Finding Aid for the Federal Theatre Project Scripts and Publications, 1936-1939
Finding Aid for the Federal Theatre Project Scripts and Publications, 1936-1939
Collection number: 820
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- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
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- Radio scripts (Boxes 1-2).
- Plays (Boxes 3-4).
- Synopses of plays (Boxes 5-9).
- Folk songs and ballads (Box 9).
- Prelude to swing, production bulletin (Box 9).
Radio Scripts
Scope and Content Note
- Box 1: 25 scripts
- Box 2: 12 scripts
A capella in bronze. no.30 [Richard Milburn]. November 28, 1938.
Dramatic fragments. no.14 [Domestic tie-up]. April 10, 1937.
Drums [by James Boyd] episode 9. July 6, 1938.
Elizabethan theatre. no.1 [Volpone]. November 1, 1938.
Elizabethan theatre. no.2 [Duchess of Malfi]. November 15, 1938.
Elizabethan theatre. no.3 [Philaster]. November 22, 1938.
Elizabethan theatre. no.4 [A new way to pay old debts]. November 29, 1938.
Elizabethan theatre. no.5 [Tamburlaine the Great]. December 6, 1938.
Elizabethan theatre. no.6 [The silent woman]. December 13, 1938.
Elizabethan theatre. no.7 [Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay]. December 20, 1938.
Elizabethan theatre. no.8 [The shoemaker's holiday]. December 27, 1938.
Immortals of science: George W. Carver. n.d.
Immortals of science: no.13 [Madame Curie]. n.d.
Immortals of science: no.32 [Robert Koch]. February 1, 1938.
Immortals of science: no.35 [Alexander Graham Bell]. February 22, 1938.
Immortals of science: no.54 [What time is it]. July 6, 1938.
King Arthur & his knights, no.1. May 1, 1939.
King Arthur & his knights, no.2. May 8, 1939.
King Arthur & his knights, no.3. May 15, 1939.
Living portraits from the Bible. no.1 [Queen Esther]. n.d.
Living portraits from the Bible. no.4 [Sarah]. n.d.
Living portraits from the Bible. no.10 [Shunammite woman]. March 21, 1937.
Living portraits from the Bible. no.37 [Solomon and the maid of Shunem]. October 3, no year.
Living portraits from the Bible. no.59 [Daniel: Prince of Judah]. March 6, 1938.
Master builder, by Henrik Ibsen. June 13, 1937.
The popular theatre. no.15 [How perfectly shocking]. March 27, 1937.
The popular theatre. no.18 [Mountain music]. April 10, 1937.
The popular theatre. no.33 [Romeo and Juliet]. July 24, 1937.
The popular theatre. no.59 [O'Riley is my name]. January 22, 1938.
The popular theatre. no.77 [Highway to glory]. June 4, 1938.
The sad shepherd. n.d.
Their greatest story. no.2 [Surprise for the boys]. November 5, 1938.
Their greatest story. no.3 [Christ in concrete]. November 12, 1938.
They walked with beauty. no.7 [Goya]. n.d.
They walked with beauty. no.26 [Jonathan Swift]. November 7, 1938.
Turning points in famous lives. no.41 [Chic Sale]. September 18, 1937.
Turning points in famous lives. no.31 [Leeuwenhoek]. July 10, 1937.
Plays
Scope and Content Note
- Box 2: 8 plays
- Box 3: 8 plays
- Box 4: 6 plays
The advent and nativity of Christ. 1937.
Arent, Arthur. Triple A plowed under. 1936.
Blum, Edwin Harvey. The kickback. n.d.
Coventry Mircle play. 1937.
Coventry Mircle play. n.d.
Fagan, J.B. And so to bed. n.d.
The farce of Monsieur Pierre Patelin, or The mutton trial. n.d.
The farce of the worthy Master Pierre Patelin, the lawyer. n.d.
Gerstenberg, Alice. Alice in wonderland. n.d.
