- unitid
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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 2008-003", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"21831", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1980-2006", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1980/2006"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"More Fire! Productions records"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 lin. ft.", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.</span><div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center</span> <span class=\"addressline\">40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Scripts, photos and publicity document the eight plays produced by the women's theater collective, More Fire! productions, in New York City's East Village from 1980-1987."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>More Fire! productions records, *T-Mss 2008-003. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"More Fire! Productions", "type"=>"corpname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>More Fire! Productions was a women's theater collective founded in 1980 by Robin Epstein and Dorothy Cantwell and based in the East Village of New York City. More Fire! Productions created and produced eight full-length plays between 1980-1988, becoming known as \"one of the city's leading women's theatre groups\" for its contributions to downtown, experimental theater and women's and lesbian theater scenes of the 1980s. Epstein and Cantwell co-wrote, produced and performed in the company's first three plays: <span class=\"title\">As the Burger Broils</span>(1980), <span class=\"title\">The Exorcism of Cheryl</span>(1981), and <span class=\"title\">Junk Love</span> (1981), which had numerous runs and became a neighborhood cult classic, \"the longest running show on Avenue A.\" Epstein then wrote and produced <span class=\"title\">The Godmother</span> (1983). Novelist Sarah Schulman joined the company in 1983 and collaborated with Epstein on writing and performing the next three plays: <span class=\"title\">Art Failures</span>(1983), <span class=\"title\">Whining and Dining</span>(1984), and <span class=\"title\">Epstein on the Beach</span>(1985). The final play, <span class=\"title\">Beyond Bedlam</span> (1987), was written and produced by Epstein.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection, containing scripts in various drafts; notes; research materials; rehearsal, performance and publicity photographs; programs; press releases; flyers; clippings; an article by Epstein; and the transcript of a talk, 2006, by Epstein and Cantwell about their experiences with More Fire! Productions, provides thorough documentation of the work of this experimental theater collective.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The More Fire! Productions records are arranged in five series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21831#c502560'>Series I. Historical information</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1982-2006, n.d</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>3 folders</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Consists of background information Robin Epstein sent with the collection including her summary of More Fire! Productions, a wikipedia article about it, an article Epstein submitted to <span class=\"title\">Heresies</span>Magazine in 1982 or later, and the transcript of a talk she and Dorothy Cantwell gave at the Modern Language Association in 2006.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21831#c502564'>Series II. Scripts</a></div>\n<div class='series-extent'>18 folders</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Various drafts of scripts, typed with some handwritten notes, revisions and cues, for all eight of the plays.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21831#c502583'>Series III. Photographs</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1980-1987</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Contains rehearsal, performance and publicity photos.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21831#c502592'>Series IV. Programs and publicity</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1980-1987</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>2 folders</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p> Includes programs, press releases and flyers.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21831#c502595'>Series V. Clippings and reviews</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1981-1987</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>2 folders</div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p> <ul class=\"list\"> <li>Series I. Historical information</li> <li>Series II. Scripts</li> <li>Series III. Photographs</li> <li>Series IV. Programs and publicity</li> <li>Series V. Clippings and reviews</li></ul></p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Robin Epstein, May, 2008.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>6 cassettes pertaining to the following shows: <span class=\"title\">Junk Love</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Godmother</span>, <span class=\"title\">Art Failures</span>, <span class=\"title\">Epstein on the Beach</span>and two for <span class=\"title\">Beyond Bedlam</span> were transferred to the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archive of Recorded Sound.</p> <p>One VHS video and its transfer to DVD for <span class=\"title\">Junk Love</span>and another VHS-DVD set for <span class=\"title\">Art Failures</span>were separated to Theatre on Film and Tape (TOFT).</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Elisabeth Elkind; Machine-readable finding aid created by Elisabeth Elkind.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division.</p>"}
- note
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{"value"=>"Six audiocassettes from Art Failures, Beyond Bedlam, Epstein on the Beach, The Godmother and Junk love were separated to the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archive of Recorded Sound"}
{"value"=>"Videocassettes and their DVD transfers for Art Failures and Junk Love were separated to the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive"}
- date_start
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1980
- keydate
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1980
- date_end
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2006
- date_inclusive_start
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1980
- date_inclusive_end
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2006