NEWSLETTER OF THE THEATRE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

Volume 9, Number 4 Spring 1982 New Series

SAVE AMERICA'S PERFORMING ASTRITLA IN PROVIDENCE ARTS RESOURCES! The TLA Annual Program Meeting, held The Theatre Library Association will in conjunction with the 1982 ASTR Con- present a Conference on Preservation ference to be held at Brown University, Management in Performing Arts Collec- November 19-21, is being organized by tions in Washington, D.C., April 28-May 1, Martha Mahard, Assistant Curator, The- 1982. With the assistance of the Conserva- atre Collection, Harvard University. She tion Center for Art and Historic Artifacts, FREEDLEYITLA AWARDS plans a program appropriate to the confer- the Theatre Library Association has de- ence theme, Nineteenth Century Theatre. vised a program tailored for the special Nominations have been invited for the Your suggestions are welcome. preservation problems of performing arts 1981 George Freedley Award and The The Several exhibits will be on view during collections in libraries, museums, histor- atre Library Association Award to be pre- the conference. The John Hay Library will ical societies, media centers, and perform- sented by the Association on Monday, mount an exhibit on American Drama Dur- ing arts companies. May 24, in the Vincent Astor Gallery, The ing and About the Civil War The Museum Utilizing case studies from the field, New York Public Library at Lincoln Center. of Art of the Rhode Island School of De- consultants will specify preservation tech- The George Freedley Award, established sign will mount a special exhibit on japan- niques and management options for the In 1968, in memory of the late theatre his- ese Theatre from their extensive Oriental contents of mixed-media collections: torian, critic, author, and first curator of Collection. The Annmary Brown Library Paper & Manuscripts; Programmes & Play- The New York Public Library Theatre Col- on the Brown University campus plans to bills; Designs, Fine Art & Technical Draw- lection, honors a work in the field of the- house a large exhibit on the Circus, with ings; Scrapbooks & Albums; Realia & atre published in the United States. Only an emphasis on early American circus, in- Memorabilia; Photographs. Other sessions books with subjects related to live perfor- cluding a gigantic scalemodel include Emergency Preservation Tech- mance (including vaudeville, puppetry. niques, Preservation at the Source: Com- pantomine, the circus) are considered for pany Archives, and Management of Col- The George Freedley Award. This may be lection Preservation Programs. biography, history, criticism, reference, or related publication The 1980 recipient was Margot Peters' Bernard Shaw and the Actresses (Doubleday). Jurors for the 1981 Award are: Brooks McNamara, Professor of Theatre. New York University, and Di- rector, Shubert Archive; Gilbert 6. Cross, Professor of Engl~sh, Eastern Michigan University; and Stephen M. Archer, Chair- man, Department of Speech and Dramatic Art, University of Missouri. The Theatre Library Association Award, established in 1973, honors a book pub- In addition to the Conservation Center lished in the U S in the field of recorded for Art and Historic Artifacts, consultants performance, including motion pictures and case studies will be drawn from such and television. Last year's recipient was institutions as the National Archives, Hollywood: The Pioneers (Knopf) by Kevin Library of Congress, Smithsonian Institu- Brownlow and John Kobal; also honored PERFORMING ARTS RESOURCES tion, Circus World Museum, Dance Nota- was Alexander Sesonske's lean Renoir: The tion Bureau, Harvard Theatre Collection, French Films, 1924.1939 (Harvard Univer- Performing Arts Resources, Volume 7, Metropolitan Opera Archives, Theatre sity Press). This year's jurors are: David E. featuring Lazzi: the Comic Routines of the Communications Group, and Walt Disney Bartholomew, film critic, editor, and film Commedia Dell'Arte by Mel Gordon, has Archives. specialist, New York Public Library at Lin- gone to press. The premier effort of The registration fee for the four-day coln Center; Anne G. Schlosser, Director, editors Ginnine Cocuzza and Barbara conference is $80.00. For further informa- Louis 6. Mayer Library, The American Film Naomi Cohen Stratyner, PAR 7 also con- tion, contact: Brigitte Kueppers, Shubert Institute; and Gwen Sloan, library consul- tains a Commedia scenario, "Pulcinella, Archive. 