Giacosa, Giuseppe. Like falling leaves. n.d.
Green, Howard J. and Raymond Leslie Goldman. The people's choice. n.d.
Huxley, Aldous. The world of light. n.d.
Murphy, Grace. Kaminao: the story of Damien. n.d.
Romains, Jules. Donogoo, translated by Gilbert Seldes. n.d.
Savage, George. See how they run. n.d.
Savage, George. See how they run. Revised edition #2. n.d.
The second shepherds' play, [adapted] by Harold Whitehall. n.d.
Taylor, Tom. Our American cousin. n.d.
Totheroh, Dan and George O'Neil. Mother lode. n.d.
Van Dyke, Philip [adapter] The twilight of the theatre, by H.R. Lenormand. n.d.
Wilder, Thornton. Pullman car Hiawatha. n.d.
Unidentified play: title page missing. n.d.
Federal Theatre Project. Synopses of plays: A-G.
Synopses of Plays
Federal Theatre Project. Synopses of plays: H-Z.
Federal Theatre Project. Synopses of Plays
Anglo-Jewish plays. 1938.
Anti-war plays. 1937.
Anti-war plays, foreign and Anglo-Jewish. 1937.
Anti-war plays, royalty list.
Catalogue of full-length plays. n.d.
Catholic plays. Part I. 1937.
Catholic plays. Parts 2 and 3. 1938.
Children's plays, Christmas. Part 1 (non-royalty). 1936.
Easter plays. 1937.
Early American plays. Part 1. n.d.
Full-length plays. Part 2. 1936.
Halloween; Thanksgiving; Plymouth Days. n.d.
Health--Safety--Humane children's plays. 1936.
Holiday musical plays. Part 1. 1937.
Federal Theatre Project. Synopses of plays:
Holiday musical plays. Part 2. 1938.
Holiday plays for children: orchestrations. n.d.
Irish plays. 1938.
Jewish plays and pageants. 1937.
Juvenile operettas. Part 1. 1938.
Juvenile operettas. Part 2. 1938.
Marionette plays. 1936.
Marionettes: origin and development. n.d.
Monologues. 1938.
Musical comedies. Part 1. 1938.
Musical plays. 1937.
Musical plays. [list]. n.d.
Musical plays. Supplement to former list of same title. 1936.
Federal Theatre Project. Synopses of plays:
Negro plays. 1938.
Negro plays. A suggested list. 1938.
New Testament plays. 1938.
Old Testament plays. 1938.
One-act plays: non-royalty. Part 1. 1936.
One-act plays: royalty. Part 1. 1937.
Operettas. Part 1. 1938.
Operettas for high schools: orchestrations. n.d.
Operettas for children: orchestrations. n.d.
Operettas for adults: orchestrations. n.d.
Patriotic holiday plays. Part 1. 1937.
Patriotic holiday plays. Part 2. 1937.
Puppet theatre plays. 1938.
Puppeteer's guide, by Ralph Chesse and Amy Creasy. n.d.
Rural plays. Part 1. 1937.
Rural plays. Part 2. 1937.
Rural plays. Part 3. 1937.
Federal Theatre Project. Synopses of plays:
Russian plays. n.d.
Spanish plays, old and new. 1937.
Theatre technique. no.1. Make-up. 1937.
Theatre technique. no.2. Costume. 1937.
Theatre technique. no.3. Puppets and masks. 1937.
Vaudeville sketches: non-royalty. Part 1. 1937.
Vaudeville sketches: royalty. Part 1. 1937.
Vaudeville sketches: royalty. Part 2. 1937.
Yiddish anti-war plays. 1937.
Folk-Songs and Ballads
Folk-songs of America. 1938.
Folk tunes from Mississippi. 1937.
Traditional ballads mainly from West Virginia. 1939.
Miscellaneous
Prelude to swing. Monday, June 12, 1939.
Scope and Content Note