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Letters from John Van Druten
- Title
- Letters from John Van Druten, 1929-1931.
- Author
- Houston, D. Franklin.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 2001-035 Box 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
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- Additional Authors
- Van Druten, John, 1901-1957.
- Description
- .21 lf. (1 box of material)
- Summary
- John Van Druten's letters to his friend D. Franklin Houston were written between Feb. 1929 to March 1931, from London, various places in France, and later from Hollywood, where Van Druten was writing a screenplay.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence.
- Access (note)
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Biography (note)
- John Van Druten (1901-1957) was an Anglo-American playwright, theatrical director, screenwriter, and novelist.
- Processing Action (note)
- Processed
- Call Number
- *T-Mss 2001-035
- OCLC
- NYPW01-A114
- Author
- Houston, D. Franklin.
- Title
- Letters from John Van Druten, 1929-1931.
- Restricted Access
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Biography
- John Van Druten (1901-1957) was an Anglo-American playwright, theatrical director, screenwriter, and novelist. Born in London of a Dutch father and an English mother, Van Druten was educated at London's University College School. His controversial play YOUNG WOODLEY (1928), initially prohibited, was eventually staged successfully in London and New York. Van Druten's later plays include THERE'S ALWAYS JULIET (1931), OLD ACQUAINTANCE (1940), the hugely successful VOICE OF THE TURTLE (1943), and BELL, BOOK, AND CANDLE (1950). Van Druten adapted several of these plays into film versions, and also wrote original screenplays, including UNFAITHFUL (1931) for Ruth Chatterton. Van Druten adapted Christopher Isherwood's BERLIN STORIES into the play I AM A CAMERA, which was made into a movie and later musicalized on stage and screen as CABARET. Van Druten's novels include A WOMAN ON HER WAY (1931) and THE VICARIOUS YEARS (1956). John Van Druten died on Dec. 19, 1957, at the age of 56.
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- Van Druten, John, 1901-1957.
- Research Call Number
- *T-Mss 2001-035