New York Shakespeare Festival records. Series VI: Development Office 1954-1989

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989

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Samuel Barclay Beckett was born April 13, 1906, at his family's home in Foxrock, south of Dublin. He was educated at Miss Ida Elsner's Academy in Stillorgan, the Earlsfort House School in Dublin, and the Portora Royal School in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland (1919-23). He began his law studies at Trinity College in order to become an accountant in his family's architectural surveyance firm, but in his third year he started studying modern languages, particularly French. Hi...

Andrews, Julie, 1935-

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Dame Julie Andrews DBE (born Julia Elizabeth Wells on 1 October 1935 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England) is an English actress, singer, and author. She has garnered numerous accolades throughout her career spanning over seven decades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, three Grammy Awards and six Golden Globe Awards. She has also received three Tony Award nominations. Andrews was made a Disney Legend in 1991, and has been honoured with an Honor...

Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993

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Marian Anderson was born on February 27, 1897 (although throughout much of her life she gave her birth date as February 17, 1902) in south Philadelphia. Her father, John Berkley Anderson, sold ice and coal and her mother Annie Delilah Rucker Anderson was a former schoolmistress. She was the oldest of three sisters. She began singing when she was six, in the church choir, and by eight had become a regular substitute, filling in for absent sopranos, tenors and even bass. She was presented in one c...

Lloyd Webber, Andrew, 1948-

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Andrew Lloyd Webber is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 21 musicals. His company, the Really Useful Group, is one of the largest theatre operators in London. ...

Havel, Václav, 1936-2011

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Václav Havel served as the last president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1992 and then as the first president of the Czech Republic from 1993 to 2003. After participating in the Prague Spring and being blacklisted after the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, he became more politically active and helped found several dissident initiatives, including Charter 77 and the Committee for the Defense of the Unjustly Prosecuted. His political activities brough...

Koch, Ed, 1924-2013

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Edward Irving Koch (December 12, 1924 – February 1, 2013) was an American politician, lawyer, political commentator, film critic, and television personality. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and was mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989. Koch was a lifelong Democrat who described himself as a "liberal with sanity". The author of an ambitious public housing renewal program in his later years as mayor, he began by cutting spending and taxes and cuttin...

Burton, Richard, 1925-1984

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John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.)

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Free to Dance: The African-American Presence in Modern Dance was a three-part television documentary co-produced by the American Dance Festival and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in association with Thirteen/WNET New York. The series aired on PBS' Great Performances: Dance in America in 2001 and won an Emmy for Outstanding Cultural and Artistic Programming-Long Form. It chronicled the role of African-American choreographers and dancers in the development of moder...

Hamlisch, Marvin

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McAnuff, Des.

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Hwang, David Henry, 1957-....

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American playwright and screenwriter, particularly interested in Asian American drama. From the description of David Henry Hwang papers, circa 1985-2004. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 462019146 This play was to be the second Broadway production of the playwright, following the success of his M. Butterfly. It closed in previews on March 14, 1993, at the Cort Theatre, New York, N.Y. Directed by Jerry Zaks, it starred B.D. Wong, Jane Krakowski, and Mark Linn-Baker. It has not ...

Save the Theatres, Inc.

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Leonard, Hugh

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Bluiett, Hamiet

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Eisenberg, Deborah

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Deborah Eisenberg (born 1945) is the author of four highly-regarded collections of stories: Transactions in a Foreign Currency (1986), Under the 82nd Airborne (1992), All Around Atlantis (1997), and Twilight of the Superheroes (2006). Her first two story collections were republished in one volume as The Work (So Far) of Deborah Eisenberg (1997). She has also written a play, Pastorale, which was produced at Second Stage in New York City in 1982. Eisenberg was awarded the Rea Award for the Short S...

Darnell, August

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Rockefeller Foundation

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The Rockefeller Foundation was established in May 1913 by John D. Rockefeller, by act of the New York State Legislature, "to promote the well-being of mankind throughout the world". From its earliest years, several separate organizations and divisions have carried on the Foundation's work in carefully selected fields. In 1913, the International Health Board (originally the International Health Commission) was formed in order to extend the work of the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission for the Eradi...

Rosewoman, Michele

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Consolidated Edison Company of New York, inc.

