Found 6 collections related to Theatrical producers and directors -- United States

Ewald Schindler (1891-1948) was a German-born actor, director, and producer of theatre and opera. After fleeing to Czechoslovakia and Italy during the rise of the Nazis, he immigrated to the United States in 1941, where he became director of the King-Smith Playhouse in Washington, D.C. and founded The Playhouse Studio, a school of drama, with Norwegian dancer Liljan Espenak. Additions to the Ewald Schindler papers date from 1899 to 1947 and contain letters, photographs, scrapbook pages, and personal ephemera that document Schindler's family and professional life. Scrapbook pages with clippings, photographs, and a program document Schindler's direction of The Green Cockatoo at the King-Smith Playhouse, dated 1942 to 1943. Correspondence is with Kurt Schindler, Liljan Espenak, and Mary Wigman, discussing family and professional issues. Photographs include individual portraits of the Schindler family as well as a cabinet card depicting Czech opera singer Emmy Destinn. Personal ephemera consists of a recitation book and Schindler's social security card. Correspondence and the recitation book are in German. less

The Chamberlain and Lyman Brown Papers are 351 linear feet and contain business and personal correspondence, scrapbooks, autographs, legal and financial papers, scripts, photographs, clipping files, and production materials documenting their work as theatrical agents, managers, and producers. The papers provide a history of the entertainment industry from the end of the 19th century through the middle of the 20th century. A number of family and personal papers are also included. less

: Katharine Cornell was an American actress and producer. Guthrie McClintic was an American director and producer. They both worked the New York theater from 1915-1960. This collection includes correspondence, personal files, scripts, production materials, programs, photographs, scrapbooks and oversized items. less

Richard Montgomery Field (1834-1902) was manager of the Boston Museum from 1864 to 1898. The Boston Museum began staging musical performances in 1841, then added dramatic performances in 1843 and continued presenting shows for sixty years. Located at the corner of Tremont and Bromfield Streets, the museum was founded in 1841 and was known as the Boston Museum and Gallery of Fine Arts until 1847. The final season at the museum was 1902-3. Consists of letters written by members of the theatrical profession to R. M. Field, manager of the Boston Museum, between 1864 and 1884. less

Theatrical director, producer, and performer Agnes Morgan (1879-1976) and her life partner Helen Arthur (1879-1939) were integral to the development of the theatre and dance productions at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City. The Neighborhood Playhouse was founded as a theater in 1915 by sister philanthropists Alice Lewisohn Crowley (1883-1972) and Irene Lewisohn (1892-1944). Originally intended as a home for the Neighborhood Players, an amateur acting troupe for adults and children, the theater was housed in the Henry Street Settlement House and is considered one of the first to be given the designation "off-Broadway." By 1920 the theater had gone from amateur to professional and gained attention for its avant-garde and experimental work, as well as its popular revue The Grand Street Follies. The theater was under Arthur'smanagement from 1915 to 1927, and during this time Morgan was one of the theater's most significant directors. In 1940, Morgan became associate director of the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, N.J., and retired from that position in 1972. She died in San Bernardino, Calif., in 1976. This collection documents the relationships that Morgan and her partner Helen Arthur had with many other dancers, actors, and artists in their New York circle and associated with the Neighborhood Playhouse theatre in New York City. Included in the collection are photographs, artworks, programs, correspondence, and other ephemera. Of particular note is a group of original fine art designs by dancer and artist Angna Enters, sent to Morgan and Arthur as holiday greetings in the 1930s. Also of note are numerous autographed portrait photos of leading actors and dancers of that period and a grouping of original costume designs for a production of Petrouchka at the Neighborhood Playhouse. less