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{"value"=>"21290", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1952/1973", "value"=>"1952-1973"}
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1952
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1973
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1952
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1952
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1973
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{"value"=>"Lester Polakov papers and designs"}
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"7.5 lin.ft. (3 boxes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- 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>"}
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{"value"=>"*T-Vim 1992-025"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Lester Polakov, set and costume designer, was born in 1916. He began his career designing sets in summer stock from 1936-1940. From 1938-1941 he worked on Broadway shows as an assistant to designers such as Harry Horner, Boris Aronson, and Albert Johnson. In 1973 he designed the sets for Robert Wilson's play THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JOSEPH STALIN. His other works include: THE EMPIRE BUILDERS; MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING; THE WINNER; and RIGHT YOU ARE, among others. He has also created designs for industrial stage shows, exhibitions, and films. From 1955-1958 he taught theatrical design at Columbia University, and from 1958 to the present he has been the director of the Lester Polakov Studio of Stage Design, now known as the Studio and Forum of Stage Design. The Lester Polakov Papers and Designs consist of papers, photographs, set designs, and technical drawings regarding his set designs for numerous productions."}
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{"value"=>"Materials in English"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Lester Polakov papers and designs, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
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{"value"=>"Polakov, Lester", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Lester Polakov, set and costume designer, was born in 1916. He began his career designing sets in summer stock from 1936-1940. From 1938-1941 he worked on Broadway shows as an assistant to designers such as Harry Horner, Boris Aronson, and Albert Johnson. In 1973 he designed the sets for Robert Wilson's play THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JOSEPH STALIN. He has also created designs for industrial stage shows, exhibitions, and films. From 1955-1958 he taught theatrical design at Columbia University, and from 1958 to the present he has been the director of the Lester Polakov Studio of Stage Design, now known as the Studio and Forum of Stage Design.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The Lester Polakov Papers consist of papers, photographs, set designs, and technical drawings regarding his set designs for Robert Wilson's play THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JOSEPH STALIN. Polakov first designed the sets when the play was produced at the DET NY Teater Copenhagen, and then he used those designs as reference when he designed the sets at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The material was received in good order and good condition. The final arrangement of the material is as close to the original arrangement as possible.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Lester Polakov papers and designs are arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21290#c1132758'>Series I. Papers</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series consists of Lester Polakov's resume, correspondence to Mr. Polakov, a contract, programmes, and a scrapbook of designs and photographs from the production.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21290#c1132762'>Series II. Set Designs</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series consists of original set designs. They are arranged by Act wherever possible, and by size for conservation reasons.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21290#c1132780'>Series III. Technical Drawings</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series consists of ground plans, lighting plans, and set designs including those for the DET NY Teater Copenhagen, which Polakov used as research for his designs for the Brooklyn Academy of Music production. There are also unidentified set designs.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>I. Papers; II. Set Designs; III. Technical Drawings</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>The Lester Polakov Papers were donated to the Billy Rose Theatre Collection by Mr. Polakov on April 21, 1992.</p>"}
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{"type"=>"did", "value"=>"The Lester Polakov Papers and Designs are housed in the Billy Rose Theatre Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
{"type"=>"did", "value"=>"Reclassed from 8-MWEZ 29,336-29,338"}
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7.5 linear feet (3 boxes)