Found 3 collections related to Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911

Actor, director and producer, Edwin T. Emery was the director of the WPA's Federal Theatre Project's Gilbert and Sullivan unit. He began his stage career in 1893 appearing with leading stock companies and working with Maude Adams and E. H. Sothern among others. In his later years he directed Gilbert and Sullivan revivals and was a dramatic coach in his own studios. He died in 1951 at the age of 78. Consists of lists of cast and musicians, lighting, costume and property plots, notes on scenery, and programs for the production presented by the Drama Department and Music Department of the Emergency Relief Bureau Works Division of the Department of Public Welfare in New York City. The opera, which opened on October 19th, 1934, was directed by Edwin T. Emery at Ascension Hall, Church of the Ascension on Jarvis St. in Brooklyn. 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