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{"value"=>"ca. 1926-1928", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"approximate", "normal"=>"1926/1928"}
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1926
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1928
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Series III: <span class=\"corpname\">American Laboratory Theatre</span>"}
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{"value"=>"5 folders", "format"=>"simple"}
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{"value"=>"<p>This series consists of correspondence and ephemera relating to Stoddard's training with the <span class=\"corpname\">American Laboratory Theatre</span>. The correspondence consists of two letters: the first from <span class=\"persname\">Richard Boleslavsky</span> outlining the financial difficulties of the Company and releasing Stoddard to look for other work, and the second from <span class=\"persname\">Elizabeth Bigelow</span> inviting Stoddard to continue to rehearse with the company and inquiring about the dance pageant in Richmond. Included in the ephemera are programs and clippings of American Laboratory Theatre productions in which Stoddard does not appear to have been involved; <span class=\"title\">The Pit</span>, a periodical published by the American Laboratory Theatre on each of their opening nights; and a brochure about the Dramatic School, which lists the faculty, among them <span class=\"persname\">John Mason Brown</span>, a critic, <span class=\"persname\">Richard Boleslavsky</span>, the director and acting teacher, and <span class=\"persname\">Maria Ouspenskaya</span>. <span class=\"persname\">Stella Adler</span> was a member of the company.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>By format.</p>"}
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{"type"=>"local_mss", "value"=>"577575"}
- date_start
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1926
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1928
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1926