Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Tryout Theatre collection of radio plays
- Dates:
- 1948-1949
- Creators:
- Tryout Theatre (Seattle, Wash.)
- Abstract:
- The Tryout Theatre was a non-profit organization founded in 1943 in Seattle, Washington to promote the development and production of new American plays. The collection contains transcripts of radio plays broadcast by the group.
- Extent:
- 1 boxes (0.5 linear ft.)
- Language:
- Finding aid is written in English.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Tryout Theatre collection of radio plays (Collection 1623). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists predominantly of mimeographed and typescript play scripts that were adapted for a radio program conducted by the Tryout Theatre. Also included are 3 programs for stage plays.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Tryout Theatre was a non-profit organization founded in 1943 in Seattle, Washington by George Savage, Zoe Lund Schiller and others. Its purpose was to promote the development and production of new American plays. The theatre was a member of the National Theatre Conference, Seattle Art Museum, American Educational Theatre Manuscript Play Project, and the American National Theatre and Academy.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Mrs. Allen.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Heather Lowe in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Megan Hahn Fraser, August 2011.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2012
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from Microsoft Word-processed finding aid, encoding added via Notetab Pro. Date of source: August 2011 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Tryout Theatre collection of radio plays (Collection 1623). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988