Found 13 collections related to Promptbooks

Hughes, Del, 1909-1985
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 1987-013
2.94 linear feet (7 boxes)
Del Hughes (1909-1985) was an American theater performer, stage manager, and television director. The Del Hughes prompt books date from 1943 to 1968 and represent twenty-four Broadway productions shown at various New York City theaters. The... more
Lehr, Wilson
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 2014-107
1.26 linear feet (3 boxes)
Wilson Lehr (d. 1982) was Director of Theater in Brooklyn College's Department of Speech and Theater. His prompt books are for Brooklyn College productions that he directed between 1959 and 1975. Each prompt book contains a script or score with... more
Hopkins, Arthur, 1878-1950
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 1992-017
5.25 linear feet (10 boxes)
Contains promptbooks, scripts and programs for plays produced and/or directed by Arthur Hopkins, scripts and articles he wrote, a small amount of correspondence and legal papers, drafts and notes for a biography about him, photographs, and... more
Young, Cy
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 1991-020
.25 linear feet (1 box)
Cy Young wrote the book, music and lyrics for The Glorious Age, originally titled, Extraordinary Behavior of the Common Crowd. The collection consists of production notes, two annotated scripts, a promptbook, financial records concerning... more
Clinch, Charles P. (Charles Powell), 1797-1880
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 571
82 p
Manuscript promptbook based on the novel of that same name by James Fenimore Cooper.
Prentice, Herbert M, 1890-
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 1964-005
The collection is almost entirely bound promptbooks, annotated with notes and cues by Prentice, for the plays he produced. The extensive handwritten staging directions as well as many loose lighting and property plots, cast lists and set design... more
O' Brien, Gerald, -2000
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 2000-042
.94 linear feet (2 boxes, 1 oversized folder)
Gerald O'Brien (d. 2000) was a stage manager who worked on Broadway productions, Off-Broadway productions, and touring productions. He worked frequently with producers Richard Barr and Clinton Wilder. His production papers document his work on... more
Tumarin, Boris, 1910-1979
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 2012-048
8.7 linear feet (21 boxes, 1 oversized folder)
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.
Vaughan, Gladys
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 2014-143
2 linear feet (5 boxes, 1 oversized folder)
Gladys Vaughan (1924-1988) was an American theater director and the first woman to direct a play for the New York Shakespeare Festival. The collection dates from 1931 to 1988 and contains production files, professional files, programs, clippings,... more
Soho Rep. (Theater company)
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 1990-016
6.8 linear feet (17 boxes)
Soho Repertory Theatre is an Off-Broadway theater company in New York City. The Soho Repertory Theatre prompt books date from 1975 to 1989, and document the development process for theatrical productions from their first fourteen seasons.
Timmers, Jack
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 1997-012
1.7 linear feet (4 boxes, 1 oversized folder)
Jack Timmers (1926-1996) was an American stage manager and performer. The collection dates from 1950 to 1991 and contains scripts, promptbooks, photographs, posters, and programs.
Burnside, R. H. (Robert Hubberthorne), 1873-1952
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 1952-002
34.4 linear feet (76 boxes)
Showman R.H. Burnside (1870-1952) was born in Glasgow to a theatrical family. His career began at London's Savoy Theatre in the 1880's where he worked backstage for the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company on its original productions of Gilbert and Sullivan... more
Kranz, Benjamin
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 2013-135
5.6 linear feet (12 boxes, 1 volume, 3 oversized folders)
Benjamin Kranz (circa 1911-1983) was an American theatrical stage manager. The Benjamin Kranz professional files date from 1922 to 1981 and contains production files, correspondence, contracts, and other materials relating to his career as an... more
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