Found 2 collections related to Perry,%20Antoinette,%201888-1946

Minnie Hall Murphy, the mother of Antoinette Perry (1888-1946), actress and director for whom the Tony Awards were named, wrote this narrative on the westward journey of her mother, Mary Hill Nevin Hall, Perry's grandmother, who travelled from Michigan to Colorado in 1858 as part of the Pike's Peak or Bust expedition. This third person narrative covers the journey west and life in Colorado in the 1860s as Murphy imagines her mother experienced it. The focus is on personal family matters. less

The papers of Lucille Lortel relate the details of her life and career from teen years to her death in 1999, and include correspondence, production files, scripts, programs, production photographs, personal and family photographs, organization files, clippings, memorabilia, and scrapbooks. Lucille Lortel's life spanned the twentieth century, so in addition to providing details of her family and personal life her papers encompass many aspects of the theatrical history of her era. Lortel is credited with fostering the Off-Broadway movement and providing a forum for avant-garde and experimental work at her Theatre de Lys. Lortel's productions at the White Barn and the ANTA Matinee Series at the Theatre de Lys brought works by Jean Genet, Sean O'Casey, Athol Fugard, and others to a wider audience. Many of these productions are represented in the collection by correspondence, programs, photographs and clippings. Over the years Lortel also worked closely with several non-profit theaters as a donor and mentor. Her affiliations with Circle in the Square, Circle Repertory Company, Goodspeed Opera House, Yale Repertory Theatre, and other companies are documented in the organization files. less