains scripts for plays performed by the Federal Theatre Project, which was operated between 1935 and 1939 as a part of the Work Progress Administration. The Los Angeles branch of the project produced over 195 plays.

ArchivalResource: 21.25 Linear feet; 17 boxes

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt767nf3q8 View

Mansfield, Richard, 1857-1907. Richard Mansfield family papers, 1856-1940, bulk (1905-1940).

Title: Richard Mansfield family papers, 1856-1940, bulk (1905-1940).

Collection consists of correspondence, writings, legal documents, drawings, photographs, printed matter, and other Mansfield family papers.

ArchivalResource: 8.75 linear feet (21 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122346255 View

Florence Ryerson papers, 1924-1948

Title: Florence Ryerson papers 1924-1948

Florence Ryerson (1892-1965) was an American playwright and screenwriter. Collection consists of Ryerson's diaries, correspondence, notes, and memoranda. Work diaries kept by Ryerson, chiefly at her homes in Beverly Hills and Canoga Park, California, describe her life and work; the writing of her plays with the aid of her husband, Colin Clements, including "Harriet," based upon the life of Harriet Beecher Stowe, "June Mad," "Strange Bedfellows," and "Welcome Home"; her work as a screenwriter for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; and her personal life. Also, correspondence with literary agents and producers, and production notes and memoranda relating to the staging of "Harriet" in New York City in collaboration with Charles MacArthur and Helen Hayes. Includes references to stage and screen personalities and Ryerson's reaction to international events in the World War II period.

ArchivalResource: .9 linear foot (2 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/2657 View

Richard Mansfield family papers, 1856-1940, 1905-1940

Title: Richard Mansfield family papers 1856-1940 1905-1940

Collection consists of correspondence, writings, legal documents, drawings, photographs, printed matter, and other Mansfield family papers. Papers are largely personal in nature with the bulk being Beatrice Cameron's papers. Other members of the family represented in the collection are Hermine Rudersdorff, Richard Mansfield's mother, and George Gibbs Mansfield, the Mansfields' son. Writings are plays and poems; family papers include diaries, daybooks, address books, photographs, drawings, blueprints, and newspaper clippings

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http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1863 View

John Mason Brown papers, 1922-1967.

Title: John Mason Brown papers

Papers of American author and drama critic John Mason Brown.

ArchivalResource: 144 boxes (36 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00655/catalog View

Ryerson, Florence. Strange bedfellows; a comedy in three acts, by Florence Ryerson and Colin Clements.

Title: Strange bedfellows; a comedy in three acts, by Florence Ryerson and Colin Clements. [1947?]

ArchivalResource: 44, 44, 30 l. 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44517728 View

Federal Theatre Project (U.S.). Federal Theatre Project scripts, 1935-1939.

Title: Federal Theatre Project scripts, 1935-1939.

This collection contains scripts for plays performed by various branches of the Federal Theatre Project. Some of the scripts are annotated with production notes and revisions, but many are not annotated. Most of the scripts appear to be from the Los Angeles branch of the FTP, but other cities also appear to be represented. Authors represented include William Shakespeare, George Bernard Shaw, Eugene O'Neill, Sinclair Lewis, and Elmer Rice. Many of the scripts are shortened adaptations of original works; some were also adapted for marionette theaters.

ArchivalResource: 21.25 linear ft. (17 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/681978912 View