149 W. 45th Street, New York, tant in broadcastmg and film. the False Prince," translated for PAR by N.Y. 10036, 21 2-944-3895. The selections of the Award winners will Claudio Vicentini, a Glossary of Comme- The conference is supported by a grant be determined by the separate three-mem- dia Characters and a Selected Bibliog- from the National Endowment for the ber juries appointed by the Executive Com- raphy. PAR 7 will be mailed in May to all Humanities. mittee of the Theatre Library Association. TLA members in good standing for 1981. THE BARD ON BROADWAY: FlLM NEWS SHAKESPEARE ON THE NEW YORK STAGE CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS The Museum of the City of New York The fifth annual FILM/TV DOCUMEN- will present "The Bard on Broadway: TATION WORKSHOP will be held July ll- Shakespeare on the New York Stage" on 17 at The American Film Institute in Los April 6, 1982. The exhibition, an in-depth Angeles. This will be an intensive work- view of Shakespearean production in New shop designed for educators, researchers, York during the past two hundred years, and librarians who need to know how to follows the significant changes in style locate and utilize film and television and philosophy for each of the three major resources. Lectures and discussions will categories of plays: comedies, tragedies cover acquisitions, cataloging, reference and histories. sources, manuscript collections, filmltv The exhibition is composed of hundreds scripts, stills and photographs, and archi- of selections from the Museum's Theatre val preservation programs. Also included Collection, the nation's finest archive of will be a seminar with a leader from the theatrical Shakespeareana. Many of the entertainment industry and several field items in "The Bard on Broadway: Shake- trips. Tuition for the workshop is $385 speare on the New York Stage" have not which covers all lectures, field trips, been seen since their original use on the screenings, and receptions. For further in- New York stage. The earliest treasure in "The Bard on Broadway: Shakespeare formation and a brochure contact: The the exhibition is a 1785 programme for The on the New York Stage" presents an ex- Registrar, Film/TV Documentation Work- Merchant of Venice. Also on exhibition are trdordinary variety of photographs, post- shop, American Film Institute, Louis B. the late 19th-century promptbooks of ers, paintings, costumes, props, models, Mayer Library, 2021 N. Western Ave., L.A., Sothern and Marlowe and more than a designs, promptbooks, porcelain figurines Calif. 90027, 21 3-8567654. score of set and costume designs includ- and sculptures. Also on view is a video- Another conference to which librarians ing Robert Edmond Jones' Othello and tape segment from Tom Stoppard's Dogg's are invited is the 36th Annual Conference Charles Witham's 1869 Hamlet. Edwin Ham1et;Cahoot's Macbeth. Contemporary of the University Film Association. It will Booth's lago, Helen Hayes' Viola, John productions included in the exhibition are be held at Southern Illinois University, Barrymore's suit of armor from Richard 111, Nicol Williamson's Macbeth, Al Pacino's Carbondale, Ill. from July 29-August 6, and Rudolf Schildkraut's Shylock from a Richard 111, Frank Langella's Hamlet, and 1982. For more information, contact Yiddish version of The Merchant of Venice the Othello due this spring starring Richard M. Blumenberg, Department of are among the costumes on view. In- Christopher Plummer and James Earl Cinema and Photography, Southern Illi- cluded are a wide range of Hamlet cos- Jones. nois University, Carbondale, 111. 62901 tumes, from Edwin Booth's traditional The exhibition has been organized by 19th-century outfit to Maurice Evans's Wendy Warnken, Associate Curator of the NEW FlLM AND C.I. Hamlet with its military overtones to Theatre Collection of the Museum of the TELEVISION CENTER Richard Burton's two-piece "rehearsal" City of New York and was designed by clothes, executed in black jersey with John Mohr. A new Film and Television Documenta- modern, simple lines. On loan from The "The Bard on Broadway: Shakespeare tion Center will be created at SUNY- Royal Shakespeare Company is the magni- on the New York Stage" will remain on Albany. The Center will continue to pub- ficent gold cape worn by the two actors view in two theatre galleries on the third lish Film Literature lndex and Film Litera- playing Richard 11, presented at the Brook- floor of the Museum through September ture Current and will continue to provide lyn Academy of Music in 1974. 