Finding Aid for the Alfred Dennis Scripts PASC.0276
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Title: Alfred Dennis scripts
Creator:
Dennis, Alfred
Identifier/Call Number: PASC.0276
Physical Description:
3.0 Linear Feet
(6 boxes)
Date (inclusive): circa 1960s-1980s
Abstract: Actor Alfred Dennis has appeared on film, television and stage. The collection consists of scripts that appear to be related
to Dennis' local and/or community theater involvement.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Alfred Dennis Scripts (Collection PASC 276). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift, 2002.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
There is very little biographical information available about Alfred Dennis . As an actor, Dennis has appeared in a number
of motion picture, television, and stage productions. Among his motion picture and television credits are
The Jerk,
The Shootist,
Get Smart, Kojak, and
The Monkees. Among his theater credits are the Off-Broadway production of
One Night Stands of a Noisy Passenger and
Kool Aid. Dennis also has been involved in community theater as actor and director with productions such as
Cabaret,
Can-Can,
Show Boat,
South Pacific, and
Victory Canteen.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of what appears to be play scripts related to the career of Alfred Dennis. Included in the collection
are a variety of scripts that appear to be for community and/or local theater productions during the 1960s-1980s. Among the
scripts are
Cabaret,
Can Can,
Fiddler on the Roof,
Kiss Me Kate,
Man of La Mancha,
Show Boat, and
South Pacific. It is not clear to what extent Dennis was involved with the productions or where they were produced. Additionally, there
are occasional clippings and ephemera found with selected scripts.
Organization and Arrangement
The scripts are arranged alphabetically by production title.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Scripts (documents).
Theater -- Production and direction -- Archives.
Actors -- Archives.
Dennis, Alfred--Archives.
box 1
Born Yesterday - play script
no date
box 3
Cabaret - play script
1966 Nov 20
box 1
Caesar and Cleopatra - play script
no date
box 2
Call Me Madam- annotated play script
no date
box 2
Can Can - play script
no date
box 4
Can Can - play script
no date
box 4
Can Can - play script
no date
box 4
Carnival - play script
no date
box 1
Cradle Will Rock (The) - play script
no date
box 4
Cyrano de Bergerac - play script, newspaper clippings, playbill, and ephemera
no date
General note
Appears to be Cyrano de Bergerac.
box 6
Dame Wiggin's Dilemma - play script and music
no date
box 5
Darling Rodalinda (Fledermaus) - playbills
no date
box 5
Die Fledermaus - dialogue and reviews
1984 April
box 5
Die Fledermaus - newspaper clippings, L.A. Opera Theater newsletter and program
1984 April
box 5
Die Fledermaus - opera and score
1951
box 5
Die Fledermaus - play script
no date
box 5
Die Fledermaus - rehearsal schedule and dialogue
1984 March
box 4
Dybbuk (The) - play script
no date
box 1
Fetch Me a Fig Leaf - annotated play script
no date
box 5
Fiddler - stage manager play script
no date
box 4
Fiddler on the Roof - play script, stagebill, clipping, and ephemera
no date
box 3
Guys and Dolls - published play script
1951
box 4
Hello Dolly - play script
1964 Jan 16
box 6
Help, Help the Globolinks! - published opera vocal score
1962
box 4
I Do, I Do - play script
1966
box 1
Illya Darling - play script
no date
box 2
Illya Darling - play script
no date
box 1
In a Cold Hotel - play script
no date
box 6
John Dooley - songs and letter
1961-1967
box 3
Kiss Me Kate - play script
no date
General note
Appears to be Kiss Me Kate.
box 5
Kiss Me Kate - play script
no date
General note
Appears to be Kiss Me Kate.
box 1
Let's Face It - annotated play script
1964 Sep 3
box 3
Little Shop of Horrors - play script
1982
box 5
Man of La Mancha - published play script
1966
box 5
Man of La Mancha - published play script with introduction
1966
box 3
Merry Widow (The) - play script and music
no date
box 1
New Moon - play script, playbill and notes
no date
box 1
Oklahoma - play script
no date
box 3
Oklahoma - play script
no date
box 2
Play That on Your Old Piano - play script
no date
box 1
Ram's Horn (The) - play script
no date
box 2
Royal Crown - Gatorade advertisement project
1968 Nov 14
box 3
Show Boat - play script
no date
box 4
Song of Norway (The) - annotated play script
no date
box 3
Sound of Music (The) - published play script
1960
box 2
South Pacific - play script
no date
box 1
Student Prince (The) - play script
no date
box 3
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - photocopied publication
1979 Mar
box 1
Sweethearts - play script
no date
box 1
Sweethearts - play script
no date
box 4
Take Me Along - play script
no date
box 2
That Hat - play script and ephemera
1964 Aug 10
box 6
Theatre Arts publication - six issues
1952-1959
box 6
Tovarich - play script and music
no date
box 1
Twin Brothers (The) - Narrative and Lyrics
no date
box 2
Wizard of Oz (The) - play script
no date
General note
Appears to be the Wizard of Oz.
box 2
Wizard of Oz (The) - play script
no date
