Face of a Hero,
By Robert L. Joseph. Based on a novel by Pierre Boulle; with Roy Poole,
Frank Conroy, James Donald, Edward Asner, Jack Lemmon, George Grizzard;
designed by Ben Edwards, 1959.
Box 2
Folder 1.
Cross section (blue print); Elevations (blue prints).
Folder 2.
Floor and elevations plan (blue print); Ground plan; Light plot.
Folder 3.
Stage set plan, lp. (3 copies); Notes and compilation of letters from
Robert L. Joseph to Ben Edwards and Harry Young. 6p.
Folder 4.
Act II, scene 1 [11]p. (2 copies).
Folders 5-6.
Reading script, with cuts and changes. [144]p.
Folders 7-8.
Prompt script I, 168p.: including light and sound cues; prop plots;
ground plan; cast list; revisions; cuts.
Folders 9-10.
Prompt script II, [156]p.: including light cues; ground plan; cast list;
time log of prologue and acts; revisions.
Folder 11.
Audio tape of "night sounds," 15 ips, 1 reel.
Hamlet,
By William Shakespeare. With Richard Burton, Hume Cronyn; directed by John
Gielgud; designed by Ben Edwards; lighting by Jean Rosenthal; clothes by
Jane Greenwood.
Box 2
Folder 24.
Cast list, 5p.; Cue sheet for doors, 1p.; Letter from Jean Rosenthal to
Bob Schwaegerle about Boston move of production, 3/16/64. T(carbon)
2p.
Folder 25.
Sketch of stage plan; Stage floor plan for Lunt-Fontaine Theater, [2]p.;
Ground plan; Elevation plan.
Folder 26.
Notes on electrical information for Lunt-Fontaine Theater, 2p.; List of
equipment for Alexander Cohen (producer), [7]p.; Switchboard hookup,
corrected copy, [6]p.; Switchboard layout, [31]p.; Light plot,
"tormentors."
Folder 27.
Light plot; Life magazine issue with article on this production:
April 24,
1964.
Folder 28.
Reading script, [78]p.: including cues; page 17 and page 23 missing from
Act I; page 1 missing from Act III; 12 miscellaneous pages.
Folders 29-30.
Prompt script, [195]p.: including track sheet; notes on properties; light
cues; prop plot; list of dressing room assignments; sketches of stage
plan; cues; notes; cast list.
Folder 31.
Playbill, Schubert Theatre, Mar. 30,
1964 (New York); Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Apr. 1964. (New
York).
Folder 32.
Audio tapes: a) ghost's top (uncut) on side 1 and closet ghost; b)
ghost's voice by Gielgud (cut); c) rehearsal tape and cannon.
Folder 33-34.
Audio tapes: a) drums tape; b) recorder, small drum and funeral drum
tape; c) rehearsal tape.
Ivanov,
By Anton Chekhov. With Vivien Leigh, John Gielgud; directed by John Gielgud;
scenery and costumes; designed by Rouben-Ter Arutunian; lighting by Ralph
Alswang.
Box 3
Folder 11.
Lightplot, [18]p.; Board layout, [16]p.; Focus chart, [6]p.; Lighting
cues, [11]p.; Electrical cues, [4]p.
Folder 12.
Lighting layout (2 copies).
Folder 13.
Letter confirming production as fireproof; Prop setting plot, [10]p.
Folder 14.
Photographs of stage set (3); Signed photograph of Ethel Griffies, May
16, 1966. 8 x 10.
Folder 15-16.
Reading script, [83]p. (2 copies).
Folder 17.
Prompt script, [100]p.: including light cues; tape cues; properties list;
company sign-in sheet; picture call sheet; production list; notes.
Folder 18.
Playbill, Schubert Theatre (Boston), Feb.
1966; Schubert Theatre (New York), May 1966; Souvenir program.
Box 8
Audio Tapes.
Five 10in. audio tapes: master tape; tape of three Chopin ecossaise. 2
reels; show tape cues, tape deck #1, owl, tape deck #2.
Oversize
Poster
(56cm x 36cm)
South Pacific,
Adapted from Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener. Music by
Richard Rodgers; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein; book by Oscar Hammerstein and
Joshua Logan; with Florence Henderson and Giorgio Tozzi; directed by Joe
Layton; lighting by Jules Fisher; scenery and costumes by Fred Voelpel;
orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett; musical director Jonathan
Anderson.
Box 4
Folder 10.
Cast list, 8
May 1967. 6p.; Chorus members list (2 copies); Production
staff list, [3]p. and "crew call," 1p.; Letter giving notice, from
Alexander Orfaly. A.L.S. 12 Aug. 1967.