6, 1982. document delivery for any article cited at the cost of 20e per page. In 1982 the TVIVideo Literature lndex will be published as a quarterly index (three times per year Anthology Film Archives, New York, LOST LAUREL AND HARDY CLIP with an annual cumulation) covering Eng- N.Y.; $25,365, in support of the Indepen- Motion picture archivists have iden- lish language periodical literature on tele- dent Film Preservation Program. tified and preserved a two-and-one-half vision and video. A newly developed list International Museum of Photography minute portion of The Rogue Song, a 1930 of subject terms will used for this field, be at George Eastman House, Rochester, Technicolor film, starring Laurel and Hardy and all aspects of television and video will N.Y.; $113,700, in support of the on- which has been sought by preservations be covered except for engineering and sci- going nitrate film preservation program. for several decades. American Film Insti- entific journals. For further information on lowa State University, Ames, lowa; tute archivist Joe Empsucha acquired the this new project, write to Vincent Aceto $1,750, for safeguarding color films clip on deteriorating nitrate film stock at Box 22477, SUNYA, 1400 Washington deposited in the American Archives of as part of the Keene State College (New Ave., Albany, N.Y. 12222. the Factual Film. Hampshire) Collection, donated by Profes- Memphis State University, Memphis, sor Lawrence Benaquist. Library of Con- Tenn.; $2,655, for preservation of rare gress Motion Picture Division staff David AFI AWARDS FOR circus films in the Mississippi Valley Parker and Mike Smith identified the foot- FlLM PRESERVATION Collection. age as being a scene from The Rogue Song. Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y.; A total of $426,375 in grants has been Laurel and Hardy enthusiasts have ex- $1 31,190, in support of the ongoing ni- awarded by The American Film Institute1 pressed joy over the archival find, but the trate film preservation program. National Endowment for the Arts Film search continues for still-missing portions Preservation Program for eight organiza- New York Public Library, New York, of The Rogue Song. Anyone having infor- tions for film preservation projects: N.Y.; $7,435, to continue ongoing pres- mation on the whereabouts of this lost American Jewish Historical Society, ervation of and improve accessibility to motion picture, or seeking information on Waltham, Mass.; $13,120, in support of unique dance performance footage. film preservation, should contact: Ar- the on-going program to identify and The UCLA Film Archives, Los Angeles, chives, The American Film Institute, J.F. preserve films which document the Jew- Calif.; 5131,190, in support of the on- Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, ish experience. going nitrate film preservation program. Washington, D.C. 20566.

PAGE 2 THE ARCHIVES FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AT MILL VALLEY, CALIFORNIA

When the Transamerica Corporation "The heart of the collection," according moved to Mill Valley. In order to support presented its exhibition, "Great Per- to Hartley, "and its most valued asset is both himself and the Archives, Hartley formers of the San Francisco Stage," in the contained in well over 300 volumes detail- opened an Antiques and Collectables shop Transamerica Pyramid Gallery last fall, ing the day-teday activities, taking place at the Port where he sells small antlques, many of the photographs, posters, play- on the San Francisco stage from 1849 to bric-a-brac, jewelry, books, and archival bills, and lithographs were provided by the the present. This is augmented by an A-te duplicates. In his spare time, he has con- Archives for the Performing Arts. To those Z filing on stage personalities who have tinued to collect new materials and main- familiar with this collection, it was no sur- been active in these productions." tain the collection. "The most important prise that Virginia Hubbell, who assem- Files are also maintained on all San thing," according to Hartley, "is that this bled the Transamerica exhibit, turned to Francisco theatres (when the structure was work will continue and the collection the Archives for materials. The Archives built, by whom, and its demise) and per- must remain intact." for the Performing Arts is generally re forming companies, past and present, act- During this trying period, little help was garded as the largest and finest collection ive in the area. Included in the Companies forthcoming from the Foundations. Hart- of materials pertaining to West Coast category are materials documenting the ley's salary from the Skaggs Foundation Theatre. tours of the Anna Pavlova Company, the remained in suspension and in October The collection was started in the early San Carlo Opera Company, the Chicago Robert Commanday reported in the San 1940s by its present director, Russell Hart- Opera Company, the (American) Ballet Francisco Chronicle that the Archives' ap ley, a former dancer and des~gnerfor the Theatre, and the Ballet Russe de Monte plication to the San Francisco Foundation San Francisco Ballet, when he was still a Carlo. These files also record the numer- for a 530,000 long-range development dance