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Drama

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Plays

Found in 67 Collections and/or Records:

Edward Hungerford papers

 Collection — Box 01: [Barcode: 35138008115658]
Identifier: MSS-007
Abstract

Materials in the collection relate to the Greek author and poet, Theodore Stephanides.

Dates: 1950-1999

Eric Levin promptbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-039
Content Description

A couple of years ago a long time patron donated 15 original promptbooks from Stage Manager Arthur Wood that he created between 1917 and 1935. Some have very significant historical importance (a David Belasco production, a play by W. Somerset Maugham etc. and several well known actors). These books were hand typed by the stage manager as is the practice then and now.

Dates: 1917-1935

Notes on Alphonsus, Emperor of Germany, 1933

 File — Box 01: Series MSS020:01 [Barcode: 35138008124692], Folder: 05
Identifier: MSS020:01.05
Scope and Contents

The material includes a series of notes written by Fredson Thayer Bowers regarding the Elizabethan play Alphonsus, Emperor of Germany asking questions about the language, composition, and date of the play.

Dates: 1933

On the Make, 1932

 Item — Box 03: Series MSS039:01 [Barcode: 35138008284322], Object: 02
Identifier: MSS039:01.13
Scope and Contents

A comedy by Roger Gray at 48th Street Theater.

Dates: 1932

Osler on Shakespeare, Bacon, and Burton, 1939

 File — Box 05: Series MSS020:02 [Barcode: 35138008124734], Folder: 22
Identifier: MSS020:02.22
Scope and Contents

The document discusses an address given by Sir William Osler tiled Creators, Transmuters, and Transmitters as Illustrated by Shakepeare, Bacon, and Burton, which was privately published by the Oxford University Press. A reprint of the address is included in the document.

Dates: 1939

Performing Arts magazines, 1989

 File — Box 04: [Barcode: 35138008124742], Folder: 05
Identifier: MSS064:04.05
Scope and Contents

The documents include copies of San Diego Performing Arts magazine for July 1989. The magazines feature various articles about performances around the San Diego area and bios about different professional actors and technicians.

Dates: 1989

Performing Arts magazines, 1989-1991

 File — Box 04: [Barcode: 35138008124742], Folder: 09
Identifier: MSS064:04.09
Scope and Contents

The documents include copies of San Fransisco Performing Arts magazine for November and December 1989 and October 1991. The magazines feature various articles about performances at various theaters around the San Francisco area and bios about different professional actors and technicians.

Dates: 1989-1991

Promptbooks, 1917-1935

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS039:01

Remember the Day, 1935

 Item — Box 03: Series MSS039:01 [Barcode: 35138008284322], Object: 04
Identifier: MSS039:01.15
Scope and Contents

Keenen Wynn, actor.

Dates: 1935

Robert Poley's Ciphers, 1931

 File — Box 06: Series MSS020:02 [Barcode: 35138008229228], Folder: 05
Identifier: MSS020:02.33
Scope and Contents

The document lists and discusses Robert Poley's possible connection to the spy business and includes various ciphers that he used to relay information to the authorities.

Dates: 1931