- unitid
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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 2016-007", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"23394", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1957-2015", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1957/2015"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Sherman Yellen papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"6.68 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"17 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"id"=>"THE", "value"=>"Billy Rose Theatre Division"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Sherman Yellen papers (1957-2015) document Yellen's career as a librettist, playwright, and screenwriter. The collection is primarily composed of scripts (both drafts and final scripts); a small amount of clippings, programs, and sound and video recordings are present. The Broadway musical <span class=\"title\">The Rothschilds</span> is the most well-represented work."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Sherman Yellen papers, *T-Mss 2016-007. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Yellen, Sherman", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>American screenwriter, playwright, and librettist Sherman Yellen (1932- ) is best known for the 1970 Broadway musical <span class=\"title\">The Rothschilds</span> and as a collaborator of Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, and Richard Rodgers. Yellen's work includes biographical and period dramas, adaptations of literary classics, musicals, straight plays, and television dramas.</p> <p>Born in New York City, Yellen studied creative writing and graduated from Bard College in 1953. <span class=\"title\">New Gods For Lovers</span>, one of Yellen's early plays, caught the attention of Hilliard Elkins, who asked Yellen to write a libretto based on Fred Morton's book <span class=\"title\">The Rothschilds</span>; this libretto became the first of three of Yellen's works to be produced on Broadway.</p> <p>The Broadway production of <span class=\"title\">The Rothschilds</span> with music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick opened in 1970 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre; it would be revived off-Broadway in 1990 at the American Jewish Theatre and reimagined as <span class=\"title\">Rothschild & Sons</span>. This revised version, staged at the York Theatre Company in 2015, featured a reduced cast and some new songs and lyrics.</p> <p>In 1976, Yellen collaborated with Richard Rodgers and Harnick to bring <span class=\"title\">Rex</span>, a musical based on the last years of the life of Henry VIII, to Broadway. <span class=\"title\">Rex</span> was revived as a staged reading at the York Theatre Company in 2000, appeared at Stages!, the Chicago Festival of New Musicals in 2007, and was presented in Toronto in 2010. Yellen's play about Sinclair Lewis, <span class=\"title\">Strangers</span> was produced on Broadway in 1979.</p> <p>Yellen also flourished as a television screenwriter. In the 1960s Hallmark commissioned <span class=\"title\">Cry of Angels</span>. He wrote the initial episodes of the 1976 PBS mini-series <span class=\"title\">Adams Chronicles</span> and won an Emmy Award for his writing; his adaptations of <span class=\"title\">Phantom of the Opera</span>, <span class=\"title\">Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Great Expectations</span> appeared on network television in the 1970s and 1980s.</p> <p>His later works include <span class=\"title\">Say Yes</span> (also known as <span class=\"title\">This Fair World</span>), a musical set during the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair; <span class=\"title\">Esther Plays the Palace</span>, a 2012 collaboration with Richard Rodgers' grandson Peter Rodgers Melnick; <span class=\"title\">Josephine Tonight</span>, a musical based on Josephine Baker; and <span class=\"title\">Broadway Man</span> (originally titled <span class=\"title\">Jazz Singer</span>) about the life of Al Jolson.</p> <p>Yellen is the recipient of two Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, and a Christopher Award (for <span class=\"title\">Beauty in the Beast</span>). Bard College presented Yellen with a lifetime achievement award in Arts and Letters. He received a Tony Award nomination for <span class=\"title\">The Rothschilds</span>.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Sherman Yellen papers (1957-2015) document Yellen's prolific career as a playwright, librettist, and screenwriter. For many projects there are several drafts featuring changes and edits that provide insight into how the scripts were reworked before being produced, and how projects were revived and substantially changed years later (as was the case with <span class=\"title\">The Rothschilds</span> and <span class=\"title\">Rothchild & Sons</span>). Yellen's Broadway musicals <span class=\"title\">The Rothschilds</span> and <span class=\"title\">Rex</span> and his play <span class=\"title\">Broadway Man</span> (<span class=\"title\">Jazz Singer</span>) are the most well-represented works.</p> <p>Files contain only scripts unless otherwise noted in the container list.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection is divided by type of project with sections for Yellen's musicals, plays, television and film projects, and sound and video recordings.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Sherman Yellen, 2016.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Susan M. Kline</span>, <span class=\"date\">2016</span>.</p>"}
- accessrestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>Sound and video recordings are unavailable pending digitization.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>The author/creator retains copyright of materials. For information on obtaining permission to publish, contact the Theatre Division at theatre@nypl.org.</p>"}
- dsc_type
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combined
- date_start
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1957
- keydate
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1957
- date_end
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2015
- date_inclusive_start
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1957
- date_inclusive_end
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2015
- extent_statement
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6.68 linear feet (17 boxes)