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Collector:
University of California, Davis. Dept. of Special Collections.
Title: Squaring the Circle Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1935-1961
Extent:
0.4 linear feet
Abstract: Squaring the Circle, a play written by Russian dramatist Valentin Katayev, was first
produced at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1928. The United States production, translated by Charles Malamuth and
Eugene Lyons, premiered at the Pasadena Community Playhouse in August 1935 and was later performed at the Broad
Street Theatre in Philadelphia and at the Lyceum and Adelphi Theatres in New York City. The collection contains
correspondence, photographs, and ephemera relating to the play's 1935 U.S. production. Also included are several
images of the cast that performed at the Moscow Art Theatre.
Physical location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many
are stored offsite.
Repository:
University of California, Davis. General Library. Dept. of Special
Collections.
Davis, California 95616-5292
Collection number: D-143
Language of Material: Collection materials in English.
Squaring the Circle, a play written by Russian dramatist Valentin Katayev, was first produced at the Moscow Art
Theatre in 1928. The United States production, translated by Charles Malamuth and Eugene Lyons, premiered at the
Pasadena Community Playhouse in August 1935 and was later performed at the Broad Street Theatre in Philadelphia
and at the Lyceum and Adelphi Theatres in New York City. The entire action of the play takes place in a
municipalized apartment building in Moscow under the Soviet regime.
The collection contains correspondence, photographs, and ephemera relating to the play's 1935 U.S. production.
Also included are several images of the cast that performed at the Moscow Art Theatre.
The collection is arranged in four series: Correspondence, Manuscripts, Ephemera, and Photographs.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public
access catalog.
Kataev, Valentin, 1897-1986--Kvadratura
kruga
Theater--New York (State)--New York
Collection is open for research.
Acquired from Richard Stoddard in 1978.
Sara Gunasekara processed this collection and created and encoded this finding aid.
[Identification of item], Squaring the Circle Collection, D-143, Department of Special Collections, General
Library, University of California, Davis.
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.