Harold Clurman papers

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id: 2551
origination: Clurman, Harold, 1901-1980
date statement: 1938-1978
key date: 1938
identifier (local_mss): 21362
org unit: Billy Rose Theatre Division
call number: *T-Mss 1978-005
b-number: b12506158
total components: 66
total series: 4
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updated: 2018-06-05 04:41:15 UTC
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unitid: {"value"=>"*T-Mss 1978-005", "type"=>"local_call"}

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unittitle: {"value"=>"Harold Clurman papers"}
physdesc: {"format"=>"simple", "value"=>"4 lf. (10 boxes"}
repository: {"value"=>"Billy Rose Theatre Division <div class=\"address\">40 Lincoln Center PlazaNew York, N.Y. 10023-7498</div>"}
prefercite: {"value"=>"[Identification of item], Harold Clurman papers, *T Mss 1978-005, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
origination: {"value"=>"Clurman, Harold, 1901-1980", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist: {"value"=>"Harold Clurman, director, critic, author and lecturer was born in New York City in 1901. He started his career on the stage at the age of 13 in a production of The Saint. Clurman worked as actor and stage manager before making his directorial debut with the Clifford Odets play Awake and Sing(see photograph scrapbook on this production, Box 10, Folder 1). Harold Clurman was a founder of the Group Theatre and directed many of their productions during the years 1931-1941. Some plays which he directed include: Paradise Lost, Golden Boy, Rocket to the Moon, Night Music, All My Sons, The Member of the Wedding, Desire Under the Elms, The Ladies of the Corridor, Bus Stop, Tiger at the Gates and Heartbreak House, among others. In 1963, Harold Clurman became the executive consultant for the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center and directed Incident at Vichy by Arthur Miller. He also directed plays in Europe, Japan and Israel. Harold Clurman was also a noted writer contributor to The Nation as a theater critic and wrote articles for the London Observer and New Republic as well. His books include: All People Are Famous, On Directing and Ibsen Harold Clurman was married to the actress, Stella Adler and later to the actress Juleen Compton. Harold Clurman died in 1980."}
custodhist: {"value"=>"The Harold Clurman papers were donated by Harold Clurman to the Billy Rose Theatre Division in 1978. The collection was reprocessed, reorganized and the scripts integrated into the collection in June 1996."}
scopecontent: {"value"=>"The Harold Clurman papers contain notebooks and journals, director's annotated scripts, manuscript drafts and annotated typescripts of Clurman's books, and photograph scrapbooks documenting his career as a director, writer and critic. The materials span from 1935 through 1978 and give an interesting look at Clurman's work and thought process as a director. Notebooks contain his ideas on plot and character development, as well as casting notes and ideas for plays which he directed, while the scripts contain his director's annotations and compliment the notebooks for research and study of Clurman's techniques as a director. Drafts and typescripts of his writings show his three books, Ibsen, On Directing and All People Are Famous as they evolved. Finally, the photograph scrapbooks give a pictorial representative of specific plays including Awake and Sing, The Iceman Cometh and Long Day's Journey Into Night."}

{"value"=>"The Harold Clurman papers are arranged in four series:\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21362#c722469'>Series I: Notebooks and Journals</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'>This series contains handwritten notebooks and journals containing information on plays and production ideas or trips, events and subjects.</div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21362#c722502'>Series II: Director's Scripts</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1949-1969</div>\n<div class='series-description'>This series contains annotated scripts belonging to Harold Clurman for many of the productions that he directed through the years. Included are: The Bird Cage by Arthur Laurents, Birth Day by William Inge, The Iceman Cometh by Eugene O'Neill, Incident at Vichy by Arthur Miller, Judith by Jean Giraudoux, The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux, The Time of the Cuckoo by Arthur Laurents, A Touch of the Poet by Eugene O'Neill, The Trojan War Will Not Take Place(produced as Tiger at the Gates) by Jean Giraudoux, Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov and The Waltz of the Toreadors by Jean Anouilh. Many of these scripts are complemented by corresponding notebooks in the notebook series which contain notes and information on Clurman's production ideas.</div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21362#c722515'>Series III: Writings</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'>This series contains handwritten drafts, annotated typescripts and galleys for books written by Harold Clurman. Included are: All People Are Famous, Ibsen and On Directing. There are also some miscellaneous writings.</div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21362#c722530'>Series IV: Photograph Scrapbooks</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1935-1968</div>\n<div class='series-description'>This series consists of scrapbooks of photographs documenting some of the plays that Harold Clurman directed. There is also a scrapbook given to him by Habimah Theatre in Tel Aviv, honoring him for work he had done there in 1949. It should be noted that some of the scrapbooks have been disassembled for conservation purposes. The Habimah Theatre scrapbook cover has been preserved and separated into the Theatre Collection T-Cabinet.</div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
arrangement: {"value"=>"The Harold Clurman Papers are arranged into four series: <ul class=\"list\"> <li>Series I: Notebooks and Journals<ul class=\"list\"> <li>Sub-series 1: Director's notebooks</li> <li>Sub-series 2: Daily journals</li></ul></li> <li>Series II: Director's Scripts</li> <li>Series III: Writings</li> <li>Series IV: Photograph Scrapbooks</li></ul>", "supress_display"=>true}
accessrestrict: {"value"=>"Photocopying prohibited."}
userestrict: {"value"=>"For permission to publish contact the Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division."}
processinfo: {"value"=>"Processed by Mary Ellen Rogan."}
unitdate: {"value"=>"1938-1978", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1938/1978"}
date_inclusive_start: 1938
date_inclusive_end: 1978
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abstract: {"value"=>"The Harold Clurman papers contain notebooks and journals, director's annotated scripts, manuscript drafts and annotated typescripts of Clurman's books, and photograph scrapbooks documenting his career as a director, critic and writer. The materials span from 1935 through 1978 and give an interesting look at Clurman's work and thought process as a director. Notebooks contain his ideas on plot and character development, as well as casting notes and ideas for plays which he directed, while the scripts contain his director's annotations and compliment the notebooks for research and study of Clurman's techniques as a director. Drafts and typescripts of Mr. Clurman's three books: On Directing; All People Are Famous; and Ibsen show these works as they evolved. Finally, the photograph scrapbooks give a pictorial representation of specific plays including AWAKE AND SING and foreign productions of THE ICEMAN COMETH and LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT."}
keydate: 1938
date_start: 1938
date_end: 1978

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