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Theresa Helburn collection
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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Bryn Mawr College. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
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Bryn Mawr alumna Theresa Helburn (B.A. 1908) had a long and distinguished career behind the scenes on Broadway, and also made important contributions to the professions of film and television from the 1930s to the 1950s. From a very young age Helburn had literary aspirations and a particular inclination for drama. She found her true artistic calling, however, as a producer with New York's Theatre Guild. Involved from the Guild's foundation in 1919, Helburn served first as a literary manager and then as casting director and eventually became (along with Lawrence Langner) a co-producer. The Theatre Guild specialized in bringing the highest-quality drama of Europe and America to Broadway stages. Breaking away from the common practice of single-ticket sales and productions built around famous stars, the Theatre Guild built a large and loyal season subscription audience as well as establishing enduring relationships with renowned playwrights such as Bernard Shaw and Eugene O'Neill, as well as the actors Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, among many other notable names.
Helburn's responsibilities were wide-ranging, including everything from vetting scripts, to casting plays, to fund-raising, to leading advertising and marketing campaigns. In 1925, just six short years from the establishment of the production company, she presided over the ground breaking ceremony for the new Guild Theatre. In the early 1930s, she worked briefly in Hollywood, and maintained strong ties with the film and television industries until the time of her death, although her first love was always, and would remain, the live theater.
The Theresa Helburn Theater Collection includes over 1400 photographs, 160 playscripts, 139 ground plans, 171 theater programs, and numerous advertisements and other theatrical ephemera. Helburn donated these materials to the College shortly before her death in 1959.
The 1417 photographs are housed in 18 boxes in the Art and Artifact Collection. The majority of the photographs relate to Helburn's work as producer of the Theatre Guild, while a small portion are her personal collection of commercial portraits of actors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The collection includes the work of noted theatrical photographers such as Francis Bruguière, Joseph Abeles, Leo Friedman, Luther White, and particularly Florence and Tommy Vandamm. Most of the photographs are publicity shots 8" x 10" or larger. Studio portraits of actors, in and out of costume, and production photographs taken on stage are both well represented.
The non-photographic materials in the collection are housed in 26 boxes in the manuscripts collection. The plays in the collection are typescripts; some are worn with age and use, but many contain marginal notes, cuts to the text, information about cues, or other technical information about the production process. These technical documents range from cue lists, to costume, prop, or lighting inventories, to music lyrics, to directions for the placement of props and scenery. Some scripts are for plays which the Theatre Guild did not produce. The stage plans are typically blueprints drawn in 1/4" scale for the information of general production staff; they do not typically include detailed information about materials or dimensions. The programs, advertisements, and other ephemera vary in size and style.
The materials in this collection were given to the College between 1957 and 1960 by alumna Theresa Helburn (B.A. 1908) and her estate. She acquired the majority of its materials during the course of her work with the Theatre Guild, a Broadway production company.
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- Bryn Mawr College
- Finding Aid Author
- Christa Williford, Melissa Torquato
- Access Restrictions
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This collection is open for research.
- Use Restrictions
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The Theresa Helburn Collection is the physical property of Bryn Mawr College. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the original photographers, authors, and creators or their legal heirs and assigns.
Collection Inventory
General
Information about over 1100 of the 1400 photographs in the collection is now available through Triptych, a database of visual materials from the collections of Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore Colleges. Since copyright restrictions apply to many of the photographs, some images are only available to students, faculty and visitors to these college campuses.
Commercial portraits of late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century actors (cabinet cards).
General
This series has not yet been digitized or described.
Program text, cue list, and documents pertaining to scenery, properties, and lighting, c. 1930.
Box 1
Folder 1
One "instrument schedule and hanging plan" (light plot), oversize, c. 1933.
Documents pertaining to lighting, c. 1933.
Box 1
Folder 2
One typescript, c. 1936.
Box 1
Folder 3
Typescript with cues typed in margins, lighting equipment hang list, lighting cue list, and one ground plan, c. 1922.
Box 1
Folder 4
Typescript with handwritten notes in margins with lighting equipment hang list and lighting cue list, c. 1922.
Box 1
Folder 5
Typescript with cues typed in margins with handwritten notes and revisions, c. 1922.
Box 1
Folder 6
Additional documents pertaining to lighting, c. 1922.
Box 1
Folder 7
One typescript, c. 1921.
Box 1
Folder 8
One typescript with cues typed in margins.
Box 1
Folder 9
One typescript.
Box 1
Folder 10
One typescript with handwritten notes in margins, 1943.
Box 1
Folder 11
One typescript. Screenplay, 1941.
Box 1
Folder 12
One typescript with notes typed in margins and lighting equipment hang list, c. 1937.
Box 1
Folder 13
One typescript, 1930.
Box 2
Folder 1
One typescript, 1940.
Box 2
Folder 2
One typescript with cast list, prop list, handwritten and typed cues in margins, and revisions, c. 1949.
Box 2
Folder 3
One typescript with handwritten cast list, handwritten and typed cues in margins, and numerous pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, prop placement, and stage management, c. 1942.
Box 2
Folder 4
One typescript with handwritten notes in margins and revisions, c. 1937.
Box 2
Folder 5
Typescript includes Acts I and II and two additional loose pages, c. 1936.
Box 2
Folder 6
Typescript includes Act III, C. 1936.
Box 2
Folder 7
Typescript includes a loose copy of Act II with stage directions in red, c. 1936.
Box 2
Folder 8
One typescript with handwritten notes in margins, c. 1952.
Box 3
Folder 1
One typescript, c. 1938.
Box 3
Folder 2
One typescript with music cue list, c. 1919.
Box 3
Folder 3
One typescript, c. 1938.
Box 3
Folder 4
One typescript with cast list, light inventory equipment list, and cues typed in margins, c. 1929 .
Box 3
Folder 5
Additional documents pertaining to lighting, c. 1929.
Box 3
Folder 6
One typescript, 1955.
Box 3
Folder 7
One typescript with dressing room list, 1937.
Box 3
Folder 8
One typescript, c. 1953.
Box 3
Folder 9
One typescript with handwritten cues and notes in margins, 1933.
Box 4
Folder 1
One typescript, c. 1954.
Box 4
Folder 2
One typescript with handwritten revisions, 1944.
Box 4
Folder 3
One typescript with eight typed review excerpts from 1922 and 1924, prop list, lighting equipment hang list, cues typed in margins, and three ground plans, c. 1924.
Box 4
Folder 4
Incidental music, c. 1938.
Box 9
Folder 5
One typescript with cast list, cues typed in margins, and numerous pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, prop placement, stage management, and three ground plans, 1931.
Box 4
Folder 7
One typescript with prop list, cues typed in margins, numerous pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, prop placement, stage management, and one ground plan, c. 1933.
Box 4
Folder 6
One typescript with handwritten revisions, c. 1922.
Box 4
Folder 8
One typescript, c. 1956.
Box 4
Folder 9
One typescript, 1938.
Box 4
Folder 10
One typescript with handwritten revision, 1948.
Box 5
Folder 1
One typescript with prop list and lighting equipment hang list, c. 1932.
Box 5
Folder 2
One typescript, 1955.
Box 5
Folder 3
One typescript with handwritten cues and notes in margins, c. 1920.
Box 5
Folder 4
One typescript, c. 1919.
Box 5
Folder 5
One typescript with handwritten notes in margins and revisions.
Box 5
Folder 6
One typescript with several pages of review excerpts for Theatre Guild production, prop list, lighting inventory equipment list, lighting equipment hang list, and three ground plans, 1925.
One typescript with handwritten notations, 1956.
Box 6
Folder 1
One typescript with handwritten notes in margins and revisions, c. 1953.
Box 6
Folder 2
One typescript with cast list, prop list, and pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, prop placement, costume, stage management, and two ground plans, c. 1937.
Box 6
Folder 3
Additional documents pertaining to properties, costumes, and lighting, c. 1937.
Box 6
Folder 5
One typescript with cues typed in margins, c. 1929.
Box 6
Folder 5
One typescript with cues typed in margins, c. 1942.
Box 6
Folder 6
One typescript, c. 1920.
Box 6
Folder 7
One typescript, c. 1927.
Box 6
Folder 8
One typescript with cast list, cues typed in margins, and pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, prop placement, stage management, and two ground plans, 1923.
Box 6
Folder 9
One typescript, c. 1947.
Box 7
Folder 1
Chorus part inscribed with the name Altonell Hines, 1935.
