Theodore Komisarjevsky correspondence with Phillada Sewell, 1929-1968 (inclusive), 1930-1954 (bulk).

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Theodore Komisarjevsky correspondence with Phillada Sewell, 1929-1968 (inclusive), 1930-1954 (bulk).

Includes personal correspondence between Komisarjevsky and Sewell, letters to Sewel from Komisarjevsky's wife Ernestine Stodelle and his sons, a few photographs and programs.

4 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7798842

Houghton Library

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Komisarjevsky, Chris

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Komisarjevsky, Theodore, 1882-1954

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Theodore Komisarjevsky was a Russian theatre and opera producer, director, designer, and author. In 1919 he emigrated to England where he designed and directed Russian plays, as well as productions of Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon and elsewhere. He moved to the U.S. in 1939, and continued to produce plays and operas, give lectures and teach until his death in 1954. Phillada Sewell (1910-1998) was an English stage, television and screen actress. She met Komisarjevsky in 1930, and over the ye...

Stodelle, Ernestine, 1912-2008

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Ernestine Stodelle, one of the foremost chroniclers of modern dance in America, was born in 1912 in Oakland, California. Her professional dance career began when she became a member of the pioneer modern dance company of Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman (1929-1935). She jointly choreographed works with Jose Limon, Eleanor King and Letitia Ide in the Little Group, a subsidiary ensemble of the Humphrey-Weidman Company, and later became a partner and choreographer with Jose Limon and his company....

Sewell, Phillada,

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