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Creator
New Dramatists, Inc.
Call number
*L (Special) 90-14
Physical description
31 sound recordings
Preferred Citation

New Dramatists Playwright Lecture Series, *L (Special) 90.14, The Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Repository
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Access to materials
Request an in-person research appointment.Restrictions apply

The New Dramatists tape archives contains sound recordings of the Playwright lecture series sponsored by the New Dramatists. The collection contains recordings from 1951 through 1960.

Biographical/historical information

The New Dramatists was first formed by contemporary playwrights as the New Dramatists Committee in 1949 to encourage and develop playwrighting talent in America. In addition to providing grants to playwrights, the New Dramatists offers lectures by contemporary playwrights and theater celebrities on various aspects of theater production.

Scope and arrangement

The collection contains recordings of lectures presented at the New Dramatists Playwright Lecture Series recorded during the years of 1951 and 1960.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically.

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Gift, The New Dramatists

Processing information

Processed by Brian Ross.

Using the collection

Location

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor

Conditions Governing Use

For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Access restrictions

Access to original items is restricted.