Box 7
Folder 2
One typescript, c. 1938.
Box 7
Folder 3
Glazer, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Floyer), 1887-1956.
General
See Hemingway, Ernest
One typescript with lighting equipment hang list, cues typed in margins, and pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, prop placement, stage management, and fifteen ground plans, c. 1928.
Box 7
Folder 4
Duplicate copy of fifteen ground plans, c. 1928.
Box 7
Folder 5
One typescript with handwritten notes in margins, revisions, lighting equipment hang list, and pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, prop placement, costume, stage management, and one ground plan, c. 1941.
Box 7
Folder 6
One typescript, c. 1933.
Box 7
Folder 7
Hammerstein, Oscar, II.
General
See Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979; Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960
One typescript with cues typed in margins, prop list, electrical equipment list, and several pages pertaining to technical directions for sound, c. 1947.
Box 7
Folder 8
One typescript, c. 1940.
Box 7
Folder 9
One typescript, 1955.
Box 7
Folder 10
One typescript.
Box 8
Folder 3
One typescript with cues typed in margins, cast list, cast address list, average running time list, prop list, lighting equipment hang list, and numerous pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, prop placement, costume, and stage management, c. 1935.
Box 8
Folder 1
Additional documents pertaining to lighting, c. 1935.
Box 8
Folder 2
One typescript, c. 1953.
Box 8
Folder 4
Typescript, 1935.
Box 8
Folder 5
Typescript by Sidney Howard, 1937.
Box 8
Folder 6
One typescript.
Box 8
Folder 7
One typescript with Irish cast list, New York cast list, handwritten notes in margins, revisions, prop list, lighting equipment hang list, and several pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, prop placement, and stage management, c. 1931.
Box 8
Folder 8
Additional documents pertaining to properties and lighting, c. 1932.
Box 8
Folder 9
One typescript with cues typed in margins, prop list, lighting equipment hang list, song lyrics, and several pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, prop placement, and stage management, c. 1928.
Box 9
Folder 1
Additional documents pertaining to lighting, c. 1928.
Box 9
Folder 2
One typescript with cues typed in margins and prop list, c. 1922.
Box 9
Folder 3
One typescript with lighting equipment hang list and pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, prop placement, costume, sound, and stage management and lose ground plan, 1946.
Box 9
Folder 4
One typescript, c. 1944.
Box 9
Folder 5
One typescript with advertisement, cues typed in margins, cast list, prop list, lighting equipment hang list, and several pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, prop placement, and stage management, c. 1935.
Box 9
Folder 6
One typescript with cast list, c. 1955.
Box 9
Folder 7
One typescript, c. 1929.
Box 9
Folder 8
Documents pertaining to lighting and properties, c. 1929.
Box 9
Folder 9
One typescript with handwritten notes and cues in margins; music cues marked in red, off stage noises in green, and light cues in blue, c. 1925.
Box 10
Folder 1
One typescript with handwritten notes in margins and revisions, c. 1923.
Box 10
Folder 2
One typescript with a couple pages pertaining to technical directions for prop placement, costume, and stage management, c. 1954.
Box 10
Folder 3
One typescript with lighting equipment hang list and pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, properties, and stage management, c. 1921.
Box 10
Folder 4
One typescript, c. 1950.
Box 10
Folder 5
One typescript, c. 1948.
Box 10
Folder 6
One typescript with cues typed in margins, handwritten notes in margins, prop list, and lighting equipment hang list 1936., 1936.
Box 10
Folder 7
One typescript with prop list, cues typed in margins, and pages pertaining to technical directions for prop placement, c. 1925.
Box 10
Folder 8
One typescript with cast list, cues typed in margins, and pages pertaining to technical directions for prop placement, c. 1922.
Box 10
Folder 9
One typescript with cast list from program, cues typed in margins, and revisions. Missing several pages at end, 1927.
Box 10
Folder 10
Documents pertaining to lighting, c. 1927.
Box 10
Folder 11
One typescript with cues typed in margins, handwritten notes in margins, revisions, lighting equipment hang list, and pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, prop placement, scenery, music, and stage management (Missing original folder and title page), c. 1933.
Box not specified
Folder 1
One typescript with cues typed in margins, 1940.
Box 11
Folder 2
One typescript with prop list, lighting equipment hang list, multiple pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, prop placement, stage management, and three ground plans, c. 1925.
Box 11
Folder 3
One typescript with cues typed in margins (Missing original folder), c. 1924.
Box 11
Folder 4
One typescript, c. 1921.
Box 11
Folder 5
One typescript with revisions, 1954.
Box 11
Folder 6
Mozart, W. A. (Wolfgang Amadeus), 1756-1791.
General
See Rochester American Opera Company
One typescript with three typed review excerpts from 1925, prop list, and two ground plans, c. 1935.
Box 11
Folder 7
One typescript, c. 1925.
Box 11
Folder 8
One typescript.
Box 11
Folder 9
One typescript with cues typed in margins, prop list, music cue list, lighting equipment hang list, and several pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, prop placement, sound, stage management, and three ground plans, c. 1933.
Box 12
Folder 1
One typescript, c. 1933.
Box 12
Folder 2
One typescript with prop list, lighting equipment hang list, and pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, prop placement, stage management, and six ground plans, c. 1934.
Box 11
Folder 3
One typescript with program, cues typed in margins, lighting equipment hang list, and multiple pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, prop placement, scenery, sound, stage management, and four ground plans, c. 1929.
Box 11
Folder 4
One typescript, 1925-1926.
Box 11
Folder 5
Three typescripts with cues typed in margins, handwritten notes in margins, and revisions, c. 1925-1926.
Box 10
Folder 6-7
One typescript with handwritten notes in margins, c. 1943.
Box 13
Folder 1
One typescript with cues typed in margins, 1951.
Box 13
Folder 2
One typescript with song lyrics, c. 1935.
Box 13
Folder 3
One typescript with handwritten notes in margins, revisions, prop list, and one ground plan, c. 1935.
Box 13
Folder 4
One typescript with cues typed in margins, prop list, lighting equipment hang list, and pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, prop placement, stage management, and two ground plans, c. 1934.
Box 13
Folder 5
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
General
See Rochester American Opera Company
Rawson, Graham, 1890-1955 and Rawson, Tristan, 1888-1974.
General
See Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832
One typescript.
Box 13
Folder 6
One typescript with cues typed in margins, 1920.
Box 13
Folder 7
One typescript with cues typed in margins, handwritten notes in margins, and revisions, 1942.
Box 13
Folder 8
Documents pertaining to lighting and properties, c. 1931.
Box 13
Folder 9
One typescript with cues typed in margins, c. 1947.
Box 14
Folder 1
Loose copy of chorus lyrics for Allegro, c. 1947.
Box 14
Folder 2
One typescript with handwritten notes in margins, revisions, lighting equipment hang list, electrical equipment list, and numerous pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, prop placement, costume, and stage management, c. 1945.
Box 14
Folder 3
Vocal parts (music and lyrics), 1945.
Box 14
Folder 4
One typescript, c. 1943.
Box 14
Folder 5
One typescript with handwritten notes in margins, revisions, prop list, and pages pertaining to technical directions for prop placement, stage management, and song lyrics in French, c. 1929.
Box 14
Folder 6
Additional copies of documents pertaining to properties, lighting, and music; one ground plan, c. 1929.
Box 14
Folder 7
One typescript with handwritten notes and revisions, c. 1953.
Box 14
Folder 8
One typescript, c. 1956?.
Box 14
Folder 9
One typescript, 1940.
Box 14
Folder 10
One typescript, 1953.
Box 14
Folder 11
One typescript with cues typed in margins, revisions, cast list, prop list, lighting equipment hang list, and pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, prop placement, stage management, and one ground plan, c. 1931.
Box 14
Folder 12
Typescript of Act I-Act III with handwritten notes and revisions, c. 1930.
Box 15
Folder 1
Typescript is of Act IV and Act V.
Box 15
Folder 2
One typescript with cues typed in margins and prop list, c. 1923.
Box 15
Folder 3
One typescript.
Box 15
Folder 4
One typescript.
Box 15
Folder 5
One typescript with handwritten notes in margins, prop list, lighting equipment hang list, and pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, prop placement, and stage management; missing title page, c. 1935.
Box 15
Folder 6
One typescript with cues typed in margins, program, cast list, lighting equipment hang list, music cue list, and multiple pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, prop placement, costume, and stage management, c. 1940.
