Plays (performed works)

Abstract A carbon production playscript of Phillip Barry's, Foolish Notion : a Comedy, with the ownership stamp of influential theatrical designer, Jo Mielziner, who prepared the scene and lighting for the opening Broadway production at the Martin Beck Theatre. Some pencil underscores early on pertain to the set (the entire play takes place in the library of the Hapgood house), while another note, "New Haven Feb 1," suggests a traditional preview may have taken...

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This 11-page manuscript is a mechanically reproduced typescript of Ed Bullins's play, It Bees Dat Way (a Confrontational Ritual)..

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The Delaware Theatre Company (DTC) is the largest professional theater in Delaware. The organizations's records, as well as the professional papers of Artistic Director, Cleveland Morris, are included.

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The Delaware Theatre Company (DTC) was founded in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1978 with a mission to create theater of the highest professional quality in Delaware and thereby enrich the area through artistic programming, education and community service. The DTC records 2019 supplement comprises the organization’s administrative and financial records, production files, press, and reviews from 1978-2015.

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Educational and community outreach programs are the main focus and the bulk of this supplement to the Delaware Theatre Company records, with a large component consisting of the files of the Director of Education & Community Engagement, C. J. Conway.

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Mimeograph transcript typescript of George H. Faulkner's Keepsakes, based on books by Carl Sandburg. A "Du Pont Company Presents the Cavalcade of America" radio broadcast with Raymond Massey as Abraham Lincoln, broadcast on January 30, 1951.

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Typescript photocopy of Edward Field's play, Frankenstein: a play for children in six scenes, which was sent to Jack Gottlieb, as well as photocopies of two letters from Field to Gottlieb and one letter from Gottlieb to Field.

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The Edward Field papers consist of twenty-one linear feet of the personal and literary papers which document the life and writing career of American writer and poet Edward Field (b. 1924) from 1943–1994.

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This original mimeographed typescript is Herbert D. Greggs's copy of his playscript for Green Bags/White Linen: a one-act play.

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

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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.

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An inscribed mimeographed typescript of Bryan MacMahon's play, The Gap of Life.

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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.

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

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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.

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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."

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

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This collection consists of material accumulated over a 25-year period by Ulick O’Connor: biographer, poet, playwright and journalist. O’Connor’s biographies of Brendan Behan and Oliver St. John Gogarty have been recognized internationally as definitive works. A large portion of the collection deals with materials for these books.

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Script for the dialogue part of Joey for John O'Hara's play, Pal Joey. Cover bears the autograph name, "Mike Garrison."

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Items collected or created by Mia Phoebus, all but one of which are related to Tennessee Williams.

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The Sam Shepard collection is a group of seven incidental items spanning the dates 1968-1979, related to the dramatic work of this American playwright, which includes three playscripts, two programs, a contract, and a poster.

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The papers of George Adolphus Storey, R.A., prolific British painter and longtime teacher of perspective at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, include both published and unpublished books, poems, plays, fiction, essays, lectures, notes, sketches, inventories, diaries, and other personal writings. Also included are several items belonging to his daughter, Mary Gladys Storey, an actress well-known for her charitable work during World Wars I and II.

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Two typescript carbon transcripts of a critical review written by Howard Taubman and an unidentified person for The New York Times on Edward Albee's play, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Taubman's transcript is undated while the unidentified person's is dated November 5, 1962.

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The Tennessee Williams collection, spanning the dates 1939-2013, consists of an extensive collection of correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, printed material, and ephemera related to American playwright Tennessee Williams.

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Portrait of a Madonna is a script for a one-act play written by Tennessee Williams and produced by ABC Television in 1948.