New York Shakespeare Festival Productions

The Administrative Office files document the earliest activities of Joseph Papp, including the formation of the New York Shakespeare Festival. The records also document Papp's fight with Robert Moses over free Shakespeare in the Park, the acquisition and restoration of the Astor Library to become the Public Theater, the fiscal crisis of the 1970's and the NYSF at Lincoln Center. The records also reveal Papp's ideas for productions and seasonal planning, special programs such as the Mobile Theater and the School Tour, his plans for the future of the Festival, as well as his reactions to various causes affecting the theater and social causes in general, such as the NEA controversy.

From the description of Administrative office files. 1954-1993. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122598342

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