Box 15
Folder 7
One typescript with cues typed in margins, lighting equipment hang list, and several pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting and stage management, c. 1946.
Box 15
Folder 8
One typescript, c. 1925.
Box 15
Folder 9
One typescript with cues typed in margins, revisions, prop list, lighting equipment hang list, and several pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, prop placement, and stage management, c. 1930.
Box 15
Folder 10
One typescript with cues typed in margins, handwritten notes in margins, cast list, prop list, lighting equipment hang list, and pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, prop placement, stage management, and three ground plans, c. 1925.
Box 15
Folder 11
One typescript with handwritten notes in margins, cast list, prop list, lighting equipment hang list, and multiple pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, prop placement, scenery, and stage management, c. 1925.
Box 16
Folder 1
One typescript with cues typed in margins, handwritten notes in margins, prop list, lighting equipment hang list, and numerous pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, prop placement, stage management, and four ground plans, c. 1923.
Box 16
Folder 2
Additional documents pertaining to lighting, properties, and costumes, 1923.
Box 16
Folder 3
One typescript with prop list, lighting equipment hang list, and multiple pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, prop placement, stage management, and four ground plans, c. 1927.
Box 16
Folder 4
One typescript with handwritten notes in margins, revisions, prop list, lighting equipment hang list, and several pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, prop placement, and stage management, c. 1931.
Box 16
Folder 5
One typescript with handwritten notes in the margins, c. 1921.
Box 16
Folder 6
One typescript with prop list, lighting equipment hang list, and pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, prop placement, stage management, and three ground plans, c. 1928.
Box 16
Folder 7
One typescript (missing original folder), c. 1926.
Box 16
Folder 8
One typescript with cues typed in margins, prop list, lighting equipment hang list, and pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, stage management, and two ground plans, c. 1923.
Box 17
Folder 1
One typescript with prop list, lighting equipment hang list, and pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, prop placement, stage management, and three ground plans, c. 1935.
Box 17
Folder 2
One typescript with cues typed in margins, handwritten notes in margins, revisions, cast list, prop list, lighting equipment hang list, and pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, stage management, and three ground plans, c. 1932.
Box 17
Folder 3
One typescript, c. 1942.
Box 17
Folder 4
Documents pertaining to costumes, c. 1948.
Box 17
Folder 5
One typescript with cast list, prop list, costume inventory, and lighting inventory equipment list, c. 1942.
Box 17
Folder 6
One typescript with cues typed in margins, handwritten notes in margins, revisions, cast list, prop list, lighting inventory equipment list, lighting equipment hang list, and music cue list, c. 1931.
Box 17
Folder 7
One typescript with cues typed in margins, prop list, lighting equipment hang list, and pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, prop placement, music, stage management, and one ground plan, c. 1930.
Box 17
Folder 8
One typescript with program, advertisement, revisions, and one ground plan, c. 1928.
Box 17
Folder 9
One typescript with cues typed in margins, handwritten notes in margins, revisions, lighting equipment inventory, music cue list, costume inventory, sound cue list, and pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, prop placement, costume, sound, and stage management, c. 1942.
Box 17
Folder 10
One typescript with program, cues typed in margins, handwritten notes in margins, revisions, lighting equipment hang list, and six ground plans, c. 1924.
Box 18
Folder 1
One typescript, 1941.
Box 18
Folder 2
One typescript with program, advertisement, cues typed in margins, revisions, cast list, prop list, lighting equipment inventory list, lighting equipment hang list, and pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, prop placement, and stage management, c. 1930.
Box 18
Folder 3
One typescript, c. 1936.
Box 18
Folder 4
One typescript with cast list, cues typed in margins, and handwritten notes in margins, c. 1953.
Box 18
Folder 5
One typescript with cues typed in margins, cast list, costume inventory, prop list, and lighting equipment hang list, c. 1924.
Box 18
Folder 6
One typescript with handwritten cast list, c. 1950.
Box 18
Folder 7
One typescript, c. 1947.
Box 18
Folder 8
One typescript, 1943.
Box 19
Folder 1
One typescript with program, cues typed in margins, prop list, and five ground plans, c. 1926.
Box 19
Folder 2
One typescript with cast list and note in an unknown hand, c. 1944.
Box 19
Folder 3
One typescript with cues typed in margins, prop list, lighting inventory equipment list, lighting equipment hang list, and eleven ground plans, c. 1926.
Box 19
Folder 4
One typescript, 1953.
Box 19
Folder 5
One typescript with cues typed in margins, cast list, prop list, lighting equipment hang list, and pages pertaining to technical directions for lighting, prop placement, and stage management, c. 1939.
Box 19
Folder 6
Jane Clegg - Program from week of 02/23/1920.
Box 20
Folder 1
Mr. Pim Passes By - One program: Garrick Theatre program, c. 1921.
Box 20
Folder 1
Liliom - One program, c. 1921.
Box 20
Folder 1
Heartbreak House - Two programs: excerpt from preface to the play, c. 1920-1921.
Box 20
Folder 1
Ambush - One program, 1921.
Box 20
Folder 1
Back to Methuselah - synopsis of the play. Shaw Festival Souvenir edition, c. 1922.
Box 20
Folder 1
Back to Methuselah - three articles titled "Producing Back to Methuselah", "A Page of Theatre Guild History," and "Co-operation"; plot synopsis; production photos; pages uncut, c. 1922.
Box 20
Folder 1
R. U. R - Includes advertising insert for the play at Nixon Theatre in Pittsburgh beginning October 1, 1922. , c. 1922-1923.
Box 20
Folder 2
Peer Gynt - short article about the play, c. 1923.
Box 20
Folder 2
The Lucky One - short biography of producing director Theodore Komisarjevsky, c. 1922. 2 items.
Box 20
Folder 2
Physical Description
2 items
The Adding Machine - One program, Week of 04/14/1923. 1 items.
Box 20
Folder 2
Physical Description
1 items
The Failures (Les Rates) - with short biography , Week of 11/19/1923.
Box 20
Folder 2
The Devil's Disciple - One program: short article about the play, 1923.
Box 20
Folder 2
Saint Joan - Garrick Theatre program, Week of 12/28/1923.
Box 20
Folder 2
The Processional - program with advertising insert for the play. , Week of 02/23/1925.
Box 20
Folder 3
Ariadne - program with short biography and photo of author, Week of 02/23/1925. 1 items.
Box 20
Folder 3
Physical Description
1 items
The Glass Slipper - program with photo of author and program clipping, Week of 10/19/1925. 1 items.
Box 20
Folder 3
Physical Description
1 items
The Chief Thing - Program with short article about the play; photo of the author, Week of 03/22/1926. 1 items.
Box 20
Folder 3
Physical Description
1 items
The Glass Slipper - One program with photo of author.
, One program. Week of 10/19/1925. 1 items.
Box 20
Folder 3
Physical Description
1 items
Merchants of Glory - program that Includes two identical advertising inserts; missing back cover.
, Week of 12/14/1925. 1 items.
Box 20
Folder 3
Physical Description
1 items
Goat Song - program with short article about the play; three articles titled "Werfel and Goat Song," "The Author of Goat Song," "Werfel's Message to America"; photo of author. Includes two inserts: one photo insert with short biography of author; one advertising insert for the play, Week of 01/25/1926.
Box 20
Folder 3
The Second Man - program with short biography and photo of author; missing back cover
, Week of 04/11/1927. 1 items.
Box 20
Folder 4
Physical Description
1 items
The Brothers Karamazov - program with advertisement with upcoming cast list for Luigi Pirandello's Right You Are If You Think You Are.
, Week of 01/03/1927. 1 folders.
Box 20
Folder 4
Physical Description
1 folders
The Silver Cord - program, Week of 07/04/1927. 1 items.
Box 20
Folder 4
Physical Description
1 items
Mr. Pim Passes By - program including advertising insert for the play, Week of 04/18/1927.
Box 20
Folder 4
Pygmalion - One program, Week of 11/15/1926.
Box 20
Folder 4
Juarez & Maximilian - program with timeline of author's life; chronology of historical events relevant to the play; article titled "Historical Note on Maximilian and the Church Party"; portrait of Emperor Maximilian.
, Weeks of 10/11/1926.
Box 20
Folder 4
Porgy - Guild Theatre program with short article about the play; lyrics for ten songs from the play, Week of 11/14/1927.
Box 20
Folder 5
Porgy - Martin Beck Theatre program with short article about the play, Week of 09/30/1929. 1 items.
