Papers, 1912-1970 (inclusive), 1912-1954 (bulk).

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Papers, 1912-1970 (inclusive), 1912-1954 (bulk).

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http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01922/catalog

Abstract

Papers documenting the British and American career of Russian-born theater director and designer Theodore Komisarjevsky.

Extent

28 boxes (includes 1 pf box and 1 box of phonograph records)

Holding Repository

Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6384989

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Strand Theatre (London, England)

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Berg, Alban

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Austrian composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Trahütten, to an unidentified friend, 1927 July 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270672335 From the description of Autograph postcards signed (2), dated : [Villach?], and Villach [n.d.], to his sister-in-law Steffi Berg, 1907 Sept. 23 and n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270672288 From the description of Autograph and typewritten letter signed (incomplete), dated : [n.p., n.d.], to [Cl...

Knoblock, Edward, 1874-1945

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Edward Knoblock (1874-1945) was born in New York City and educated at Harvard, but spent most of his professional life living and working in Great Britain. Playwright, scenarist and novelist, Knoblock was in constant touch with many of the leading literary and artistic figures of his generation, as the ensuing collection will show. As well as working independently, Knoblock often collaborated with others. The plays, Milestones (1912), and, London Life (1924) were produced with the assistance of ...

Lunt, Alfred, 1892-1977

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Alfred Davis Lunt Jr. (August 12, 1892 – August 3, 1977) was an American stage director and actor who had a long-time professional partnership with his wife, actress Lynn Fontanne. Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre was named for them. Lunt received two Tony Awards, an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for 1931's The Guardsman and an Emmy Award for the Hallmark Hall of Fame's production of The Magnificent Yankee. Lunt was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1892 to Alfred D. Lunt and Harriet ...

Masefield, John, 1878-1967

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The English poet, playwright and novelist John Masefield was born in 1878 in Ledbury. After running away to sea early (when he was thirteen) he settled in London from 1897 and devoted himself to writing. Later he moved to Oxford which was where he lived when most of the following collection was produced. Masefield became Poet Laureate in 1930 and was awarded the Order of Merit in 1935. Among his more notable works are some early reflections of his maritime experiences in Salt Water Ba...

Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950

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Born in Dublin, Ireland, on July 26, 1856, George Bernard Shaw was the only son and third and youngest child of George Carr and Lucinda Elizabeth Gurly Shaw. Though descended from landed Irish gentry, Shaw's father was unable to sustain any more than a facade of gentility. Shaw's official education consisted of being tutored by an uncle and briefly attending Protestant and Catholic day schools. At fifteen Shaw began working as a bookkeeper in a land agent's office which required him t...

Webster, Margaret, 1905-1972

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Margaret Webster was born in New York City, the daughter of two famous actors, Ben Webster and Dame May Whitty. She was their second child, her older brother died in infancy. Her birth was announced on stage at the theatre her father was performing in during a Shakespeare play. The family travelled extensively during her formative years as her parents moved between the USA and UK with various touring theatre companies. At 13 she became a boarder at Queen Anne's School, Caversham, an independent ...

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910

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Russian novelist. From the description of Graf Leo Tolstoy miscellaneous papers, 1853-1904. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754868149 Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoi (1828-1910), Russian novelist From the guide to the Lev Tolstoi papers, 1909-1984, (GB 206 Leeds University Library) Russian novelist, philosopher and mystic. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, 1904 May 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id:...

Engelbert Humperdinck.

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Rains, Claude, 1889-1967

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James Mathew Barrie

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Whitworth, Geoffrey Arundel, 1883-1951

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Epithet: CBE, Chairman of the British Drama League British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000412.0x00004f ...

Seroff, Victor, 1902-1979

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Victor Ilyitch Seroff was born October 14, 1902, in Batoum, Russia, and died May 10, 1979, in New York, New York. He was a pianist and biographer, who created a number of biographies about classical composers written for children. Biographical Source: Something About the Author, vols. 12, 26. From the description of Victor Ilyitch Seroff Papers 1966-1967. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 435418247 ...

Graig, Gordon

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Chanova, Ruth

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Schischkin, M.

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Muller, Daniel

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Ruggiero Leoncovallo.

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Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904

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Oxford university dramatic society

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Oxford University Dramatic Society. From the guide to the Records of the Oxford University Dramatic Society, 1926-74, (University of Oxford, Bodleian Library) ...

Tempest, Marie, 1866-1942

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Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918

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Claude Debussy (b. 22 August 1862–d. 25 March 1918) was one of the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France he attended the Conservatoire de Paris originally to study piano before switing to composition. His orchestral works include Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894), Nocturnes (1897–1899), Images (1905–1912). In 1904 he rose to international fame for his opera Pelléas et Mélisande. He also composed two books of Préludes a...

Baliev, N. F. (Nikita Fedorovich), 1877-1936

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Schiller, Friederich

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Anton Chekhov.

