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Janet Achurch and Charles Charrington Correspondence

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 215
Abstract:

Autograph manuscript letters, signed, of Janet Achurch and Charles Charrington and their correspondents. Letters concern: casting of theatrical productions; investing in theatrical projects; Charrington's involvement in the Fabian Society; and other professional and domestic topics. Correspondents include Harley Granville-Barker, William Poel, and Kate Santley. Also included is a booking sheet for the Vaudeville Theatre, London, circa 1880.

Dates: 1847-1927

Charles McLean Andrews papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 38
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, research files (including notes, transcripts, and photocopies of historical documents), writings, photograph albums, and memorabilia relating to the personal life and professional career of American historian Charles McLean Andrews; his wife, Evangeline Walker Andrews; and other family members. More than half the correspondence is between family members. Charles Andrews's education and early career are detailed in correspondence with his parents, wife,...
Dates: 1723-1967

George Pierce Baker papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 385
Abstract:

The George Pierce Baker Papers contain scripts from a scenario workshop that he taught at Yale and student papers from other courses.

Dates: 1910-1949

George Pierce Baker papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 51
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, printed matter, photographs, and memorabilia documenting George Pierce Baker's professional activities as head of the Department of Drama at Yale University. Correspondents include playwrights, critics, actors, and producers, who had been Baker's students. The papers detail Baker's activities as a lecturer, consultant to the film series Chronicles of America, chairman of the executive committee of the American Shakespeare Foundation, and...
Dates: 1878-1958

J. M. Barrie collection

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1400
Abstract: The J. M. Barrie Collection contains correspondence, writings, and other papers relating to the life and work of the British author and playwright J. M. Barrie. The material was accrued by the Beinecke Library through gifts and purchases in the decades preceding 2011, and assembled into one collection in 2015. Along with correspondence from, to, and about Barrie, and examples of his writings for the theater, serials, and various publishers and audiences, the collection contains images of...
Dates: 1686-1977, bulk 1890-1937

Philip Barry papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 414
Abstract: The Philip Barry Papers document Barry's development and career as a playwright, from his earliest production at Yale in 1919 to his final work in 1949. The Papers are composed chiefly of Barry's notes, sketches, and drafts of his plays, materials relating to the production and publication of his plays, and correspondence with friends, family, fans, and colleagues in the worlds of theater and literature. Additional materials are also present, including scripts of plays by other authors,...
Dates: 1917-1950

Michael Bennett papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 538
Abstract: The papers document the musical theater career of Michael Bennett, spanning the dates 1950 to 1989 (with the bulk of the material spanning 1973 to 1986), and consisting of production files, correspondence, business papers, scripts, printed material, personal papers, audiovisual material, objects and photographs. The papers document the process of writing, choreographing, directing, and marketing Broadway musical productions such as Dreamgirls and A Chorus Line. The papers also document...
Dates: 1950-1989, bulk 1973-1986

Frank Poole Bevan Papers

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Call Number: YCAL MSS 537
Abstract:

The Frank Poole Bevan Papers consist of theater costume designs, set designs, photographs, and other material documenting the work of Frank Poole Bevan. The papers provide evidence of Bevan's career as a designer and faculty member in the Yale School of Drama. The papers illuminate Bevan's creative life and are useful for studying the history of American costume design in the mid twentieth century.

Dates: 1914-1971

F. C. C. Boyd autograph collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 942
Abstract:

Chiefly an autograph collection of approximately three hundred letters, two United States Navy Department letterbooks (1873-1876), photographs, drawings, and a small amount of F. C. C. Boyd's financial papers. Most of the items are American, although several are European, including one signed by Pope Urban VIII. Major topics covered by the colletion include numismatics, the theater, and the United States Navy.

Dates: 1635-1934

Lee Breuer papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1392
Content Description:

This collection contains correspondence, writings, photographs, posters, puppets, printed material, personal papers, realia, and other materials created by or relating to the life and work of Lee Breuer.

