- unitid
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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 2012-048", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"18964", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"b20613390", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1934-1978", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1934/1978"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1934
- date_inclusive_end
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1978
- keydate
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1934
- date_start
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1934
- date_end
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1978
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Boris Tumarin professional files"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"8.7 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"21 boxes, 1 oversized folder", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"id"=>"THE", "value"=>"Billy Rose Theatre Division"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Boris Tumarin (1910-1979) was a Latvian-born theater director, writer, and performer. The collection dates from 1934 to 1978 and contains scripts, prompt books, production files, photographs, programs, and drawings."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Boris Tumarin professional files, *T-Mss 2012-048. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Tumarin, Boris, 1910-1979", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Boris Tumarin (1910-1979) was a Latvian-born theater director, writer, and performer. He attended the Academy of Arts in both Berlin and Riga, where he later designed, acted, and directed for The Labor Theatre. He also performed under the direction of Andrius Jilinsky at the Moscow Art Theatre. After he moved to the United States in 1939, Tumarin acted in Off-Broadway, community, and regional theater productions, such as Shepard Traube's 1942 production of <span class=\"title\">Winter Soldiers</span> at the New School for Social Research. During that time he also directed shows for the Young Theatre Players at the Heckscher Theatre, including <span class=\"title\">The Emperor's New Clothes</span> in 1941 and <span class=\"title\">Rosebud and Peterkin</span> the following year. In 1947, he directed <span class=\"title\">Lamp at Midnight</span>, the debut production of New Stages, Inc., a Greenwich Village theater cooperative.</p> <p>Tumarin made his Broadway directing debut with <span class=\"title\">The House of Bernarda Alba</span> in 1951. His other Broadway credits include performances in <span class=\"title\">Anastasia</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Prescott Proposals</span>, and <span class=\"title\">The Man in the Glass Booth</span>. In 1958, Tumarin won an Obie Award with Jack Sydow for their adaptation of <span class=\"title\">The Brothers Karamazov</span>. He also won a Drama Desk Vernon Rice Award in 1961 for his direction of <span class=\"title\">Montserrat</span> and <span class=\"title\">The Idiot</span>. During the 1950s and 1960s, Tumarin acted in the television series <span class=\"title\">Masterpiece Playhouse</span>, <span class=\"title\">Producers' Showcase</span>, <span class=\"title\">Naked City</span>, and <span class=\"title\">The Defenders</span>. From 1970 until his death in 1979, he taught drama at The Julliard School's Theater Center, where he directed <span class=\"title\">A Doll's House</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Bear</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Glass Menagerie</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Firebugs</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Othello</span>. He directed <span class=\"title\">The Seagull</span> for both Julliard and the Missouri Repertory Theater.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Boris Tumarin professional files date from 1934 to 1978 and contain scripts, prompt books, production files, photographs, programs, and drawings.</p> <p>Production files are arranged alphabetically by title and primarily document productions that Tumarin directed. The degree to which each production is represented varies, though files may contain annotated scripts; casting and rehearsal notes; production photographs; scenic and character sketches; programs; schedules; sheet music; contact lists; and telegrams. Among the more thoroughly represented titles are <span class=\"title\">The Cherry Orchard</span>, <span class=\"title\">A Midsummer Night's Dream</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Idiot</span>, <span class=\"title\">Royal Gambit</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Seagull</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Glass Menagerie</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Kitchen</span>, and <span class=\"title\">The Firebugs</span>.</p> <p>Scripts and prompt books primarily document productions that Tumarin directed or acted in. They are arranged alphabetically by title and date from 1934 to 1978. Prompt books contain lighting, music, and movement cues; notes; and, sometimes, stage or scene sketches. Titles include <span class=\"title\">The House of Bernarda Alba</span>, <span class=\"title\">Lamp at Midnight</span>, <span class=\"title\">A Month in the Country</span>, <span class=\"title\">Longing for a Better Life</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Matchmakers</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Criminals</span>, and <span class=\"title\">The Head of Hair</span>. Scripts are generally lightly annotated or clean versions, and include titles such as <span class=\"title\">The Brothers Karamazov</span>, <span class=\"title\">Carnival</span>, <span class=\"title\">Saul</span>, <span class=\"title\">Who's Laughin'?</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Doctor's Duty</span>, <span class=\"title\">Before Breakfast</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Fox and the Grapes</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Stag King</span>, and <span class=\"title\">The Eternal Husband</span>. Also present is one file containing miscellaneous one-acts, monologues, and scene excerpts.</p> <p>Photographs consist of production stills for <span class=\"title\">Anastasia</span>, <span class=\"title\">The House of Bernarda Alba</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Bear</span>, and some unidentified productions. The collection also contains a small amount of programs and publicity materials for plays and musicals that Tumarin directed or performed in, such as The Westchester Playhouse 1946 productions of <span class=\"title\">You Touched Me</span>, <span class=\"title\">Captain Applejack</span>, and <span class=\"title\">The Time of Your Life</span>. Drawings consist of rough sketches, gesture drawings, and detailed renditions of characters, costumes, and production settings.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection is arranged by format. Production Files and Scripts and Prompt Books are arranged alphabetically by production title.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Unknown.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Robyn Hjermstad</span>, <span class=\"date\">2015</span></p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>The author/creator retains copyright of materials. For information on obtaining permission to publish, contact the Theatre Division at theatre@nypl.org.</p>"}
- dsc_type
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combined
- extent_statement
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8.7 linear feet (21 boxes, 1 oversized folder)