Emmett Robinson papers, 1931-1977.

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Emmett Robinson papers, 1931-1977.

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The Emmett Robinson papers consist of a typewritten, annotated draft (1935) of a book entitled "Source History of the Drama in Ante-Bellum Charleston, S.C. (1800-1861)," playbills (1941) for plays at the County Theatre (Suffern, N.Y.), a photocopy of an article (1958) about the Footlight Players at the Dock Street Theatre (Charleston, S.C.), a holograph poem, and two scrapbooks. One scrapbook (1931-1977) contains mostly playbills and clippings concerning plays staged by the Dramatic Society of the College of Charleston, the Footlight Players, and the Peruchi's Theatre Art Group. The scrapbook also contains Robinson's handwritten "List of performances" of the plays in which he was involved as an actor, designer, or director from 1931 to 1951. Another scrapbook (1935-1937) contains photographs and copies of documents (including plan views) pertaining to the restoration of the Planters' Hotel (Charleston, S.C.), photostats of engravings depicting the interiors and exteriors of several English theaters, and typewritten excerpts from various books about the American theater and English and American stage actors.

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College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library

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College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library

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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...

College of Charleston. Dramatic Society.

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Planters' Hotel (Charleston, S.C.)

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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 ...

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...

Peruchi's Theatre Art Group.

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