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The Cornwall Pumped-Storage Project proposed to pump water from the Hudson River up to a reservoir located behind Storm King Mountain, which could then be released to generate electricity when needed. From the description of Cornwall Pumped-Storage Project records, 1966-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155520794 ...

Leach, Wilford, 1929-

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New York (N.Y.). Mayor's Committee for Free Shakespeare. Women's Division

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Athayde, Roberto, 1949-....

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Scully, Anthony, 1942-

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Sanders, Donald T.

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Ardolino, Emile

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New York (N.Y.). City Council

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Stanley M. Isaacs served as a Council member for Manhattan from around 1954 to 1958. From the description of Records pertaining to automobile accident compensation plans, 1957-1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122484686 The New York City Council has the power to adopt local laws and reviews the service goals, performance and management of City agencies. In addition to its legislative role and oversight powers over City agencies, the Council approves the City'...

New York (City). Department of General Services. Office of Energy Conservation

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Radio corporation of America

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Blass, Bill

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Streisand, Barbra

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MCA records

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Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904.

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Anton Chekhov, playwright. From the description of Uncle Vanya : scenes from country life in four acts : typescript, 1988, 26 February. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122466752 From the description of Ivanov: typescript, n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122486670 Anton Chekhov, playwright. Michael Henry Heim, translator. From the description of Uncle Vanya: typescript, 1976. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id...

Branca, Glenn, 1948-....

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Moriarty, Michael, 1941-....

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Epithet: labourer, of East Saginaw, USA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000754.0x0001fd ...

Shakespeare in the Park (New York, N.Y.)

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United States Department of the Interior

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Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

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National Opera Institute (U.S.)

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Shange, Ntozake

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George Libert Foundation

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Jerome Foundation

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Second Stage Theatre (New York, N.Y.)

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New York Telephone

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Blahnik, Jeremy

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Lindsay, Howard, 1889-1968

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Davidson, Joan.

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Hesitate and Demonstrate Co

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Susan Stein Shiva Theater (New York, N.Y.)

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Taconic Foundation

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Papp, Joseph

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Van Tieghem, David

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Mamet, David

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David Mamet, playwright. From the description of [Romance] : typescript, 2005. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 79468075 From the description of Glengarry Glen Ross : typescript, 1983, July. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122517665 From the description of Oleanna : typescript, 1993, 19 February. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122517814 From the description of No one will be immune : typescript. (New York Public ...

Citibank (New York, N.Y.)

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J.M. Kaplan Fund

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Babe, Thomas

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Thomas Babe (1941-2000) was an American playwright. From the guide to the Plays produced at Agassiz Theater, 1967-1968., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Holmes, Rupert

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Playwrights' Workshop (New York, N.Y.)

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Yale Repertory Theatre

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Danis, Herta

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New York Foundation for the Arts

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Reardon, Dennis J., 1944-

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Glowacki, Janusz

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Povod, Reinaldo

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Delacorte Theater (New York, N.Y.)

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Lindberg, John, 1901-

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Kievman, Carson

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New York Shakespeare Festival. Belasco Project

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Link, Peter, 1938-

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New York (N.Y.). Board of Estimate

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Revisions to the Charter of the City of New York, effective January 1, 1990, abolished the Board of Estimate and redistributed its responsibilities among the Mayor, the Comptroller, the City Council, the Borough Presidents, the City Planning Commission, and Community Boards. The Board functioned officially through June 30, 1990. The disbandment of the board and the reallocation of its powers was mandated by the unanimous ruling of the U.S. Supreme court on March 22, 1988...

Gunn, Bill, 1934-1989

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Macdermot, Galt

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American Academy of Arts and Letters

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Organized 1904, incorporated 1914; New York, N.Y. The American Academy of Arts and Letters was established "to afford recognition to distinguished achievement in literature and the fine arts ..." [The American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Institute of Arts and Letters merged on Dec. 30, 1976]. From the description of American Academy of Arts and Letters records, 1864-1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122565401 The National Institute of Arts and Letters was...

Randall, Tony, 1920-2004

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Tony Randall, actor and director, was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on February 26, 1920. He began his career as a stage actor in productions such as Candida, Caesar and Cleopatra and Oh, Men! Oh, Women!, to name a few. His films include: Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Mating Game, Pillow Talk, The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao, Lover Come Back, Send Me No Flowers and The Brass Bottle, among others. His television credits include: Mr. Peepers, The Tony Randall Show, ...

