The Chester Kallman collection. 1940-1975.

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The Chester Kallman collection. 1940-1975.

The collection contains 34 sheets of manuscript poems and three playbooks. The poems are entitled "The Sense of the Occasion". The playbooks include two pieces: "The Tuscan Players", and "Anne Boleyn, Tragic Opera in Two Acts."

.25 linear feet.

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Auden, W.H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973

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