student. Curious about the history ous visits of vaudeville and minstrel grant had been rejected because "the Ar- of ballet, he began collecting books and troupes and traveling circuses to the San chives is not actively involved in the crea- other memorabilia in local book shops Francisco area. Much of this is irreplace tion of new works of art and does not pre and antique stores. Among his early acqui- able, since it predates the 1906 Fire and vide active employment to many artists." sitions were materials dealing with touring Earthquake which destroyed most materi- Meanwhile, inquiries from researchers in- ballet troupes in the San Francisco area in als of this sort. creased, new exhibitions were planned, and the 1850s and celebrities such as Madame efforts were mounted to find a more suit- Celeste and Lola Montez. As his collection able space for the collection. grew, Hartley's interests expanded to in- By December, the outlook had im- clude Opera, Theatre, Minstrelry, Vaude- proved somewhat, thanks to two "Christ- ville, Concerts and Circus. mas presents." The California Arts Council In 1975, Kevin Starr, then chief of the had awarded the Archives a matching San Francisco Public Library, recalling grant of 54,455 and the Charles P. See that the Performing Arts Library at Lincoln Foundation had donated 51,000. These, Center was developed from a seed collec- combined with nearly 54,000 in new mem- tion such as Hartley's, offered to house berships received since the collection the Archives in the basement of the Presi- moved to Mill Valley, ensure the opera- dio branch of the Library; thus the Ar- tion of the Archives through the end of chives for the Performing Arts was formal- 1982. Although there is still not enough ly founded. Assisted by administrative money to provide Hartley a salary, he re- director, Judith Solomon, and two CETA mains optimistic about the future of the employees, Hartley worked on cataloging collection. "The Archives is having its the collection and, between 1975 and share of problems," Hartley admits, "but 1981, mounted over fifty exhibitions in the we are far from dead." -John Frick Opera House, the Main Library, the Civic Center, and in the Archives' own space. Of Although of undisputed value and the major interest were exhibits on lsadora recipient of much public acclaim, early in For membership and other information, Duncan, Black Dancers, and theatre on 1981, the Archives of Performing Arts fell write the Archives for the Performing Arts, the eve of the San Francisco Fire and upon hard times. In January, funds for #51-52 Upstairs at the Port, 393 Miller Avc Earthquake. In addition, the collection Judith Solomon's position ran out and in nue, Mill Valley, Calif. 94941. was used by scholars from throughout the May the CETA positions were terminated. United States and from Europe. The Archives' troubles were compounded Although the collection is not yet fully when the Library informed Hartley that it cataloged, Hartley estimates that it in- needed additional space for its Communi- cludes: 2,300 theatrical books; 8,000 un- cation Center for the Handicapped and bound periodicals; 200 bound periodicals; consequently the Archives would have to 10,000 items of sheet music; 30,000 photo find new quarters. Accordingly, Hartley graphs of Opera, Theatre, and Ballet; rented space at #51-52 Upstairs at the Port 10,000 photographs of the San Francisco in Mill Valley. Then, assisted by Solomon, Ballet; 10,000 movie stills; 12,000 theatri- who worked from January to June without cal prints; 25,000 programs; 3,000 slides; a salary, Hartley moved the collection by COMING UP IN BROADSIDE 5,000 negatives; and, over 200 original de hand in his own car to Mill Valley. The signs for sets and costumes. shift in location took two months. / Featured Collections, Recent Acquisitions, The Archives also contains paintings Although the collection had a new Your News Deadline for Summer 1982 and other art works, a small but choice home, Hartley's problems continued. The issue: May 15 Send your contributions to collection of original costumes, sculptures grant from the L.J. and Mary C. Skaggs BROADSIDE and figurines of theatrical personages, and Foundation, which had previously fur- c/o C. Cocuzza stage jewelry, fans, and castanets. [A more nished his salary, was not payable outside I 41 3 West 22nd Street complete inventory appears in Performing the San Francisco city limits and was con- I New York, N.Y. 10011 Arts Resources, Volume Six, pp. 106-9.1 sequently suspended when the Archives

PAGE 3 TLA CELEBRATES. Paul Myers, retired Curator of the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, The New York Public Library at Lincoln Center, who was recently named an Honorary TLA member.

