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Lucille Lortel papers

Title
Lucille Lortel papers, 1902-2000.
Author
Lortel, Lucille.
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r. 40 - Box 15. Series I: Correspondence-Individuals, Robert Kalfin-Jan MinerMixed materialUse in library *ZC-606 r. 40 - Box 15. Series I: Correspondence-Individuals, Robert Kalfin-Jan MinerPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre
r. 39 - Box 14. Series I: Correspondence-Individuals, Jose Ferrer-Jacob JavitsMixed materialUse in library *ZC-606 r. 39 - Box 14. Series I: Correspondence-Individuals, Jose Ferrer-Jacob JavitsPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre
r. 38 - Box 13. Series I: Correspondence, 1999; Correspondence-Individuals, Edward Albee-Drew EliotMixed materialUse in library *ZC-606 r. 38 - Box 13. Series I: Correspondence, 1999; Correspondence-Individuals, Edward Albee-Drew EliotPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre
r. 37 - Box 12. Series I: Correspondence, Jan. 1997-Dec. 1998Mixed materialUse in library *ZC-606 r. 37 - Box 12. Series I: Correspondence, Jan. 1997-Dec. 1998Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
r. 36 - Box 11. Series I: Correspondence, Dec. 1995-Jan. 1997Mixed materialUse in library *ZC-606 r. 36 - Box 11. Series I: Correspondence, Dec. 1995-Jan. 1997Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
r. 35 - Box 10. Series I: Correspondence, Aug. 1994-Nov. 1995Mixed materialUse in library *ZC-606 r. 35 - Box 10. Series I: Correspondence, Aug. 1994-Nov. 1995Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
r. 34 - Box 9. Series I: Correspondence, July 1993-July 1994Mixed materialUse in library *ZC-606 r. 34 - Box 9. Series I: Correspondence, July 1993-July 1994Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
r. 33 - Box 8. Series I: Correspondence, July 1992-June 1993Mixed materialUse in library *ZC-606 r. 33 - Box 8. Series I: Correspondence, July 1992-June 1993Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
r. 32 - Box 7. Series I: Correspondence, May 1991-June 1992Mixed materialUse in library *ZC-606 r. 32 - Box 7. Series I: Correspondence, May 1991-June 1992Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
r. 31 - Box 6. Series I: Correspondence, Jan. 1990-Apr. 1991Mixed materialUse in library *ZC-606 r. 31 - Box 6. Series I: Correspondence, Jan. 1990-Apr. 1991Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
r. 30 - Box 5. Series I: Correspondence, Oct. 1988-1989Mixed materialUse in library *ZC-606 r. 30 - Box 5. Series I: Correspondence, Oct. 1988-1989Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
r. 29 - Box 4. Series I: Correspondence, July 1987-Sept. 1988Mixed materialUse in library *ZC-606 r. 29 - Box 4. Series I: Correspondence, July 1987-Sept. 1988Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
r. 28 - Box 3. Series I: Correspondence, July 1985-June 1987Mixed materialUse in library *ZC-606 r. 28 - Box 3. Series I: Correspondence, July 1985-June 1987Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
r. 27 - Box 2. Series I: Correspondence, 1972-June 1985Mixed materialUse in library *ZC-606 r. 27 - Box 2. Series I: Correspondence, 1972-June 1985Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
r. 26 - Box 1. Series I: Correspondence, 1921-1971Mixed materialUse in library *ZC-606 r. 26 - Box 1. Series I: Correspondence, 1921-1971Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
r. 25 - Box 148 (f. 2) & 149-150. Series XI: Scrapbooks, The Balcony, Lucille Lortel 1960-1969, Waldo Mayo 1918-1976Mixed materialUse in library *ZC-606 r. 25 - Box 148 (f. 2) & 149-150. Series XI: Scrapbooks, The Balcony, Lucille Lortel 1960-1969, Waldo Mayo 1918-1976Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
r. 24 - Box 147 (f. 2) & 148 (f. 1). Series XI: Scrapbooks, ANTA Matinee Series 1966-1971, 1971-1975Mixed materialUse in library *ZC-606 r. 24 - Box 147 (f. 2) & 148 (f. 1). Series XI: Scrapbooks, ANTA Matinee Series 1966-1971, 1971-1975Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
r. 23 - Box 146, 147 (f. 1). Series XI: Scrapbooks, ANTA Matinee Series 1958, 1960-1966Mixed materialUse in library *ZC-606 r. 23 - Box 146, 147 (f. 1). Series XI: Scrapbooks, ANTA Matinee Series 1958, 1960-1966Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
r. 22 - Box 145. Series XI: Scrapbooks, ANTA Matinee Series 1956-1960Mixed materialUse in library *ZC-606 r. 22 - Box 145. Series XI: Scrapbooks, ANTA Matinee Series 1956-1960Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
r. 21 - Box 144. Series XI: Scrapbooks, White Barn Theatre, 1988Mixed materialUse in library *ZC-606 r. 21 - Box 144. Series XI: Scrapbooks, White Barn Theatre, 1988Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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Additional Authors
  • Black, Kitty, 1914-
  • Cotes, Peter, 1912-
  • Grew, Mary, 1902-1971.
  • Halligan, Maureen.
  • Wanamaker, Sam, 1919-1993.
  • Wax, Emanuel.
  • White, Leonard.
  • Acker, Sylvia.
  • Allison, Michael.
  • Berman, Lois.
  • Brown, Tina Tippit.
  • Sargent, Edith Drake.
  • Drake, Ervin.
  • Farrell, Minerva.
  • Hodges, Gil.
  • Hodges, Lonnie.
  • McConnell, Maryanna.
  • Martin, Elliot.
  • Montevecchi, Liliane.
  • Oakie, Victoria Horne.
