Found 9 collections related to Acting

Jane Cowl (1884-1950) was an actress, playwright and theatrical producer. She appeared in her most famous acting roles in the 1920s and 1930s and co-authored several plays during this period with Jane Murfin. During World War II she was co-director of the Stage Door Canteen, an entertainment center for U.S. servicemen and women in New York City. She also hosted a radio program in the 1940s. Collection consists of correspondence, financial papers, diary, and biographical materials collected by Cowl. Correspondence, 1923-1948, is with noted playwrights, directors, actors, and theater managers; other correspondence, 1943-1946, concerns her charitable work with disabled veterans and underprivileged children. Also, diary written during Cowl's first trip to Europe in 1907 in which she described the European stage; materials she collected for a planned autobiography; and personal financial accounts. less

Anne Bronaugh (1887-1963), born in Kentucky, was an American actress, working in Canada and New York State during the early 20th century. The collection includes correspondence, clippings, photographs and scrapbooks of reviews, articles and photographs of Bronaugh less

Archibald Batty (1887-1961) was a British actor and writer. He began acting in 1924, and was a member of the Aldwych Farces from 1928 to 1932. The Archibald Batty papers (1936-1959) contain his writings and correspondence. The bulk of the correspondence is letters to and from playwright and businessman H.M. Harwood. This correspondence dates from 1936 to 1937 and includes discussions of general business investments; buying and selling rights to plays; and Harwood's plays, including Transit in Venus and These Mortals. Batty's writings consist of play scripts, book manuscripts, and poems. Many of the writings have handwritten changes, and some are accompanied by related correspondence. The book manuscripts date to the 1950s and consist of unpublished typescripts about playwriting and amateur acting, as well as Batty's autobiography. The autobiography contains accounts of his childhood; his experiences living and working in Calcutta in the 1910s; his experiences as aide-de-camp to Harcourt Butler, Lieutenant Governor and later Governor of the United Provinces in British India; and his acting career, including his work with the Aldwych Farces and acting on the London stage. There are four play scripts: The Last of the Lamasery, Roger VI, The Tontine, and The Twelve-Pound Look. Poems date from 1941 to 1954. The collection also contains miscellaneous short letters and telegrams addressed to Batty, and a preliminary program and notes for a 1939 benefit for King George's Pension Fund for Actors and Actresses, which Batty helped organize. less