- Creator
- Lehr, Wilson
- Call number
- *T-Mss 2014-107
- Physical description
- 1.26 linear feet (3 boxes)
- Preferred Citation
Wilson Lehr prompt books, *T-Mss 2014-107. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.
- Repository
- Billy Rose Theatre Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Wilson Lehr (d. 1982) was Director of Theater in Brooklyn College's Department of Speech and Theater. His prompt books are for Brooklyn College productions that he directed between 1959 and 1975. Each prompt book contains a script or score with blocking notes, technical cues, dialogue changes, and other annotations. Some of the prompt books contain additional material such as programs and fliers. The collection contains prompt books for The Apothecary (1965), Celebration (1975), The Critic (1960), Cymbeline (1960), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1968), Der Jasager (1965), Kiss Me, Kate (1964), Love for Love (1964), The Male Animal (1961), Pantagleize (1973), Rhinoceros (1963), Romeo and Juliet (1959), original musical Rubber Nickels (1972), A Streetcar Named Desire (1966), and three Harold Pinter plays: The Collection, A Slight Ache, and A Night Out (1967).
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Donated by Wilson Lehr, 1977.
Processing information
Compiled by Kit Fluker, 2015
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Location
Billy Rose Theatre DivisionNew York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor
Access to materials
Request an in-person research appointment.Conditions Governing Use
The author/creator retains copyright of materials. For information on obtaining permission to publish, contact the Theatre Division at theatre@nypl.org.