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Photographic Print from Los Angeles production of Macbeth. Finding Aid Box 1179. About this image

THEATER

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  • image available soonAlan M. and Sali Ann Kriegsman Collection
    The working papers of two writers on the performing arts in America.

  • image available soonfinding aid iconDanny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Collection
    Papers of the popular entertainer and his songwriter wife.

  • image available soonDavid Merrick Collection
    Performance materials and scripts for works produced or considered by the Broadway producer.

  • Erick HawkinsErick Hawkins Collection
    Working library of the 20th-century American dancer and choreographer.

  • image available soonfinding aid iconGeorge S. Kaufman Collection
    Scripts and papers related to the works of the popular comic playwright.

  • image available soonGilbert Miller Collection
    Papers of the theatrical producer, active in London and New York.

  • Lucille Ball close upLucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Collecton
    Scrapbooks of the much-loved entertainers, along with scores and parts for the Desi Arnaz Orchestra.

  • Painting of a formally dressed lady in a ballroomPeggy Clark Collection
    Papers of the Broadway lighting designer.

  • Roger Stevensonline collection iconRoger L. Stevens Presents
    Photographs and posters related to stage productions.

  • Lady, seated on a rock, with flowers in her hairfinding aid iconShakespeare on Film and Television
    A finding aid listing over 100 films and television programs which portray Shakespeare’s works.

  • Dorothyonline collection iconThe Wizard of Oz: On Stage and Film
    Stage and screen adaptations preceding the classic 1939 film.

  • Zora Neale Hurstononline collection iconThe Zora Neale Hurston Plays at the Library of Congress
    Rediscovered plays by the noted African-American author and scholar.

  • image available soonfinding aid iconVernon Duke Collection
    The papers of a highly eclectic Russian-born American composer.

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