Box 20
Folder 5
Physical Description
1 items
Volpone - Guild Theatre program with short article about the play; facsimile of an old playbill for Volpone; sketches of Ben Jonson and Stefan Zweig; includes advertising insert for the play, Week of 04/09/1928.
Box 20
Folder 5
Volpone - Liberty Theatre program., Week of 03/10/1930. 1 items.
Box 20
Folder 5
Physical Description
1 items
Marco Mils - Guild Theatre program, Weeks of 01/09/1928.
Box 20
Folder 5
Marco Mils - Liberty Theatre program
, Week of 03/03/1930. 1 items.
Box 20
Folder 5
Physical Description
1 items
Strange Interlude - John Golden Theatre program, Week of 06/04/1928.
Box 20
Folder 5
Strange Interlude - Program that includes insert for a cast addendum, advertising insert for the play with schedule of Theatre Guild performances during the 1928 season, Week of 02/18/1929.
Box 20
Folder 5
Strange Interlude - program with photo of author.
, Week of 04/08/1929.
Box 20
Folder 5
The Doctor's Dilemma - program with portrait of author
, Week of 01/16/1928.
Box 20
Folder 5
Man's Estate - program with photo of authors, includes advertising insert with excerpts from reviews of the play, Caprice, and Strange Interlude
, Week of 04/01/1929.
Box 20
Folder 6
Faust - program with article titled "One Aspect of Faust's Problem" by Lee Simonson; article titled "On Goethe's Faust" by director Friedrich Holl; sketch of Goethe
, Week of 10/15/1928. 1 items.
Box 20
Folder 6
Physical Description
1 items
The Camel Through the Needle's Eye - program with photo of author
, Week of 4/29/1929.
Box 20
Folder 6
Wings Over Europe - program with short biography and photo of authors; includes advertising insert for the play
, Week of 01/21/1929.
Box 20
Folder 6
Dynamo - program with short article about the play; photo of author
, Week of 2/01/1929. 1 items.
Box 20
Folder 6
Physical Description
1 items
Major Barbara - program with article titled "Beginnings of Barbara"; short article titled "Shaw on Poverty and Cannons"; sketch of author, Week of 11/19/1928.
Box 20
Folder 6
Caprice - program with short biography and photo of author; includes three advertising inserts for the play
, Week of 01/07/1929.
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Hotel Universe - program with short article about the play, excerpts from reviews, photo of author; includes two advertising inserts for the play at the Martin Beck Theatre and Erlanger Theatre in Buffalo beginning April 7, 1930
, Week of 06/16/1930.
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Meteor - program with photo of author; includes advertising insert for the play, Week of 01/13/1930.
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The Garrick Gaieties - program with short biographies of cast members; photo of authors, composers, and lyricists, Week of 07/28/1930.
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The Garrick Gaieties - program with short biographies of cast members; includes four advertising inserts (two pamphlets, two postcards) for the play: one pamphlet for three-week engagement at the Blackstone Theatre in Chicago beginning October 27, 1930; one pamphlet for the Garrick Theatre beginning May 10, 1926; two identical postcards with excerpts from reviews, c. 1926. , Week of 10/06/1930.
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Sinbad the Sailor and Hansel and Gretel - one program, 1929-1930.
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Folder 7
Red Rust - program with short article about the play.
, Week of 12/30/1929.
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The Game of Love and Death - Guild Theatre program with article about the play with short biography of author and sketch of author
, Week of 11/25/1929.
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The Game of Love and Death - Biltmore Theatre program, Week of 12/23/1929.
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The Apple Cart - Martin Beck Theatre program with short article about the play and sketch of author; includes advertising insert for the play at the Wilson Theatre in Detroit beginning September 29, 1930
, Week of 03/10/1930.
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The Apple Cart - Martin Beck Theatre program with article about the play; sketch of author, Week of 03/24/1930.
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The Apple Cart - Alvin Theatre program with short biographies of cast members , Week of 04/14/1930.
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A Month in the Country - program with biography and sketch of author
, Week of 03/24/1930.
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Enter Madame - One program, 06/30/1930.
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Elizabeth the Queen - program with short article about the play, biography of author, and photo of author, Week of 11/03/1930.
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Elizabeth the Queen - program with photo of author, Week of 01/05/1931.
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Miracle at Verdun - program with short article about the play; short biography and photo of author.
, 03/16/1931.
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Green Grow the Lilacs - program with photo of author; includes five advertising inserts for the play: three identical inserts for the Guild Theatre, one insert for the Tremont Theatre in Boston beginning December 8, 1930; one insert for the Guild Theatre with three songs from the play
, Week of 01/26/1931.
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Getting Married - programs that include sketch of author, Weeks of 03/30/1931 and 04/20/1931.
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Midnight - Guild Theatre program with biography and photo of authors, Week of 01/12/1931.
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Midnight - Avon Theatre program with short biographies of cast members; includes advertising insert for the play at the Court Square Theatre in Springfield for December 25-27, 1930
, Week of 01/26/1931.
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Folder 8
Roar China - program with short biographies of cast members; biography and photo of author; includes advertising insert for the play, Week of 10/27/1930.
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The House of Connelly - One program with photo of author.
, Week of 11/02/1931.
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The Moon in the Yellow River - program with biography of author and production photo of Egon Brecher, Henry Hull, and Claude Rains; includes advertising insert for two-week engagement at the Garrick Theatre in Philadelphia beginning February 15, 1932
, Week of 03/14/1932.
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He - Guild Theatre program with article titled "The Author of 'He' On Critics" by the Alfred Savior, Week of 09/28/1931.
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He - McCarter Theatre program in Princeton, N.J.
, c. 1931.
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Too True to Be Good - program with sketch of author; includes two identical advertising inserts with excerpts of reviews for the play and Reunion in Vienna; one insert incomplete, Week of 04/25/1932.
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Reunion in Vienna - Martin Beck Theatre program, Week of 12/14/1931.
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Reunion in Vienna - Guild Theatre program with photo of author
, Week of 06/27/1932.
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Both Your Houses - program with photo of author; includes two identical advertising inserts for the play
, Week of 03/06/1933.
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Biography - Guild Theatre program with excerpts from reviews; photo of author, Week of 02/13/1933.
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Biography - Avon Theatre program with excerpts from reviews; photo of author
, Week of 07/24/1933.
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The Mask and the Face - program with photo of author; photo of translator W. Somerset Maugham. Includes advertising insert for the play at the Colonial Theatre in Boston for the week of May 1, 1933
, Week of 05/22/1933.
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The Good Earth - program with short article titled "Mrs. Buck and the Play" and photo of authors; includes advertising insert for two-week engagement at the Chestnut Street Opera House in Philadelphia beginning September 19, 1932
, Week of 10/17/1932.
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American Dream - One program with photo of author, Week of 02/20/1933.
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Mary of Scotland - program with excerpts from reviews, short article about the play, short biographies of cast members and author, photo of author; includes two advertising inserts for the play, one of which is for the National Theatre in Washington beginning October 23, 1933
, Week of 01/15/1934.
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The School for Husbands - program with short biographies of cast members, article about the play; sketch of author; includes advertising insert for the play, Week of 10/23/1933.
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Ah, Wilderness! - program with short biographies of cast members; photo of George M. Cohan; photo of author, Week of 10/02/1933.
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Ah, Wilderness! - program with excerpts from reviews; short biographies of cast members; photo of George M. Cohan; photo of author
, Week of 03/19/1934.
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Days Without End - program with short biographies of cast members; photo of author, Week of 01/15/1934.
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Jigsaw - program with short biographies of cast members and author
, Week of 04/30/1934.
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They Shall Not Die - program with short biographies of cast members; short biography and photo of author.; includes advertising insert for the play at the National Theatre in Washington beginning February 19, 1934, Week of 02/21/1934.
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Valley Forge - program with brief biographies of cast members and author; includes advertising insert for the play at the National Theatre in Washington beginning November 26, 1934
, Week of 12/10/1934.
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Rain from Heaven - program with short biographies of cast members and author, production photo of Jane Cowl and John Halliday; includes two advertising inserts for the play, one of which is for two-week engagement at the Plymouth Theatre in Boston beginning December 10, 1934
, Week of 02/25/1935.
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A Sleeping Clergyman - program with short biographies of cast members and author, Week of 10/15/1934.
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Escape Me Never - program with short biographies of cast members, author, and director; production photo of Elisabeth Bergner; includes advertising insert for the play, Week of 02/04/1935.
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Parade - program with short biographies of cast member; photo of Jimmy Savo
, Week of 06/10/1935.
