Research Catalog

Title

Playwrights' Producing Company records, 1930s-1960.

Author

Playwrights' Producing Company.

Supplementary Content

Finding Aid

Details

Additional Authors

• Alford, Walter.
• Fields, William.

Description

2.5 linear feet (6 boxes)

Summary

Collection consists of correspondence reflecting the company's activities, press releases and publicity materials, and personal data sheets on singers and dancers.

Subjects

• Singers > United States
• Dancers > United States
• Theaters > United States > Production and direction
• Dramatists, American
• Playwrights' Producing Company

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Source (note)

• Theatre Division, NYPL

Biography (note)

• The Playwrights' Producing Company (also known as the Playwrights' Company), was a theatrical production organization founded in 1938 by Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Sidney Howard, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, and John F. Wharton.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.

Processing Action (note)

• Surveyed
• Cataloging updated

Call Number

MssCol 2437

OCLC

NYPW89-A725

Author

Playwrights' Producing Company.

Title

Playwrights' Producing Company records, 1930s-1960.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

The Playwrights' Producing Company (also known as the Playwrights' Company), was a theatrical production organization founded in 1938 by Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Sidney Howard, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, and John F. Wharton. The group produced plays written by its members and other playwrights. The company was dissolved in 1960.

Indexes

Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.

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Finding Aid

Added Author

Alford, Walter.

Fields, William.

Research Call Number

MssCol 2437