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Theatre Guild. Correspondence with Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, 1938-1949.

Title: Correspondence with Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, 1938-1949.

A number of items concern the sale of the film rights to Werfel's play Juarez und Maximilian. Most of the items from Werfel concern the negotiations over the script for the Theatre Guild's Broadway production of his play Jacobowsky and the Colonel (adapted by S. N. Behrman and staged by Elia Kazan). 2 sheets of typed notes (apparently made by Langner) compare Werfel's and Behrman's versions of the play (photocopies). 1 item is a condolence telegram from Langner upon the death of Werfel. For additional correspondence concerning the Theatre Guild's production of Jacobowsky and the Colonel, see under: Helburn, Theresa, 1887-1959.

ArchivalResource: 18 items (31 leaves).

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Vincent J. Donehue papers, 1946-1965

Title: Vincent J. Donehue papers 1946-1965

Donehue was a director working primarily for the New York stage and television in the 1950s and 1960s. He also directed two films in Hollywood. The collection includes personal correspondence; production files containing notes, letters, partial scripts, cast lists, contracts and financial papers; complete scripts, many for television shows; clippings of reviews; and a few manuscripts and photographs.

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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.)

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Abel, Walter, 1898-1987. Walter C. Abel and family papers, 1887-1963.

Title: Walter C. Abel and family papers, 1887-1963.

Correspondence, clippings and other papers relating to the career of Abel, St. Paul-born actor; and a picture post card from Switzerland (1887). An address book [undated], expense book (1916), memorandum book (1919), and scrapbook (1915-1934, 1957) are from his early years in New York City as a student and actor. In an oral history interview (April 1959, 41 pages) Abel discusses his acting career, family background, and general topics in the performing arts. The interview is part of the Columbia University Oral History Project.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (32 items and 4 v.)

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G. B. SHAW PAPERS: SERIES I. Vol. XXXII (ff. 208). Correspondence with:1. ff. 1-27v. Frederick Jackson; 1910-1914. Partly copy.2. ff. 28-38. Augustus John; 1915-1944.3. ff. 39-102v. Gertrude Kingston; 1912-1916.4. ff. 103-146v. Correspondence be..., 1909-1949

Title: G. B. SHAW PAPERS: SERIES I. Vol. XXXII (ff. 208). Correspondence with:1.ff. 1-27v. Frederick Jackson; 1910-1914. Partly copy.2.ff. 28-38. Augustus John; 1915-1944.3.ff. 39-102v. Gertrude Kingston; 1912-1916.4.ff. 103-146v. Correspondence be... 1909-1949

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983. Tennessee Williams Collection, 1880-1993 (bulk 1930s-1970s).

Title: Tennessee Williams Collection, 1880-1993 (bulk 1930s-1970s).

Typescript, composite and holograph manuscripts, correspondence, bibliographies, clippings, scrapbooks, academic papers, business records, galley proofs, photographs, and artworks document Tennessee Williams' life, work, family, and friends from 1880-1993. While the dates of the collection span from 1880 to 1993, the bulk range from the mid 1930s to the mid 1970s. The earliest item is a letter to Williams' grandmother, Rosina Otte Dakin, and virtually all material dated prior to 1930 relates to Williams' family. Materials dated after Williams' death in 1983 are largely biographical or concern productions of his works. Correspondence includes both personal and business letters with a large portion consisting of carbon copies of letters from Williams' agent, Audrey Wood. Other correspondents include Brooks Atkinson, Cheryl Crawford, Elia and Molly Thatcher Kazan, James Laughlin, and Pancho Rodriguez Y Gonzalez. The Works by Others series includes notes and drafts of an extensive Williams bibliography created by Andreas Brown.

ArchivalResource: 76 boxes (31.5 linear feet), 4 galley folders, 2 oversize boxes, 3 card files.

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Carlo, Monte, 1883-. Tangerine [collection : book by Philip Bartholomae and Lawrence Langner ; lyrics by Howard Johnson ; music by Carlo and Sanders in collaboration with Carle Carlton].

