-- NEISLETTER OF THE THEATRE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

VOLUME 9, NUMBER 8 FALL 1981 NEW SERIES

MTA REVIEWED PERFORMING ARTS RESOURCES The Musical Theatre in America Perfomin8 Art. Resoucea, Voltme Conference was tk subject of ao THE TLA ANNUAL BUSINESS Seven, 191, will fertl~eLorri ej extensive md enthusiastic report by MEETING will be held at 3 p.m. the Comncdio dell' ate hcrodrrcd Thursday, Novembcx 19, in the Vin- md colapiled by Me1 Gordon. Ap Noman A. Joaephs in the August , cent Astor Gallery, Library d prohtdy 300 lazzi dn- fror 1981 issue of Overtures, The Mngr . Museum of the Performing Arts at Italiao aod French mces h.rr tine of the Musical, published in Lincoln Center, prior to the Anad been mged by type md fully Eoglmd. described. A newly translated Accordi~g to J o s e p h s, "This Program Meet@ at 4 p.m.: Getting It Together: Putting the London conmedia scdodl also be in- unique event bears witness not clldcd to demoostrate how the bzri ... Actor Monoger Exhibition oa the merely to the coming of age of were incorpaied ino a pcrfarrracc. studies in the field of Americao Ilolls. This roloac rill be a1.iLMe in Music, but rrther ao expression of dysprh 1982. the urgent need for a new role for The editou of Pcrjordng Arta the Musical comparable to the of Resoucea, Gimiae ad are the preserved traditioa of the straight Bdra NdColaen, #eLiir(l Elallusaipcrr for fmue WQ*. play. Aubrs inqrriries md In addition to citiq speakers ad cm be sax to The Editor., Pwjorr- topics of particular interest to him- ing Arts Resoucea c/o AN.-, self, Josephs hailed the conference's 300 Rivede Drive, Ncw Yo&, 'reveluionsW of archival work aod N. Y. 1002s. revivals. 'To the recent burgeoohg of interest md lroorltdge in the MEMBERS IN THE NEWS Amcricao Musical my now be added DOROTHY L. SIERDLOVE, Curator the cootribtion of this conference; of the Theme Collection, 'Ibe New the beginah of a conscious Yodr Public Lihug at Lincoln custodial tradition based upon Center, hu been ndas the npre- ae~ivescholarship to express, sentrrtire d the Special Libraries -- Tbeeae Lihary io orgmiatimd form, the essence Association to the Association for 191-82. of a new found respect for the8enre.' MARY ANN JENSEN, Curator of the Thatre Collcctioo, Prioceton Uni- versity Library, and LOUIS A. ASTRnLA LECTURE SERIES RACHOT, Ialta Huqzdcn-Edrh The TLA Executive hrd would Booth TheeColleaion .ad Libmy like to know your thowhts coacem- at The Players, have been selected rbe ASTR/TLA Leaure Series. to represeat the Theatre Librug Sbould thew evems corrtinue to be Association oo the Couc~ilof held? fir kinds of propms would National Library and Inf~don you like to see? Cro you suggest Associates through 1983. PLAN TO ATTEND THE specific speakers? Ioold you be SALLY THOU PAVETII, C-tOt NOVEMBER 1982 will@ to pay a $1 contribution at d the Eupoe CTNeill Memorial ASTRnLA CONFERENCE the door toward the costs of the Theatre Carter, had 'A Visit with event? Please send your commcats Brooks Atkinsons' to actpire Eu~ne aod suggestiorr* to Lecnue Series, O'Neill's custom made Louis Vuittoa BROWN UNIVERSITY 'Ibeure Library Au~ciation, 111 tmnk, which she tells of in detail PROVIDENCE, RHODE IS LAND Amstdam Avenue, New York, N.Y. in The O'Nsill, tbe Ccater's news- 10023. letter, July 1981. THEATRE RESOURCES AT NORTHWEST ERN UNIVERSITY

Iht Specid Collections Depart- cluding original art work, photo- 1697-1882). Often the collections ment of the Nonhwesrem University graphs and personal letters. Re- include additional information such Librnry has numerous collections lated materials include personal as theatre(s), cast list(s), engrav- and mush matecia1 of interest to letters of Ellen Terry, Mrs. Patrick ings and biographical and introduc- tkae s~hola~s.Additional informa- Campbell, Henry Irving, William tory materials. The collections tion and comprehensive guides to Gillate and others; and books of which were printed from prompt Wwof the dlcctions ace available related interest included as part of copies usually include costume (for the price of photocopying) by Swanson's gift. descriptions and stage movement to