Rollo Peters costume and set designs, 1912-1965.

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Rollo Peters costume and set designs, 1912-1965.

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The collection includes original pencil, ink, and watercolor scene and costume designs documenting Rollo Peters's work for theatre, dance, and opera productions. Included are designs from productions of the Provincetown Players, the Washington Square Players, The Theatre Guild, various Broadway productions, and others. Peters's non-theatrical artworks include portrait drawings from the early 1910s, two sketchbooks, and a few drawings and watercolors relating to his real estate and wartime activities. Photographs include several of Peters's stage designs and of Peters in acting roles, and a photograph of his sketch of Barrymore. A poster for the Theatre Guild's production of The Faithful containing a drawing by Peters, and a poster advertising Peters's production of Ruth Draper at the Wharf Theatre in Monterey are also included.

1 linear foot (4 boxes)

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Westport Country Playhouse (Westport, Conn.)

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Provincetown Players

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Washington Square Players (New York, N.Y.)

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The Washington Square Players was an independent, non-commercial theatre group founded in 1914 by Lawrence Langner, Edward Goodman, Philip Moeller, Lee Simonson, and others wanting to produce plays of artistic merit. The group was seminal in beginning the "little theatre" or "art theatre" movement in the U.S., attracting innovative theatre artists. Their first production opened at the Bandbox Theatre in 1915, later moving to the Comedy Theatre as the group became more successful. Katharine Corne...

Theatre Guild

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Peters, Rollo

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Charles Rollo Peters III (1892-1967) was born in Paris, but moved to California when he was five. He was an actor, scenic designer, director, producer and co-founder of the New York Theatre Guild. He designed the costumes for George Pierce Baker's 1921 The Pilgrim Spirit: a pageant in celebration of the tercentenary of the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, Massachusetts, December 21, 1620. The pageant was performed at the State Reservation near Plymouth Rock, in July and August of 1921. ...