Title: Tangerine [collection : book by Philip Bartholomae and Lawrence Langner ; lyrics by Howard Johnson ; music by Carlo and Sanders in collaboration with Carle Carlton]. 1921.

Arranged in three groups: I. Vocal scores (2). II. Vocal scores--Selections (1). III. Promptbooks (3). The vocal scores include two scores labelled "director's score" consisting of individual published numbers (Leo. Feist, New York, c1921, pl. nos. 4744-3, 4748-3, 4751-3, 4752-3, 4763-3, 4845-3, 4846-3, 4849-3 and 5010-3) and manuscript numbers bound together, and one copy of the selection from the work titled "Dance tangerine," published by Leo. Feist, New York (c1921, pl. no. 4750-3). The promptbooks are typescript, in English, in an adaptation by Guy Bolton.

ArchivalResource: 6 items.

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Friedman, Philip Allan. Correspondence to Philip Allan Friedman, 1952-1953.

Title: Correspondence to Philip Allan Friedman, 1952-1953.

Collection of letters to Philip Allan Friedman concerning a proposed biography of Sinclair Lewis. The letters to Freidman, chiefly from American and English literary figures, tend to be brief, with correspondents recommending other contacts, declining comment on the basis that they did not know Lewis or did not know him well, or extending invitations. Correspondents include: Charles Angoff, Laura Benét, Louise Bogan, Henry S. Canby, Ilka Chase, Rachel Crothers, Homer Croy, Paul de Kruif, Adolf Dehn, Clifton Fadiman, Morris Fishbein, Grace Flandrau, Arthur Garfield Hays, Granville Hicks, John Haynes Holmes, Fannie Hurst, Aldous Huxley, Wallace Irwin, Joseph Henry Jackson, Lawrence Langner, Josephine Lawrence, William C. Lengel, Walter Lippmann, Kenneth Macgowan, William McFee, R. H. Mottram, Edgar Ansel Mowrer, Robert Nathan, Eden Phillpotts, Vincent Sheean, George Henry Soule, Jean Starr Untermeyer, Louis Untermeyer, Mark Van Doren, Carl Van Vechten, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Thyra Samter Winslow, and others.

ArchivalResource: 0.21 linear feet (1 box)

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Langner, Lawrence, 1890-1962. On to fortune! A satiric farce comedy, by Lawrence Langner and Armina Marshall.

Title: On to fortune! A satiric farce comedy, by Lawrence Langner and Armina Marshall. 1934.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. 29 cm.

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Hepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003. Katharine Hepburn papers, 1854-1997 (bulk 1928-1994).

Title: Katharine Hepburn papers, 1854-1997 (bulk 1928-1994).

The Katharine Hepburn papers consist of clippings, contracts, correspondence, financial papers, notebooks, photographs, production materials, programs, scrapbooks, and scripts documenting the theatrical career of the legendary actress from the late 1920s through the mid-1990s.

ArchivalResource: 30 linear feet (65 boxes)

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Eugene O'Neill papers, 1872-1970, 1930-1959

