Theodore Flicker papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the papers of American screenwriter, playwright, producer, and director Theodore J. Flicker (1930-2014). The papers are primarily related to his career as a theatrical producer and includes playscripts, playbills, tapes of stage performances and improvisations, correspondence, and three scrapbooks of clippings and photographs.
Dates
- Creation: 1958 - 1964
Creator
- Flicker, Theodore J., 1930-2014 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Biographical / Historical
Theodore Flicker (1930-2014) was an American playwright, theatrical producer, television and film director, actor, and screenwriter. He worked as producer, director, and performer with the Compass Players in St. Louis. Flicker then opened the Crystal Palace Theater, the only monthly repertory theater in the country at the time. In 1959, he wrote the book and directed the Broadway musical, "The Nervous Set." In 1960, he established The Premise in New York.
Extent
8.5 Linear Feet (6 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of American screenwriter, playwright, producer, and director Theodore J. Flicker (1930-2014). The papers include playscripts, playbills, recordings of performances, correspondence, and scrapbooks.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Theodore Flicker, December 24, 1969.
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
Subject
- Title
- Finding aid for the Theodore Flicker papers
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated
- Date
- 2022 April
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library Repository
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0185 United States
ctlibarc@usc.edu