Heckscher, August, 1913-1997

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Author, arts consultant, social commentator, and journalist. From the description of August Heckscher papers, 1931-1999 (bulk 1948-1976). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979771 Art administrator, writer; New York, N.Y. From the description of August Heckscher interviews, 1970 May 25-Dec. 29 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 276394224 August Heckscher (1913-1997) was a writer, printmaker and educator, who was also active in civic institut...

New York (State). Dept. of Education.

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New York Shakespeare Festival. Playwriting in the Schools Program

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Nassif, Robert Lindsey

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Robert Lindsey Nassif, adaptor, composer, librettist and lyricist. Opal Stanley Whiteley, diarist whose work was adapted. From the description of Opal: typescript, 1981. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122313847 From the description of Opal: typescript, 1990. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 86164202 From the description of Opal: typescript, 1989. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122465443 ...

Cronyn, Hume

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Hume Cronyn: actor, producer, and director. Born 1911; died 2003. Jessica Tandy: actress. Born 1909; died 1994. Cronyn and Tandy married in 1942. From the description of Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy papers, 1885-2007 (bulk 1935-2000). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982277 ...

Committee to Save Astor Place

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Theatre Development Fund

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Grotowski, Jerzy, 1933-1999

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Historical Background Jerzy Grotowski, born in August 1933, was a Polish theatre director and a leading figure in avant garde theatre of the 20th century. He was also the innovator of the "theatre laboratory" and "poor theatre" concepts. In 1983, Grotowski was invited to the University of California, Irvine by Robert Cohen, where he began a course of work called "Objective Drama." This research focused on an investigation of the psychophysiol...

Lindsay, John V.

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Epithet: Archdeacon of Lismore British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000443.0x0000c4 Title: Earl of Crawford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000443.0x0000cf Epithet: trade union official British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000443.0x0000c6 Epithet: Colo...

Manetto, Corinna

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Styne, Jule, 1905-1994

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Previews began Oct. 20, 1980, at the Palace Theatre, New York, N.Y. After 8 performances it closed without ever opening officially. Charles Kimbrough and Jack Weston were in the cast album released by Original Cast Records. From the description of One night stand / music and scoring by Jule Styne ; book and lyrics by Herb Gardner, 1980. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 764469120 Composer of "Gypsy" and other music. From the description of Autograph ...

Tully, Alice, 1902-1993

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Swados, Elizabeth.

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Ford foundation

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Philanthropic organization established in 1936 by Henry and Edsel Ford from profits of the Ford Motor Company. From the description of Grant files, [ca. 1936-1986]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155532303 ...

Off Off Broadway Alliance

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Cullman, Howard S.

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Doris Duke Foundation

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The Doris Duke Foundation, Inc., formerly known as Independent Aid, Inc., was incorporated in 1934 as a philanthropic organization to operate for charitable, educational, and scientific purposes. Doris Duke decided when she reached her majority to organize a foundation in order to deal with the many requests for aid addressed to her. She reasoned that a wisely selected board of directors, by reason of their broad experience, could act with her in reaching objective decisions on appeals for assis...

Weill, Kurt

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As a result of the success of his Broadway musical Lady in the dark in 1941, German-born composer Kurt Weill and his wife, the singing actress Lotte Lenya, were able to buy "Brook House," in Rockland County, New York, moving there during their sixth year in the United States. From Brook House, and a couple of addresses in Los Angeles during his trips there, Weill kept in touch, until a month before his death, with his parents, who had emigrated to Israel in 1935. From the description...

Public Theater (New York, N.Y.). Buy-back and re-lease program by NYC

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Ragni, Gerome

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Gerome Ragni (1935-1991) was a stage actor and musical theater lyricist and librettist active from the 1950s through the 1980s, who achieved renown as one of the authors and original stars of the musical, Hair (1968). Born Jerome Bernard Ragni in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he attended suburban Scott Township High School, where he appeared in various school productions. In 1954, Ragni made his professional stage debut in a Washington D.C. production, Shadow and Substance. His acting c...

Maidman, Irving

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Goldenberg, Billy

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Chemical Bank (New York, N.Y.)