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The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isle - program with short biographies of cast members; sketch of author
, Week of 02/18/1935.
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End of Summer - program with short biographies of cast members and author; photo of author; includes two advertising inserts for the play: one insert is an edition of the Guild's "News-week" magazine featuring a publicity article and two photos; one insert is for the Ford's Theatre in Baltimore beginning October 8, 1936, Week of 06/22/1936.
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Porgy and Bess - program with short biographies of authors, director, and cast members; photos of George and Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, and Rouben Mamoulian, 1936 January 13.
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Porgy and Bess - Souvenir edition program with article about the play; biographies of George and Ira Gershwin, Rouben Mamoulian, DuBose Heyward, and Sergei Soudeikine; plot synopsis; production photos; excerpts from reviews; article about the Theatre Guild; list of musical numbers, c. 1935-1936.
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If This Be Treason - program with short biographies of cast members and photo of authors; includes advertising insert for the play, Week of 09/23/1935.
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The Taming of the Shrew - program with excerpts from reviews, short biographies of cast members, photo of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, sketch of author; includes two identical advertising inserts for the play: the National Theatre in Washington beginning October 2, 1935 and the Pabst Theatre in Milwaukee for October 12-14, 1935, Week of 12/30/1935.
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The Taming of the Shrew - Alvin Theatre program with short biographies of cast members, Week of 02/05/1940.
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Idiot's Delight - program with excerpts from reviews; short biographies of cast members, photo of author, Week of 12/21/1936.
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Idiot's Delight - program with excerpts from reviews, short biographies of cast members, and photo of author; includes two advertising inserts for the play, one of which is an edition of the Guild's "News-week" magazine featuring a publicity article and two photos, Week of 01/25/1937.
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Call It a Day - program with short biographies of cast members, photo of Gladys Cooper and Philip Merivale; includes three advertising inserts for the play, one of which is for the National Theatre in Washington beginning January 20, 1936, Week of 03/09/1936.
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But For the Grace of God - program with short biographies of cast members and author and photo of author
, Week of 01/25/1937.
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And Stars Remain - program with short biographies of cast members and photo of authors, Week of 11/23/1936.
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Storm Over Patsy - program with short biographies of cast members, production photo of Roger Livesey, Sara Allgood, Claudia Morgan, and Ian McLean; includes three advertising inserts (one flyer, two postcards): flyer insert for the play at National Theatre in Washington beginning March 1, 1937; two identical postcard inserts featuring production photo, Week of 03/08/1937.
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Prelude to Exile - program with short biographies of cast members and sketch of author
, Week of 12/21/1936.
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Madame Bovary - program with short biographies of cast members; production photo of Constance Cummings; includes advertising insert for the play at the Nixon Theatre in Pittsburgh beginning October 11, 1937
, Weeks of 11/16/1937.
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Amphitryon 38 - program with short biographies of cast members and production photo of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne; includes advertising insert for the play at Biltmore Theatre in Los Angeles beginning July 5, 1937
.
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Wine of Choice - program with short biographies of cast members, photo of Leslie Banks, Claudia Morgan, and Alexander Woollcott, Week of 02/28/1938.
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Wine of Choice - Souvenir program with issue of the Montclair Junior League Year Book (1938) produced for a special fundraiser performance of the play sponsored by the Junior League of Montclair, including photographs of the author and Miriam Hopkins
, 12/1937.
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Washington Jitters - programs with short biographies of cast members.
, Weeks of 04/11/1938 and 04/25/1938. 2 items.
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Folder 7
Physical Description
2 items
The Seagull - program with short article about the play and short biographies of cast members and author, Week of 03/28/1938.
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To Quito and Back - program with short biographies of cast member and two production photos of Sylvia Sidney and Leslie Banks; includes advertising insert for two-week engagement at the Colonial Theatre in Boston beginning September 20, 1937
, Week of 10/04/1937.
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The Ghost of Yankee Doodle - program with short biographies of cast members and production photo of Dudley Digges and Ethel Barrymore, Week of 11/22/1937.
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Dame Nature - program with short biographies of cast members, Week of 09/29/1938.
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My Heart's in the Highlands - program with short biographies of cast members
, Week of 05/15/1939.
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General
This is not a Theatre Guild production.
Jeremiah - program with excerpt from preface to new edition of Jeremiah, short biographies of cast members, photo of author, Week of 02/06/1939.
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Folder 1
The Fifth Column - program with short biographies of cast members; includes two advertising inserts for the play, one of which is at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven for January 26-27, 1940, Week of 03/06/1940.
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Folder 1
Love's Old Sweet Song - program with short biographies of cast members and photo of author.
, Week of 05/02/1940.
The Time of Your Life - program with short biographies of cast members; includes two advertising inserts for the play, one of which for the Plymouth Theatre in Boston, Week of 11/20/1939.
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Folder 1
The Time of Your Life - program with short biographies of cast members, photo of producer, photo of author, and production photo of Eddie Dowling, Julie Haydon, and Edward Andrews, Week of 09/23/1940.
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Folder 1
There Shall Be No Night - two programs with short biographies of cast members
, Weeks of 04/29/1940 and 05/06/1940.
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Folder 1
Liberty Jones -program with short biographies of cast members
, Week of 02/10/1941.
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Twelfth Night - program with short biographies of cast members and four portraits of author; includes two identical advertising inserts for the play
, Week of 02/17/1941.
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Candle in the Wind - program with short biographies of cast members; photo of Helen Hayes, Week of 10/22/1941.
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Folder 2
Candle in the Wind - Souvenir edition program with biographies of Helen Hayes, director Alfred Lunt, set designer Jo Mielziner, and producers Theresa Helburn and Lawrence Langner; interview with Helen Hayes by Ward Moreland from the New York Sun; production photos; photo of author
, 1941.
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Papa Is All -program with short article about the play; short biographies of cast members; program note with safety precautions in case of a wartime attack on New York City; includes five advertising inserts for the play: one insert is for two-week engagement at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia beginning October 5, 1941; one insert is for the Harris Theatre in Chicago beginning December 22, 1941
, Week of 01/06/1942.
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Ah, Wilderness! - program with short biographies of cast members; includes advertising insert for the play at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto beginning November 3, 1941, Week of 10/12/1941.
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The Rivals - program with short biographies of cast members; includes advertising insert for the play, Week of 01/14/1942.
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Hope for a Harvest - program with short biographies of cast members; includes advertising insert for two-week engagement at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia beginning November 10, 1941, Week of 11/26/1941.
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Yesterday's Magic - program with short biographies of cast members, Week of 04/27/1942.
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Mr. Sycamore - program with short biographies of cast members; photo of author; includes two identical advertising inserts for two-week engagement at the Colonial Theatre in Boston beginning October 12, 1942, Week of 11/15/1942.
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Oklahoma! - Nine programs with two articles titled "Green Grows Oklahoma" and "Words and Music"; includes advertising insert for the play On the Town; short biographies of cast members, 1943-1945. 9 items.
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Physical Description
9 items
The Russian People - program with article titled "A Play About the Soviet People"; short biographies of cast members; photo of author. Includes two advertising inserts for the play, one of which is an order form for tickets for a two-week engagement at the National Theatre in Washington beginning December 14, 1942, Week of 01/24/1943.
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The Innocent Voyage - program with short biographies of cast members; includes advertising insert for the play
, Week of 12/12/1943.
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Embezzled Heaven - program with short biographies of cast members, Week of 10/31/1944.
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Sing Out, Sweet Land - program with short biographies of cast members, Week of 02/11/1945.
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Sing Out, Sweet Land - Souvenir edition with biographies of Alfred Drake and Burl Ives, Walter Kerr; short biographies of supporting cast members; short biographies and photos of crew members technical director Leon Leonidoff, composer Elie Siegmeister, scenic designer Albert Johnson, choreographers Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman, and costume designer Lucinda Ballard; production photos; excerpts from reviews; article about the Theatre Guild; sketches and biographies of producers Theresa Helburn and Lawrence Langner, 1944.
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Folder 4
Jacobowsky and the Colonel - programs with short biographies of cast members, Weeks of 10/29/1944 and 01/07/1945. 2 items.
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Folder 4
Physical Description
2 items
Jacobowsky and the Colonel - Souvenir edition program with biographies of Louis Calhern and Harold Vermilyea, Franz Werfel, S.N. Behrman, Elia Kazan, and Stewart Chaney and Paul Bowles; production photos; article about the play; article about the Theatre Guild; excerpts from reviews, photos of Theresa Helburn and Lawrence Langner, 1944.
