Helen Epstein research materials for biography of Joseph Papp, 1920s-1993.

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Helen Epstein research materials for biography of Joseph Papp, 1920s-1993.

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Collection contains files compiled by Helen Epstein while researching her book "Joe Papp: an American life" (1994). In addition to newsclippings, reproductions of documents, press releases, reminiscences of friends and family, subject files, and programs, the collection contains reproductions of photographs (many used as illustrations in the book), an incomplete typescript of the book's penultimate draft, books on American theater, and academic theses on Papp and on the New York Shakespeare Festival. There are also audiotapes of interviews conducted by Epstein with Papp, his family, friends, and colleagues; and videotapes of Papp productions.

5 boxes (5 linear ft.)

Harvard University, Harvard Theater Collection, Harvard College Library

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Epstein, Helen, 1947-....

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Helen Epstein is an author whose publications include non-fiction works on the performing arts, and the Holocaust. From the description of Helen Epstein research materials for biography of Joseph Papp, 1920s-1993. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612232925 ...

Papp, Joseph

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New York Shakespeare Festival Productions

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The Administrative Office files document the earliest activities of Joseph Papp, including the formation of the New York Shakespeare Festival. The records also document Papp's fight with Robert Moses over free Shakespeare in the Park, the acquisition and restoration of the Astor Library to become the Public Theater, the fiscal crisis of the 1970's and the NYSF at Lincoln Center. The records also reveal Papp's ideas for productions and seasonal planning, special programs such as the Mobile Theate...