Interviews [sound recording]

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Interviews [sound recording]

Interviews by Berenberg with individuals associated with the Federal Theater Project, 1853-1939, done in preparation of his MA thesis at the University of Wisconsin, 1980. The interviewees include Brooks Atkinson, John Houseman, Philip Barber, Oscar Saul, Lou Lantz, and Vincent Sherman.

7 tape recordings.

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Sherman, Vincent

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Motion picture director. From the description of Reminiscences of Vincent Sherman: oral history, 1972. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122587835 ...

Saul, Oscar

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Houseman, John.

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Born Jacques Haussmann in Bucharest, Romania on Sept. 22, 1902, of a Alsatian father and English mother; attended Clifton College Preparatory School, Bristol, England, 1916-1918; moved to US in 1924; was grain export businessman while doing freelance writing and translating plays; entered theatrical production and direction upon collapse of stock market; by early 1930s was writing, producing and directing for NY stage; supervised Federal Theatre Project's Negro Theatre Project; taught at Vassar;...

Lantz, Louise K.

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Atkinson, Brooks, 1894-1984

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Drama critic. From the description of Reminiscences of Justin Brooks Atkinson : lecture, [195-?]. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122631692 American drama critic educated at Harvard University, Atkinson became a literary editor of the New York Times in 1922 and served as the paper's dramatic critic from 1926 to 1960. From the description of Brooks Atkinson papers, 1925-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612378941 ...

Barber, Philip W. (Philip Willson), 1903-1981

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Berenberg, Benedict

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