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Dramatists, American--20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87003938

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Jeffrey Bailey collection of James Leo Herlihy papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0670
Abstract

The Jeffrey Bailey collection of James Leo Herlihy papers is a combination of correspondence and personal papers originated by American author and actor James Leo Herlihy and literary papers belonging to Herlihy’s long-time friend and literary executor, American author Jeffrey Bailey.

Dates: 1942-2006; Majority of material found within dates 1953-1993

Bernard F. Dukore collection of Barrie Stavis papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0843
Abstract

The papers comprise Bernard F. Dukore's collection of Barrie Stavis materials, including a letter, playscript, and audiocassette.

Dates: 1989-1994

Little murders : second draft screenplay

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0903
Abstract

This second draft of the screenplay, Little Murders, was American playwright and cartoonist Jules Feiffer's adaptation of his first play.

Dates: 1970 May 25

The snugrats : playscript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0723
Abstract

First edition of the play, The Snugrats, an unrecorded version of BLUE DENIM, Herlihy's first book. One that precedes and is immensely different, textually, from both the Samuel French and Random House editions (1958).

Dates: 1957

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

Mia Phoebus collection of Tennessee Williams papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0828
Abstract

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

Dates: 1940, 2007-2008

Barrie Stavis letter to Horst and Barbara Höhne

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0918
Abstract

In April of 1991, American playwright Barrie Stavis wrote this letter to the Höhnes to accompany the enclosed issue of Cardozo Studies in Law and Literature, which contains Stavis's Lamp at Midnight: a Play about Galileo.

Dates: 1991 April 11

Tennessee Williams collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0112
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1939-2013

Tennessee Williams, Portrait of a Madonna : A World Video Production : playscript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F1028
Abstract

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

Dates: 1948

Robert A. Wilson collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0481
Abstract

The Robert A. Wilson collection comprises 9 linear feet of material related to 36 prominent literary figures, previously in the private collection of Robert A. Wilson, the final owner of the Phoenix Book Shop, in New York City (1962-1988).

Dates: 1906-2011

Robert A. Wilson W. H. Auden collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0982
Abstract W. H. Auden (1907-1973) was an English and American poet, translator, librettist, playwright, and essayist. The Robert A. Wilson W. H. Auden collection comprises Wilson’s collected materials created by and related to W. H. Auden. The collection includes manuscript and typescript drafts, proofs, and published versions of Auden’s poetry, translations, prose, and dramatic works; programs and promotional ephemera for Auden’s readings and events as well as other performances related to the...
Dates: circa 1930-2007, undated; Majority of material found within 1950-2000