Lucille Lortel clippings and correspondence

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 2574

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of letters, newspaper review clippings, and playbills sent from theatre producer Lucille Lortel to her friend, actress Victoria Horne Oakie.

Dates

Creation: 1982 - 1985

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 cin@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

Lucille Lortel (1900-1999) was an American actress, artistic director, and theatre producer. Known as “The Queen of Off-Broadway” Lortel studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1920 and traveled to Berlin to study with Max Reinhart, she made her Broadway debut in 1925 in a production of Caesar and Cleopatra. She then founded The White Barn Theatre in 1947 after her husband, Louis Schweitzer, pushed her to retire from acting in 1939. The theatre, located on her property in Norwalk, Connecticut, premiered numerous plays and ran many Off-Broadway shows. Lortel produced or co-produced nearly 500 plays throughout her career.

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection consists of letters, clippings, and playbills sent from theatre producer Lucille Lortel to her friend, actress Victoria Horne Oakie.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift, September 1985.

Processing Information

Collection is unprocessed. This collection was part of Special Collections’ Performing Arts Division 100 series, and was originally marked 100-55. It is housed with Collection #2572.