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Krasin, L. B. (Leonid Borisovich), 1870-1926

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Full name: Leonid Borisovič Krasin; born in Kurgan, Russia 1870, died in London 1926; Soviet diplomat; social democrat from 1890; elected member of the Bolshevik Central Committee in 1905; took part in the Brest Litovsk peace negotiations in 1918; appointed Commissar for Trade and for Transport in 1919; established diplomatic and trade relations with Western Europe and attended international economical conferences; in 1924 appointed as Soviet Ambassador to France, in 1925 to Great Britain. ...

Boosey & Hawkes Inc.

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Rimm, John.

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Komisarjevsky, Christopher.

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Stratford-upon-Avon Festival

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Teatr Nezlobina

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Dobuzhinskiĭ, Mstislav

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Great Britain. Consulate General (New York, N.Y.).

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Jean Rosenthal

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Prande, Alberts

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Braddell, Maurice

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Mackenzie, Ronald

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Dramatists Guild of America

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Hsiung, S. I. (Shih I.), 1902-1991

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Granville-Barker, Harley, 1877-1946

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Granville-Barker was an English actor, producer, dramatist, and critic. From the description of Papers, 1877-1937. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122468875 From the guide to the Papers, 1877-1937., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Harley Granville-Barker began his stage career as an actor in a provincial company, before first appearing in London in 1892. He went on to have a career on the stage, acting with many well known n...

Arnold, Bennet

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Hearst, Siegfried.

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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...

Joseph Goebbels.

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IUr´ev, IUriĭ Mikhaĭlovich, 1872-1948

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Comedy Theatre

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Nelidov, Anatoliĭ.

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Banes Theatre

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Adler & Adler

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Merezhkovsky, Dmitry

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Leeds Civic Playhouse

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Johnson, Catherine

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Young Men's Hebrew Association (New York, N.Y.)

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Novello, Ivor, 1893-1951

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Ivor Novello (1893-1951) was born in Cardiff, Wales, to David Davies and Clare Novello Davies, a vocal teacher. Musically active as a child, he learned songs from his mother's many famous clients and showed an early talent for writing songs, having his first work published at age 15. He moved to London in 1913, and quickly became a favorite of Sir Edward Marsh, a well-known patron of the arts. He spent the first several years of his career working as a composer, but eventually added acting, both...

Maĭskiĭ, I. M(Ivan Mikhaĭlovich), 1884-1975.

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Teatr-studiia KHPSRO

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Peter Davies Ltd.

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Snell, Victor, 1874-1931

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Curtis Brown Ltd.

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Incorporated the literary agencies of Willis Kingsley Wing and Collins-Knowlton-Wing, Inc., and others, and was closely associated with the English agencies of Curtis Brown Ltd. (London) and A.P. Watt & Son. From the guide to the Curtis Brown, Ltd. Records, 1914-2006., (Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Lady Isabella Augusta (Persse) Gregory was an Irish playwright, director, producer, poet, folklorist, translator and historian, co...

Chamberlain, John, 1927-2011

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Epithet: of the Ordnance Drawing Room British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001240.0x0003ad Sculptor; Sarasota, Florida. From the description of John Chamberlain interview, 1991 Jan. 29-30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220201687 John Chamberlain, 1927-, sculptor of Sarasota, Florida. From the description of Oral history interview with John Chamberlain, 1991 Jan. 29-30. (Unknown). Wo...

McClintic, Guthrie, 1893-1961

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Arc-en-Ciel

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Kholmskii, I.

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Kennedy, W. S.

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Wolfgang, Amadeus Mozart

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Jessica Colfer

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Henri Meilhac

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Bernstein, Sidney, 1899-

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Knipper-Nardov, Vladimir Leonardovich.

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Archibald Joseph Cronin.

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Bridges-Adams, W. (William), 1889-1965

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Bridges-Adams was an English actor, theatrical historian, director and designer. Sprague (1885-1991) was an American Shakespearean scholar. From the description of Letters to Arthur Colby Sprague, 1948-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81313928 From the guide to the Letters to Arthur Colby Sprague, 1948-1965., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) William Bridges-Adams was director of The New Shakespeare Compa...

Liverpool Empire Theatre

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Theatre Royal, Haymarket.

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Aeolian Hall

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Gémier, Firmin, 1869-1933

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Firmin Gémier, actor and director of French theater. From the description of Firmin Gémier scrapbooks, 1892-1928. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81289088 From the description of Firmin Gémier scrapbooks, 1892-1928. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702152502 ...

New York City Opera

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Yale University Theatre.

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Anthony L. Ellis.

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King's Theatre

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Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, Baron, 1879-1964

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Virginia Taylor McCormick (1873-1957), of Norfolk, Virginia was a poet, literary critic, essayist, lecturer, and the editor of The Lyric, 1921-1929. From the guide to the Virginia Taylor McCormick Papers, 1887-1953., (Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary) ...

Kennedy, Margaret, 1896-1967

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Margaret Kennedy was an English novelist, playwright, biographer, and critic. Born in London and educated at Oxford, she began publishing novels around the time she married barrister Sir David Davies. She achieved early success with The Constant Nymph, widely considered her best work, and continued to publish novels, as well as adapting works for stage and screen, and publishing a biography of Jane Austen. From the description of Margaret Kennedy letters to Curtis Brown, 1928-1929. (...