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Collecting area: New York City banking history, particularly of the 19th and early 20th century, and particularly of Chemical Bank. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155541586 The Chemical Bank originated as the New-York Chemical Manufacturing Company, 1823-1843; and through various restructurings has been known as the Chemical Bank, 1844-1854; Chemical National Bank of New York, 1865-1935; Chemical Bank and Trust Company, 1927-19...

Meyers, Nicholas

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Gielgud, John, 1904-2000

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English actor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (19) : London, to "Dear Mardi" [Mrs. John C. Hughes], 1972-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269589158 From the description of Autograph letters signed (5) and typed letter signed : London, Hampstead, and Beverly Hills, to Denys [Blakelock], 1958 Dec. 6-1964 May 30 and [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870868 From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, t...

Goodman, Robert W.

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International Theatre Institute.

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Dyer, Doug

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Bazarini, Ronald

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Conklin, Bill

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Cavaglieri, Giorgio, 1911-2007

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The Jefferson Market Courthouse in Greenwich Village, New York City, was designed by Vaux and Withers in 1877. Cavaglieri renovated the building to become a branch of the New York Public Library; the renovation was completed in 1967. From the description of Jefferson Market Courthouse renovation : architectural drawings and papers, 1876-circa 1965, (bulk circa 1962-1965). (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122443748 Born in Venice, Italy, Gior...

Jones, James Earl

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Actor James Earl Jones was born on January 17, 1931 to Robert Earl Jones and Ruth Connolly in Arkabutla, Mississippi. When Jones was five years old, his family moved to Dublin, Michigan. He graduated from Dickson High School in Brethren, Michigan in 1949. In 1953, Jones participated in productions at Manistee Summer Theatre. After serving in the U.S. Army for two years, Jones received his B.A. degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1955.Following graduation, Jones relocated to Ne...

Philip Morris Incorporated

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Gersten, Bernard

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Leivick, H., 1888-1962

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Carnelia, Craig

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New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater

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Lapine, James.

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James Lapine, playwright. From the description of Luck, pluck & virtue: typescript, 1993. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122517955 James Lapine is an American playwright and director. He was born in Mansfield, Ohio, and studied at the California Institute of the Arts and the Yale School of Drama. He collaborated, as writer and director, on several musicals with Stephen Sondheim, including Sunday in the Park with George (1984), Into the Woods (1987), and P...

Hotel Pierre (New York, N.Y.)

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Nuyorican Poets Cafe

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The Nuyorican Poets Cafe was founded by Miguel Algarín in 1974. The original "cafe" was located in Algarín's own apartment, but by the late 1970s he had found a space on East 6th Street between Avenues B and C for poetry readings, music, live radio broadcasts, readings of plays and screenplays, and other performances. The cafe closed for renovations for several years in the mid-1980s, but reopened and found new popularity, especially after being featured in a cover story in the New York Times Ma...

New York Shakespeare Festival. Theater Cabaret

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Kraft, H. S. (Hyman Solomon), 1899-1975

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Harkness, Rebekah West, -1982

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Music composer and philanthropist. From the description of Diaries, [1952?]-1970. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144655065 ...

Anthology Film Archives

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Shevey, Betsy

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Sullivan, Arthur

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Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) was an English composer well-known for his collaborations with W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert. From the guide to the Arthur Sullivan sheet music, 1868-1993., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University.) Sullivan was an English composer. Gilbert was a English dramatist. From the guide to the Arthur Sullivan correspondence with W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert, 1854-1900., (Houghton Libra...

Shubert Foundation, Inc

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New York State Council on the Arts

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The position of executive director has been held by the following individuals: Laurence Roberts (1960-1961); John H. MacFadyen (1961-1964); John B. Hightower (1964-1970); Eric Larrabee (1971-1975); Kent Barwick (1975-1976); Robert A. Mayer (1976-1979); Theodore Striggles (1979-1980); Mary Hays (1980-1995); Al Berr (April, 1995-August, 1996); and Nicolette B. Clark (1996-present). From the description of Executive Director's subject and correspondence files, 1960-2001. (New York State...

American Arts Alliance

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Molière, 1622-1673.

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Molière, playwright. From the description of The imaginary invalid : typescript, 1987, 13 November - 12 December. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122532910 ...

