Plays, 1931-1941.

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Plays, 1931-1941.

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Includes unsigned typewritten manuscript of Clugston's plays: Finished and The head of the family, as well as two set designs by Spencer Davies in watercolor and pencil for The head of the family. Also includes mimeographed typescripts of the radio scripts: A matter of life an death by Leopold Atlas, The house that Jack didn't build by Alfred Kreymborg, Red-head baker by Albert Maltz, Supply and demand by Irwin Shaw, and an untitled play by Eleanor Troy Williams, among other items.

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Kreymborg, Alfred, 1883-1966

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Alfred Kreymborg was born in New York, grew up on the Lower East Side and later lived in Greenwich Village. He was a frequent contributor to "little" magazines and had frequent collections of his poetry published between 1916 and 1950. He also wrote plays, radio dramas, several novels, and an autobiography. From the description of Alfred Kreymborg letter and poem to Dear old Harry, 1928. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 64582069 ...

Clugston, Katharine, 1892-

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Clugston (1892-1985) was an American playwright. From the description of Plays, 1931-1941. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78730314 From the guide to the Plays, 1931-1941., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Williams, Eleanor

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Frank Porter Williams ran a general merchandise store in Saint Michael, Alaska. He lived there with his wife, Eleanor. From the description of Williams family papers, ca. 1890-ca. 1924 (University of Alaska, Fairbanks). WorldCat record id: 692394909 ...

Maltz, Albert, 1908-

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Shaw, Irwin

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Author Irwin Shaw was born in New York and educated at Brooklyn College; after graduation he wrote for radio serials to help support his destitute family. He became a successful playwright, which led to work on various movies, including both original screenplays and adaptations. He gradually shifted his emphasis to short stories, and produced a series of acclaimed stories for New Yorker and other periodicals. He was a non-combatant in World War II but, traveling with a filmmaking unit, he witnes...

Atlas, Leopold, 1907-1954

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