Found 4 collections related to Theater -- Finance

The Little Hut, written by André Roussin and adapted by Nancy Mitford, was first produced in London in 1950. The play was produced in Boston and then on Broadway in 1953 by producer John C. Wilson. The Little Hut production materials date from 1950 to 1955 and primarily document the 1953 American productions. The collection contains correspondence and contracts with investors; financial information about the production; multiple versions of the script, including a stage manager's copy; and programs from the Boston production at the Plymouth Theatre and the Broadway production at the Coronet Theatre. The collection also contains copies of telegrams that John C. Wilson sent on the play's opening nights in England and Scotland. less

Victor Samrock (1907-1995) was an American theatrical business manager, active in New York theatre from the mid-1930s to the mid-1980s. From 1938 to 1960 he was the general manager of the Playwrights' Company. The Victor Samrock professional files contain business files pertaining to productions managed by Samrock, the records of the Playwrights' Company, and a small amount of personal correspondence. less

The Lenox Hill Players was a theater company that was active in New York City in the 1920s. The company's board of directors included Jerome Seplow, who went on to sit on the board of the Ensemble Theatre in 1934. The Lenox Hill Players records date from 1922 to 1930 and include meeting minutes, correspondence, scripts, financial records, legal records, a scrapbook, ephemera such as tickets, and Seplow's 1929 day planner. Meeting minutes date from 1926 to 1929 and document administrative and financial decisions as well as the company's creative decision-making process. There is correspondence between the Lenox Hill Players and playwright Lynn Riggs regarding his play A Lantern to See By, which was produced by the company in 1928. The collection contains a script for The Subway by Elmer Rice (produced by the Lenox Hill Players in 1929) and two versions of the script for A Lantern to See By. Financial records include a list of subscribers for the company's first, second, and third seasons from 1926 to 1929. Legal records include actors' contracts for The Dark Mirror (1928). The scrapbook contains clippings about the company's productions from 1922 to 1929. Ensemble Theatre records date from 1934 to 1935 and consist of meeting minutes, multiple versions of the script for A Character Intrudes by Charles S. Costello, and a letter from the company to drama critic John Mason Brown. The letter describes the Ensemble Theatre's approach to drama and the influence of the Moscow Art Theatre on their acting technique. less

Collection consists of approximately 13,000 vouchers, 1914-1934 concerning Harris' investments and theatrical expenses during his most active years in the theatre. Many of the vouchers have bills, accounts, or statements attached to them. There is a seperate card index to the names on these vouchers. Also, there are about 3,000 vouchers, 1920-1928, relating to Mrs. Henry B. Harris and a few for Henry B. Harris and Howard Schnebbe. less