Found 3 collections related to Theater -- England

Rosamond Gilder (1896-1986), an American author and theatre figure in New York, was founder and president of the International Theater Institute. She wrote about the theatre and edited the letters of her father, Richard Watson Gilder. Collection consists of papers concerning the life and career of Sir John Gielgud, English actor and director. Includes typescripts of Gielgud's autobiography; letters from Hallam Fordham to Gilder about the autobiography; typescript of The Hamlet Tradition by John Gielgud; text of Hamlet as used in Gielgud-McClintic productions; and various drafts of John Gielgud's Hamlet (1937) by Gilder. less

Whitford Kane (1882-1956) was an English-American actor. Collection consists of correspondence with prominent American, English and Irish theater and literary figures, and theater agreements and contracts. Correspondents include Padraic Colum, St. John Ervine, Katharine Hepburn, Rutherford Mayne, Sean O'Casey, and Carl Van Vechten. less