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He Who Gets Slapped - program with short biographies of cast members; includes two advertising inserts, one of which advertises plays available for production by other companies, Week of 04/22/1946.
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I Know My Love - program with short biographies of cast members, Week of 01/16/1950.
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The Lady's Not For Burning - program with short biographies of cast members, Week of 11/27/1950.
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Arms and the Girl - program with short biographies of cast members, Week of 05/01/1950.
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Come Back Little Sheba - program with short biographies of cast members, Week of 04/24/1950.
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The Silver Whistle - program with short biographies of cast members; includes advertising insert for the play, Week of 12/20/1948.
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The Iceman Cometh - program with short biographies of cast members; one loose page, Week of 11/18/1946.
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O Mistress Mine - program with short biographies of cast members, Week of 05/20/1946.
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Allegro - program with short biographies of cast members, Week of 01/12/1948.
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Carousel - program with short biographies of cast members. Souvenir editions, Week of 01/31/1949.
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Carousel - Souvenir editions article about the play; article about the Theatre Guild; production photos; biographies and photos of Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, Rouben Mamoulian, Agnes de Mille, Henry Michel and Iva Withers, Ferenc Molnar, Lawrence Langner, and Theresa Helbrun; short biographies and photos of supporting cast members and crew, c. 1945-1947. 2 items.
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Physical Description
2 items
The Winter's Tale - program with short biographies of cast members, Week of 01/15/1946.
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Folder 5
The Relapse - program with short biographies of cast members, Week of 12/11/1950.
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Folder 5
Jane - program with short biographies of cast members and director, Week of 02/04/1952.
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Venus Observed - program with short biographies of cast members, Week of 02/13/1952.
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Lo and Behold! - program with short biographies of cast members, Week of 01/07/1952.
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Folder 6
Saint Joan - Cort Theatre program with short biographies of cast members; includes postcard insert for the play, Week of 11/12/1951.
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Picnic - program with short biographies of cast members, Week of 03/02/1953.
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Folder 6
The Love of Four Colonels - program with short biographies of cast members, Week of 01/19/1953.
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The Love of Four Colonels - Souvenir edition with short article titled "No Sinecure" by Rex Harrison; article by Peter Ustinov; article by Lawrence Langner; article by Theresa Helburn; production photos; biography of Rex Harrison and Lilli Palmer; biographies of author, producers Richard Aldrich and Richard Myer, set designer Rolf Gérard; short biographies and photos of supporting cast members; article about the Theatre Guild; excerpts from reviews, c. 1953.
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Folder 6
Elizabeth the Queen - Leaflet advertising Philadelphia production, c. 1930.
Box 23
He Who Gets Slapped - Die-cut card advertisement in the shape of a clown, printed in color, Garrick Theatre production, 1922.
Box 23
The Philadelphia Story - Flyer for Philadelphia production starring Sarah Churchill and Jeffrey Lynn, c. 1940.
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Biography - Leaflet for Guild Theatre production, c. 1932. 2 items.
Box 23
Physical Description
2 items
Jane - Flyer for Delaware production starring Edna Best and Basil Rathbone, c. 1952.
Box 23
R. U. R. - Leaflet advertising Frazee Theatre production, c. 1922-1923.
Box 23
The Garrick Gaieties - Leaflet advertising Garrick Gaieties, a satirical musical revue of Guild plays, problems, and persons, c. 1925.
Box 23
Porgy and Bess - Leaflet advertising Colonial Theatre production, c. 1935.
Box 23
In Abraham's Bosom - Half-price coupon for Garrick Theatre production, c. 1926-1927.
Box 23
This Time Tomorrow - Flyer for Victory Theatre production, c. 1947. 2 items.
Box 23
Physical Description
2 items
Winnie the Pooh and Little Black Sambo - Leaflet advertising holiday productions at the Guild Theatre, c. 1930s. 1 items.
Box 22
Physical Description
1 items
Porgy - Leaflet advertising Republic Theatre production, c. 1927-1928. 2 items.
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2 items
Porgy - Leaflet advertisement, c. 1928. 1 items.
Box 23
Physical Description
1 items
They Knew What They Wanted - Leaflet advertising Klaw Theatre production, c. 1924-1925.
Box 22
They Knew What They Wanted - Leaflet advertising stock playscripts for rental with listed royalty prices, forty-three productions, c. 1926-1927. 3 items.
Box 23
Physical Description
3 items
Peer Gynt - Flyer for Shubert Theatre production, c. 1923.
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The Fatal Weakness - Flyer for Geary Theatre production, c. 1946.
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The Camel Through the Needle's Eye - Flyer for Guild Theatre production, c. 1929.
Box 23
The Pure in Heart - Flyer for Pittsburgh production, c. 1933.
Box 23
The Pure in Heart - Leaflet advertising Biltmore Theatre production
, c. 1948-1949.
Box 23
The Glass Slipper - Flyer advertising stock playscripts for rental, two productions, Arms and the Man and The Glass Slipper, c. 1925 or later.
Box 23
Liliom - Unfolded leaflet, c. 1921.
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At Mrs. Beam's - Postcard for Guild Theatre production, with instructions reading: "This card will be mailed to any addressee. Leave with usher, doorman or box office", c. 1926. 2 items.
Box 23
Physical Description
2 items
Ah, Wilderness! - Leaflet advertising Guild Theatre production, c. 1933-1934. 3 items.
Box 23
Physical Description
3 items
Marco Mils - Leaflet advertising Garrick Theatre production, c. 1928, 1930. 2 items.
Box 23
Physical Description
2 items
Marco Mils - Performance schedule advertisement, c. 1928. 1 items.
Box 23
Physical Description
1 items
Strange Interlude - Leaflet advertising John Golden Theatre production, 1928-1929. 2 items.
Box 23
Physical Description
2 items
Strange Interlude - Leaflet advertisement, c. 1928. 1 items.
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1 items
Green Grow the Lilacs - Leaflet advertising Guild Theatre production, c. 1931. 1 items.
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Physical Description
1 items
The Abduction from the Seraglio, Madame Butterfly, and The Marriage of Figaro - Leaflet advertising productions at the Guild Theatre
. 1 items.
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Physical Description
1 items
The Merry Wives of Windsor - Flyer advertising Theatre Guild Shakespeare Company production
.
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The Tempest - Flyer advertising King-Coit Children's Theatre presentation, Guild Theatre production.
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Arms and the Man - Flyer advertising stock playscripts for rental, two productions, Arms and the Man and The Glass , c. 1925 or later.
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Arms and the Man - Leaflet advertising Baltimore production , c. 1925.
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Arms and the Man - Leaflet for Guild Theatre production, c. 1925-1926.
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The Doctor's Dilemma - Performance schedule advertisement, c. 1928.
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Pygmalion - Leaflet advertising Philadelphia production, c. 1927.
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Saint Joan - Postcard for Cort Theatre production, with printed letter reading: "Dear...I am seeing "Saint Joan" at the Cort and I agree with all the critics that it is "A Great Experience in the Theatre", c. 1951-1952. 2 items.
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Physical Description
2 items
You Never Can Tell - Flyer for Delaware production
, c. 1948.
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Idiot's Delight - Flyer for Martin Beck Theatre production, c. 1931-1932.
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Caprice - Unfolded leaflet, c. 1928-1929.
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Fata Morgana - Leaflet advertising Garrick Theatre production
, c. 1924. 2 items.
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Physical Description
2 items
Make Way for Lucia - Leaflet advertising Delaware production, c. 1948.
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Five Kings - Leaflet advertising Boston production, c. 1939.
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Battle of Angels - Leaflet advertising National Theatre production, c. 1941.
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Aucassin and Nicolete - Leaflet for special Christmas performance, Garrick Theatre production
, c. 1920s.
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Somewhere in France - Flyer for National Theatre production, c. 1941. 2 items.
Box 23
Physical Description
2 items
Flyer for two productions (Roar China and Elizabeth the Queen), c. 1930.
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Leaflet advertising four productions (Millions, The Doctor's Dilemma, Porgy, and Strange Interlude), c. 1928. 2 items.
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Physical Description
2 items
Leaflet advertising Christmas tickets for Philadelphia Story and Time of Your Life, c. 1939.
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Leaflet advertising three productions (The Brothers Karamazov, Pygmalion, and Ned McCobb's Daughter), c. 1927.