Monadnock Music in New York

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Donizetti, Gaetano

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French oboist. From the description of "Prière de Maria di Rohan" : autograph manuscript, [1843?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270571084 Italian composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Paris], to "il principe di Colobrano" in Naples, 1841 July 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565897 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Vienna, 13 June 1843], to [Gaetano] Cobianchi in Paris, 1843 June 13. (Unknown)...

Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906

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Epithet: dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000765.0x0002bc Henrik Ibsen, playwright. W.L. Turner, translator. From the description of Rosmersholm: typescript, 1998. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122430738 Playwright. From the description of A doll home : playscript, 1879. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454948 Norwegian poet and dramatist. ...

Rozov, Viktor, 1913-2004

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Martinson, Joseph B.

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Puccini, Giacomo

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An Italian opera composer, Giacomo Puccini at the time of this letter was overseeing the production of La Fanciulla del West at the Teatro Grande, Brescia. The recipient, Antonio Bettolacci, was Puccini's personal business agent. From the guide to the ALS, from Giacomo [Puccini], Brescia, to Antonio Bettolacci, Torre del Lago, 1911 Aug. 19, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) From the description of ALS, 1911 Aug. 19, from Giacomo [Puccini], Brescia, to Antonio Be...

Rado, James.

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Corso (New York, N.Y.)

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John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1959

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Willinger, David

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Thompson, Garland Lee, 1938-

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Astor, Brooke

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New York University

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The Class Collection documents selected student and alumni activities of New York University graduating classes from 1843-1966. Formal and informal gatherings were common, and were documented in detail by the participants. From the description of Class collection, 1843-1966. 1880-1900 (bulk). (New York University). WorldCat record id: 477254465 New York University (formerly, University of the City of New York), is an academic institution and, as such, its faculty produces ar...

Heckscher Theater (New York, N.Y.)

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Saroyan, William, 1908-

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Biography Goldie Weisberg was a fellow writer whose work Saroyan had discovered in a literary magzine. Saroyan initiated the correspondence, which focuses on their respective reading, writing, and work lives. From the guide to the Saroyan, William, 1908- . Correspondence with Goldie Weisberg, 1930-1938, (Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.) ...

Wagner, Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand), 1910-1991

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Robert F. Wagner, three term Mayor of New York City was born April 20, 1910 on the upper east side of Manhattan, New York. He attended Taft School in Connecticut, Yale University, the Harvard Graduate School of Business, the School of International Relations in Geneva, Switzerland, and the Yale University Law School, from which he graduated in 1937. At the age of 26, Wagner was elected to the State Assembly from the Yorkville District and he served in that position for four years. From 1942 to 1...

New York Shakespeare Festival. Mobile Theater

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Morgan guaranty trust company of New York

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Winter Garden Theatre (New York, N.Y.)

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New York Shakespeare Festival. New Jazz at the Public.

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Scofield, Paul, 1922-2008

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Paul Scofield (1922-2008) was educated at Varndean School for boys, Croydon Repertory School and the London Mask Theatre School. He started his stage career in the 1940s, unable to sign up due to medical reasons. He's career which soon became synonymous with Classical theatre began first with the Eileen Thorndike and Herbert Scott Group and secondly the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Further on in his career Scofield worked closely with the Royal Shakespeare Company for a number of years as well ...

Scott, George C., 1927-1999

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Wooden-O Productions

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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Public Theater at Lincoln Center

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Eliot Feld Ballet

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Rabe, David

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Amram, David

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New York Shakespeare Festival. Spanish Mobile Theater

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Moses, Robert, 1888-1981

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Robert Moses (1888-1981) was a public official in New York from 1919 to the mid-1970s. He held many offices, of which the most notable among them were: President, Long Island State Park Commission; Chairman, New York State Council of Parks; Commissioner, New York City Department of Parks; New York City Planning Commissioner and Construction Coordinator; and Chairman, New York State Power and Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authorities. He was responsible for the construction of many major public pr...

Rye Country Day School (Rye, N.Y.)

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Delacorte, George T. (George Thomas), 1893-1991

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Publisher. Columbia University A.B., 1913. From the description of George T.Delacorte letters, 1925-1927. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 493894723 ...

