Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Theodore Flicker papers
- Dates:
- 1958-1964
- Creators:
- Flicker, Theodore J., 1930-2014
- Abstract:
- This collection contains the papers of American screenwriter, playwright, producer, and director Theodore J. Flicker (1930-2014). The papers include playscripts, playbills, recordings of performances, correspondence, and scrapbooks.
- Containers:
- Box: 1
Box: 2
Box: 3
Box: 4
Box: 5
Box: 6 - Extent:
- 8.5 Linear Feet 6 boxes
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Theodore Flicker papers, Collection no. 2509, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains the papers of American screenwriter, playwright, producer, and director Theodore J. Flicker (1930-2014). The papers are primarily related to his career as a theatrical producer and includes playscripts, playbills, tapes of stage performances and improvisations, correspondence, and three scrapbooks of clippings and photographs.
- Biographical / historical:
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Theodore Flicker (1930-2014) was an American playwright, theatrical producer, television and film director, actor, and screenwriter. He worked as producer, director, and performer with the Compass Players in St. Louis. Flicker then opened the Crystal Palace Theater, the only monthly repertory theater in the country at the time. In 1959, he wrote the book and directed the Broadway musical, "The Nervous Set." In 1960, he established The Premise in New York.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Theodore Flicker, December 24, 1969.
- Processing information:
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This collection is unprocessed.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-03-22 14:38:54 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library 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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Theodore Flicker papers, Collection no. 2509, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
- Location of this collection:
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Cinematic Arts LibraryDoheny Memorial Library, Room G4Los Angeles, CA 90089-0185, US
- Contact:
- (213) 740-8383