Folder 11.
Ground plan, with handwritten notes, 2 sheets; Details plan.
Folder 12.
Stage plan (preliminary); House plan; Section plan for New York State
Theater.
Folder 13.
Box torm and elevation plan; Switchboard hookup.
Folder 14.
Costume list; light and property plots; property list, mimeo., [64]p.
Folder 15.
Prop plot, [11]p.; prop list, [2]p.; Scene breakdown, [8]p.
Folder 16.
South Pacific Libretto, printed, 159p.
Folders 17-18.
Prompt script, mimeo., 112p.
Folder 19.
Playbill, New York State Theater. 1967; Souvenir
program.
Folder 20.
Two 7 1/2 audio tapes.
Tovarich,
A musical comedy. Based on a comedy by Jacques Deval. English adaptation by
Robert E. Sherwood; book by David Shaw; music by Lee Pockriss; lyrics by
Anne Croswell; with Vivien Leigh, Jean Pierre Aumont, Alexander Scourby;
directed by Peter Glenville; designed by Rolf Gerard; costumes by Motley;
lighting by John Harvey.
Box 4
Folder 21.
Address list of Tovarich dancers, singers and principals, 3p.; Company
directory, 3p.
Folder 22.
Hanging section plan, 2 sheets.
Folder 23.
Light plot for pipes and box torms and "tormentors," 2 sheets; Light
cues, 4p.; List of scenes in running order, Jan. 12. (3 copies).
Folders 24-25.
Reading script, with song lyrics, mimeo., 200p.
Folder 26.
Copies of lyrics from You Love Me, 1p. and Opportunity Knocks, 3p.; Copy
of Act I, scene 8. 23/1/63. 4p.
Folders 27-28.
Prompt script, [200]p.: including costume and prop plots; hanging
sections plan; cast dressing room assignments; running order of scenes;
running order of scenes with musical numbers; light cues; addresses of
cast; understudies list; set and ground plans for all scenes; lyrics of
all songs; costume and prop plots.
Folder 29.
Playbill, The Broadway Theatre (New York).
Apr. 19,
1963.
Two by Two,
A musical comedy, based on The Flowering Peach by Clifford Odets. Music by
Richard Rodgers; book by Peter Stone; lyrics by Martin Charnin; with Danny
Kaye, Harry Goz, Madeline Kahn, Michael Karm, Walter Willison, Tricia
O'Neil, Marilyn Cooper, Joan Copeland; scenery by David Hays; costumes by
Fred Voelpel; lighting by John Gleason; conceived and directed by Joe
Layton.
Box 4
Folder 30.
Actor's Equity Association. "Definition of the Duties and Obligations of
a Stage Manager," 7/7/70; Copy of letter from Louis
Divilio, Midtown Motor Inn, to Frank Goodman about production staff
accommodations, 18 July, 1970; Copy of letter from
members of cast to Ellsworth Wright, Actor's Equity Association,
Aug. 11,
1970; Copy of letter from Les Schecter to Joe Layton about
radio interview, Sept. 1, 1970; Copy of letter from
Barbara Schwei to Gerri Redfield, Park Plaza Hotel about production staff
accommodations in New Haven, Sept. 1, 1970; Production list for
cast, 7/20/70 and 8/5/70; Production schedule, 7/13/70.
Folder 31.
Ground plan; Elevations plan, Act I: "ark gangway"; Elevations, Act I:
"mountain unit," "fence unit," "lamps 1 and 2," "ledge on mountain unit,"
"out house and step unit," "ladder"; Elevations plan, Act I: "house
unit"; Elevations plan, ACT II.
Folder 32.
Blueprint of electric work and alterations of New Amsterdam Theatre
roof.
Folder 33.
Electric, light, and sound cues; including slides projection plot, copy
of light plot (or hanging plot) [36]p. Also, Joe Layton's notes on dress
rehearsal, 5p.
Folder 34.
Light plot, 2 sheets; Light plot (3 sheets) and section plans (4
sheets).
Folder 35.
Switchboard layout and focus chart. 8/12/70 (4 copies).
Folder 36.
Slide and projections plot, including description and layout; total:
[18]p.; Slides chart, [16]p.
Folder 37.
Electric, light and sound cues; slide projection layout. Photocopy,
75p.
Box 5
Folder 1.
Costume inventory, 2p. (2 copies).
Folder 2.
List of musical numbers; List of orchestra parts; Copies of each song
lyric, 31p.; Music and lyrics; with organ and conductor parts; celeste
and harp parts; understudy parts; revisions; transposed parts; copies of
parts for Harry Young (including memoranda from Richard Rodgers).