Miller, Jason

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Jason Miller served as mate in Concordia on a voyage to Hudson Bay From the guide to the Jason Miller collection, 1864-1865, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge) ...

Theatre communications group

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New York Shakespeare Festival Productions

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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 Theate...

Meet the Composer, Inc.

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Bullins, Ed

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African American playwright Ed Bullins, who began writing plays as a political activist in the mid-1960s and was later the associate director of Harlem's New Lafayette Theatre, helped shape the revolutionary theater of black experience. "Ed Bullins." Contemporary Authors Online (reproduced in Biography Resource Center). http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC (accessed November 2009). From the guide to the It Bees Dat Way (a C...

Hare, David, 1947-

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British playwright, director, and filmmaker. From the description of Papers, 1968-1993. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122492244 David Hare, playwright. Adapted from Arthur Schnitzler's Reigen. Literal translation by Julian Hammond. From the description of The blue room: typescript. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 86164370 British playwright David Hare was bo...

Crawford, Joan, 1908-1977

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Joan Crawford, actress. From the description of Joan Crawford scrapbooks, 1925-1960, microform. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122517687 From the guide to the Joan Crawford scrapbooks, [microform.], 1925-1960, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.) Joan Crawford was a film star whose career spanned five decades, from silent films onward, and who worked in many genres including drama, musicals, comedy, Westerns, and horror films, ...

Carter, Jimmy, 1924-

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Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.), thirty-ninth president of the United States, was born on October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia, and grew up in the nearby community of Archery. His father, James Earl Carter, Sr., was a farmer and businessman; his mother, Lillian Gordy, a registered nurse. He was educated in the Plains public schools, attended Georgia Southwestern College and the Georgia Institute of Technology, and received a B.S. from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1946. In the Navy he became a ...

Shubert Theatre (New York, N.Y.)

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Lee, Jennie, 1904-....

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Epithet: politician Title: Baroness Lee of Asheridge British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000472.0x00012f ...

Sterling Institute (Organization)

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Churchill, Caryl

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Epithet: afterwards Harter; playwright British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000499.0x0001c4 ...

New York Shakespeare Festival. Board of Trustees

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Killian, Scott

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Dodger Theater Company (New York, N.Y.)

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Anspacher Theater (New York, N.Y.)

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Hart, Bill

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Morrison, Toni, 1931-2019

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Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford; February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019), known as Toni Morrison, was an American novelist, essayist, book editor, and college professor. Her first novel, The Bluest Eye, was published in 1970. The critically acclaimed Song of Solomon (1977) brought her national attention and won the National Book Critics Circle Award. In 1988, Morrison won the Pulitzer Prize for Beloved (1987); she gained worldwide recognition when she was awarded the Nobel...

Wallach, Eli, 1915-2014

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Actor. From the description of Reminiscences of Eli Wallach : oral history, 1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122362003 ...

National Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

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Munk, Erika

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Actors' Equity Association

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The Paul Robeson Award is presented annually by Actors' Equity Association to honor an individual for both artistic achievement and exemplary humanitarian service. From the description of Paul Robeson award ceremonies collection [sound recording], 1978-1996. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 123489015 Actors' Equity Association (AEA) is the union of professional legitimate stage actors and stage managers. AEA negotiates contracts and agreements that often affect...

Weller, Michael, 1942-....

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Foreman, Richard, 1937-....

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Richard Foreman (1937- ), American director, designer and playwright, founded the Ontological-Hysteric Theatre company in New York in 1968 in order to present his avant-garde plays. Beginning in 1979, he co-produced his work with the New York Shakespeare Festival, the Music Theatre Group/Lenox Art Center and the Wooster Group. Foreman's plays include TOTAL RECALL (1970), PANDERING TO THE MASSES (1975), PENGUIN TOUQUET (1981), FILM IS EVIL: RADIO IS GOOD (1987), MY HEAD WAS A SLEDGEHAMMER (1994),...

New York (N.Y.). Department of Cultural Affairs

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Booth Theatre (New York, N.Y.)

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Cohen, Alexander H., 1920-2000

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Epithet: theatrical agent British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001027.0x000308 Producer Alexander Henry Cohen was born on July 24, 1920 in New York City. He was the elder son of Alexander H. Cohen senior, a successful businessman, and Laura Tarantous Cohen. After his father's death, when Cohen was four, his mother married a banker and the family moved to Park Avenue. His younger brother Gerry committed ...

