Research Catalog
Ruth Draper papers.
- Title
- Ruth Draper papers.
- Author
- Draper, Ruth.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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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. | Text | Supervised use | 8-MWEZ+ n.c. 23852 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
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- Description
- .5 lf (3 boxes)
- Summary
- The Ruth Draper papers are divided into correspondence; typescripts of her monologues in English and French; and other typescripts related to her career. The collection contains her most popular monologues, however there is little correspondence. The material is arranged alphabetically, except for the correspondence, which is arranged chronologically.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence.
- Typescripts.
- Source (note)
- THE
- Biography (note)
- Ruth Draper, monologist, was born in New York City in 1884. She began her career writing sketches about people she knew or observed and performing them at parties, until Ignace Jan Paderewski encouraged her to take her talent to the stage. Her only appearance in a full-length play was as the maid in A LADY'S NAME at the Maxine Elliott Theatre in May, 1916. In February, 1917 she made her debut as a monologist. The only successful sketch in her performance was THE ACTRESS which was the only one she wrote herself. This gave her the encouragement to write and perform her own sketches, and she did this to worldwide acclaim until her final performance December 26, 1956. She died December 30, 1956, at the age of 72.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Catalog Cards in Theatre Division card catalog
- Call Number
- 8-MWEZ+ n.c. 23851-23853
- Author
- Draper, Ruth.
- Title
- Ruth Draper papers.
- Biography
- Ruth Draper, monologist, was born in New York City in 1884. She began her career writing sketches about people she knew or observed and performing them at parties, until Ignace Jan Paderewski encouraged her to take her talent to the stage. Her only appearance in a full-length play was as the maid in A LADY'S NAME at the Maxine Elliott Theatre in May, 1916. In February, 1917 she made her debut as a monologist. The only successful sketch in her performance was THE ACTRESS which was the only one she wrote herself. This gave her the encouragement to write and perform her own sketches, and she did this to worldwide acclaim until her final performance December 26, 1956. She died December 30, 1956, at the age of 72.
- Indexes
- Catalog Cards in Theatre Division card catalog
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- Research Call Number
- 8-MWEZ+ n.c. 23851-23853