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Richard Hoffman - August Wilson collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0510
Abstract

The Richard Hoffman - August Wilson Collection consists of two playbills and one poster from stage productions of African-American playwright August Wilson's playsSeven Guitars,King Hedley II, andJoe Turner's Come and Gonespanning the dates between 1988 and 1999.

Dates: 1988-1999

Richard Hoffman Beth Henley collection

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Identifier: MSS 0550
Abstract

The Richard Hoffman Beth Henley collection spans the dates 1981-1984 and comprises eight items, including six playscripts and two film posters.

Dates: 1981-1984

Richard Hoffman David Mamet collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0496
Abstract

A collection of materials related to American playwright and screenwriter David Mamet, assembled by theater collector and book dealer Richard Hoffman.

Dates: 1975-2002

Richard Hoffman David Rabe collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0490
Abstract

Theater collector and bookdealer Richard Hoffman's David Rabe collection consists of playscripts and programs from four of the American playwright's works, as well as a poster.

Dates: 1971-1985

Richard Hoffman - John Guare collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0505
Abstract The Richard Hoffman - John Guare collection contains playscripts, film scripts, theater programs, playbooks, and a poster related to the following works by American playwright John Guare:The House of Blue Leaves(1971),Two Gentlemen of Verona(1973),Landscape of the Body(1977),Bosoms and Neglect(1979), and...
Dates: 1972-1993

Richard Hoffman - Lorraine Hansberry collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0508
Abstract

The Richard Hoffman's collection of materials from the African-American playwright Lorraine Hansberry collection spans the dates 1959-1986 and comprises 17 items, including photographs, playbills, programs, a screenplay for A Raisin in the Sun(1959), and articles related to The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window(1964).

Dates: 1959-1986

Richard Hoffman - Neil Simon collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0485
Abstract

The Richard Hoffman - Neil Simon collection spans the dates between 1955 and 1993 and comprises three linear feet of playscripts, film scripts, correspondence, posters, flyers, periodicals, theater programs, and photographs related to the American playwright Neil Simon.

Dates: 1955-1993

Richard Hoffman Woody Allen collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0551
Abstract

The Richard Hoffman Woody Allen collection spans the dates 1966-1995 and comprises autograph, printed, and audio material from the American playwright and film maker Woody Allen.

Dates: 1966-1995

Tambourines to glory : playscript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0705
Abstract

Mimeographed typescript of the playscript, Tambourines to Glory, wriitten by Langston Hughes. The title page identifies the playscript as: "Revised version. September 1962."

Dates: 1962 September

Robert B. Kegerreis The Tell-Tale Heart and theatrical collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0706
Abstract

This collection comprises material related to the American actor and playwright Robert B. Kegerreis's 1909 dramatic adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" and his involvement in the New York theater scene of the early twentieth century.

Dates: 1909-1925; Majority of material found within dates 1909-1911

Samuel Lover letter to Andrew T. Thorp

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0576
Abstract

Letter from Irish author and painter Samuel Lover to Andrew T. Thorp.

Dates: 1846 October 27

Samuel Lover letter to William Pickering

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0575
Abstract

Letter from Samuel Lover to William Pickering.

Dates: 1845 March 20

Brinsley MacNamara manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0646
Abstract

Two manuscripts written by Brinsley MacNamara.

Dates: 1938-1954

Remember Mauretania : typescript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0718
Abstract Computer typescript of Madden's still unpublished playscript in regular form, Remember Mauretania, signed and dated by the author March 6, 2004, on the cover sheet. Performed in 1987 at the Abbey Theatre, where it won the O.Z. Whitehead Award for a new play in 1985. The Irish publisher of an earlier collection of Madden's plays announced there would be a second volume to include this play and The Dosshouse Waltz, but that volume...
Dates: 1985-2004

The dosshouse waltz : typescript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0717
Abstract

Computer typescript of Madden's still unpublished playscript in regular form, The Dosshouse Waltz, signed and dated by the author March 6, 2004, on the final page.

Dates: 1985-2004

The blossom, or, Billy the kid : playscript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0971
Abstract

Consists of one typescript of Michael McClure's playscript, "The Blossom, or, Billy the Kid." The play was written in 1959 and first performed in 1963.

Dates: 1959

The feast : playscript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0972
Abstract

Consists of one mimeographed typescript of Michael McClure's playscript, "The Feast," which was written in 1959 or 1960.

Dates: 1959-1960

H. L. Mencken letter to D. Lorraine Yerkes

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0211
Abstract

Typed and signed letter written by journalist, satirist, and critic H. L. Mencken to Lorraine Yerkes mentioning Mencken's acquiantance with the late playwright and entrepreneur Wilson Mizner, his astonishment that Mrs. Paepcke's daughter is old enough to marry, and the "damndest flood of nuisance mail I have ever encountered" upon his return from his Florida vacation, dated April 17, 1948.

Dates: 1948 April 17

After the fall : mimeographed typescript

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0812
Abstract

A mimeographed playscript for Arthur Miller's play, "After the Fall : a play." Rehearsal script from the original production of Miller's surrealistic, autobiographical drama performed by the Lincoln Center Repertory Company, New York, in 1964.