Italy. Ambasciata (Great Britain)

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Herold, Ferdinand

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French composer of Alsatian descent. From the description of [Sketches for Zampa] [manuscript]. [1831?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566392 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Paris?] Dec. 8 1829, to M. [Pierre Honoré] Janet, 1829 Dec. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270666172 French composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Paris, n.d., ca. 1831?], to Eugène Monvel, [n.d., ca. 1831?]. ...

Baring, Roland Thomas, Second Earl of Cromer, 1877-1953

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Eugene O'Neill

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Barnes Theatre

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Shakespeare Festival.

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Dowling, Eddie

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Czinner, Paul, 1890-1972

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Epithet: film director British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x000144 ...

Simonson, Lee, 1888-1967

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Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from Lee Simonson and his wife, Carolyn Simonson. From the description of Letters, 1928-1962, n.d., to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155876028 Simonson (1888-1967) was an American scenographer. He graduated from Harvard College in 1909. From the guide to the Papers, 1919-1938., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library) Simonson (1888-1967) was an Amer...

Donker, Dorothy.

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Samuel, Herbert Louis Samuel, Viscount, 1870-1963

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Herbert Louis Samuel was a British statesman, who held many posts and became the Liberal leader in the House of Lords. Born in Liverpool to a successful German-Jewish banker, he graduated from Balliol College, Oxford, with a first in history. During this time he developed the radical Liberal stance that guided his political life; during his career, he served in the House of Commons, the cabinet, and as home secretary during World War I, and was involved in many key decisions. He served with dist...

Edvina, Marie-Louise

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Payne, Ben Iden, 1881-1976

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Ridgeway, Philip.

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Brown, Ivor John Carnegie, 1891-1974

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Brown was an English author and journalist. From the description of Letter, 1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83722838 Epithet: writer and theatre critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000265.0x00027b ...

Louis Golding

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Grétry, André-Ernest-Modeste

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Belgian composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed from Grétry to M. de Croise, Secrétaire du Roy, Paris, 1789 Apr. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122639601 From the description of Autograph note signed from Grétry to unidentified correspondent, Paris, 1809 Dec. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122560768 From the description of Autograph letter signed from Grétry to "Citoyen Ministre, " Paris, c1803. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510940 ...

Neumann, J. B. (Jsrael Ber)

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J. B. Neumann was an innovative art dealer in New York City. He was married to artist Elsa Schmid. From the description of Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1929-1961, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155902422 Jsreal Ben Neumann [JBN] was born in Austria in 1887. In 1910, he opened his first book and art store in Berlin, displaying works by such artists as Edvard Munch. By 1922, branches were opened in Bremen, Düsseldorf, and Munich. Neumann...

Komisarjevsky, Theodore, 1882-1954

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Theodore Komisarjevsky was a Russian theatre and opera producer, director, designer, and author. In 1919 he emigrated to England where he designed and directed Russian plays, as well as productions of Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon and elsewhere. He moved to the U.S. in 1939, and continued to produce plays and operas, give lectures and teach until his death in 1954. Phillada Sewell (1910-1998) was an English stage, television and screen actress. She met Komisarjevsky in 1930, and over the ye...

Novikoff

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Simpson, Helen (Translator)

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Biographical/Historical Note American acquaintance of Aleksandr Kerensky. From the guide to the Helen Simpson papers, 1934-1969, (Hoover Institution Archives) ...

Bergner, Elizabeth

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Société des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques (France)

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Lawrance, Messe & Co.

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Low, David, 1891-1963

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David Alexander Cecil Low, illustrator, caricaturist, and journalist was born in 1891 in Dunedin, New Zealand. One of the most famous political caricaturists of the 20th century, he produced two dozen compilations of previously published drawings, including A Cartoon History of Our Times (1939), Low on the War (1941), and Years of Wrath (1946). The 1943 film The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, was based on Low's most famous cartoon character. Low died in London on September 19, 1963. ...

Browne, Maurice, 1881-1955

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Produced May 18, 1942. From the description of Tomorrow's sun; a play, 1942. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34365838 British actor, director, producer, and co-founder of the Chicago Little Theatre. From the description of Morley's First Sketch of English Literature papers, 1909 and 1936. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34491672 ...

Borodin, Aleksandr Porfirʹevich, 1833-1887

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Russian composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Tula, 23 August 1881, to an unidentified recipient, 1881 Aug. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270673042 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : St. Petersburg, 23 May 1886, to an unidentified friend, 1886 May 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270673044 From the description of Autograph envelope, postmarked : St. Petersburg, 20 January 1886, addressed to Théodore Sadoul i...

James, Charles

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Epithet: of Topsham British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000214.0x0002bc ...

Vera Komissarzhevskaia

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Springford, Norma.

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Quartermaine, Leon

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Ernestine Chamberlain.