Dates: 1920-2020

British Theatrical and Literary Prints

 Collection
Call Number: LWL MSS 33
Abstract:

British Theatrical and Literary Prints is a collection of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century engravings and etchings depicting scenes and characters from 267 plays and stories by 112 authors that were published in England and Ireland during those two centuries. The prints are generally small in format—octavo or quarto in size—and most were extracted from publications.

Dates: 1711-1880, bulk 1770-1820

"Collection towards forming a history of the now obsolete office of the Master of the Revells"

 Collection
Call Number: OSBORN D1
Abstract:

Autograph MSS.

Dates: 1874-1874

Sandi Carroll Papers Relating to Early Productions of August Wilson's Seven Guitars

 Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 188
Abstract: The papers consist of scripts, notes, rehearsal schedules, venue descriptions and other materials that document the productions of August Wilson’s Seven Guitars in Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and on Broadway in New York City, in 1995-1996. The material also provides a record of how characters and dialogue in the play were changed and developed during these productions. Also included are several corrected proofs of the script as it was being prepared for...
Dates: 1995-1996

Civic Repertory Theatre records

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 343
Abstract: The Civic Repertory Theatre Records consist of production files containing scripts, promptbooks, technical production documentation, manuscript and printed music, and photographs; financial records including auditor's financial statements, box office receipts, weekly financial statements, and ledgers; programs, issues of the Civic Repertory Theatre Bulletin/Magazine and other printed material; notebooks containing Eva Le Gallienne's translations of plays by Henrik Ibsen; and pressbooks and...
Dates: 1917-1985, bulk 1925-1936

Mrs. W. K. Clifford papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 568
Abstract:

Plays, cinema scenarios, correspondence, notes, clippings and reviews of Mrs. W.K. Clifford, d. 1929 (also known as Lucy Clifford and John Inglis).

Dates: 1829-1929, bulk 1884-1929

Edward Cyrus Cole papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 908
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence, subject files, articles, speeches, book reviews, and material on the Yale School of Drama, including Cole's course notes, production notes, reports, financial papers and slides of productions. The subject files are of particular interest for the material from the early days of television, ca. 1948. Cole's work as a theater consultant is shown in the blue prints and other material prepared for theaters in Dresden, Malmo, Philadelphia and Stanford.

Dates: 1935-1978

Nancy Cole Papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 749
Scope and Contents:

The collection consists of correspondence, including letters from Kay Boyle, Donald Gallup, Robert Haas, Marcel Marceau and the artist Henry Miller; photographs; clippings; printed material; sound recordings; and manuscripts relating to the production of Nancy Cole's one-woman show, Gertrude Stein's Gertrude Stein, and other projects, including One of Each.

Dates: 1947-1986

Collection of Cabaret Theatre Club and Cave of the Golden Calf printed ephemera

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 50
Abstract: The collection comprises 11 items of printed ephemera concerning the Cabaret Theatre Club and the Cave of the Golden Calf. The items include: a preliminary prospectus (April, 1912); a general program (May, 1912); a prospectus for the second season (September, 1912); a preliminary announcement of the performance season of the Intimate Theatre Society (late 1912?); a program for June 17, 1913, featuring a performance of Bastien und Bastienne; membership application forms for the Cabaret...
Dates: 1912-1914

Edward Gordon Craig collection

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 433
Scope and Contents: This finding aid encompasses accessions of single manuscripts and small groups of manuscripts and other papers, by or pertaining to Edward Gordon Craig, acquired by the library from a variety of sources. Series I, Hamill and Barker Purchase (1912-1958), contains letters from a variety of correspondents to Craig's friend Ewald Junge, who also collected Craig...
Dates: 1905-1963

Jack Randall Crawford Modern Drama Collection

 Collection
Call Number: DRA 10
Abstract:

Photographic prints and clippings relating to English and American Drama as collected by Jack Randall Crawford, the staff of the Drama Library, and others.

Dates: 1850-1979