- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"284 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"415 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"JPB 04-03", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"20329", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1965-1991", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1965/1991"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1965
- date_inclusive_end
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1991
- keydate
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1965
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"New York Shakespeare Festival music scores"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. <span class=\"subarea\">Music Division.</span></span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The collection consists primarily of music scores from The New York Shakespeare Festival and Joseph Papp’s Broadway productions. There are several boxes that contain production material."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>The New York Shakespeare Festival Music Scores, JPB 04-03. Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"New York Shakespeare Festival", "type"=>"corpname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>The New York Shakespeare Festival was established in 1954 as the Shakespeare Workshop - an artist’s workshop founded by Joseph Papp.</p> <p>Initially, the festival’s aim was to promote Shakespeare and his Elizabethan contemporaries free of charge. The productions were held in the basement of the Emmanuel Presbyterian Church and in the Heckscher Theater. Papp wanted to encourage interest in Shakespeare and classic drama, with the idea of creating an annual Shakespeare Festival, and to build an Elizabethan style stage to present Shakespeare’s works. He fought to obtain a subsidized, free theater with financial support from the City of New York. Papp won a court battle with New York City Parks Commissioner Robert Moses to keep the productions free to the public. In 1957, the Festival’s flatbed truck, which toured the city’s parks and playgrounds, broke down near Belvedere Lake in Central Park. It was on this site that the Delacorte Theater was constructed, which opened in 1962.</p> <p>Papp never stopped promoting the idea of free Shakespeare. He solicited support from foundations, corporations, political officials, and individual philanthropists. During the sixties, he created the Mobile Theater, which toured the five boroughs and the tri-state area visiting public schools, religious institutions, and civic organizations. In 1965, The New York Shakespeare Festival purchased the landmark Astor Library Building on Lafayette Street. The building was converted into the New Public Theater, which the city funded. In addition, Papp created a new mandate for the Festival: to produce new American plays. The Public Theater not only became the administrative home for the New York Shakespeare Festival, but also became the laboratory for many original plays and musicals by David Rabe, Elizabeth Swados, Thomas Babe, Miguel Piñero, and many others. In 1967, the theater opened with the production of Hair.</p> <p>During the seventies the Festival became increasingly prolific because of its increasing international reputation and numerous awards. Many of productions moved to Broadway, most notable among them were <span class=\"title\">Two Gentlemen of Verona,</span> <span class=\"title\">A Chorus Line,</span> <span class=\"title\">That Championship Season,</span> and <span class=\"title\">For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide (When the Rainbow Is Enuf)</span>. In 1974, the Festival became a constituent of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, at which time Papp extended the Festival beyond the promotion of Shakespeare into areas of dance, music, and poetry that reflected contemporary issues. During the next four years the Festival produced <span class=\"title\">In the Boom Boom Room</span>, <span class=\"title\">Short Eyes,</span> and <span class=\"title\">The Threepenny Opera</span>. The New York Shakespeare Festival achieved acclaim for its innovative staging of classics and production of new and often controversial plays. In 1976, Papp launched the Festival Latino en Nueva York, which became an annual event.</p> <p>Papp believed that a new audience would promote a powerful social force. During the late seventies and early eighties, he expanded the Festival into television production with David Rabe’s <span class=\"title\">Sticks and Bones</span> and several Shakespeare plays, then into motion pictures with the adaptations of <span class=\"title\">Pirates of Penzance</span> (1983) and <span class=\"title\">Plenty</span>(1985). The Festival even participated in a theater exchange program with England and the Soviet Union. He also started the Belasco Project for the sole purpose of exposing high school students to Shakespeare on Broadway, while the PITS Program taught them how to write plays.</p> <p>Papp became ill in the late eighties. He played less of a role in the Festival’s administrative and productive activities. His last major theatrical work was his direction of Bill Gunn’s <span class=\"title\">Forbidden City</span> and he continued his involvement of public advocacy with the controversy over NEA funding until his death on October 31, 1991.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The New York Shakespeare Festival Music Scores (1965-1991) measures 284 linear feet .</p> <p>The records reflect the musical arrangement of the New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp’s Broadway productions and touring company. The collection maintains the original order and division of music of these categories, but also includes two scores that were gifts received by Papp. Many scores within the collection include explicit material</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The New York Shakespeare Festival music scores are arranged in four series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20329#c573146'>Series I: Shakespeare Music</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1971 - 1991</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>34 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The series includes all plays written by William Shakespeare and produced for the New York Shakespeare Festival. All material includes annotations by musicans, composers, and conductors.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20329#c574145'>Series II: Musical Productions</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1977 - 1990</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>322 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The series includes plays, not written by William Shakespeare that were performed for the Shakespeare Festival and eventually toured as a national or international company or were produced as a Broadway Production. All material includes annotations by musicians, composers, and conductors.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20329#c583309'>Series III: Non - Shakespeare Music</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1965 - 1987</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>55 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The series includes plays, not written by William Shakespeare that had a brief run with the New York Shakespeare Festival and reflected Joseph Papp’s dedication to promoting social change. All material includes annotations by musicians, composers, and conductors.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20329#c584578'>Series IV: Scores Unrelated to Shakespeare Festival</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1959 - Undated</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>2 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The series includes material unrelated to the New York Shakespeare Festival. Consists of one score, which was a gift to Miranda Papp and one score, which was submitted material to the Richard Rodgers Production Award.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p> <ul> <li>Series I: Shakespeare Music</li> <li>Series II: Productions</li> <li>Series III: Non-Shakespeare Music</li> <li>Series IV: Scores Unrelated to Shakespeare Festival</li></ul></p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Music Division.The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Chief, Music Division.</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>See also the New York Shakespeare Festival records (*T-Mss 1993-028) in the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts for other materials on Joseph Papp and the New York Shakespeare Festival</p>"}
- note
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{"value"=>"<p>The New York Shakespeare Festival Records are held by the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and have been separated into four groups: paper records in the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, music in the Music Division, audio materials in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound and video materials in TOFT</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Shaneeza Aziz; Machine-readable finding aid created by Shaneeza Aziz.</p>"}
- extent_statement
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284 linear feet (415 boxes)
- date_start
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1965
- date_end
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1991