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Morton Baum

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Richardson, Ralph, sir, 1902-1983

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Epithet: actor Title: Knight British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000265.0x000003 ...

Ruckstull, Myron

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Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov

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Maeterlinck, Renee M.

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Boris Said.

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Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64t6nss (person)

Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880) was a German-born French composer and cellist of Jewish ancestry. He had a strong influence in popular music in Europe, and was one of the originators of the operetta, of which he wrote more than one hundred. His works were noted for their elements of satire and parody; two for which he is particularly known are the operetta Orpheus in the Underworld and the opera The Tales of Hoffman . From the guide to the Jacques Offenbach Letter, undated (after 1844)...

Stuart Mims

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Moliere

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Andreeva, Marii︠a︡ Fedorovna, 1868-1953

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Tyrie, D. G.

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Otto Nicolai.

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Princeton university press

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Founded in 1905 with a gift from Charles Scribner (Princeton Class of 1875), the Press was incorporated in 1910 as a non-profit corporation "to establish, maintain, and operate a printing and publishing plant, for the promotion of education and scholarship, and to serve the University by manufacturing and distributing its publications." The Press has published almost 3,000 titles since its first book, John Witherspoon's LECTURES IN MORAL PHILOSOPHY, appeared in 1912. Among its long-term projects...

Fainsibler, Samson.

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Everyman Theatre

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Hichens, Robert, 1864-1950

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Robert Hichens was a prolific English writer who issued more than seventy books during a career that extended for more than fifty years. Hichens was born in Speldhurst, England, in November 14, 1864 and by his mid-teens Hichens had already published his first novel, The Coastguard's Secret. In addition to writing novels, stories, and the lyrics for music, Hichens was a music critic for London World in the late 1890s. Hichens's work is represented in anthologies and he was a contributor to period...

Piermattei, Marcello

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Theatre of Russian Drama

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Flower, Archibald.

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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. ...

Komisarjevsky Theatre

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New Opera Company

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Pushkin, Alexander

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Epithet: writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x000313 ...

Fedor Petrovich Komissarzhevskiĭ

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Gregory, F. J. (F. John)

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Criterion Theatre

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Hayes, George, Sir, 1805-1869

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Epithet: Captain; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000303.0x0002ae ...

Jacques Offenbach.

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Lahda Russian Art Society

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Leyda, Jay, 1910-1988

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Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein created his first film, "Strike" in 1924. "The Battleship Potemkin" (1925) brought him to the attention of critics in the United States and England. "October of Ten Days that Shook the World" followed in 1928 and, the next year, "The General Line." Eisenstein came to America in 1930 to work for Paramount. He was assigned to direct "Sutter's Gold" and a film adaption of Theodore Dreiser's novel "An American Tragedy"; neither project was completed. In 1932, in collab...

Sloane Productions Ltd.

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Catherine Rosenberg

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Court Theatre

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Poel, William, 1852-1934

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William Poel was an English Shakespearean actor. He was founder and director of the Elizabethan Stage Society. His name was originally spelled William Pole. From the description of Letters to Horace Howard Furness, Jr., 1916-1928. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155884645 ...

Millington, Rodney.

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Julia Diane Jacobs

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Stephen Haggard.

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Teatro di Torino (Torino, Italy)

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Arthur Schnitzler

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Ortega, Ricardo

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Komisarjevsky Theatre Studio

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Ashcroft, Peggy, 1907-1991

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English actress. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hampstead, [London], to Denys Blakelock, [1952 Mar. 21]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870222 ...

Hébertot, Jacques.

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Moss, W. Keith.

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Komisarjevsky, Theodore, 1882-1954

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Barnes, Kenneth Ralph, Sir, 1878-1957

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Schnitzler, Arthur, 1862-1931

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Olga Schnitzler (née Gussmann; 1882-1970) was Arthur's wife; they were married in 1903 and divorced in 1921. Arthur and Olga Schnitzler were good friends of Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel since at least 1921; Alma recounts numerous anecdotes about Schnitzler in her memoir Mein Leben. The Schnitzlers had two children, Lilli and Heinrich. Heinrich Schnitzler (1902-1982) was a director, dramatist, and teacher; he emigrated to the U.S. in 1938. After the Schnitzlers divorced, Alma remained close frie...

Bolshoĭ teatr SSSR.

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Emiliy Albertovich.

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Shakespeare Memorial Company

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The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opened in Stratford-upon-Avon next to the River Avon in 1879, after local brewer Charles Flower donated the land and launched a campaign to build a theatre in the town of Shakespeare's birth, and the Shakespeare Memorial Company was its production company. After the original theatre was destroyed by fire, the New Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opened its doors on an adjacent site in 1932, designed by Elisabeth Scott. The Royal Shakespeare Company was founded in 196...

Shubert Theatre

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Furse, Roger

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Epithet: actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001027.0x000251 ...

K. D. Nabokov

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Evans, Edith, Dame, 1888-1976

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English actress. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : [London] and [Kent], to Denys Blakelock, 1960 Mar. 7 and 1962 Dec. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870775 Epithet: afterwards Booth , actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000265.0x0001b7 ...