Sally Stone, who has once again devised an attractive Broadside logo; we have long appreciated the handsome hand-lettered certificates she prepares for the annual

FreedleyITLA book awards ceremony. We're. .- a new national oraaniza- tion dedicated to encouraghg and assisting the formation and devel- opment of Friends of Libraries RESEARCH IN THEATRE, MIDWESTERNTHEATRE groups throughout the country. DANCE & FILM HOLDINGS QWe think Friends of Librariesare the perfect way for people con- The Center for Advanced Study in The The MidAmerica Theatre Conference cerned with the continued quality atre Arts (CASTA) was established to pro recently initiated an inventory project of library services to share their mote and support research, public educa- on theatre history holdings of the upper commitment with others and put tion and projects in theatre arts, to include Midwest. their ideas into action. theatre, dance and film as both indepen- Immediate plans are to locate biblio We believe in America's libraries. dent and interrelated arts. Over the last graphic materials, interview knowledge four years, CASTA has sponsored such ex- able long-time theatre goers and perform- hibitions and symposia as "42nd Street: ers, and prepare a catalog of opera Won't you join us? Theatre and the City," "Black America on houses, theatres, and their archives and I want to be a Friend- Stage," "The Theatre in Prisons Project," records. Nebraska Project Administrator is Friends of Libraries U.S.A. "The Swedish National Theatre lnst~tute Professor Tice L. Miller of the University Exhibition," and "Exhibition of Polish and of Nebraska-Lincoln. His assistant, Pro Name Soviet Theatre Posters" (currently touring fessor Duane Fike at Union College, is to the country). receive and coordinate the Nebraska find- Address ings. On completion of the project a book will be published. City State Zip Those wishing to contribute to or assist in the program may contact either Miller Library or Fike at their respective addresses: Tice L. Miller, Dept. of Theatre Arts, University Address of Nebraska at Lincoln 68588; Duane Fike, City State Zip Union College, 3800 South 48th St., Lin- coln 68506. Annual Membership Dues Member $ 10 Sustaining $ 25 Patron $50 Sponsor $ 100 Current CASTA projects include the Benefactor S 250 NEH-sponsored Institute on Contempo $500 rary Eastern European Drama and The- $1000 atre: Poland and the Soviet Union, and an Your dues are tax deductible. exhibition centering around David Rogers' Breviarye, a key document for the study of Please indicate category: medieval English theatre. Individual CASTA also provides consultative and Library evaluative services to organizations wish- Friends (Indicate ing to make use of the Center's expertise number of copies of in the performing arts, such as the New newsletters needed up York State Council for the Arts, the De to 10) partment of Cultural Affairs for New York Corporate City, the National Endowment for the Clubs I Associations Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Double Image Theatre, the Make check payable to: Women's lnterart Center, Arts for Racial Friends of Libraries U.S.A. Identity, The Family, Inc., the Frank Sil- Vera Write( s Workshop, the Nassau Coun- Mail check and application ty Office of Cultural Development. form to: For further information, contact Mar- Fh&, ALA garet Knapp, Project Director, CASTA, 50 E. Huron CUNY Graduate Center, 33 West 42nd Chicago, Illinois 6061 1 Street, New York, N.Y. 10036.

PAGE 4 READERS REPORT.. . Theatre and Performing Arts Collections, Theatre: Stage to Screen to Television by edited by Louis A. Rachow. Special Col- William Torbert Leonard. Metuchen, lections, No. 1. New York: Haworth New Jersey: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., Press, 1981. 166 p. $19.95 1981. 2 Volumes. TLA President, Louis A. Rachow, has pre- Theatre: Stage to Screen to Television is a pared a collection of priceless articles on valuable two-volume reference book on some of the major collections in the U.S. the interrelationships among live theatre, and Canada: Library of Congress, NYPL's film and television. It presents 327 prin- Billy Rose Theatre Collection, The Players, cipal entries-from Abe Lincoln in Illinois William Seymour Theatre Collection at to Your Uncle Dudley-with thousands of Priceton University, Hoblitzelle Theatre secondary listings of films and tv shows Arts Library at University of Texas at based on plays When applicable each in- Austin, Wisconsin Center for Film and cludes a plot synopsis, biographies of the Theatre Research. Theatre Department of authors or adapters, lists of revivals or new the Metropolitan Toronto Library, and the productions, and full production credits for Theatre Museum at Boothbay, Maine. each media. Cross-references are made to Both scholars and collectors can be the name of the play on which a film or grateful for the guide to booksellers who television show is based, so anyone seeking specialize in the performing arts, the state- The problem with this work is its