Lucille Lortel papers, 1902-2000.

Wallace, Hazel Vincent, 1919-

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Fugard, Athol

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South African playwright. From the description of Papers, 1918-1997. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 43878412 Athol Fugard, playwright. From the description of The road to Mecca: typescript, [1997]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122608446 ...

Lortel, Lucille

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Lucille Lortel (1900-1999) began her theatrical career as a performer, eventually turned producer, founded the White Barn Theatre in Westport, Connecticut, acquired the Theatre dy Lys in Greenwich Village, and became a seminal force in the Off-Broadway movement. Born Lucille Wadler in New York City on December 16, 1900, Lucille Lortel studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York and with Arnold Korff in Europe. She had her first notable role in the...

Wanamaker, Sam, 1919-1993

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Hodges, Lonnie

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Brown, Tina Tippit

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Mason, Marshall W.

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Taylor, Robert E. (Robert Ellsworth), 1927-

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Montevecchi, Liliane

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Wilson, Edwin, 1927-

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United States ambassador, Edwin C. Wilson was born in 1893 in Palatka, Florida. In 1920, Wilson began his extensive dipolmatic carerer by joining the foreign services. Througout the span of his career, he held numerous positions including such positions as U.S. Minister to Uruguay, U.S. Ambassador to Panama, and U.S. Ambassador to Turkey. As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's diplomatic representative in Algiers, Wilson worked with General Charles de Gaulle on plans for a provisional government i...

Seymour, John D. (John Davenport), 1897-1986

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Henderson, Mary C., 1928-2012

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Saddler, Donald

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Donald Saddler is a choreographer, director, and dancer in the disciplines of film, stage, ballet, and opera. He was born in 1920 in Van Nuys, California and took up dancing in order to recover his strength after a bout of scarlet fever. He spent his high school vacations dancing in the chorus of MGM musicals such as the 1937 production, Rosalie. Saddler was an original member of Ballet Theatre, and danced with the company from 1940-1943 before heading to Alaska for serv...

Wax, Emanuel

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Williams, Maggie M.

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Dalrymple, Jean

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Producer, theatrical agent; interviewee b. 1910. From the description of Oral history interview with Jean Dalrymple, 1979. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309731611 Theater impresario and publicist. From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, July 27, 1978 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155861651 Jean Van Kirk Dalrymple (b. Sept 2, 1902 Morrist...

Strasberg, Lee

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Theatrical producer director. From the description of Reminiscences of Lee Strasberg : oral history, 1980. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309735059 ...

Cotes, Peter 1912-

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English actor, theater owner, film and stage director, and author; b. Sydney Arthur Boulting; d. 1998. From the description of Peter Cotes collection, 1949-1999. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70974920 ...

Havoc, June.

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June Havoc, playwright. From the description of I, said the fly : a souvenir in two acts: typescript, n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122570488 ...

O'Casey, Eileen.

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Acker, Sylvia Booth

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Albee, Edward, 1928-....

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Playwright. Alan Schneider b. 1917, d. 1984. From the description of Reminiscences of Edward Albee and Alan Schneider : oral history, [1960-1961?]. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86147359 American author, director and producer, Edward Albee has won numerous awards for his plays. From the description of Edward Albee scripts, 1949-1966. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144652505 Edward Albee, playwright. ...

Hodges, Gil, 1924-1972

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Berman, Lois

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Stevenson, Isabelle, 1915-2003

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Volle, Danielle, -2000

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Strasberg, Anna 1939-....

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Allison, Michael

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Marvin, Blanche

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McConnell, Maryanna

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Grew, Mary, 1902-1971

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White, Leonard E.

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Co-owner of grist mill, saw mill, and other businesses at Carmi, Illinois beginning about 1812. Member of 1818 state constitutional convention, member of state senate (1820-1824), secretary of state senate (1834-1836), member of various political commissions. White County, Illinois was named for him. From the description of Document, June 10, 1813. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 60403857 ...

Blessing, Lee

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Lee Blessing, playwright. From the description of Eleemosynary: typescript, 1986. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122608462 From the description of Patient A: typescript, 1993. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122580972 ...

Kingsley, Sidney, 1906-1995

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Sidney Kingsley, playwright. From the description of The patriots: typescript, n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122580955 Playwright. Cornell University Class of 1928. Kingsley's play "The Patriots," about Thomas Jefferson, was produced in the Coolidge Theater in the Library of Congress at the birthday celebration for Thomas Jefferson on April 23, 1943. From the description of Sidney Kingsley miscellany, circa 1942-1946...

Sosenko, Anna

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Anna Sosenko (1909-2000) was a songwriter, theater historian and archivist, personal manager for cabaret singer Hildegarde, producer, and autograph dealer. She owned Seven Arts Collectors Gallery in New York. From the description of Anna Sosenko collection, 1928-1988. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 463007705 ...

Curcio, Vincent

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Halligan, Maureen, 1914-2008

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Black, Kitty, 1914-2006

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Rainer, Luise, 1910-

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Rainer had emigrated to the U.S. around 1935. She was apparently a good friend of Alma Mahler; it is not clear whether they knew each other before their respective emigrations. From 1937 to 1940 she was married to Clifford Odets, who worked with Franz Werfel at one point on an adaptation of Jacobowsky und der Oberst. In 1944 or 1945 she married the publisher Robert Knittel. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1941-1945, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). Wo...

Martin, Elliot

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ANTA (Organization)

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Eliot, Drew

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Lawrence, Jerome, 1915-2004

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In 1925 high school teacher John T. Scopes was arrested and tried for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution in Dayton, Tennessee. Scopes was defended by Clarence Darrow, while the prosecution was represented by William Jennings Bryan. The historical characters' names were changed for this dramatization, which originally premiered on Broadway in 1955. From the description of Inherit the wind / by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, 1996. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: ...

Farrell, Minerva

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Drake, Edith

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Le Gallienne, Eva, 1899-1991

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British-born actress, director, and producer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Westport, Conn., to Edward Wagenknecht, 1967 Feb. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864535 Eva Le Gallienne (1899-1991) was an actress, producer, director, translator, teacher and writer. From the description of Eva Le Gallienne, prop letters from Camille, n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122517244 From the guide to the Eva Le Gallienne, ...

Glenn, Robert J.

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Theatre de Lys

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Drake, Ervin

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Hiss, Alger

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Alger Hiss (1904-1996) was born in Baltimore, Maryland and educated at Baltimore City College, Johns Hopkins University and Harvard Law School. During the new Deal period he worked as an attorney at the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, in the Solicitor General's Office at the Justice Department, as Assistant Secretary of State and in other positions in the State Department, and as a member of the U.S. delegation to the Yalta conference in 1945. He served as Secretary General of the United...

Allinson, Michael

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Tompkins, Robert, 1944-

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Lucille Lortel Theatre/Theatre de Lys (New York, N.Y.)

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O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964

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Sean O'Casey was born John Casey on March 30, 1880 in Dublin, Ireland, to Michael and Susan (Archer) Casey, a lower-middle class Protestant family. His father died in 1886. As a child, O'Casey suffered from trachoma, which affected his sight and made it difficult for him to succeed scholastically. He worked periodically throughout his adolescence as a stock boy, a van driver, and railway laborer. During this time, he became interested in Irish working class culture, as well as socialism and labo...

Oakie, Victoria Horne

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Lee, Robert Edwin, 1918-1994

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White Barn Theatre

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Lewis, Abby

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