New School for Social Research.

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Vittorio Gui.

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Donat, Robert, 1905-1958

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Actor. From the description of Robert Donat collection, 1936-1951. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70954272 ...

Merezhkovsky, Dmitry Sergeyevich, 1865-1941

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Brown, Pamela

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École Normale de Musique de Paris

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Russian Musical Dramatic Art Society

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Cochran, C. B. (Charles Blake), 1872-1951

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Sir Charles Blake Cochran, theatrical producer, agent and promoter. From the description of Sir Charles Blake Cochran papers, 1898-1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79763221 From the description of Sir Charles Blake Cochran papers, 1898-1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702150310 ...

Chiarelli, Luigi

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Worthington, Greville, 1903-

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Compton, Fay, 1894-1978

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British actress. From the description of Letter : London, to Laurence Housman, [19--] Sept. 24. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 25352512 ...

Independent Theatre Club

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Walpole, Hugh, 1884-1941

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English novelist. From the description of Hugh Walpole collection, 1910-1939. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70925561 From the description of Autograph letter signed with initials : Brackenburn, Keswick, to [James] Bain, 1931 Apr. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270658346 From the description of Sons and Lovers. A Preface : autograph manuscript signed, fair copy with a few revisions : [n.p.], 1923 June 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270658363 ...

Nichols, Beverly

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Rachmaninoff, Sergei

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The Five etudes-tableaux orchestrated by Respighi are originally from Rachmaninoff's op. 33 and 39 for piano solo. From the description of 5 etudes tableaux / S. Rachmaninoff ; orchestration de Ottorino Respighi. 1930. (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 62092347 Sergei Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer and pianist. From the description of Sergei Rachmaninoff letter, New York, to Princess Maria Dimitriv Gagarin, 1942 May 4. (Pennsylvania State University Lib...

Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993

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Actress, director. From the description of Reminiscences of Lillian Gish : oral history, 1978. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309742647 Actress. From the description of Papers of Lillian Gish, 1920-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71130921 Actress whose career spanned the silent film era till the 1980's. From the description of Papers, 1919-1997. (Bowling Green State University). WorldCat record id: 392...

Giordano, Umberto

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Opera, with a libretto by Salvatore Di Giacomo, first performed in Palermo in 1910. From the description of Mese Mariano. [ca. 1910] (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 62092365 From the description of Mese Mariano, [ca. 1910]. (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 54656367 Italian composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p., n.d.], to an unidentified recipient, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577875 From the ...

Théâtre Albert 1 er (Paris, France)

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Chernomordik, Evgeniia Leont´evna.

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S. E. Linnit.

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Bennett, Arnold, 1867-1931

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Arnold Bennett was a British novelist, dramatist, short-story writer, literary critic, journalist, and editor. From the description of Arnold Bennett collection of papers, 1881-1955 bulk (1894-1953). (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122615455 From the guide to the Arnold Bennett collection of papers, 1881-1955, 1894-1953, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) Arnold Bennett, English no...

Théâtre des Champs-Elysées.

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Lyadov, Anatoly Konstantinovich, 1855-1914

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No. 1 composed originally for solo piano, 1890, as part of Two Pieces, op. 24. No. 2 composed originally for solo piano, 1895, as part of Three Preludes, op. 36. This arrangement 1939. First performance Philadelphia, 25 June 1939, Philadelphia Federal Symphony Orchestra, J.W.F. Leman conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Two preludes / by Anatole Liadow ; arranged for string orchestra by Bernard Morgan. [1975] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record ...

Yale University. Dept. of Drama.

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Sokol'nikova, Galina Iosifovna.

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Ferber, Stanley

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Ferguson, J. M.

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Epithet: Miss Editor Liberal Woman's News British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000265.0x0003b7 ...

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...

Bennett, Dorothy Cheston, -1977

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Epithet: 2nd wife of Arnold Bennett British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000410.0x000257 ...

Sorel, Cécile, 1875-1966

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Tchaikovsky, Peter

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T. Kent

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Sickert, Walter, 1860-1942

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British painter and etcher. From the description of Autograph letters signed (4), three with initials : [London], to Sir Arthur Wing Pinero, [1932 June 11]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664366 Walter Sickert, painter and etcher, was born in Munich, Germany, and moved to London, England, with his family in 1868. He studied at the Slade, where he became a pupil of Whistler and later was influenced by Degas. He painted theater and music hall scenes, 1889-1899, did many etc...

Vospel, Margery.

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Russian Association of Representatives of Art and Literature

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Downes, Olin

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American music critic. From the description of Typewritten letters signed (2), dated : New York, 22 April 1932 and 16 June 1939, to Harry Harkness Flagler, 1932 Apr. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565951 Olin Downes (1886-1955), American music critic with the Boston Post (1906-1924) and the New York Times (1924-1955). From the description of Olin Downes manuscripts, [ca. 1926-1957]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476554 From the description of O...

Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

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Halévy, Ludovic

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Mims, Stuart.

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New Theatre

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Maplewood Theatre

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Montagu, Ivor Goldsmid Samuel, 1904-1984

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Epithet: son of Louis 2nd Baron Swaythling British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000498.0x00020e ...

United Scenic Artists

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United Scenic Artists is a labor union representing designers and artists in the theater, opera, ballet, motion picture, television, and industrial exhibition industries. It originated as the United Scenic Artists Association and received its charter from the American Federation of Labor in 1918 as Local 829, an autonomous local of the Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades. The union’s main purposes were to safeguard and maintain the high standards of the member crafts and to fi...

St. James's School (West Malvern, England).

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Geiszler, Ewald.

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Crawford, Cheryl, 1902-1986

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Producer/director Cheryl Crawford (1902-1986) was a founding member of the Group Theatre in 1931, and of the Actors Studio in 1947. Born in Akron, Ohio, Crawford became involved with the Theatre Guild in the 1920s, first as secretary, later as actress and stage manager, and ultimately as casting director. With Lee Strasberg she co-directed the Group Theatre's first production, THE HOUSE OF CONNELLY, in 1931, and went on to direct and/or produce many plays in the decades ...

Patrick Mahony.

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Karkarovich, Anatolii.

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Apollo Theatre

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British Ministry of Labor and National Service

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Komissarzhevskiĭ, Nikolaĭ Fedorovich.

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Buchner, Georg

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Whitman, Herbert.

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Judith Furse.

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Ernestine Stodelle

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Bertati, Giovanni, 1735-1815

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Martin, Thomas Philipp, 1909-

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Geoffrey Bles Publishers.

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Hauptmann, Gerhart, 1862-1946

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Margarete Hauptmann was the second wife of Gerhart Hauptmann; they married in 1904. Maxa Mück was a friend of Margarete Hauptmann's. From the description of Correspondence with Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, ca. 1911-1952. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155863425 Author. From the description of Letter of Gerhart Hauptmann, 1894. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450807 ...

Festivals de Montréal.

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Heckscher Theatre

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Schnitzler, Heinrich, 1902-....

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Barrie, J.M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937

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James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937) was a playwright and novelist who is chiefly remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. Barrie was born in Scotland and moved to London in 1885 where he would reside for the remainder of his life. His first successful novel, Auld licht idylls, was published in 1888 and Barrie continued to write fictional and autobiographical tales until the late 1890s. In 1897 Barrie became focused on writing for the theatre, producing Peter Pan, the boy who wouldn't grow up, in 190...

Aldwych Theatre

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Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

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Epithet: of Add MS 12099 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000878.0x0002fc Epithet: of Add MS 33964 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000878.0x000300 Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), dramatist and politician, was born in Dublin on 30 October 1751, and educated at Harrow, 1762-1768. A production of his comedy The rivals was a...

Hentschel, Irene

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Bergner, Elisabeth, 1897-1986

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Phoenix Theatre

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Miller, Jimmy

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Pauker, Edmond, approximately 1880-1962

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Hungarian-born literary agent and play broker in New York who represented European, especially Hungarian, playwrights, as well as some American writers. From the description of Edmond Pauker Manuscripts, ca. 1920-1940. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 320409282 Edmond Pauker, a Hungarian-born literary agent and play broker in New York, N.Y., represented European, especially Hungarian, playwrights, as well as some American authors. Pauker die...

Romanov, Panteleĭmon, 1884-1938

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Flanagan, Hallie, 1890-1969

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Hallie Flanagan was the national director of the Federal Theatre Project, 1935-1939. From the description of Federal Theatre Project visual materials, 1935-1937 and n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 748689080 Hallie Flanagan Davis, whose professional name was Hallie Flanagan, taught drama at Vassar, 1925-1942, and founded its experimental theater; in the 1930s she served as the director of the Federal Theater Project. From the description of Hal...

Opéra Intime

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Scottish Community Drama Association

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Horniman, Emslie J.

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Sewell, Phillada.

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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. ...

Hutchinson & co.

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Joseph Rosenstock

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Kozlenko, William, 1908-

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Muradoff, Grant.

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Great Britain. Embassy (U.S.)

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Kruchinin, Valentin

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Clark, Barrett H. (Barrett Harper), 1890-1953

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Theatre historian and theorist. From the description of Notes on George Moore, 1922. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78812829 From the description of Notes on George Moore, 1922. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702148335 Dorothy Lockhart (1905-1985) studied voice at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia for four years. After completing her studies, she entered the professional theater in England, starting as a stage hand and working her way up to ...

Stodelle, Ernestine, 1912-2008

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Ernestine Stodelle, one of the foremost chroniclers of modern dance in America, was born in 1912 in Oakland, California. Her professional dance career began when she became a member of the pioneer modern dance company of Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman (1929-1935). She jointly choreographed works with Jose Limon, Eleanor King and Letitia Ide in the Little Group, a subsidiary ensemble of the Humphrey-Weidman Company, and later became a partner and choreographer with Jose Limon and his company....

