Eventide's Gertrude Lawrence collection, ca. 1929-2005.

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Eventide's Gertrude Lawrence collection, ca. 1929-2005.

The collection consists of playbills, newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, videos (VHS, DVD, PAL), CDs, books, scores and supporting documents related to the career of Gertrude Lawrence. The collection includes Eventide Arts Festival posters, programs and flyers for "G" (a tribute to Gertrude Lawrence) performed in 2002 and 2003 on the Gertrude Lawrence stage at the Dennis Union Church.

16 boxes (16 linear feet)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7913864

Sturgis Library (Barnstable, Mass.)

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Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989

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Morley, Sheridan, 1941-2007

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Dennis Union Church (Dennis, Mass.)

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Cape Playhouse (Dennis, Mass.)

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Eventide Arts (Dennis, Mass.)

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Dennis Memorial Library (Dennis, Mass.). Archives.

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Lawrence, Gertrude

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Gertrude Lawrence, actress, was born Gertrud Alexandra Dagnar Lawrence Klasen in London, England on July 4, 1898. She was a musical star of stage and screen. She worked frequently with producer John Golden, and with actor and writer Noel Coward. Miss Lawrence's last stage appearance was with Yul Brynner in the musical, The King and I, in 1951. Gertrude Lawrence died on September 6, 1952. From the guide to the Gertrude Lawrence collection, 1910-1952, (The New York Public Library. Bill...

Coward, Noël, 1899-1973

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English composer, writer, actor, and producer. From the description of Signature on his visiting card, dated : [n.p., n.d.], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270899310 Badger's Green opened Jun. 12, 1930. From the description of Letter [1930] Jun. 20 [London] to Maurice Browne [London] (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34365183 English actor and author. From the description of The Birth of Hope : autograph manuscript signed ...

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