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Theater holdings in SC&A's
American Theater Collection include the following:
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American
Theater Association Records - Official records of the American Theater Association such
as meeting minutes, correspondence, and general administrative papers, 1972-1986.
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The
Arena Stage Collection. The Arena Stage Collection contains
materials which span the theater's 50 year history including production
notebooks, photographs, playbills, scrapbooks, and handwritten correspondence.
Currently, the collection includes 440 linear feet of material.
Below are links to series within the Arena Stage Collection.
- Jean Louis Barrault Photograph Collection Barrault, born in France in 1910, was an esteemed and innovative fixture in French theatre and film for five decades from the 1930s to 1980s. He trained as a mime and an actor, and later directed both screen and stage productions. With Madeleine Renaud, his wife, he founded a theatrical company in Paris in 1947, after acting and directing with the Comédie Française. Barrault later directed the Théâtre d'Orsay and the Théâtre des Nations. Digital Collection
- John C. Becher Soldier Show Collection. Playscripts from the Special Services Division of the U.S. Army
used in productions for servicemen and women during World War II.
Also, several scripts for non-military productions are included.
Contains nine linear feet of materials.
- Robert S. Breen Papers Documents recording the foundation and day-to-day operation of the
Arerican National Theater and Academy (ANTA) and the work of its
former Executive Secretary, Robert Breen. The collection consists
of materials such as correspondence, memoranda, ANTA publications,
playscripts and other theater-related items, scrapbooks and newsclippings.
Contains over sixty linear feet of material.
- Federal Theatre Project Collection/Theater of the Thirties.
A collection of Federal
Theater Project (FTP) materials, oral history interviews, and
research aids. Sources of donated materials include persons formerly
employed in the FTP, various theater historians, the National Archives
and Records Administration, and the Library of Congress. Types of
materials include administrative records, billboard sheets, music,
photograph prints and negatives, playbills, radio scripts and videotaped
lectures. Contains over 130 linear feet of materials.
Below are links to series within the Federal Theatre Project Collection.
- Cynthia Garn Film Production Collection.
Original film scripts, including "Colossus" by James Bridges and
"Freud" by John Huston and Wolfgang Reinhardt. It also contains
scrapbooks representing artistic design research compiled by Hecht-Hill-Lancaster
for Universal Studios' 1957 production of George Bernard Shaw's
"The Devil"s Disciple." 3 linear ft. of material.
- Arthur
Peterson Papers. Books, published plays, and
journals relating to American theater donated by Arthur Peterson,
former FTP (Chicago) employee who later appeared in several television
programs, most notably in "Soap." The Collection includes scripts
for these programs. It contains over twenty-one linear feet of materials.
- Robert C. Schnitzer Papers.
Included in the Robert C. Schnitzer Collection are textual materials,
photographs of the ANTA theater troupe in Europe from 1951-1955,
posters for ANTA overseas productions, newspaper clippings, working
papers, and other materials regarding Schnitzer's work with the
University of Michigan Professional Theater Program.
- Theatre Recordings Collection - Contains 14 LP record albums of originial cast recordings. Some albums include pamphlets with descriptions of the plays as well as the text from the scripts. Many were created by the Theatre Recording Society and Columbia Records.
- Works
Progress Administration (WPA) Oral Histories Collection - This compilation contains oral
interviews with persons who were associated in the 1930s with various Works Progress
Administration WPA) projects. These include the Federal Art Project, Federal Music
Project, and Federal Writers Project.
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