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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Theodore Flicker papers
Creator:
Flicker, Theodore J., 1930-2014
Identifier/Call Number: 2509
Identifier/Call Number: 839
Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/5/resources/1354
Physical Description:
8.5 Linear Feet
6 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1958-1964
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.
Language of Material:
English
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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.
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.
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Rights Statement for Archival Description
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Theodore Flicker, December 24, 1969.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Theodore Flicker papers, Collection no. 2509, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
This collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Screenwriters -- United States -- Archival resources
Theater -- Production and direction
Theater programs
Clippings (information artifacts)
Scrapbooks
Correspondence
Video recordings (physical artifacts)
Playbills
Scripts
Flicker, Theodore J., 1930-2014 -- Archives