Description
The Circle in the Square Theatre was founded in 1951 in New York City
by Theodore Mann, José Quintero, Jason Wingreen, Eileen Cramer and Emily Stevens. 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 Theodore Mann, José Quintero, Jason Wingreen,
Eileen Cramer and Emily Stevens. 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.
Availability
Collection is open for research.