Title: Eugene O'Neill papers 1872-1970 1930-1959

The Eugene O'Neill Papers document the life ofdramatist Eugene O'Neill, especially his life with Carlotta Monterey O'Neillafter 1928. Correspondents include O'Neill's lawyers, Harry Weinberger andWinfield E. Aronberg; his agent, the Richard J. Madden Play Company, Inc.;friends and colleagues; and family members, including his daughter, Oona, hissons, Shane and Eugene, Jr., his third wife, Carlotta, and her daughter,Cynthia Chapman Stram. The collection also contains Carlotta'scorrespondence after O'Neill's death. There is correspondence with her lawyersat Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft and at Nutter, McClennen & Fish; theYale Library system regarding her gift of O'Neill's papers; biographers ofO'Neill; others concerning her work on the production and publication ofO'Neill's plays; and friends and family members. There are also letters fromformer husband Ralph Barton before she married O'Neill. Writings includenotes, outlines and plot summaries, drafts (typescript and holograph), proofs,contracts, programs, and clippings for many of O'Neill's plays. There are somepoems and other writings, as well as his work diaries, in which he documentedhis writing schedule from 1924 to 1943. There are also some works by othersabout O'Neill's life and writing. The personal papers include addressbooks, membership certificates, awards for O'Neill's writing, Carlotta'sdiaries from 1928 to 1964, clippings and ephemera about friends and relatives,and financial material, including cancelled checks and checkbooks. Thephotographs document O'Neill, his family members, friends, colleagues, pets,and places where he lived and visited. Some of the photographs are in albums.There are also photographs of productions of his plays, from 1916 to 1966. Thememorabilia includes office materials, writing tools, jewelry, and locks ofhair, among other items. Artists represented in the collection include CyrusLeroy Baldridge, Miguel Covarrubias, Alfred Joseph Frueh, and Robert EdmondJones. Some of the artworks are portraits of O'Neill; others pertain to hisplays; others were given to, or collected by, the O'Neills. The recordings (allafter O'Neill's death) include three recordings of O'Neill plays and onetribute to O'Neill.

ArchivalResource: Total Boxes: 185 (incl. 25 oversize boxes); Other Storage Formats: 7 broadsides, 4 art storage items, cold storage; Linear Feet: 92.60

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Gruenberg, Louis, 1884-1964. Matinata : a one act playlet with music / [play by] Lawrence Langner ; [music by Louis Gruenberg].

Title: Matinata : a one act playlet with music / [play by] Lawrence Langner ; [music by Louis Gruenberg]. [19--]

ArchivalResource: [11] p. of ms. music ; 32 cm.

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Tennessee Williams Collection TXRC99-A14., 1880-1993, (bulk 1930s-1970s)

Title: Tennessee Williams Collection 1880-1993 (bulk 1930s-1970s)

These materials document the family, life, and work of the American playwright, born Thomas Lanier Williams. The collection contains numerous manuscript drafts, including those for his best known plays (1944) and (1947). Also included are large amounts of newspaper clippings, correspondence, and photographs. The Glass Menagerie A Streetcar Named Desire

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Lawrence Langner papers, 1915-1962

Title: Lawrence Langner papers 1915-1962

The Lawrence Langner Papers include scripts by Langner and others, and speeches, articles and miscellaneous writings by Langner. The collection contains over 30 scripts by Langner, and several adaptations by him. Many of the scripts are annotated, and a few include related material including programs, light plots, and prompt books. Langner's writings and speeches include memorial addresses for Ferenc Molnar and Joan McCracken, seminars on playwriting, and works on the future of the theater, morals in mass media, and some material relating to his interest in inventions and patent law.

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Elisabeth Fraser papers, 1920-1999

Title: Elisabeth Fraser papers 1920-1999

Elisabeth Fraser was a stage, screen and television actress. Her papers consist of correspondence, diaries and journals, scripts and ephemera documenting her career.

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Langner, Lawrence, 1890-1962. Letter to Walter Pritchard Eaton : New York : TLS, 1922 Dec. 16.

Title: Letter to Walter Pritchard Eaton : New York : TLS, 1922 Dec. 16.

Re: Asking if Equity Players are interested in doing his play "The Golden Calf."

ArchivalResource: 1 p. ; 28 cm.

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Letters to F E Loewenstein, other than those relating to the family of George Bernard Shaw, and the drafts of two articles by him. Correspondents include Martha Beatrice Webb, wife of Sidney Webb, Baron Passfield, Edward R Pease, John Parker, MP, Gen...

Title: Letters to F E Loewenstein, other than those relating to the family of George Bernard Shaw, and the drafts of two articles by him. Correspondents include Martha Beatrice Webb, wife of Sidney Webb, Baron Passfield, Edward R Pease, John Parker, MP, Gen... 1939-1951, n.d.

ArchivalResource: 25 letters and 4 other pieces

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Langner, Lawrence, 1890-1962. Letters to Doris Humphrey, 1944 and 1947. (5 items).

Title: Letters to Doris Humphrey, 1944 and 1947. (5 items).