Folder 3.
"As Far as I'm Concerned" (3 copies).
Folder 4.
"As Far as I'm Concerned," organ-conductor (3 copies).
Folder 5.
"The Covenant" (transposition) (2 copies).
Folder 6.
"The Covenant," revised 8/20/70 (2 copies) with memo from
Richard Rogers, 12/30/70.
Folder 7.
"The Covenant," revised 8/20/70, with memo from Richard Rogers
to Harry Young, undated.
Folder 8.
"Death of Me" ("cut after New Haven opening").
Folder 9.
"Everything That's Gonna Be Has Been" (2 copies); "Everything Reprise,"
10/23/70 (2 copies); "The Gitka Song" (2 copies); "Gitka
Reprise" 10/1/70 (2 copies).
Folder 10.
"The Golden Ram" (2 copies).
Folder 11.
"The Golden Ram," with memo from Richard Rogers to Harry Young,
undated.
Folder 12.
Hammer Music (2 copies); Exit Music (2 copies).
Folder 13.
"Hey, Girlie," organ-conductor (2 copies); revised part 8/20/70
(2 copies).
Folder 14.
"I Do Not Know a Day I Did Not Love You," revised 8/14/70.
Folder 15.
"I Do Not Know a Day I Did Not Love You." 9/10/70.
Folder 16.
"Don't Know a Day Reprise" (2 copies).
Folder 17.
"Ninety Again" (2 copies).
Folder 18.
"Ninety Again," revised 8/7/70, with memo from Richard Rogers
to Harry Young, undated.
Folder 19.
"Ninety Again," revised (2 copies).
Folder 20-22.
"An Old Man" (2 copies).
Folder 23.
Peach Tree Underscore (2 copies); Mt. Ararat Change (2 copies); Finale
Act I, 9/26/70 (3 copies); Opening Act II.
Folders 24-25.
"Poppa Knows Best" (2 copies).
Folder 26.
"Put Him Away," revised 8/19/70.
Folder 27.
"Something Doesn't Happen," organ-conductor part (2 copies); revised part
8/7/70 (2 copies).
Folder 28.
"Creation Chord, Noah's Entrance" (2 copies); "Revelation" (2
copies).
Folder 29.
"Something, Somewhere," revised 8/19/70 (3 copies).
Folder 30.
"Something, Somewhere" (transposed) (2 copies).
Folder 31.
"Two by Two," revised 8/24/70 (2 copies).
Folder 32.
"Two by Two" (transposed) (2 copies).
Folder 33.
"When It Dries," understudy 10/21/70 (2 copies).
Folder 34.
"When It Dries," revised 8/20/70, with memo from Richard Rogers
to Harry Young, undated.
Folder 35.
"When It Dries," revised 8/20/70 (2 copies).
Folders 36-37.
"When It Dries" 11/2/70 (2 copies).
Folder 38.
"Why Me?" (2 copies).
Folder 39.
"Without My Money" ("cut in rehearsal") (2 copies).
Folder 40.
"You" (2 copies).
Folders 41-42.
"You Got to Have a Rudder for the Ark," organ-conductor part (2 copies);
revised part 8/7/70 (2 copies).
Folder 43.
Recording schedule; Photocopy of song lyrics for "When It Dries and You,"
8p.
Folders 44-46.
Script, first draft, mimeo., 170p.
Folders 47-48.
Script, second draft, Act I. Photocopy.
Folders 49-50.
Script, third draft, Act I. Photocopy.
Folders 51-53.
Rehearsal script, 3 Aug. 1970, including copy of
production list for cast; revised cast contact sheet; prop list; electric
cues. Act I, [92]p.; Act. II, [61]p.
Box 6
Folders 1-4.
Final production script, 10 November 1970. Acts I & II.
mimeo., [110]p. (2 copies).
Folders 5-22.
Various revised pages, various dates. Acts I and II. [1263]p.
Folder 23.
"Joe Layton notes from run through Sunday 9/13" [5]p.; "Joe Layton notes
from performance 11/5/70." [6]p.
Folder 24.
Daily log of run of production, with notes, Sept.
14-Nov. 24, 1970. [77]p.
Folder 25.
Photograph, staff meeting.
Folder 26.
Playbill, Shubert Theatre, Sept. 1970
(2 copies); Imperial Theatre, Oct. 1970, Nov. 1970 (2 copies), and
Jan.
1971.
Folder 27.
The Playgoer, Shubert Theatre, Sept. 14-26;
Souvenir program.
Folder 28.
2 cassette tapes.
Box 8
Audio Tape.
"final uneged, master, 15 ips, first cart, tails out."
