In the summer house archive, 1950-1953.

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In the summer house archive, 1950-1953.

Producers' files for a proposed pre-Broadway tryout of In the Summer House by Jane Bowles at the Westport Playhouse in August 1950 consist primarily of correspondence and contracts relating to casting by Robert T. Ingham, assistant to John C. Wilson who intended to produce the show with Oliver Smith.

.25 lin. ft. (1 box).

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SNAC Resource ID: 7108696

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Bowles, Jane, 1917-1973

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American writer. From the description of Jane Bowles Collection, 1944-1966. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122602047 American expatriate author. From the description of Papers of Jane Bowles, 1966-1967. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32136010 The author Jane Auer Bowles, 1917-1973, published one novel, Two Serious Ladies (1943); one play, In the Summer House ...

Wilson, John C., approximately 1899-1961

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Born in Trenton, New Jersey and educated at Phillips Academy and Yale University, John C. Wilson worked briefly for C. D. Barney & Co. on Wall Street before becoming a producer and director. From the early 1930s to mid 1950s Wilson served as Noel Coward's personal manager and, in 1934, with Coward, Lynn Fontanne, and Alfred Lunt, he established Transatlantic Productions, with exclusive production rights to Coward's plays in the United States. Wilson also served as co-director of the Westport...

Smith, Oliver Lemuel, 1918-1994

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Ingham, Robert T.

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Kanin, Garson, 1912-1999

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Actor, author, and director. From the description of Garson Kanin papers, 1941-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71130926 Biographical Note 1912, Nov. 24 Born, Rochester, N.Y. 1933 Graduated, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York, N.Y. Acted for ...