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Tennessee Williams Art Collection TXRC99-A14., ca. 1928-1980, bulk 1930s-1970s

Title: Tennessee Williams Art Collection ca. 1928-1980 bulk 1930s-1970s

The art collection consists of paintings, drawings, and prints by and related to Tennessee Williams. The collection is divided into the following series: I., Works by Tennessee Williams; II., Portraits of Tennessee Williams by Other Artists; and III., Works Related to Tennessee Williams.

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American Shakespeare Theatre (Stratford, Conn.). Plays and prompt books, 1956-1982.

Title: Plays and prompt books, 1956-1982.

Prompt and production scripts from American Shakespeare Theatre productions of William Shakespeare, but also including non-Shakespearean plays by T.S. Eliot, Bernard Shaw, Sophocles, Giuseppe Verdi, Thornton Wilder and William Wycherley.

ArchivalResource: 9 boxes (4.5 linear ft.)

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Katharine Hepburn papers, 1854-1997, 1928-1994

Title: Katharine Hepburn papers 1854-1997 1928-1994

The Katharine Hepburn papers consist of correspondence, scripts, photographs, scrapbooks, programs, contracts, financial papers, production materials, notebooks, and clippings documenting the theatrical career of the legendary actress. A few items from radio, television, and motion picture performances are also included. There are also a number of materials from her files relating to the theater, such as books, programs for performing arts events she attended, and memorabilia relating to 19th and early 20th century actors.

ArchivalResource: 30 linear feet; 65 boxes

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Langner, Lawrence, 1890-1962. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1915-1938.

Title: Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1915-1938.

A portion of this correspondence is on the letterhead of and concerns the Theatre Guild. Lawrence Langner was a director.

ArchivalResource: 17 items (17 leaves).

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O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953. Papers of Eugene O'Neill [manuscript], 1918-1947.

Title: Papers of Eugene O'Neill [manuscript], 1918-1947.

Collection includes typescripts of "Beyond the horizon" and "Screenews of war" and an uncorrected proof of "A moon for the misbegotten." In a series of letters, 1922-1929, O'Neill writes to Harold de Polo concerning family matters, the Provincetown Players, his illnesses, his travels in the Far East, the breakup of his second marriage to Agnes Boulton O'Neill and his plans to marry Carlotta Monterey. O'Neill also discusses his plays, "The Emperor Jones," The straw," "The hairy ape," "Strange interlude," "Lazarus laughed," and "Dynamo." In a letter, ca. 1927, O'Neill writes to Agnes Boulton O'Neill re finances, purchase of a house, Arthur Hopkin's production of "Burlesque," the New York theatre and his hopes that "Strange interlude" will be chosen for Book of the Month.

ArchivalResource: 16 items.

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Nichols, Dudley, 1895-1960. Collection relating to Eugene O'Neill (1946-1956), and his play "Mourning Becomes Electra."

Title: Collection relating to Eugene O'Neill (1946-1956), and his play "Mourning Becomes Electra."

Correspondence is primarily to Dudley Nichols. Written by various people involved with the production of "Mourning Becomes Electra" into a film. One letter is written by O'Neill's widow, Carlotta, after his death. See tracings for contributors to this collection.

ArchivalResource: 25 letters (some carbons), script and production notes, censorship reports, inscription notes by O'Neill to Carlotta (typed) and one newspaper column by drama critic Virginia Wright.

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Lucille Lortel papers

Title: Lucille Lortel papers

The papers of Lucille Lortel relate the details of her life and career from teen years to her death in 1999, and include correspondence, production files, scripts, programs, production photographs, personal and family photographs, organization files, clippings, memorabilia, and scrapbooks. Lucille Lortel's life spanned the twentieth century, so in addition to providing details of her family and personal life her papers encompass many aspects of the theatrical history of her era. Lortel is credited with fostering the Off-Broadway movement and providing a forum for avant-garde and experimental work at her Theatre de Lys. Lortel's productions at the White Barn and the ANTA Matinee Series at the Theatre de Lys brought works by Jean Genet, Sean O'Casey, Athol Fugard, and others to a wider audience. Many of these productions are represented in the collection by correspondence, programs, photographs and clippings. Over the years Lortel also worked closely with several non-profit theaters as a donor and mentor. Her affiliations with Circle in the Square, Circle Repertory Company, Goodspeed Opera House, Yale Repertory Theatre, and other companies are documented in the organization files.