Trucchi, Achille.

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Wodehouse, P.G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975

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P. G. Wodehouse was an American and English novelist, poet, playwright, journalist, and short-story writer. From the description of Pelham Grenville Wodehouse collection of papers, 1905-1975. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122465613 From the guide to the Pelham Grenville Wodehouse collection of papers, 1905-1975, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) British author. From ...

Whitehead, Robert, 1916-2002

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Biographical Note Robert Whitehead (1916-2002) was an American theatrical director and producer. Born March 3, 1916 in Montreal, Whitehead was the son of William Thomas Whitehead, an owner of textile mills, and Lena Mary Labatt Whitehead, an opera singer. He grew up in Montreal and attended college at Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario. After graduation, Whitehead worked briefly as a commercial photographer before moving...

Bennett Junior College

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Peacock, Walter.

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Dubin, Elinor A.

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Savery, William H., 1865-1949

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William Savery, the son of Thomas Savery and Sarah Pim Savery, was born on October 24, 1865 in Wilmington, Delaware. He was educated at Haverford College and later went to work for his father at the Pusey & Jones Company. He was president and general manager of the Parsons Engineering Company. He was also president of the Harpers Ferry Electric Light and Power Company, the York Haven Paper Company, and the Shenandoah Pulp Company, enterprises that had been started by his father in the late 1...

Howard de Walden, Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis, Baron, 1880-

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Lord Howard de Walden (Baron Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis) (1880–1946) had wide ranging interests including botany and zoology, and was a member of the Royal Zoological Society. He took part in an expedition to Sudan to collect zoological and botanical specimens for the British Museum of Natural History. Smithsonian Institution Archives Field Book Project: Person : Description : rid_447_pid_EACP444 ...

Cheston, Dorothy

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Pease, James, 1916-1967

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Jánszky, Béla.

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Aleksandr Nikolaevich Ostrovsky

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Halász, László, 1905-

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Teatr imeni Very Komissarzhevskoĭ

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Serafín Alvarez Quintero

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Collins, A. Greville.

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Elliott, Eric

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Komisarjevsky, Theodore

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Mathews, Trevor.

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Duke of York's Theatre

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Said, Boris

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A. G. Miller.

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Teatro di Torino

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Verdi, Guiseppe

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Julius Rudel

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New Amsterdam Theatre

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Haggard, Godfrey

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Lange, Otto Wilhelm

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Komisarjevsky, Fedor Fedorovich, Jr.

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Rittenberg, Joyce, Mrs.

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Sliozberg, Charles.

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Komisarjevsky, Tanya

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John White.

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Thorndike, Sybil, Dame, 1882-1976

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English actress. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Chelsea and Duchess Theatre, to Denys Blakelock, 1947 and [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872363 Wife of Sir Lewis Casson Epithet: actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000206.0x00026f ...

Gofman, Konstantin.

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Buckingham Palace (London, England)

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Yale University Theatre (New Haven, Conn.)

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Beresnev, Nikolai IAkovlevich, 1893-1965

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Tolokonskiĭ, L.

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Theatre Guild

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Established in New York City in 1918, and initially administered by a board of managers, the Theatre Guild was for the greater part of its history co-directed by Lawrence Langner and Theresa Helburn, with Langner’s wife, Armina Marshall Langner, serving several administrative roles. Throughout the twentieth century the Theatre Guild was instrumental in improving the quality of American theatre, introducing audiences to new playwrights and forms of dramatic writing, stagecraft, and musical theatr...

Arc-en-Ciel

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Empire Edmonton

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Nicoll, Allardyce, 1894-1976

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Allardyce Nicoll was a literary scholar, theatre historian, and university teacher. He was born in Glasgow, educated at Stirling High School and Glasgow University, where he was a G.A. Clark scholar in English. He was appointed in 1920 as a lecturer in English at King's College, University of London, and was promoted quickly to the Chair of English at East London College, University of London, in 1924, at age thirty. From 1933 to 1945, he was a professor of the history of drama and dramatic crit...

Tearle, Godfrey, 1884-1953

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Theatre Royal

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Haymarket Theatre (London, England)

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The Theatre Royal Haymarket or Haymarket Theatre or the Little Theatre is a West End theatre in The Haymarket in the City of Westminster, London, England, which dates back to 1720, making it the third-oldest London playhouse still in use. All the buildings on the east of the Haymarket from the theatre southward were rebuilt circa 1820 in connection with John Nash's schemes for the improvement of the neighbourhood. A lease dated 10 June 1821, was granted to David Edward Morris. The theatre was op...

Dupont, Gabriel, 1878-1914

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Bernstein, Cecil.

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Elfi.

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Ada Finzi.

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Studio Publications

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National Theatre (Great Britain)

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Allardyce Nicoll.

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St. James Theatre

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Bodley Head (Firm)

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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...

Vladimir Polunin

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

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Great Britain. Ministry of Labor and National Service.

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Arts Theatre Club (London, England)

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Ackland, Rodney

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Fenemore, Robert.

