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Creator
Price, Sherill, 1935-
Call number
*T-Mss 2014-132
Physical description
1.9 linear feet (5 boxes)
Preferred Citation

Lois Holmes and Sherill Price scripts, *T-Mss 2014-132. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.

Repository
Billy Rose Theatre Division
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Lois Holmes (1899-1986) and Sherill Price (1935- ) were actors who worked mostly on Broadway and Off-Broadway. The scripts, dated c. 1938 to 1978, mainly document Lois Holmes' career in the theatre.

Biographical/historical information

Lois (Jesson) Holmes (1899-1986) was an actor on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in regional theatres, and in feature roles on television. An Ohio native, Holmes first appeared in the 1931 Broadway production She Lived Next Door to the Firehouse. Her other theatrical credits include On a Clear Day You Can See Forever; The Man Who Had All the Luck; and the musical play Washington Square produced at the Washington Theater Club in Washington D.C. Television credits include the Kraft Television Theatre episode "The Lucky Finger," and the Suspense episode "Wisteria Cottage." Holmes died in New York City on March 12, 1986.

Sherill Price (1935- ), originally from South Dakota, was an actor on Broadway and Off-Broadway. Price made her Off-Broadway debut in The Penny Friend (Stage 76) and her Broadway debut in Oliver!

Sherill Price currently resides in New York City.

Scope and arrangement

The scripts, dated c. 1938 to 1978, mostly document Lois Holmes' career in the theatre. Holmes' scripts have been edited with comments by her. Many of the scripts also have been annotated by Sherill Price with information about what role Holmes had in the productions. Some scripts are accompanied by playbills or musical scores.

Only two scripts document Price's work: The Penny Friend, annotated and accompanied with the musical scores; and Memphis Store Bought Teeth (Orpheum Theatre, 1971).

The remaining material is an assortment of Broadway and Off-Broadway playbills that document productions that Lois Holmes appeared in.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged by format.

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Donated by Sherill Price, 1990.

Processing information

Compiled by Valerie Wingfield, 2015

Using the collection

Location

Billy Rose Theatre Division
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

The author/creator retains copyright of materials. For information on obtaining permission to publish, contact the Theatre Division at theatre@nypl.org.