Complete working script of A hero is born; an extravaganza in two acts, by Theresa Helburn. Based on a story by Andrew Lang. Produced at the "Adelphi" Theatre, N.Y.C. ... October 1, 1937 ... Manuscript assembled by Elsa Ryan ... [1937?]

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Complete working script of A hero is born; an extravaganza in two acts, by Theresa Helburn. Based on a story by Andrew Lang. Produced at the "Adelphi" Theatre, N.Y.C. ... October 1, 1937 ... Manuscript assembled by Elsa Ryan ... [1937?]

[140] f. mounted plans (blue prints), mounted plates. 29 x 23 cm.

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912

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Scottish man of letters. From the description of Enchanted cigarettes : [n.p.] : autograph essay signed, [ca. 1891]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270598917 Author and scholar Andrew Lang was born in Scotland, and educated at St. Andrews, Glasgow, and Oxford. He resolved to be a journalist, and wrote articles and columns for various publications, but eventually this versatile and prolific author produced poetry, fiction, essays on various topics, history, literary criticism...

Ryan, Elsa

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Helburn, Theresa, 1887-1959

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Theresa Helburn was born in New York City in 1887, graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1908, and had an early career as a writer of essays, poetry, and plays, and as a theatre critic for The Nation. In 1919, she joined the Theatre Guild in New York City as a play reader. Within a few years she was co-administrative director with Lawrence Langner. As a writer, critic, director, and administrator, Theresa Helburn was a major force in the development of twentieth-century American theatre. She was m...