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{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>"2.75 linear feet (7 boxes)"}
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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1999-009", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"21453", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"Lawrence Langner papers"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Lawrence Langner Papers, *T-Mss 1999-009, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Langner, Lawrence, 1890-1962", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Lawrence Langner (1890-1962), playwright, author, and producer, was born in Swansea, South Wales, on May 30, 1890. He had a long and varied career in the American theater where he began as one of the founders of the Washington Square Players in 1914. In 1919 he founded the Theatre Guild where he supervised over 200 productions. Langner was also founder and Chairman of the American Shakespeare Festival. With his wife, Armina Marshall he owned and operated the Westport (Connecticut) Country Playhouse. In addition to his plays, Langner wrote several books including an autobiography, <span class=\"title\">Magic Curtain</span>. Langner was also involved in patent law and was a founder of the National Inventors Council. This interest is reflected in some of his plays and other writings.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The Lawrence Langner Papers may have been donated to the Billy Rose Theatre Division by Armina Marshall Langner in 1975. One version of the script for <span class=\"title\">The Pursuit of Happiness</span> includes a note to that effect, however, no other records regarding the provenance of the collection have been located.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The <span class=\"persname\">Lawrence Langner</span>Papers include scripts by Langner and others, and speeches, articles and miscellaneous writings by Langner. The collection contains over 30 scripts by Langner, and several adaptations by him. Many of the scripts are annotated, and a few include related material including programs, light plots, and prompt books. Langner's writings and speeches include memorial addresses for <span class=\"persname\">Ferenc Molnar</span> and <span class=\"persname\">Joan McCracken</span>, seminars on playwriting, and works on the future of the theatre, morals in mass media, and some material relating to his interest in inventions and patent law.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Lawrence Langner papers are arranged in four series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21453#c301264'>Series I: Scripts,.</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1915-1958</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>2 linear feet (5 boxes)</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Scripts make up the bulk of the Langner Papers. Most of the scripts are by Langner, alone or with his wife, <span class=\"persname\">Armina Marshall</span>. There are also scripts on which Langner collaborated with other playwrights such as <span class=\"persname\">Philip Bartholomae</span> and <span class=\"persname\">Guy Bolton</span>. Most of the plays are in typescript form, but a few are included in published editions. Many scripts are annotated and some also include light plots, programs or prompt books.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21453#c301317'>Series II: Articles,.</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>ca. 1956-1963</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>17 folders</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Langner's writings include articles for <span class=\"title\">Playbill</span>, <span class=\"title\">Variety</span> and <span class=\"title\">Theatre Magazine</span>. The articles are arranged chronologically. The series contains both typescript and published articles, and also a few business letters relating to arrangements for publication.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21453#c301335'>Series III: Speeches,.</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1931-1962</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>15 folders</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Speeches include typescript copies of various addresses made by Langner. The earliest among them are two Commencement programs for the <span class=\"corpname\">American Academy for Dramatic Arts</span> for 1931 and 1949. Other speeches include Langner's memorial address at the funeral of <span class=\"persname\">Ferenc Molnar</span> in 1952, and transcripts of a series of seminars on playwriting given at the <span class=\"corpname\">Westport Country Playhouse</span> in 1957.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21453#c301347'>Series IV: Miscellaneous Writings,.</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>ca. 1926-1969</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>6 folders</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series includes a letter and memos written by Langner, which relate to the <span class=\"corpname\">Theatre Guild</span>. The letter dated 1926, is over 20 small handwritten pages to the Board and managers of the Theatre Guild. Two memos address the Theatre Guild's response to O'Neill's <span class=\"title\">Strange Interlude</span> being banned in Boston in 1929.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p> <ul> <li>Series I: Scripts</li> <li>Series II: Articles</li> <li>Series III: Speeches</li> <li>Series IV: Miscellaneous Writings</li></ul></p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- accessrestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>Photocopying prohibited.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division.</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Additional Lawrence Langner Papers are located at the <span class=\"corpname\">Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscripts Library</span> at <span class=\"corpname\">Yale University</span>.</p>"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1915-1962", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1915/1962"}
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1915
- date_inclusive_end
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1962
- acqinfo
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{"accession_number"=>"THE"}
{"date"=>"1975", "source"=>"Armina Marshall Langner?", "address"=>"See donor file", "method"=>"Gift", "extent"=>"2.75 o", "value"=>"Gift, Armina Marshall Langner?, 1975"}
{"date"=>"1975", "source"=>"Armina Marshall Langner?", "address"=>"See donor file", "method"=>"Gift", "extent"=>"2.75 o", "value"=>"Gift, Armina Marshall Langner?, 1975"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Lawrence Langner Papers include scripts by Langner and others, and speeches, articles and miscellaneous writings by Langner. The collection contains over 30 scripts by Langner, and several adaptations by him. Many of the scripts are annotated, and a few include related material including programs, light plots, and prompt books. Langner's writings and speeches include memorial addresses for Ferenc Molnar and Joan McCracken, seminars on playwriting, and works on the future of the theater, morals in mass media, and some material relating to his interest in inventions and patent law."}
- keydate
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1915
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Francesca Pitaro.</p>"}
- date_start
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1915
- date_end
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1962