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Leaflet advertising three productions (The Silver Cord, The Second Man, and Ned McCobb's Daughter), c. 1927.
Box 23
Leaflet advertising four productions (Pygmalion, The Second Man, The Guardman, The Doctor's Dilemma), c. 1927.
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Leaflet advertising four productions (The Silver Cord, The Brothers Karamazov, Pygmalion, and Ned McCobb's Daughter), c. 1927.
Box 23
Leaflet advertising four productions (The Doctor's Dilemma, The Second Man, Ned McCobb's Daughter, and John Ferguson), c. 1930. 2 items.
Box 23
Physical Description
2 items
Leaflet advertising five productions (Arms and the Man, The Silver Cord, The Guardsman, Passes By, and The Second Man), c. 1927.
Box 23
Page torn from program advertising The Brothers Karamazov, Pygmalion, Ned McCobb's Daughter, and The Silver Cord, c. 1926.
Box 23
Pamphlet advertising four productions (Mary of Scotland, They Shall Not Die, Ah, Wilderness!, and Jigsaw), c. 1933-1934.
Box 23
Postcard for The Taming of the Shrew and Porgy and Bess, with instructions reading: "Address this card to your friend, give it to an usher. We will stamp and mail it for you.", c. 1935-1936.
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Flyer advertising Theatre Guild subscriptions, c. 1920s-1930s.
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"Office Scene", 1933.
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Act I Scene 2 and Act II Scene 2, 1933-1934.
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Act I Scene 3 and Act II Scene 1 ("Holyrood House"), 1933-1934.
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Act II Scene 3 ("Dunbar Castle"), 1933-1934.
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Act III ("Prison"), 1933-1934.
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"Franz Joseph's Study", c. 1936.
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"Meyerling", c. 1936.
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"Rudolph's Room", c. 1936.
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"Section of Franz-Joseph's Study".
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"Section of Rudolph's Room".
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Act I Scene 1 and Act II Scene 1 ("Bunkhouse"), 1934-1935.
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Act I Scene 2 ("Ballroom"), 1934-1935.
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Act I Scene 3 and Act II Scene 2 ("Headquarters"), 1934-1935.
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Act III ("The Barn"), 1934-1935.
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One ground, c. 1936.
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One ground plan, 1934-1935.
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Two ground plans, c. 1938. 2 items.
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2 items
Act I, c. 1929. 2 items.
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Physical Description
2 items
Act II and Act III, c. 1929. 2 items.
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2 items
Act I Scene 1 ("Cameron's Room"), 1934-1935.
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Act I Scene 2 ("Victorian Bedroom"), 1934-1935.
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Act I Scene 4 ("Marshall's Consulting Room"), 1934-1935.
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Act II Scene 1 ("Police Station"), 1934-1935.
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Act II Scene 2 ("Marshall's Drawing Room"), 1934-1935.
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Act II Scenes 4 and 5 ("Walker Institute"), 1934-1935.
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Act I, c. 1938. 2 items.
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2 items
Act II, c. 1938. 2 items.
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2 items
Act III, c. 1938. 2 items.
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Physical Description
2 items
Act IV, c. 1938. 2 items.
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Physical Description
2 items
"Cemetery Scenes," "Prime Minister Scene," "Bedroom Scenes"
, c. 1931.
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"Cornfield Scene," "Cobbler Scene", c. 1931.
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"Quai D'Orsay Scene", c. 1931.
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Act I, c. 1927.
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Act II, c. 1927.
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Act III and Act V, c. 1927.
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Act IV, c. 1927.
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Act I Scenes 1 and 4 ("The Farmhouse"), c. 1932.
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Act I Scene 3, Act II Scene 1, Act III Scene 2 ("The Land"), c. 1932.
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Act I Scene 2 and Act III Scene 1 ("Court of Great House"), c. 1932.
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Act I Scene 5 ("Gates of Great House"), c. 1932.
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Act II Scene 2 ("City Street"), c. 1932.
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Act II Scene 3 ("The Farmhouse"), c. 1932.
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Act I and Act II, c. 1937.
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Act III, c. 1937.
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Act I, Act II, Act III Scene 1, c. 1923.
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Act III Scene 1, c. 1923.
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Act I Scenes 2 and 4 ("President's Room"), 1935-1936. 2 items.
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Physical Description
2 items
Act I Scene 3 ("Ballroom"), 1935-1936. 2 items.
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Physical Description
2 items
Act II ("President's Room"), 1935-1936. 2 items.
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Physical Description
2 items
Act III Scene 1 ("Anteroom, Japan"), 1935-1936. 2 items.
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Physical Description
2 items
Act III Scene 2 ("Conference Room")
, 1935-1936. 2 items.
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Physical Description
2 items
Act I and Act III, c. 1932.
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Act II, c. 1932.
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Act I, c. 1929.
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Act II, c. 1929.
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Act III, c. 1929.
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One ground plan, c. 1925.
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Act I, c. 1922.
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Act II, c. 1922.
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Act III, c. 1922.
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Two ground plans, c. 1921. 2 items.
Box 23
Physical Description
2 items
One ground plan, c. 1928.
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Two ground plans, c. 1925-1926. 2 items.
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Physical Description
2 items
Act I Scenes 1, 2, and 3, c. 1931.
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Act II Scene 1, c. 1931.
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Act II Scene 2, c. 1931.
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Act II Scene 3
, c. 1931.
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Acts I, III, and V, c. 1930. 2 items.
Physical Description
2 items
Act II
, c. 1930. 2 items.
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Physical Description
2 items
Act IV, c. 1930.
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Prologue, c. 1925-1926.
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Act I, c. 1925-1926.
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Act II, c. 1925-1926.
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Two ground plans, c. 1931. 2 items.
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Physical Description
2 items
Act I and Act III, c. 1928. 2 items.
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Physical Description
2 items
Act II, c. 1928. 2 items.
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Physical Description
2 items
Act IV, c. 1928. 2 items.
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Physical Description
2 items
One ground plan, c. 1925.
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Act I, c. 1926-1927.
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Act II and Act IV, c. 1926-1927.
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Act III and Act V, c. 1926-1927.
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Act I, c. 1932.
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Act II, c. 1932.
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Act III, c. 1932.
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Act I Scene 1 and Act III Scene 3 ("Bedroom"), c. 1936. 2 items.
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Physical Description
2 items
Act I Scene 2 ("Kitchen"), c. 1936. 2 items.
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Physical Description
2 items
Act I Scene 3 ("Dining Room"), c. 1936. 2 items.
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Physical Description
2 items
Act II Scene 1 ("Studio"), c. 1936. 2 items.
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Physical Description
2 items
Act II Scene 2 ("Flat"), c. 1936. 2 items.
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Physical Description
2 items
Act II Scene 3 ("Office"), c. 1936. 2 items.
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Physical Description
2 items
Act III Scene 1 ("Garden"), c. 1936. 2 items.
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Physical Description
2 items
Act III Scene 2 ("Bedroom"), c. 1936. 2 items.
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Physical Description
2 items
One ground plan
, c. 1930.
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Clip art variations of Theatre Guild logo, c. 1920s.
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Caricature of the Theatre Guild's board members by Miguel Covarrubias (Left to right: Philip Moeller, Helen Westley, Lee Simonson, Theresa Helburn, Lawrence Langner, and Maurice Wertheim. Photocopy), c. 1920s-1930s.
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Postcard package for "Drawings of the Theatre, 1927", 1927. 3 items.
General
Includes postcards advertising Ned McCobb's Daughter, The Brothers Karamazov, Pygmalion, and The Silver Cord. Enclosed in folded paper with artist names on outside: Arno, Birnbaum, Covarrubias, Ilonka Karasz, Gil Spear, Samuel Rodgers. On inside: article by Walter Prichard Eaton on the Theatre Guild repertory; sketches of Jacques Copeau, Bernard Shaw, and Sidney Howard. Two copies still have unbroken seal.
Physical Description3 items
Poster for the "Theatre Guild County Fair" , 1926 March 28.
Poster art by Anton Bruehl of "Frankie and Johnny" in Sing Out, Sweet Land, c. 1944.
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Clippings of photos from 1926-1927 for the plays Ned McCobb's Daughter, Pygmalion, and The Second Man. Featuring Margalo Gillmore, Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Henry Travers, Dudley Digges, Clare Eames, Earle Larimore, Philip Leigh, Charles Courtneidge, Phyllis Connard, Winifred Hanley, J.W. Austin, Helen Westley, and Reginald Mason, 1926-1927.
