Yale School of Drama recordings, circa 1926-2009 (inclusive).

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Yale School of Drama recordings, circa 1926-2009 (inclusive).

The records consist of audiovisual recordings documenting productions, marketing, presentations, symposia, and events of the Yale School of Drama and the Yale Reporatory Theatre.

543.25 linear feet (1322 items).

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SNAC Resource ID: 8025965

Yale University Library

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Yale Repertory Theatre

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Yale University.

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Yale School of Drama

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In 1924, Yale established the first department of drama in the country with a generous contribution from Edward S. Harkness (B.A. 1897). As part of the School of Fine Arts, the Department of Drama offered a Master of Fine Arts in Drama, first conferred in 1931. The department was headed by George Pierce Baker, formerly of the well-known English "47 Workshop" at Harvard. By vote of the Yale Corporation in 1955, the Department of Drama separated from the School of Fine Arts and became the Yale Sch...