Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Alford, Walter.
2. Fields, William.

Description

1. 2.5 linear feet (6 boxes)

Summary

1. Collection consists of correspondence reflecting the company's activities, press releases and publicity materials, and personal data sheets on singers and dancers.

Subject

1. Singers > United States
2. Dancers > United States
3. Theaters > United States > Production and direction
4. Dramatists, American
5. Playwrights' Producing Company

Call number

1. MssCol 2437

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Source (note)

1. Theatre Division, NYPL

Biography (note)

1. The Playwrights' Producing Company (also known as the Playwrights' Company), was a theatrical production organization founded in 1938 by Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Sidney Howard, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, and John F. Wharton.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.

Processing action (note)

1. Surveyed
2. Cataloging updated

Author

1. Playwrights' Producing Company.

Title

1. Playwrights' Producing Company records, 1930s-1960.

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

1. The Playwrights' Producing Company (also known as the Playwrights' Company), was a theatrical production organization founded in 1938 by Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Sidney Howard, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, and John F. Wharton. The group produced plays written by its members and other playwrights. The company was dissolved in 1960.

Indexes

1. Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid

Added author

1. Alford, Walter.
2. Fields, William.

Research call number

1. MssCol 2437