Found 4 collections related to Theatrical producers and directors

Manart Kippen was an American actor. Collection consists of papers of Manart Kippen and, in part, letters and papers of author Minna C. Smith, including two letters from Edward Everett Hale. Kippen papers include correspondence, 1915-1947, consisting of letters from actors and actresses, playwrights, theatrical producers and agents; and miscellaneous documents. Correspondents include Julia Marlowe, George Arliss, Alfred Lunt, and Davis Belasco, among others. less

Philip Ben Greet (1857-1936) was an English actor and theater manager. Collection consists of papers reflecting Greet's career in the theater. Includes correspondence, 1881-1936, concerning his American productions of Shakespeare's plays; notes on Shakespeare and on Greet's lectures and stage productions; forewords by A.J. Lofvgren to various Shakespearean plays; a synopsis by Elma Dangerfield of a film version of Julius Caesar; records of the Shakespeare Film Society in London; accounts, tour lists and cue sheets; and other papers. less

William Churchill De Mille (1878-1955) was an American playwright, producer and director. He wrote a number of stage plays and produced them with David Belasco from 1902 to 1914 before becoming one of the pioneers of the motion picture industry. He founded the drama department at the University of Southern California and taught there until 1953. Collection consists of manuscripts and typescripts of De Mille's writings. Writings include play scripts, scenarios, lectures, reminiscences of his career in the motion picture industry, and typescript of children's fairy tale he co-authored. less