{"value"=>"<p>This series holds Howard Lindsay's scripts and writings dating from 1938 to 1967, photographs, and correspondence and administrative documents relating to his involvement with The Players Club, The Dramatists Guild, and The Dramatists Play Service.</p> <p>Scripts include A Slight Case of Murder (1935) and Who Sups with the Devil (1938), as well as a script for a Player's Club Pipe Night honoring James Thurber. Who Sups with the Devil was originally written by Canadian fiction writer Hulbert Footner under the title Publicity - A Comedy of Crime; the title was changed by Baltimore's The Vagabond Players upon their production of the work. In 1938, Footner optioned the work to Lindsay, though the production was never staged. Annotated drafts of acts and scenes for the play are present in addition to a clean, typewritten version. The Pipe Night script is accompanied by correspondence with the show's producers, Leland Hayward, Haila Stoddard, and Marshall Jamison, regarding their contribution of the show's profits for the Walter Hampden Library. Writings consist of essays and articles. The articles are chiefly for The Saturday Review and date from 1962 to 1967. They include published articles and typewritten drafts that cover theater events and stories about actors, directors, and plays. Pamphlets written by Lindsay when he was president of the Dramatists Play Service include How to Start a Theatre and Some Things You Didn't Know About the Dramatists Play Service until Now. Also present is speech entitled \"A Talk on Playwriting\" (1942).</p> <p>Photographs of Lindsay are portraits, production photographs, and casual shots of social events with Russell Crouse and other colleagues. A photograph from 1909 of Lindsay dressed for his role as Doctor Hartley in Polly of the Circus is present. Material concerning Lindsay's presidency of The Dramatists Play Service and his vice presidency of The Dramatists Guild consists of letters of recognition and event announcements. Lindsay's longtime commitment to and presidency of The Players Club is represented through a program acknowledging his resignation, letters of recognition, and a limited amount of correspondence.</p>"}