Papers, 1928-1981.

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Papers, 1928-1981.

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Correspondence, files, notes, photographs and scrapbooks relating to Joseph Davidson's career starting as a student actor at the City University of New York to his teaching position in the Theatre Department of Brooklyn College. This collection also includes staging designs and notes for over 266 productions presented at Brooklyn College. Also included are dozens of playbills from performances, several prompt books, and numerous personal books.

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Brooklyn College

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Brooklyn College. Dept. of Theatre.

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Brooklyn College. Faculty

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Davidson, Joseph H., 1903-1981.

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Known affectionately as "Skipper" ever since he was dubbed by a student who saw him wearing a sailor's cap to rehearsal, Joseph (Skipper) Davidson, also known professionally as Jo Davidson, taught speech and theatre at Brooklyn College for 44 years. He was born in Connecticut and educated at Boston University, Columbia and the Leland Powers School of Theatre. He directed and produced over 150 theatre productions at Brooklyn College. From the description of Papers, 1928-1981. (Brookly...

Brooklyn College. Dept. of Speech.

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Negro, Dante

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Associate dean of administration, chairman of the Brooklyn College Performing Arts Council, and concert manager. From the description of American Repertory Theatre collection, [ca.1966-1976] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155455940 During Dante Negro's tenure at Brooklyn College, he proved to be an able administrator and an important figure in the theater Department. He served as Associate Dean of Administration, a position w here he did so well that Louis B. Solomon, one-ti...

Shaw, Irwin

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Author Irwin Shaw was born in New York and educated at Brooklyn College; after graduation he wrote for radio serials to help support his destitute family. He became a successful playwright, which led to work on various movies, including both original screenplays and adaptations. He gradually shifted his emphasis to short stories, and produced a series of acclaimed stories for New Yorker and other periodicals. He was a non-combatant in World War II but, traveling with a filmmaking unit, he witnes...