uncrit- information on the musicals Applause or by-state directory of resource holdings, ical nature. As part of a larger project, it Darling of the Day can easily locate the the list of current theatre and drama may be valuable; but as a single volume it references for them under All About Eve awards, and the editor's superb compila- is difficult to determine its practicality. and The Great Adventure. tion of recently published resource materi- With some exceptions, variant spellings Despite its importance to the theatre als. Crucial reading for any librarian or have not been brought under a single and, especially. film researchers, the book researcher are "Historical Introduction heading, nor cross-referenced, tending to has some flaws. Listings for revivals of and State of the Art" and "Bibliographic make the concordance inaccessible to the theatre works are inconsistent, frequently Control" which trace performing arts col- non-medievalist. On the other hand, the including, for example, Canadian revivals, lections from rescued scrapbonks to com- appendices of the Mills-Lurniansky edition but not premieres. In addition, some of puterized catalogs and bibliographies. lists all manuscript variants deleted; how- Leonard's inferences can be questioned- - Ginnine Cocuzza ever, these were not included in the gen- it is unlikely that every television presen- eration of the concordance. Finally, the tation or film of Tarzan or Robin Hood was A Complete Concordance to the Chester compilers fail to eliminate listings for the actually based on the play version as his Mystery Plays by Jean D. Pfleiderer and most common words; entries under defi- format seems to imply. Michael j. Preston. New York: Garland nite and indefinite articles and person- - B.N. Cohen Stratyner Reference Library of the Humanities, al pronouns amount to a virtual reading 1981. 530 p. $100.00. of the entire cycle. Replacement of the ten most common words with frequency This is a computer-generated concordance tables might have made the work just as to the entire cycle of Middle English plays effective and considerably less expensive. from Chester as edited by David Mills and -Stephen Johnson Robert Lumianski for the Early English Text Society. Each word occurs in alpha- Stage Combat: "The Action to the Word" betical position, with listing in text-order by William Hobbs. New York: St. Mar- of all occurrences of that word in the con- tin's Press, 1981. $10.95. text of its verse line. Contexts are prefer- enced by play and line number, and by the This practical and entertaining work pre speaker of the line. By providing statistical sents the art and technique of stage fight- information concerning the frequency of ing for the director, actor and general use of words and phrases, and their rela- reader. Hobbs, a fencer and fight director, tionships to other words in context, a con- has worked for many of England's most cordance can be of use to students of both prestigious theatre companies, as well as the history of language and literary style. the BBC-TV and numerous films. He can be seen losing a carefully staged fight to The Three Musketeers in the most recent film of that name. After a brief, but gory, history of swordplay on the British stage, WORKS IN PROGRESS Hobbs presents technical analyses of indi- DEREN, Maya (1917-1961).Author and Filrn- vidual duels, battle scenes, slaps, kicks maker Biography. Veve Clark, Box 206, Boston, and body punches with suggestions for Mass. 02123 adapting them into serious, non-realistic LUCE. Clare Boothe (1903- ). Playwright and comic fights. He gives four examples Biography. Sylvia Jukes Morris. 240 Central of fight notations-his own, those used by Park South, New York, N Y. 10019. directors Arthur Wise and John Barton, MONTEZ, Lola (18181861) Actress and Dancer. Biography N.G. Shreeve. 3 Brackley, and the Benesh notation of ballet sword Weybridge, Surrey, England. play. Among the extra features of the book are illustrations of more than three Correction: dozen different swords, brief notes on the NATIVE AMERICANS as Shown on the Stage. care of stage weapons and a listing of fa- 17001900 Dissertation. Graduate Center, City vorite fight cliches, beginning with the University of New York. Eugene H. Jones, RFD meaningful stare known to every Errol 1, Box 450, Lane Gate Road, Cold Springs, N.Y Flynn fan. - B.N. Cohen Stratyner 10516 PAGE 5 Amphitheatre; Henry Irving at the Ly- Pages for the Canadian Theatre, fui- ceum; and The London Coliseum. $50 00 nishes vital Information on 250 the- per title. Somerset House, 41 7 Maitland atres, arts councils, theatre unions, Avenue, Teaneck, N.J.07666. and related organizations. Canadian Theatre Review Publications, York Uni- versity, 4700 Keele Street, Downsview, BOOKS RECEIVED Ontario M3J 1P3. Actrng Professronally (3rd Ed~t~on)by Robert Essays in Theatre. Published twice-yearly Cohen Palo Alto, Cal~forn~aMayf~eld Pub in May and November. First issue due l~sh~ngCo , 1981 122 p illus (paperbound) November 1982. 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