Richard Barr and Clinton Wilder papers
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- Richard Barr and Clinton Wilder papers, 1935-1982.
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| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre. | ContainerBox 51 | FormatMixed material | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1978-002 Box 51 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre. | ContainerBox 50 | FormatMixed material | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1978-002 Box 50 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre. | ContainerBox 49 | FormatMixed material | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1978-002 Box 49 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre. | ContainerBox 48 | FormatMixed material | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1978-002 Box 48 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre. | ContainerBox 47 | FormatMixed material | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1978-002 Box 47 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre. | ContainerBox 46 | FormatMixed material | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1978-002 Box 46 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre. | ContainerBox 45 | FormatMixed material | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1978-002 Box 45 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre. | ContainerBox 44 | FormatMixed material | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1978-002 Box 44 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre. | ContainerBox 43 | FormatMixed material | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1978-002 Box 43 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre. | ContainerBox 42 | FormatMixed material | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1978-002 Box 42 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre. | ContainerBox 41 | FormatMixed material | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1978-002 Box 41 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre. | ContainerBox 40 | FormatMixed material | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1978-002 Box 40 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre. | ContainerBox 39 | FormatMixed material | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1978-002 Box 39 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre. | ContainerBox 38 | FormatMixed material | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1978-002 Box 38 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre. | ContainerBox 37 | FormatMixed material | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1978-002 Box 37 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre. | ContainerBox 36 | FormatMixed material | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1978-002 Box 36 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre. | ContainerBox 35 | FormatMixed material | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1978-002 Box 35 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre. | ContainerBox 34 | FormatMixed material | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1978-002 Box 34 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre. | ContainerBox 33 | FormatMixed material | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1978-002 Box 33 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre. | ContainerBox 32 | FormatMixed material | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Mss 1978-002 Box 32 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
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- Description
- 31.13 lin. ft. (53 boxes and 1 oversized folder)
- Summary
- The Richard Barr-Clinton Wilder Papers contain a great deal of documentation on the working aspects of the collaboration between Barr, Wilder and Edward Albee whose various producing units helped to establish a number of imporant American playwrights in the 1960s.
- Subject
- Call number
- *T-Mss 1978-002
- Access (note)
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Source (note)
- Richard Barr
- Biography (note)
- Richard Barr and Clinton Wilder, founders of the Playwrights Unit in 1963, along with Edward Albee, were a major force in producing plays by new, talented playwrights during the 1960s and helped to establish Off-Off Broadway as a viable theatrical venue.
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- Title
- Richard Barr and Clinton Wilder papers, 1935-1982.
- Restricted access
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Biography
- Richard Barr and Clinton Wilder, founders of the Playwrights Unit in 1963, along with Edward Albee, were a major force in producing plays by new, talented playwrights during the 1960s and helped to establish Off-Off Broadway as a viable theatrical venue. Their committment to emerging playwrights whose works were outside of the mainstream of Broadway productions allowed them to showcase the early works of playwrights like Edward Albee, Sam Shepard, Lanford Wilson, LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka), Jean Claude Van Itallie, William Hanley, A.R. Gurney, Terence McNally, Jack Richardson, John Guare and Paul Zindel.
- Richard Barr was born Richard Baer in 1917 and grew up in Washington, D.C. He graduated from Princeton in 1938 and joined the Orson Welles-John Housman Mercury Theatre as an actor. He later became their executive assistant and had a bit part in the film CITIZEN KANE. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II and then worked as a dialogue director in Hollywood and as a theater director in summer stock and in New York. During the late 1950's, he began producing shows on Broadway including HOTEL PARADISO, FALLEN ANGELS, and ALL IN ONE. He joined forces with Clinton Wilder in 1961 and continued to produce shows both on and off Broadway after Wilder left the Playwrights Unit and was replaced by Charles Woodward, Jr. Barr was president of the NY League of Theatres and died in 1989.
- Clinton Wilder was born in Warren, Pennsylvania in 1920. He also attended Princeton University (graduating in 1942) and served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. He began his professional career as a stage manager, then became a producer. His productions included THE TENDER TRAP, SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR, VISIT TO A SMALL PLANET and REGINA, which he co-produced with Cheryl Crawford. Wilder worked with Barr from 1961-1968 when he left the Playwrights Unit. He was the founder and director of the Theatre Development Fund (1968-1974) and served on its board until his death in 1986.
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- Wilder, Clinton, 1920-
- Barr, Richard.
- Albee, Edward, 1928-2016.
- Albee, Edward, 1928-2016. American dream.
- Albee, Edward, 1928-2016. Everything in the garden.
- Albee, Edward, 1928-2016. Death of Bessie Smith.
- Betti, Ugo,1892-1953. Corruption in the Palace of Justice.
- Albee, Edward, 1928-2016. Delicate balance.
- Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989- Krapp's last tape.
- Albee, Edward, 1928-2016. Zoo story.
- Albee, Edward, 1928-2016. Seascape.
- Shulman, Max, 1919-1988. Tender trap.
- Albee, Edward, 1928-2016. Tiny Alice.
- Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012. Visit to a small planet.
- Albee, Edward, 1928-2016. Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- Research call number
- *T-Mss 1978-002