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Lady Howard de Walden.

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Wyndham's Theatre

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Achard, Marcel

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Holm, Frithjof

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Kingsway Theatre

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Wells, Henry W.

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Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893

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During his London sojourn, 1870-75, French composer Charles Gounod lived at the residence of English soprano Georgina Weldon. From the description of Letters received, 1792-1905. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122485989 From the guide to the Letters received, 1792-1905, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) Libretto by Emile Augier; first performed in Paris at the Opéra, 16 April 1851. Cf. New Grove online. From the description ...

Elfride Komisarjevsky

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Joaquín Alvarez Quintero

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Chimborazo, Dominic

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S.-Fischer-Verlag

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Gottfried Bermann Fischer became Franz Werfel's publisher in 1938. Bermann-Fischer Verlag and Bermann-Fischer/Querido Verlag were publishing enterprises established by Bermann Fischer during his exile from Germany and in the immediate postwar period; they were eventually superceded by S. Fischer Verlag, which Bermann Fischer reestablished in Germany in 1950. S. Fischer Verlag subsequently presided over the German publishing rights to Werfel's works. Frisch held an editorial position at Bermann-F...

Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer), 1883-1971

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St. John Greer Ervine had a long and influential career in the theatre. Born to deaf-mute Protestant parents in a suburb of Belfast, he moved to London in 1900 where he worked as a clerk and became active in the Fabian Society. An accomplished writer of realistic plays, his work first appeared in 1911, and he enjoyed considerable success, leading to his long friendship with George Bernard Shaw and the opportunity to manage the Abbey Theatre in 1915-1916. He joined the army in 1916, was wounded i...

Bles, Geoffrey.

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Author's League of America.

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Audrey Williamson

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Molnár, Ferenc

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Simon, Gerty

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Dobuzhinskiĭ, Mstislav Valerianovich, 1875-1957

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Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinskiĭ (1875-1957) was a Russian-born stage designer and painter who lived in New York City. From the description of Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinskiĭ papers, ca. 1914-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122314057 Painter and stage designer. From the description of Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinskii Papers, ca. 1910-1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 320409492 Mstislav Valerianovich...

Glass, Eric

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Latvijas Nacionālais teātris.

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Granada Theatres Ltd.

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A. R. Rawlinson

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Hollander Concert and Lecture Bureau.

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Montreal Star

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Paul Moss

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Paul Claudel.

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Martin-Harvey, John, Sir, 1863-1944

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Shaw was an Irish comic dramatist, literary critic, and Socialist propagandist. Martin-Harvey was an English actor, producer, and theatre manager. From the description of Papers concerning Bernard Shaw, 1908-1937. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 83426546 From the guide to the Papers concerning Bernard Shaw, 1908-1937 and undated., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Martin-Harvey was an English actor, producer and theatre manage...

Mellin, Evelyn.

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White, Terence

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Dohnányi, Ernő

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Laughton, Charles, 1899-1962

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Charles Laughton was born July 1, 1899 in Scarborough, England to hotel proprietors Robert and Eliza Laughton. He attended the public Jesuit school Stonyhurst College and enlisted into the army during WWI in 1917. In 1924, Laughton enrolled in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art to study acting and drama. Soon Laughton was starring in many professional theatrical and film productions in London. In 1927, Laughton met the actress Elsa Lanchester; they were married in 1929. Laughton and Lanchester fi...

Merrall, Marry, 1890-1976

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Malinovskaia, Elena Konstantinovna, 1875-1942

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Langton, Basil

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Basil Cedric Langton (1912-2003) was a British-born actor, director and theater manager. In the 1960s he began to photograph artists at wor, among these artists was Northwest artist, Mark Tobey, who was a close friend of Langton's wife, Louise Soelberg. From the description of Basil Langton collection of photographs of Mark Tobey, circa 1920-1933 [graphic]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 351778862 Actor, director, and author Basil Langton was born in Britain, educated in Can...

Hassall, Christopher, 1912-1963

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Jacob, Cary Franklin, 1885-

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College professor, Virginia author. From the description of Papers of Cary F. Jacob [manuscript], 1919-1975. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647842091 ...

Nikolaĭ Vasil´evich Gogol

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Annunzio, Gabriele d', active 1881-1941, poet

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Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x0000e3 ...

Garrick Theatre

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John Primm

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Leonid Borisovich Krasin.

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Saint-Denis, Michel, 1897-1971

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Garvin, J. L. (James Louis), 1868-1947

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Historian, of New Hampshire. From the description of James L. Garvin unpublished articles on Old Allenstown Meeting House and Bear Brook State Park, 1993-2003. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 236168101 ...

Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 (Spirit)

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German chancellor and Führer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Munich, to Frau Schwarz, 1940 Jul. 27. (Morgan Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 78912366 Hitler was leader of the National Socialist (Nazi) Party (1920-1921) and chancellor and Führer of Germany (1933-1945). From the guide to the Adolf Hitler collection of calligraphic poems, 1923 and undated., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Found i...