R. Russell Maylone, Cura- The Dublin Gate Theatre Collec- and blocking. tor; Special Collections; North- tion contains the archival material Other material which is of in- restan Univatity Library; North- from the 50-year history of the Gate terest is Denkmaler: Des Theaters, =stem University, Evaaston, Theatre. Althouzh" there is not a com- a 12-volume set of facsimiles repre- lUinois, 60201- plete set of materials available for senting varied aspects of theatre Colnprehcnsire guides are avail- each of the 288 productions, the history; a facsimile set of Theatrical .ble for the Edward Gordon Craig kinds of materials available include Designs from the Baroque through CoUcctim, the D~blhGate Theatre cast lists, programs, production note- Neoclassic eras; an extensive col- all&, and th Edinburgh Drama books, scripts, press clippings, lection of journals, art books and Gafefe~~~eCollection; the guide to correspondence, lighting plots, orig- play scripts of Expressionism, d?e Phy Collections is in progress. inal costume designs, photographs Surrealism, Dadaism, and Futurism; Tbr 1, ltshry S-son Colkction and music. volumes 1-% (1825) of Cumberland's oc -a -i- wiais - -Tbe- Edkburgh Drama Gonference Theatre- Nustrations which- shoats. corrtaios both materials by or about Collection includes statements from costume design, playbills, portraits Craig as well as material with a many notable people about the 'state and scene representations; over rheamatic or splchnwic relationship of the art" in 1963. Respondents in- 16,000 plays in Spanish, Mexican and to Gug's career. The materials clude Eric Bentley, Erwin Piscator, Valencian from the turn of the which directly concern Craig include Agnes DeMille, and John Gielgud. century; and an extensive Women's boob written, edited or illustrated Other material available includes Collection which includes news- by Craig (incIudiog copies of On newspaper clippings and miscellany letters, journals and newspapers of tla An of the Theatre which be related to the organization of the people actively involved in the loaged to Adolph Appia and George conference. Movement as well as some feminist &nucd Saw> periodicals edited The Play Collections include theatre materials. a# with coaaibotions by Gaig(in- nineteen different play collections Ardith Morris ~86%8 ~ompkte set of The Mask): from the 17th, 18th and 19th cen- rchitd luterids of Craig's in- turies (publication dates range from THANK YOU TLA

M€V YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY PRESERVES 42ND STREET ON VIDEOTAPE TLA President Louis A. , Rachow has received a letter from the Na- tional Park Service with reference to time when our funding from the the ASTR/TLA Lecture given by National Endowment for the Arts Don Wilmeth on his biography of has been halved, we may have to George Frederick Cooke. rely heavily oa anmg~ntslike Dear Mr. Rachow: this in o&r to rqw! new prodw- fioml." .&s. . Clyppi-oa _eg~~1~1).ed Oa khdf of the National Park Seivice, I wish to thank the mimbcrs the hope that 42nd Street will be the first of several productions chat of the Theatre Library Association G.C.D. F. can help preserve in for their contribution of $50.00 to this manner. Theodore Roosevelt Biahplace. , I can assure you tbat the bds will Begun in 1970, the Theatre on contribute to the care end display of Film & Tope Collection is located the site's museum collection. in & Performing Airs Research Please convey my apprecidon to Ccnta at Lincoln Center. It has the members 'of the Association for bccn preserrin~ aa videotape and their generosity. film selected Broadway, OfhBroad- With best wishes, I am wmy end regional theatre productions, chosen for ootstmding @icy of Sincerely yows, writing, directing, acting sad design. Dime A. Jung In recent montbr, the Bnndrrry pro- Site Wqer Moos of Sophisrkated Ladles Theodore Roo sevelt (paddy funded by rbc Libruy's Biahplre hoes Coltectian) .ad Andcur, the Natiorral Historic Ciack Rcpcrrory CoPpauy -ion Site of A Tale Told 8nd m-todw.)r'r Clwr Ntu hvcdl beca tqd. . COLLECTIONS OF NOTE

