Theatre Guild archive, ca. 1903-1980.

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Theatre Guild archive, ca. 1903-1980.

Correspondence, writings, printed material, scrapbooks, photographs, financial papers, audio tapes, scripts and other papers relating to the Theatre Guild.

187.75 linear ft. (205 boxes)

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Theatre Guild

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Established in New York City in 1918, and initially administered by a board of managers, the Theatre Guild was for the greater part of its history co-directed by Lawrence Langner and Theresa Helburn, with Langner’s wife, Armina Marshall Langner, serving several administrative roles. Throughout the twentieth century the Theatre Guild was instrumental in improving the quality of American theatre, introducing audiences to new playwrights and forms of dramatic writing, stagecraft, and musical theatr...