Scope and Contents
The papers include writings, teaching files, and other materials documenting Ruhl’s career as a playwright and essayist and teacher of poetry, playwriting, and modern drama.
Dates
- 1990 - 2017
Creator
Language of Materials
In English; one script in Korean.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Box 9: (laptop): Restricted material. May not be seen without the permission of the appropriate curator.
Box 10: (hard disk and external hard drive): Restricted until January 1, 2068. For further information consult the appropriate curator.
Box 9: (laptop): Restricted material. May not be seen without the permission of the appropriate curator.
Box 10: (hard disk and external hard drive): Restricted until January 1, 2068. For further information consult the appropriate curator.
Conditions Governing Use
The The Sarah Ruhl Papers is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Sarah Ruhl on the Adele Gutman Nathan Theatrical Collection Fund, 2017.
Arrangement
Arranged by type of material.
Extent
8.84 Linear Feet (10 boxes)
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
The papers include writings, teaching files, and other materials documenting Ruhl’s career as a playwright and essayist and teacher of poetry, playwriting, and modern drama.
Sarah Ruhl (1974- )
Sarah Ruhl, born in Wilmette, Illinois in 1974, is an American writer of plays, poetry, and essays. Her plays include The Clean Room (2004), Passion Play (2005), In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play (2009), and Scenes from Court Life (2016). Her plays have been produced on and off Broadway in New York City, in regional theaters throughout the United States, and internationally. Her book, 100 Essays I Don’t Have Time to Write was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2014. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree (1997) and a Master’s degree in playwriting (2001) from Brown University. She has taught drama and playwriting at Brown University and Wheaton College.
Processing Information
Collections are processed to a variety of levels, depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived research value, the availability of staff, competing priorities, and whether or not further accruals are expected. The library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections [as they are acquired], and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit.
This collection received a basic level of processing, including rehousing and minimal organization. Material received in three-ring binders has been removed from binders and placed in folders in original order.
Information included in the Description of Papers note and Collection Contents section is drawn from information supplied with the collection and from an initial survey of the contents. Folder titles appearing in the contents list below are often based on those provided by the creator or previous custodian. Titles have not been verified against the contents of the folders in all cases. Otherwise, folder titles are supplied by staff during initial processing.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
This collection received a basic level of processing, including rehousing and minimal organization. Material received in three-ring binders has been removed from binders and placed in folders in original order.
Information included in the Description of Papers note and Collection Contents section is drawn from information supplied with the collection and from an initial survey of the contents. Folder titles appearing in the contents list below are often based on those provided by the creator or previous custodian. Titles have not been verified against the contents of the folders in all cases. Otherwise, folder titles are supplied by staff during initial processing.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- American drama -- 20th Century
- American drama -- 21st century
- Authors -- United States -- 20th Century
- Authors -- United States -- 21st century
- Authors, American -- 20th Century
- Authors, American -- 21st century
- Dramatists -- United States -- 20th Century
- Dramatists -- United States -- 21st century
- Dramatists, American -- 20th Century
- Dramatists, American -- 21st century
- Ruhl, Sarah, 1974-
- Theater -- United States
Creator
- Title
- Guide to the Sarah Ruhl Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- by Susan Brady
- Date
- May 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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