The Pacific Film Archive Foiger Associates with RLG The Pacific Film Archive was 'Ihe Folger Shakespeare Library is highlighted at the San Francisco the second associate member of the meeting of the Cinema Librarian's Research Libraries Group. RLG Discussion Group. Librarian Nancy associate members contribute re- Goldman represented the PFA. cords to the RLIN database; they The Archive's fun ctions include may also participate in major RLG an exhibition program, a children's programs and send representatives film program, a research screening to RLS standing committees. program, and library access as well The Folger. Library Shakespeare as a film and media reference and collection includes 79 copies of the information phone line. The film col- First Folio of 1623; 404 copies of lection consists of over 6,000 titles, succeeding folio and quarto editions; many of which are on deposit or arc 16,000 copies of lata editions in gifts, with strengths in the areas more than 40 languages; and special of Japanese films, Soviet Georgian Shakespearearin collections of play- and Soviet silent films, animation, bills, promptbooks, artworks, letters, and West Coast independent films, and manuscripts. The Folger rare Other areas of the collection in- book coflection allows scholars to clude over 2,000 books, 100-150 research almost any facet of 16th periodicals, a stills and poster col- and 17th century European civili- lection which is not available to the zation. public, and extensive clipping files -----roprintod frornAmerican Libraries, maned by film title, personality, April 1901. subject, and festival. The research collection is strong in theory and The University of Massachus.tts/ criticism, but includes very few Amherst now offers access to the technical works on film production. Papers of W. E. B.DuBois, a col- Library hours are 1:00 to 5:00 lection it has housed since 1973. Monday through Friday, and the Available on 89 reels of microfilm, reference phone number is the collection includes conespond- (415) $42-1437. The reference ser- ences from the Afro-American scholar, vice has a regional focus, although author, and social activist. It also they will accept questions from any- features manuscripts of some 300 where. Their specialty areas are in speeches, 400 articles, newspaper finding films, finding filmmakers, columrrs, novels, plays, petty, mo- answering questions concerning their tion pictures, audio .ad vidto tapes, collections' strengths, verifying and memorabilia. - - ---rep~intod from Americm Libraries, credits, and consulting on special Aptil 1981. projects, kthods used in fielding each of these types of questions indude- PSC uf standard film refer- WORK IN PROGRESS ence works as we11 as use of in- Minor IRISH Actars, Actresses +ad tanally created tools such as sub- Playwrights. Bio6t.pbic.l Directory. ject filmographies, the clipping files, Peter Dremimy, 211 Horud Street, a card file of hard-cefind titles, ad Ebm, MD 21921. staff resources. ROVE, George Farcect (1832- b BROAJXIDE on pour miling ----r.)rlntod from Cineam Libmn'cw' 1889). English actor. Biopphy. list? We'd like to kmr wlu Newsletter, Vol.5, Ne.4, Sumwr Rt. Steven Blake, Keeper of Social 1 981. youen rg to so we ca kt History, Art Gallee d Museum eteryoae in TLA bow too!! Semce, Cheltenham Boma& Council, 40 Clrence Street, CheQen- BROAKS#.DE ham, Gloucestashirc, GLIO, P3X, c/o G. Coeuzza U. K. 413 West 22d Strcet SINCLAIR, C8tberine Noaon (ks. New Yo& PQ. Y. 10011 Edwh Forre8t) (181 7.1891). &tican actress ad director,. Dissendon. GhteCenter, City Umteniry of New Yorlt. Eugene H. J-, RFD 1, Box 450, Lane Gate Rod, Cold Spriq, NY 10516. PUBLICATIONS OF NOTE

