Description
The Circle in the Square Theatre was founded in 1951 in New York City by Paul Libin,
Theodore Mann, and Jose Quintero. The collection contains fifty-four photographs depicting the 1952 Circle
in the Square production of Tennessee Williams'
Summer and Smoke, directed by Jose Quintero.
Background
The Circle in the Square Theatre was founded in 1951 in New York City by Paul Libin, Theodore Mann, and Jose
Quintero. It opened on February 2, 1951 with a revival of Richardson and Berney's Dark of the
Moon. Productions included revivals of Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke in 1952,
Truman Capote's The Grass Harp in 1953, and Arthur Hayes's The Girl on the Via
Flaminia in 1954.
Restrictions
Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17, of the U.S. Code. All requests for permission to
publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections, General Library,
University of California, Davis as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.