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Description

1. (1 portfolio)

Summary

1. The Hallett Thompson papers consist of some correspondence, holiday cards, and two tablets of hand-written drafts of untitled plays, presumably by Hallett Thompson.

Subject

1. La Pierre, Irma
2. First drafts
3. Appointment books
4. Address books
5. Theater > United States
6. Thompson, Hallett
7. Correspondence
8. Greeting cards

Genre/Form

1. Address books.
2. Appointment books.
3. Correspondence.
4. First drafts.
5. Greeting cards.

Call number

1. *T-Mss 1951-004

Access (note)

1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Source (note)

1. found in cage file

Biography (note)

1. Hallett Thompson (1871?-1938) was an actor and playwright, active from the late nineteenth century until well into the twentieth.

Processing action (note)

1. Cataloged

Author

1. Thompson, Hallett.

Title

1. Hallett Thompson papers, 1898-1950.

Restricted access

1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Biography

1. Hallett Thompson (1871?-1938) was an actor and playwright, active from the late nineteenth century until well into the twentieth. While based in his hometown of Gloucester, Mass., during 1898-1900, Thompson was touring the Eastern United States with a repertory company, and he later toured the Vaudeville circuit in one-act plays. His Broadway acting credits include MISTRESS NELL (1900), directed by and starring Henrietta Crosman, EXTRA (1923) with Chester Morris, and MOVE ON (1926). Hallett Thompson also tried his hand as a playwright, and his works include A CAPTAIN OF INDUSTRY and THE HOUSE OF RENAUD (1905). Hallett Thompson committed suicide in his New York apartment on Aug. 13, 1938, at the age of 67. Thompson's widow Irma La Pierre (1880-1951) was an actress who later rented out apartments in New York City.

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Research call number

1. *T-Mss 1951-004