Footlight Players collection, 1931-1975.

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Footlight Players collection, 1931-1975.

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Collection contains histories, scrapbooks, programs (1931-1958), Footnotes (1937-1970, a serial), scripts (adapted by Emmett Robinson and others), photographs, posters, and sketches of costumes and sets relating to the Footlight Players of Charleston, South Carolina. Histories include a pamphlet (1946) entitled "History of the Footlight Players" and a typescript entitled "Historical Summary: Twenty-Five Years of Community Theatre" by Paul R. Weidner. The collection also includes information about membership and meetings and a reprinted clipping of a letter (1948) to the editor concerning the Dock Street Theatre lease. Scrapbooks (1932-1964, 4.25 linear ft.) contain clippings about the Footlight Players. The personal scrapbook of Eola Willis contains Willis's essay "Origin of the Footlight Players," clippings (1925-1938), reviews of her book "The Charleston Stage, " and other items. Collection includes programs (1931-1958), the serial Footnotes (1937-1970, a publication of the Footlight Players), annotated scripts, nine photographs of costumes and set designs, and ephemera (mostly publicity releases) including materials related to the Film Society, Family Agency, Dock Street Theatre, and Dock Street Theatre School. Oversized items include 15 small posters (1951-1957) and six sketches of costumes (with fabric swatches) and set designs by Emmett Robinson.

15 boxes (7 linear ft.)21 items (oversized)

College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7324434

College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library

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Willis, Eola, 1856-1952

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Charleston, S.C. writer, artist, historian, and cultural leader. She studied art, singing, and other subjects in Paris (France) and New York (N.Y.) and established an art studio in Charleston. Willis was active in many patriotic and cultural organizations, and it was through her efforts that an Art Commission was added to Charleston's civic government. She was the daughter of Edward Willis (1834-1910) and Elizabeth Louise Hammond Willis (1835-1917), whose other children included Azalea H. Willis...

Dock Street Theatre (Charleston, S.C.)

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The Dock Street Theatre in downtown Charleston, S.C., was a product of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and takes the name of an historical playhouse that flourished in 18th-century Charleston; workers constructed a theatre space behind an earlier building, the Planter's Hotel (the oldest portion of which was consturcted in 1809) From the description of Dock Street Theatre collection, 1937-1947. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 741669400 ...

Weidner, Paulus, approximately 1525-1585

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Robinson, Emmett Edward, 1914-

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Actor, stage designer, artist, and director. Emmett Edward Robinson was born in Ocala (Fla.) and moved to Charleston (S.C.) in the 1920s. He graduated from the College of Charleston in 1935 and received a master's degree from Yale University in 1941. Robinson became the managing director of the Footlight Players, a Charleston (S.C.) community theater group, in 1935. He died in 1988. From the description of Emmett Robinson papers, 1931-1977. (College of Charleston). WorldCat record id...

Carolina Art Association

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Footlight Players (Charleston, S.C.)

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Oldest community theater group in Charleston, South Carolina, organized in 1931. Most early plays were presented at the Academy of Music until 1936. In 1936 and 1937 plays were presented al fresco and at the Victory Theatre. In November 1937 the Footlight Players opened the reconstructed Dock Street Theatre (until May 1938 owned by the city and leased by the Carolina Art Association). The Footlight Players were affiliated with the Carolina Art Association from 1938 until...