Dorothy Coit King-Coit School and Children's Theatre collection

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Dorothy Coit King-Coit School and Children's Theatre collection

1922-1979

http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.Hough:hou02929

Includes photographs and designs of the King-Coit School and Children’s Theatre productions of: “Aucassin and Nicolete,” from the medieval French verse-fable translated by Andrew Lang, which had scenery and costumes based on medieval manuscripts; “A Garden Wall,” a revue based on English ballads; “Iphigenia in Tauris,” with costumes inspired by Greek vases; “The Golden Cage,” based on the work by William Blake and with costumes and sets inspired by Blake’s watercolors; “A Midsummer Night’s Dream;” “The Tempest; “Nala and Damayanti from the Mahabharata of the Hindus,” based on Hindi religious texts and with costumes and sets based on Rajput paintings; “Kai Khosru: a Persian play;” and “The Rose and the Ring,” based on the work by William Makepeace Thackeray and with Victorian-inspired costumes. Additional processed materials include photographs of the King-Coit Theatre, as well as production programs and notes regarding the institution and its productions over time. The unprocessed materials include scripts and music from the King-Coit School and Children’s Theatre, as well as school administrative information and reviews.

2.5 linear feet (3 boxes and 10 oversize folders)

eng, Latn

Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11661897

Houghton Library

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Coit, Dorothy, 1889-1976

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Dorothy Coit (1889-1976) was an educator specializing in the arts, dance, and theatre. She and partner Edith King (1884-1975) began working together on children’s theatre productions while at the Buckingham School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1922, Coit and King relocated to New York City and opened their own arts school and children’s theatre in 1923. The King-Coit School and Children’s Theatre offered arts programs for children from five to twelve, and featured acting and dance classes led ...

King, Edith Lawrence, 1884-1975

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Edith Lawrence King (1884-1975) was an American painter born in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Spending most of her childhood in Chelsea, Massachusetts and Belmont, Massachusetts she eventually moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts in order to pursue her education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Part way through her education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, however, she moved to Providence, Rhode Island in order to complete her education at Rhode Island School of Design (R...