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Clipping from programs for the plays Pygmalion, The Second Man, The Silver Cord, and Ned McCobb's Daughter, 1926-1927.
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Correspondence - Letter from Theresa Helburn to Mariam Coffin Canaday replying to Canaday's complaint about the sound system for Venus Observed, 1952 May 26.
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Pamphlet, United States District Court, Southern District of New York: "In Proceedings for the Reorganization of a Corporation under Section 77B of the Bankruptcy Act, No. 66723, In the Matter of WEST 52ND THEATRE CO., INC., Debtor, Plan of Reorganization" by Riegelman, Hess & Hirsch, Attorneys for Debtor, 1936 November 19.
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General
The Theatre Guild has been the lessee of this theater, otherwise known as the Guild Theatre, since 1925, and a portion of this document stipulates the Theatre Guild's financial commitments to the West 52nd Theatre Company
Letter from Philip Moeller (President of Theatre Guild, Inc.) to William M. Chadbourne, Chairman, Mr. Allen Wardwell, and Mr. Charles E. Potts [Bondholders' Committee of the Six Per Cent. Real Estate Cumulative Income Bonds of West 52nd Theatre Co. Inc. (formerly Guild Theatre Co., Inc.), 1940 April 12.
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General
Letter discusses financial losses, expiration of Guild Theatre's lease April 12, 1940, proposed new one-year lease, and possible discontinuation of theater operation after renewal of one-year lease contingent on profit
Letter from William M. Chadbourne, Allen Wardwell, and Charles E. Potts [Bondholders' Committee of the Six Per Cent. Real Estate Cumulative Income Bonds of West 52nd Theatre Co. Inc. (formerly Guild Theatre Co., Inc.)] to the "Holders of the Six Per Cent. Real Estate Cumulative Income Bonds of West 52nd Theatre Co. Inc. (formerly Guild Theatre Co., Inc.)", 1940 May 25.
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General
Letter explains conditions for Guild Theatre's renewal of one-year lease
Pamphlet, United States District Court, Southern District of New York: "In the Matter of West 52nd Theatre Co., Inc., Debtor. In Proceedings for the Reorganization of a Corporation under Section 77B of the Bankruptcy Act." By Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Handelman & Ives, Attorneys for Petitioner, 1945 June 20.
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General
This document details the financial arrangements between the Theatre Guild and the owners of the Guild Theatre after the termination of their lease
Issue of Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 79th Congress, Second Session, including "Extension of Remarks of Hon. Emanuel Celler of New York in the House of Representatives, Wednesday, June 12, 1946," about the history, staff, and accomplishments of the Theatre Guild, 1946 June 12.
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Sheet music from the Theatre Guild's production of Robert Sherwood's Reunion in Vienna.
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Photograph of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne on front cover.
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Sheet music from the Theatre Guild's production of Sil-Vara's Caprice.
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Photograph of Lynn Fontanne on front cover.
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Vocal score including excerpts marked in red with cuts, cues, and notes.
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Additional music for the "Critic Motif" inserted into score.
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"About the Plays & Players: We invite you to see Next Season, 1930-1931", 1930.
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General
Includes descriptions of fifteen plays under consideration for the season; photos of Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Glenn Anders, Dudley Digges, Elizabeth Ridson, Morris Carnovsky, Tom Powers, Alla Nazimova, Alexander Kirkland, Ernest Cossart, Earle Larimore, Helen Westley, Claude Rains, Henry Travers, Gale Sondergaard, Franchot Tone, and Richard Barbee; membership prices and subscription blank
"Announcing The Theatre Guild's London Season, 1929", 1929. 2 items.
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General
Includes descriptions and excerpts of reviews for Caprice, Strange Interlude, Volpone, Arms and the Man, The Guardsman, and Porgy; articles titled "The Story of the Theatre Guild" and "How the Theatre Guild is Organized"; list of plays produced 1919-1929
Physical Description2 items
"Historically Speaking--," concurrent with fundraising efforts for the Guild Theatre building, c. 1923. 2 items.
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General
Features an article titled "Art and Business: A Record of the Theatre Guild, Inc." by Theresa Helburn and photos from plays produced in the first five seasons. Subscription blank
Physical Description2 items
"A List of Theatre Guild Plays available for production by Stock, and Repertory Companies, Little Theatres, and Amateurs", 1925-1926.
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General
Includes list of thirty-six Theatre Guild plays with numbers of scenes and characters for each. Also includes royalty prices
"The Story of The Theatre Guild, 1919-1947", c. 1953.
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General
Includes photos and biographies of the six original board members and associated artists: Eugene O'Neill, Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, George Gershwin, Bernard Shaw, Philip Barry, S.N. Behrman, Rouben Mamoulian, Robert Edmond Jones, JO Mielziner, Stewart Chaney, and Donald Oenslager. Also includes information about the company's history and staff, photos from plays, a list of Pulitzer Prize winning plays, and a complete list of plays produced over twenty-nine seasons. An additional loose supplemental page documents seasons thirty to thirty-five. Insert subscription blank for the 1953-1954 season.
Program mock-up (prototype) for He Who Gets Slapped. Includes prices ($5, $9, $10, $17, $50, $90) for advertising space, 1922-1923.
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Program for the laying of the cornerstone of the Guild Theatre by Governor Alfred E. Smith, 1924 December 2.
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General
Includes list of guests of honor and members of honorary reception committee. Architect's drawing of building façade on cover
Program for the "Theatre Guild County Fair," celebrating the company's seventh birthday, 1926 March 28.
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The House of Connelly from The New York Times, New York Journal, New York American, New York Journal, New York Evening Post, Herald New York Tribune, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and New York Evening Graphic, c. 1931.
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Juarez and Maximilian from The New York Sun, 1926 October.
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William McNally's Prelude to Exile with reviews from The New York Sun and New York World-Telegram, which includes photos of Richard Wagner, Eve Le Gallienne, Wildrid Lawson, and Douglas Gilbert. Reprinted on advertising flyer, c. 1936-1937.
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Reunion in Vienna from The New York Times,New York American, New York Evening Post, The New York Sun, Evening Journal, New York Telegraph, Daily Mirror, and New York Evening Graphic, 1931 November.
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Scrapbook for Madame Bovary including publicity, reviews, clippings, and programs. Includes table of contents and index, 1937.
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Issue of The Drama including an advertisement for the first Theatre Guild tour of Arms and the Man, The Guardsman, The Silver Cord, and Mr. Pim Passes By. Also includes two photos from Porgy, 1927 December.
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Issue of Italian Theatre Review including the play The Sea Horse by Sergio Pugliese, Spring 1954.
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article about Porgy and Bess; biography of Ina Claire; photos of Lynn Fontanne, Alfred Lunt, Reverend Dr. John Haynes Holmes, George Gershwin, Rouben Mamoulian, Ina Claire, and Philip Moeller, c. 1935.
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articles about Prelude to Exile, But For The Grace of God, Jane Eyre, Ruth Draper, Ina Claire, the Lunts on tour, and recent literary prizes awarded to Guild playwrights; photos of Lucile Watson, Wilfrid Lawson, Eva Le Gallienne, Katharine Hepburn, Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Henry Hull, Ina Claire, Eugene O'Neill, Robert E. Sherwood; sketch of Ruth Draper, 1936-1937. 2 items.
Box 26
Physical Description
2 items
article about current productions; quotations from critics about Madame Bovary; excerpts from subscribers' letters; company response to recent picketing by The Theatrical Managers, Agents and Treasurers Union (TMAT); photo of Miriam Hopkins, 12/1937.
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articles about Jeremiah, The Philadelphia Story, The Five Kings, touring productions, the Lunts, the Habima Theatre, and the Theatre Guild book club; photos of Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Katharine Hepburn, Burgess Meredith, Orson Wells, and Stefan Zweig, 02/1939.
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editorial about the American theater in wartime; articles about The Philadelphia Story, Love's Old Sweet Song, new playwrights, the Lunts, Eugene O'Neill, William Saroyan, and Philip Barry; quotations from critics about The Fifth Column; excerpts from subscribers' letters; photos of Katherine Locke, Franchot Tone, Lenore Ulric, Ernest Hemingway, Katharine Hepburn, Julie Haydon, Eddie Dowling, Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Lawrence Langner, Theresa Helburn, William Saroyan, Walter Huston, and Philip Barry, c. 1940.
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"The Theatre Guild Theatre".
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"We have no tickets for Oklahoma!", c. 1940s.
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