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- Creator
- Robb, Marion Dobbie, 1895-1986
- Call number
- *T-Mss 2000-019
- Physical description
- .25 linear feet (1 box)
- Preferred Citation
- Marion Dobbie Robb papers, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Billy Rose Theatre Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Marion Dobbie Robb was a teacher, director, actress, and puppeteer. She taught literature and drama at North Dakota State Teachers' College in the 1920s before moving to New York to act. She directed and occasionally appeared in various student and amateur productions, was associated with the Sue Hastings Marionette theatre and also ran a children's theater. This small collection containing class notes on Japanese literature, a published play, THE PINE TREE by Takeda Izumo, with notes in pencil for the part of Mistress Cheeyo played by Robb, photographs of Robb, a photocopied program and a clipping reflects her interests in Japanese theater and puppetry.
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Source of acquisition
Papers: gift, Nancy Amerson, 06/15/2000Key terms
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Billy Rose Theatre DivisionNew York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor