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Plays (performing arts compositions)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Lady Burton play scripts

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275058548307]
Identifier: 2549
Abstract

This collection includes 13 books of plays belonging to actor Henry Sedley along with 4 other plays.

Dates: c. 1850s-1924 ; 1874; 1924

William Eytel scrapbooks

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275058548273]
Identifier: 2550
Abstract

This collection consists of three theatre scrapbooks compiled by William Eytel.

Dates: c. 1878-1911

Helen and George Ford papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2209
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of American stage and film actress Helen Ford (1894-1982) and her husband, theatrical manager George Ford (1879-1974), with the bulk dating from the 1920s to 1950s. Materials include press clippings, playbills, photographs, and scrapbooks chiefly reflecting Helen Ford’s stage acting career, as well as play scripts written by George Ford and others, two manuscripts by George Ford, and copies of his book “These Were Actors.”

Dates: 1812 - 1982

Asbjorn P. Ousdal Vinland Saga scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275049018071]
Identifier: 6209
Abstract A scrapbook containing materials relating to Asbjorn P. Ousdal's historical drama, Vinland Saga, first performed at the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara, California in 1937. The scrapbook includes an official program for the 1937 production issued by the Norroena Society of America and pages from the script alongside watercolor illustrations with relevant imagery. Pasted to the back cover of the book is an envelope containing photographs, news clippings, and...
Dates: 1938

Ernest Pascal papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2404
Abstract

This collection consists of the scripts of Ernest Pascal (1986-1966), as well as his book collection. Pascal was an American screenwriter, author, and playwright.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1900s-1950s