Nicholas Saunders and Gedda Petry papers

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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1992-035", "type"=>"local_call"}

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unitdate

{"value"=>"1934-1987", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1934/1987"}

date_inclusive_start

1934

date_inclusive_end

1987

keydate

1934

date_start

1934

date_end

1987

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{"value"=>"Nicholas Saunders and Gedda Petry papers"}

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repository

{"id"=>"THE", "value"=>"Billy Rose Theatre Division"}

abstract

{"value"=>"The Nicholas Saunders and Gedda Petry papers contain contracts, programs, correspondence, scripts, and one photograph documenting the careers of performers Nicholas Saunders and his wife, Gedda Petry."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Nicholas Saunders and Gedda Petry papers, *T-Mss 1992-035. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Saunders, Nicholas", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Actor, stage manager, director, and translator, Nicholas Saunders, was born Nikita Soussanin on June 2, 1913 (some sources give birth year as 1914) in Kiev, Ukraine. He escaped from the Soviet Union with his father and grew up in Hollywood. Saunders appeared in Broadway productions and television programs. He stage managed <span class=\"title\">The Fifth Season</span> on Broadway (1953) and the original Broadway production of <span class=\"title\">Look Back in Anger</span> (1957). Saunders translated <span class=\"title\">Zoya's Apartment</span> (1990) from Russian with Frank Dwyer. He was married to actress Gedda Petry for sixty-seven years and they had two children. Saunders died of lung cancer at age 92 at his home in Los Angeles on Aug. 16, 2006.</p> <p>Gedda Petry was a performer who appeared or understudied on Broadway in productions including <span class=\"title\">Lady in the Dark</span> (1943) and <span class=\"title\">The Fifth Season</span> (1953). Petry was born Oct. 23, 1917 and was married to Nicholas Saunders. She died Oct. 12, 2007 in Los Angeles.</p>"}

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{"value"=>"<p>The Nicholas Saunders and Gedda Petry papers contain contracts, programs, correspondence, scripts, and one photograph documenting the careers of performers Nicholas Saunders and his wife, Gedda Petry, from 1934 to 1987.</p> <p>Much of the correspondence consists of letters between Nicholas Saunders (stage manager) and George Kondolf (producer) reporting on <span class=\"title\">The Fifth Season</span> (1953) and is often humorous. There are also scripts for <span class=\"title\">Black-Eyed Susan</span> (1954), and <span class=\"title\">Zoya's Apartment</span> (1990), which Saunders translated from Russian with Frank Dwyer. Of note is the stage manager's (Saunders's) production script for the original New York production of <span class=\"title\">Look Back in Anger</span> and an opening night program (1957). Also included is a program for <span class=\"title\">The \"Lady in the Dark\" Canteen Show and Stage Door Canteen</span>, San Francisco (June 13, 1943) in which Petry performed.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Nicholas Saunders, 1992</p>"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">cdee</span>, <span class=\"date\">2015</span></p>"}

userestrict

{"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>"}

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.4 linear feet (1 box)

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