Dates: 1964

Incident at Vichy : mimeographed typescript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0811
Abstract

A mimeographed playscript of Arthur Miller's play, "Incident at Vichy." Rehearsal script from the first production of Miller's play, produced by Lincoln Center in 1964. Comparison of the published text with this script reveals several textual variances. Paper covers stamped inside "Property of Irene Lewisohn Library / The Neighborhood School of the Theatre / 340 East 54th Street, New York."

Dates: 1964

The crucible : mimeographed typescript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0809
Abstract

One mimeographed playscript of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible." Original rehearsal script from the first production of Miller's play.

Dates: 1952-1953

The Misfits : dialogue continuity and cutting continuity

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0939
Abstract

These two mimeographed typescripts are the post-production but pre-release dialogue continuity and cutting continuity scripts for Arthur Miller's screenplay titled The Misfits.

Dates: 1961 January 10

Charles Morgan letter to George

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0762
Abstract

One autograph letter written by Charles Morgan to "George" on printed letterhead of 16 Campden Hill Square, W.8., concerning Morgan's work in progress and his desire to keep references about his play being bought away from speculation, on December 6, 1937.

Dates: 1937 December 6

Charles Morgan letter to Miss Wood

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0698
Abstract

A lengthy, interesting and detailed response, written in Morgan's tiny hand, to a "Miss Wood," offering professional advice for her friend, an aspiring writer, dated August 19, 1931.

Dates: 1931 August 19

Beverley Nichols papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0620
Abstract

The Beverley Nichols papers document the personal and professional activities of prolific twentieth-century English novelist, playwright, journalist, composer, and political activist Beverley Nichols. The collection comprises correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, manuscripts, musical compositions, and photographs primarily dating between 1911 and 1991.

Dates: 1698, 1911-1991, undated; Majority of material found within 1911-1991

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Hoffman, Richard Lee 9
Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer), 1883-1971 7
Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968 5
Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005 5
Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972 3
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O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964 3
Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 3
Simon, Neil 3
Herlihy, James Leo 2
Lover, Samuel, 1797-1868 2
Madden, Aodhan 2
McClure, Michael 2
Morgan, Charles, 1894-1958 2
Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center 2
Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 1
Allen, Woody, 1935- 1
Bakrow, Leonard 1
Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934-2014 1
Barry, Gerald Reid, Sir, 1898- 1
Barry, Philip, 1896-1949 1
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 1
Behan, Brendan 1
Bloomgarden, Kermit 1
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 1
Brandt & Brandt. Dramatic Department 1
British Broadcasting Company 1
Brown, Sterling A., 1901-1989 1
Bullins, Ed 1
Burwell, Basil Beckett, 1911- 1
Churchill, Sarah, 1914-1982 1
Columbia Pictures 1
Connon, Bryan. Beverley Nichols: a life 1
Cornell, Katharine, 1893-1974 1
Cornell, Katharine, 1893-1974--Correspondence 1
D'Arcy, Margaretta 1
Dowling, Eddie 1
Drama League of Dublin 1
Drinkwater, John, 1882-1937 1
Dublin Theatre Festival 1
Durbridge, Stephen 1
Federation of Irish Industries, Inc. 1
Feldman, Charles K., 1904-1968 1
Field, Edward, 1924- 1
Freedman, Harold--Correspondence 1
Gibbon, Monk, 1896-1987 1
Gogarty, Oliver St. John, 1878-1957 1
Goodman, Jules Eckert, approximately 1877-1962 1
Gottlieb, Jack 1
Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932 1
Guare, John 1
Guinan, John, 1874-1945 1
HBO Home Entertainment (Firm) 1
Hamilton, Nancy, 1908-1985 1
Hamilton, Nancy, 1908-1985--Correspondence 1
Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965 1
Harris, Theodore A. 1
Harwood, Daphne 1
Henley, Beth 1
Herlihy, James Leo--Correspondence 1
Holly, Flora Mae 1
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 1
Huston, John, 1906-1987 1
Joyce, James, 1882-1941 1
Kegerreis, Robert B., 1876-1951 1
Kornfeld, Lawrence 1
Lemon, Shelia 1
Living Theatre (New York, N.Y.) 1
Mac Liammóir, Micheál, 1899-1978 1
MacDiarmid, Hugh, 1892-1978 1
MacNamara, Brinsley, 1890-1963 1
Mackenzie, Compton, 1883-1972 1
Mamet, David 1
Mayes, Herbert R. (Herbert Raymond), 1900-1987 1
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 1
Michelson, Miriam, 1870-1942 1
Mielziner, Jo, 1901-1976 1
Mitchell, Edward P. 1
Mitchell, Edward P.--Correspondence 1
Mizner, Wilson, 1876-1933 1
Music Corporation of America 1
Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre 1
Nichols, Beverley, 1898-1983 1
O'Brien, Edna 1
O'Connor, Ulick 1
O’Donnell, Frank J. Hugh 1
Paul R. Reynolds 1
Phelan, Brian 1
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 1
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Tell-tale heart 1
Rabe, David 1
Raidió Teilifís Éireann 1
Rastar Films, Inc. 1
Reid, Christina, 1942- 1
Reisch, Walter 1
Robinson, Lennox, 1886-1958 1
Samuel French Ltd. 1
Saroyan, William, 1908-1981 1
Saroyan, William, 1908-1981. Love's old sweet song 1
Seven Arts Productions 1
Shepard, Sam, 1943- 1
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