ArchivalResource: 49.61 linear feet; 37 vols. (150 boxes)

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G. B. SHAW PAPERS: SERIES I. Vol. LXX (ff. 16). Lawrence Langner, 'St. Bernard and St. Joan’; 1924. Unpublished play. Typewritten.Lawrence Langner, of the Theatre Guild of New York: Play, 'St. Bernard and St. Joan' by Lawrence Langner: 1924: Typew..., 1924

Title: G. B. SHAW PAPERS: SERIES I. Vol. LXX (ff. 16). Lawrence Langner, 'St. Bernard and St. Joan’; 1924. Unpublished play. Typewritten.Lawrence Langner, of the Theatre Guild of New York: Play, 'St. Bernard and St. Joan' by Lawrence Langner: 1924: Typew... 1924

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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Robert E. Sherwood papers, 1917-1968 (inclusive), 1934-1955 (bulk).

Title: Robert E. Sherwood papers, 1917-1968 (inclusive), 1934-1955 (bulk).

Letters, compositions, and other papers of the American writer Robert E. Sherwood.

ArchivalResource: 78 boxes and 1 oversize vololume (27 linear ft.).

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Rattigan Papers. Vol. xxii (ff. 99). Correspondence relating to 'Love in idleness' and subsequent proposals for filming it as 'O mistress mine', 1948-1966. Telegrams and typewritten.includes:f. 2 William Frank Arthur Rattigan, CMG: Mary Herring, se..., 1948-1966

Title: Rattigan Papers. Vol. xxii (ff. 99). Correspondence relating to 'Love in idleness' and subsequent proposals for filming it as 'O mistress mine', 1948-1966. Telegrams and typewritten.includes:f. 2 William Frank Arthur Rattigan, CMG: Mary Herring, se... 1948-1966

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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Lillian Gish papers, 1909-1992

Title: Lillian Gish papers 1909-1992

The Lillian Gish papers (75 lf.) span the years 1909-1992 and consist of correspondence including letters from friends, family, fans and business associates, personal papers, business, legal and financial documents, scripts, writings, photographs including early D.W. Griffith silent film photographs both candid shots taken during shooting and film stills, portraits by famous photographers, personal and family photographs, publicity and production photographs and snapshots, scrapbooks on the careers of both Dorothy and Lillian Gish, programs for early silent films and theatrical productions, clippings and ephemera that document the life and career of Lillian and Dorothy Gish from the early 1900's until Lillian's death in 1993.

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Lawrence Langner papers, ca. 1915-1950

Title: Lawrence Langner papers ca. 1915-1950

Correspondence, writings, writings of others, financial records, office files, and clippings.

ArchivalResource: 49 linear ft.

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Miscellaneous theatrical papers

Title: Miscellaneous theatrical papers

Letters, photographs, and other documents by individuals associated with the theater.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 linear feet (5 boxes)

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Langner, Lawrence, 1890-1962. Once married, twice shy; a comedy in three acts.

Title: Once married, twice shy; a comedy in three acts. [1953?]

ArchivalResource: 32, 21, 27 l. 30 cm.

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Langner, Lawrence, 1890-1962. Lawrence Langner papers, 1915-1962.

Title: Lawrence Langner papers, 1915-1962.

The Lawrence Langner Papers include scripts by Langner and others, and speeches, articles and miscellaneous writings by Langner. The collection contains over 30 scripts by Langner, and several adaptations by him. Many of the scripts are annotated, and a few include related material including programs, light plots, and prompt books. Langner's writings and speeches include memorial addresses for Ferenc Molnar and Joan McCracken, seminars on playwriting, and works on the future of the theater, morals in mass media, and some material relating to his interest in inventions and patent law.

ArchivalResource: 2.75 linear feet (7 boxes)

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