Inventory of the Albee Directs Albee Collection
Sara Gunasekara
Department of Special Collections
General Library
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616-5292
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Creator:
Albee Directs Albee
Title: Albee Directs Albee Collection
Date (inclusive): 1976-1979
Extent:
1.2 linear feet
Abstract: The Albee Directs Albee project was a forty week international tour of
universities and arts centers throughout the United States, South Korea, and Japan, during which Edward
Albee, Pulitzer Prize winning American dramatist, directed the troupe in presenting eight of his one-act
plays. The collection contains scripts, promotional materials, photographs, and reel-to-reel recordings
relating to the production.
Physical location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as
many are stored offsite.
Repository:
University of California, Davis. General Library. Department of
Special Collections.
Davis, California 95616-5292
Collection number: D-131
Language of Material: Collection materials in English.
History
The Albee Directs Albee project was a forty week international tour of universities and arts centers
throughout the United States, South Korea, and Japan, during which Edward Albee directed the troupe in
presenting eight of his one-act plays. The tour commenced on August 27, 1978 at the State University of
New York, Stony Brook and was completed on June 15, 1979 at the Urban Centre in Hong Kong.
The eight plays, all one-acts, were divided into three performances: I.
The Zoo Story and
The American Dream, II.
Fam and Yam,
The Sandbox, and
Box and Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse Tung, and III.
Counting the Ways and
Listening. The plays were directed by Albee
while the project was produced by Mark Hall Amitin. The company of actors included: Eileen Burns,
Catherine Bruno, Patricia Kilgarriff, Wyman Pendleton, and Stephen Howe.
Edward Albee (1928- ), Pulitzer Prize winning American dramatist, began writing plays at age thirty. His
first play was
The Zoo Story, which was awarded the Vernon Rice Award. He is best known
for
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962), his first full-length drama. Albee was
awarded the Gold Medal in Drama from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in 1980, and
in 1996 received the Kennedy Center Honors and the National Medal of Arts. In 2005 he was awarded the
special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Scope and Content
Scripts, promotional materials, photographs, and reel-to-reel recordings relating to the forty week tour
of the Albee Directs Albee Project.
Arrangement of the Collection
The collection is arranged in four series: Scripts, Promotional Materials, Reel-to-Reel Recordings,
and Photographs.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online
public access catalog.
Albee, Edward, 1928---Archives.
American drama--20th century
Theater--United States
One-act plays
Access
Collection is open for research.
Processing Information
Sara Gunasekara processed this collection and created and encoded this finding aid.
Acquisition Information
Acquired from Mark Hall Amitin in 1981.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Albee Directs Albee Collection, D-131, Department of Special Collections,
General Library, University of California, Davis.
Publication Rights
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.
Series 1.
Scripts
1978-1979
Physical Description:
4 folders
Box 1:1
Programs I., II., and III.: Working Scripts
1978-1979
Box 1:2
Program I.: Rehearsal Script
1978-1979
Box 1:3
Program II.: Rehearsal Script
1978
Box 1:4
Technical information accompanying scripts
1978-1979
Series 2.
Promotional Materials
1976-1979
Physical Description:
4 folders
Scope and Content Note
Contains news clippings, press releases, and a poster.
Box 1:5
Clippings
1976-1979
Scope and Content Note
Contains clippings of interviews with Edward Albee and reviews and publicity about the
performances.
Box 1:6
Clippings
1977-1979
Scope and Content Note
Contains clippings of interviews with Edward Albee and reviews and publicity about the
performances.
Box 1:8
Press releases, clippings
1977-1979
Series 3.
Reel-to-Reel Recordings
1978-1979
Physical Description:
2 reel-to-reel tapes
Box 2:1
Program II: Cues from Box and Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse Tung
1978?
Box 2:2
Program II: Cues from The Sandbox and Box and Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse Tung
1978 August
Series 4.
Photographs
1978-1979
Physical Description:
0.8 linear feet
Scope and Content Note
Contains prints and contact sheets of rehearsals and performances.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
Box 2:3
Albee, Edward
undated
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 2:4-6
The American Dream
undated
Physical Description:
3 prints
Box 2:7
The American Dream, Listening, at the Society of Performing Arts, Houston, Texas
1978 December
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet
Box 2:8-18
The American Dream, preview at the State University of New York, Stony Brook
1978
Physical Description:
10 prints and 1 contact sheet
Box 2:19
The American Dream, rehearsal at Columbia University
1978 August
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 2:20
The American Dream, The Zoo Story, at the Society of Performing Arts, Houston, Texas
1978 December
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet
Box 2:21
The American Dream, The Zoo Story, rehearsals at Columbia University; group
photographs
1978 August
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet
Box 2:22-23
Box and Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse Tung
1978-1979
Physical Description:
2 prints
Box 2:24
Box and Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse Tung, The American Dream, preview at the
State University of New York, Stony Brook
1978 September
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet
Box 2:25
Couting the Ways; Listening, at the Society of Performing Arts, Houston, Texas
1978 December
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet
Box 2:26
Fam and Yam, Sandbox, The Zoo Story, at the Society of Performing Arts, Houston,
Texas
1978 December
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet
Box 2:27
Group shot of the cast
1978-1979
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 2:28-33
Listening, preview at the State University of New York, Stony Brook
1978 September
Physical Description:
5 prints and 1 contact sheet
Box 2:34
Passport photos for Pat Kilgariff, Stephen Rowe and Wyman Pendleton
1979
Physical Description:
3 prints
Box 2:35
Publicity photographs for various actors and actresses
undated
Physical Description:
11 prints
Box 2:36-71, Box 3:1-39
Rehearsals at the State University of New York, Stony Brook
1978 August
Physical Description:
75 prints
Box 3:40
Sandbox, Box and Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse Tung, at the Society of Performing
Arts, Houston, Texas
1978 December
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet
Box 3:41
Seoul, South Korea
1979
Physical Description:
11 prints
Box 3:42
Seoul, South Korea, official reception photos by the United States Embassy
1979
Physical Description:
7 prints
Box 3:43-56
The Zoo Story, preview at the State University of New York, Stony Brook
1978 September
Physical Description:
13 prints and 1 contact sheet
Box 3:57
The Zoo Story, rehearsal at Columbia University
1978-1979
Physical Description:
1 print
