Frank D. Gilroy and Oliver Hailey correspondence with Stanley Weintraub, 1970.

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Frank D. Gilroy and Oliver Hailey correspondence with Stanley Weintraub, 1970.

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The collection consists of nine items concerning Gilroy's suggestion, published in the Sunday New York Times, that universities pay playwrights in an effort to create new works at college theatres. Included are a photocopy of the original article, a photocopy of a letter from Stanley Weintraub to Gilroy inviting him to act on his suggestion at Penn State, three letters from Gilroy to Weintraub declining the offer, then suggesting Oliver Hailey for the role; also, two letters from Hailey to Weintraub concerning the offer, including a bibliography of his work; a letter from Robert H. Chapman to Weintraub expressing doubt over the proposition, and a follow-up note from Weintraug to Charles W. Mann explaining the negative outcome of the proposal.

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Chapman, Robert Harris, 1919-2000

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Hailey, Oliver, 1932-1993

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Pennsylvania State University. Institute for the Arts and Humanistic Studies

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Weintraub, Stanley, 1929-....

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Gilroy, Frank Daniel, 1925-

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Frank Daniel Gilroy was an American author and filmmaker, best known for the prize-winning play, The Subject Was Roses. Born in The Bronx, New York, Gilroy joined the Army out of high school and served two and one-half years as a World War II infantryman before graduating from Harvard and studying at Yale. He began his career writing teleplays for various television shows before moving on to drama and finding success with Who'll Save the Plowboy? and The Subject Was Roses, which won a Tony Award...