New York Shakespeare Festival. Board of Directors

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Kerr, Walter

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Jenkins, Leroy

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St. James Theatre (New York, N.Y.)

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New York State Historic Trust

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Office of the State Conservation Department formed on October 1, 1966 to take over administration of historic sites and buildings in New York State, formerly the responsibility of the State Education Department. From the description of Historic sites and buildings survey records, 1967-1976 (bulk 1967-1970). (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 34178326 ...

Jordan, Sheila, 1928-

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New York Shakespeare Festival. Poets at the Public

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Akalaitis, JoAnne

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American Telephone and Telegraph Company.

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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William Shakespeare was likely born April, 23, 1564; he was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564. He grew up, had a family, and bought property in Stratford while working in London, the center of English theater. As an actor, a playwright, and a partner in a leading acting company, he became both prosperous and well-known. His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare. John was a leatherworker and involved in local politics, first becoming an alderman and eventually a town bailiff. ...

New York Foundation

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The New York Foundation, one of the first foundations created in the United States, was established in 1909 with a gift of $1 million from Alfred M. Heinsheimer. This money was a bequest from his brother Louis, originally left to the Jewish charities of New York on the condition that they federate within a year of Louis' death. When they failed to do so, the money reverted to Alfred, who created the New York Foundation as an alternate means to carry out his brother's wish. The Found...

Fortune Society (New York, N.Y.)

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Clarke, Martha

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Martha Clarke and Charles L. Mee, playwrights. From the description of Belle epoque : typescript, 2004. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 79468074 ...

New York Community Trust (Organization)

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Pepsi Cola Corporation

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American Express Company

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Papp, Gail Merrifield

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Bingham, Susan Hulsman, 1944-

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United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the culture industry

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Moss, David

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Coca-Cola Bottling Company.

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Royal Court Theatre

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The English Stage Company (ESC) is the resident company of the Royal Court Theatre in Sloane Square, London . The company and its work is the result of two disparate groups eventually uniting in a common cause. In 1953, directors George Devine and Tony Richardson devised a scheme to present 'the whole range of contemporary drama' in London with a small permanent company. Inspired by the work of Harley Granville Barker and John Eugene Vedrenne (who produced new plays by Shaw and Bark...

Strindberg, August, 1849-1912

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Strindberg was a Swedish dramatist and novelist. From the description of Lycko Pers resa, ca. 1882. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612373374 Swedish dramatist and novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Dornach, to a French literary colleague, 1894 May 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872330 August Strindberg, playwright. Richard Greenberg, adapter. From the description of The dance of death: typescript, 200...

Ford, Nancy

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Carroll, Baikida, 1947-

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Newman, Jerome A

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Milner, Ron

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McKenna, Siobhan, 1923-

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Burr, Anne Olson, 1937-

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Davis, Paul, 1962-

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Epithet: Secretary of State in Ireland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000213.0x0002cf From the guide to the Paul Davis papers, 1961-1962, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc]) ...

Peabody, Judy

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Chase Manhattan Bank

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People Magazine

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Olivier, Laurence, 1907-

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Public Theater (New York, N.Y.)

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Newman Theater (New York, N.Y.)

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National Endowment for the Arts

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Shakespeare & Company (Lenox, Mass.)

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Kleban, Edward

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Edward Kleban was born in New York City. He studied at the High School of Music and Art, and Columbia University, and worked as a record producer at Columbia Records before turning to writing lyrics full time. Kleban, who is best known as the lyricist for A Chorus Line, also wrote for television and films. From the guide to the Edward Kleban papers, 1960-1986, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.) Edward Kleban, lyricist for the musical A CHORUS LINE, w...

Pinero, Miguel

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New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Parks.

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The vast urban park system in New York City (over 29,000 acres) has its origins from a 1686 charter by Governor Thomas Dongan which provided for municipal stewardship of vacant and unappropriated land. This charter enabled the city to acquire and maintain public spaces including a marketplace, a military and parade ground, and a public commons in today's lower Manhattan. Constructed on part of the land from the original public spaces, Bowling Green, the oldest public park in New Yor...

Bellamy, Ralph, 1904-

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Whyte, Ron

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