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Chicago Theaters Scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: MS131
Abstract
This collection on Chicago area theatres consists primarily of three scrapbooks filled with clippings, programs, reviews, and publicity generated for the theatre seasons between 1908 and 1915.
Dates:
1908-1915
Dublin Gate Theatre Archive, 1928 - 1979
Collection
Identifier: AS3
Abstract
The Dublin Gate Theatre was founded by Hilton Edwards (1903-1982) and Micheál MacLiammóir (1899-1978), two Englishmen who had met touring in Ireland with Anew McMaster's acting company.
Dates:
1928-1979
E. Drexel Godfrey Theater Scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: MS163
Abstract
Edwin Drexel Godfrey and his wife, Fanny, resided in New York and attended the theatre productions compiled here between 1906 and 1928. The E. Drexel Godfrey Theater Scrapbooks contain personal comments, playbills, photo clippings from theatrical magazines, and approximately 1900 black & white photographs documenting performances from 1906 to 1928. Photos are attributed to professional photographers and studios, and include individual and group shots of each show's cast on stage in...
Dates:
1906-1928; Other: Date acquired: 01/08/2010
General Seeger by Ira Levin Production Archive
Collection
Identifier: MS134
Abstract
Playwright Ira Levin was born in New York in 1929. He was twenty-two when he wrote his first novel, the thriller A Kiss Before Dying, and twenty-five when he wrote his first play, the popular adaptation of Mac Hyman's No Time for Sergeants. Other plays include the comedy hit Critic's Choice, the musical Drat! The Cat!, the thriller Veronica's Room, and Deathtrap. His novels include Rosemary's Baby , The Stepford Wives, and The Boys from Brazil.
Dates:
1961-1962
Paul Sills and Viola Spolin Oral History Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS198
Abstract
Paul Sills and Viola Spolin Oral History Collection is a project to collect oral histories documenting improvisational theatre, particularly in the Chicago region.
Dates:
2020 - 2021