  • Lewis, Abby.
  • Seymour, John D., 1897-
  • Sosenko, Anna.
  • Stevenson, Isabelle, 1915-2003.
  • Taylor, Robert.
  • Tompkins, Robert.
  • Volle, Danielle, -2000.
  • Williams, Maggie.
  • Albee, Edward, 1928-2016.
  • Blessing, Lee.
  • Dalrymple, Jean.
  • Fugard, Athol.
  • Havoc, June.
  • Hiss, Alger.
  • Kingsley, Sidney, 1906-1995.
  • Lawrence, Jerome, 1915-2004.
  • Lee, Robert Edwin, 1918-1994.
  • Le Gallienne, Eva, 1899-1991.
  • Mason, Marshall W.
  • O'Casey, Eileen.
  • O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964.
  • Rainer, Luise, 1910-
  • Saddler, Donald.
  • Strasberg, Anna.
  • Strasberg, Lee.
  • Wallace, Hazel Vincent, 1919-
  • Curcio, Vincent.
  • Eliot, Drew.
  • Glenn, Robert.
  • Henderson, Mary C., 1928-2012.
  • Marvin, Blanche.
  • Wilson, Edwin, 1927-
Description
  • 49.61 lf. (121 boxes)
  • Scrapbooks on 25 reels of microfilm
  • Correspondence on 17 reels of microfilm
Summary
  • The papers of Lucille Lortel relate the details of her life and career from teen years to her death in 1999, and include correspondence, production files, scripts, programs, production photographs, personal and family photographs, organization files, clippings, memorabilia, and scrapbooks.
  • In addition to documentation of her theatrical enterprises, the Lucille Lortel papers also contain material concerning her family and her husband Louis Schweitzer.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Correspondence.
  • Clippings.
  • Photographs.
  • Scrapbooks.
Access (note)
  • Collection is open to the public, with some materials only available on microfilm. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
Additional Formats (note)
  • are also available on microfilm
Source (note)
  • Lortel, Lucille
Biography (note)
  • Lucille Lortel (1900-1999) began her theatrical career as a performer, eventually turned producer, founded the White Barn Theatre in Westport, Connecticut, acquired the Theatre dy Lys in Greenwich Village, and became a seminal force in the Off-Broadway movement.
Processing Action (note)
  • Cataloged
Call Number
*T-Mss 2001-006
OCLC
NYPW03-A34
Author
Lortel, Lucille.
Title
Lucille Lortel papers, 1902-2000.
Restricted Access
Collection is open to the public, with some materials only available on microfilm. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
Additional Formats
Scrapbooks are also available on microfilm: The Billy Rose Theatre Collection, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts; service copy number: *ZC-606.
Biography
Lucille Lortel (1900-1999) began her theatrical career as a performer, eventually turned producer, founded the White Barn Theatre in Westport, Connecticut, acquired the Theatre dy Lys in Greenwich Village, and became a seminal force in the Off-Broadway movement. Born Lucille Wadler in New York City on December 16, 1900, Lucille Lortel studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York and with Arnold Korff in Europe. She had her first notable role in the Theatre Guild's production of Shaw's CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA with Helen Hayes in 1925. Among her motion pictures was the early talking film THE MAN WHO LAUGHED LAST (1929) opposite Sessue Hayakawa. Shortly after marrying wealthy industrialist Louis Schweitzer in 1931, Lortel retired from acting. In 1947, on the grounds of her Westport home, she established the White Barn Theatre, a summer theater which continues to operate. In 1955 Schweitzer purchased the Theatre de Lys for his wife, whose production of THE THREEPENNY OPERA ran there for almost seven years. In 1956 Lortel initiated the American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA) Matinee Series, which presented plays at her theater for twenty years. Lortel produced more than 500 shows on Broadway, Off-Broadway, at the Library of Congress, at her White Barn Theatre, and elsewhere. The Theatre de Lys was renamed the Lucille Lortel Theatre in 1981. Lucille Lortel died on April 4, 1999, at the age of 98.
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Added Author
Black, Kitty, 1914-
Cotes, Peter, 1912-
Grew, Mary, 1902-1971.
Halligan, Maureen.
Wanamaker, Sam, 1919-1993.
Wax, Emanuel.
White, Leonard.
Acker, Sylvia.
Allison, Michael.
Berman, Lois.
Brown, Tina Tippit.
Sargent, Edith Drake.
Drake, Ervin.
Farrell, Minerva.
Hodges, Gil.
Hodges, Lonnie.
McConnell, Maryanna.
Martin, Elliot.
Montevecchi, Liliane.
Oakie, Victoria Horne.
Lewis, Abby.
Seymour, John D., 1897-
Sosenko, Anna.
Stevenson, Isabelle, 1915-2003.
Taylor, Robert.
Tompkins, Robert.
Volle, Danielle, -2000.
Williams, Maggie.
Albee, Edward, 1928-2016.
Blessing, Lee.
Dalrymple, Jean.
Fugard, Athol.
Havoc, June.
Hiss, Alger.
Kingsley, Sidney, 1906-1995.
Lawrence, Jerome, 1915-2004.
Lee, Robert Edwin, 1918-1994.
Le Gallienne, Eva, 1899-1991.
Mason, Marshall W.
O'Casey, Eileen.
O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964.
Rainer, Luise, 1910-
Saddler, Donald.
Strasberg, Anna.
Strasberg, Lee.
Wallace, Hazel Vincent, 1919-
Curcio, Vincent.
Eliot, Drew.
Glenn, Robert.
Henderson, Mary C., 1928-2012.
Marvin, Blanche.
Wilson, Edwin, 1927-
Research Call Number
*T-Mss 2001-006
*ZC-606
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