Canada's Playwrights: a B iographi- evolution of a single idea, or *the Standard CA features include ex- eal Gdde. Editrd by Don Rubin and parallel development of different tensive bibliographies, the Work in Alh Cranmer-Bying. Toronto: concepts. Progress section of each sketch, C.adm Theatre Review Publica- Descriptive headnotes precede sidelights on the author's personal h,1960- 190p. $12.95. Paper each subject grouping, and cate- and professional lives, and often, $7.95 gories are cross-referenced to pro- balanced sumnaries of the critical A round of applause to Cpnadian vide access to related material in reception the author's works have lbeetre Rcricr Publicstions for other topic areas. A general intro- received. piodpchg this informative pnd in- duction precedes the text, providing ddlebiogrPpbica1-biMiogrqhicd a broad historical survey of dramatic dimtorytoc.ndi8Qp&~s-- theory .od suggestions for effective tbt fust of its kind. Until now, even use of he book. An author's guide the =st keic information on supplies brief biographies of the Cadds significux drmnatists quoted writers, bibliographies of ru riniully maroikblt wirb the works surveyed, and indexes to ex- accption of the four biog.pbicai cezpts quoted in the texts. Two pfilrs pthlished in Cdianrhea- indexes - one to names and titles, w Rcwiar ctch par. the other to tams mod subjects -- hch entq kkks primsry bi* further enhence the usefulness of ylgbJcd infdee, r listing of this vddle resource. each playwright's plays to dnce in- dwdue of composition, date of ANSWERS TO ACTOR PUZZLE CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS: A pchmmce and dste of pub& 1. Gary Cooper in High Noon Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current crdar, Wl bibliographic infornution 2. Laurence Olivier in Rebecca Kriters in Fiction, General Non- aa eacB miter's non-dramatic me- 3. Marlon Brrndo in A Streetcar fiction. Poetry, Journalism, Drama. taid, mrks in pmgess, md, in Named Desire rost cases, a photoyrph. Setcnty- Motion Pictures, Teleoision, and 4. Clark Gable in Gone with the 102 kr ddsts are documented. 0Jet Fields. Volume in the con- Wind 5. a rlne .re Robertson Daries, tinuing series. Edited by Frances Clifton Webb in Laura Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca YMd Lkbi, Jomna Glass, Des C. Locber. 752 pages. Cumulative 6. Index. Published by Gale Research 7. Joseph Cotton in The Third Man LkAnuff, Mam Moon, Bemd Co., 1981. $66.00. 8. Ray Millaad in The Lost Weekend Sdr, Bca Tarver, md Lury Detroit, Contemporary Authors, Volume 102 9. Fred Astaire in Easter Parade Zukkn L.A.R. 10. in - (752 pp.) comains more thm 1,300 Chon Velles Citizen Kane 11. in Aulflfcd Sor~cebook of Corcepts entries, bringing the series tatal to Henry Foada The Grapes of Wrath in Dramatic Tkgby Oscu Lee mre than 64,000 authors covered. 12. Gene Kelly in Singing in the Rain &ownstein ad Ikrhe M. Dauben. Failing within the scope of CA are 13. Spencer Tracy in Boys Town Wertpon, Caao.: Grrenrood Press, not only poets, playwrights, novelists, 14. Paul Nermm in Sweet Bird of 1961. %l p $45.00 md general nonfiction writas, but Youth Ibis massive ooapndinm caa- ale0 television and moti~npicture 15. Errol Flynn in The Private Liver me. d plpUd e- fnm K~CT~ screenwriters, nenspqer and telc- of Elizabeth and Essex -dLpartrt=gmb- visioa rrparccrs .bd coae~ndeats, 16. Aha Ldd in Sham tbree kdim +as on the tbwe. syadic~cd csztooaiws, nrrrp.gct 17. Jvaco Dcsa in Easr of Eden 18. Ibese tbcoriss rrraging from and magazine editors, and other John Vayn e in The Quiet Man -- 19. Charlie Chaplin in The Great to Bmholt repc media people. Among the pmminent Atistale Btcck - Dictator se~tevery period, iuylage, and contanporrrty writers covcred in 20. Bilyl Cro~byin Going My Way mjOI il~ell~~~~~lmov~,in Volume 102 rre Julian Beck (co- The editors wish to express their Wescan dmmr. The qoocatiaas are founder of The Living Theatre), Charles Colson (Watergate figure), appeciation of TLA Resident Louis divided hro senaty4hree subject A. Rshow's puzzlcmakiag genius cu@es, tor* such topics of Jeny Falwell (founder of Moral which has resulted in the Actress dent and modem &mm.tic theory kjoriy), Paul Harvey (radio sad Puzzle (8:3, =nter 1981) .ad tbe u #rh,cbacter, emorioa, illu- tef etisioa coarment ator), John Len- Actor Puzzle (91, Summcr 1981). .iw, seupbor, taste, md tbe three me, Gabriel Mucel (philosopher), Puzzle-makers and trivia collectors aeities. Within each category, the Jill Robinwn (novelist), Francesco are encouraged to submit their excqcs are pnseated chamologicd- Scadlo (fashion photographer), and offerings to Broadside so that we fy, ending the user to trace tbt mvly more. may all shethe fun.