Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Robert Eisele scripts,
- Dates:
- 1985-1994
- Creators:
- Eisele, Robert, 1948-
- Abstract:
- Though primarily known as a writer, Robert Eisele has worked in multiple aspects of the entertainment industry including as a teacher, writer, story editor and producer. The collection consists of script drafts for television projects including the series Cagney and Lacey and The Equalizer among others.
- Extent:
- 2 boxes (.75 linear ft.)
- Language:
- Finding aid is written in English.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Robert Eisele scripts (Collection 230). Performing Arts Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of scripts related to the career of writer Robert Eisele. Includes drafts of television scripts including Cagney and Lacey, The Equalizer, Lily in Winter, and Last Light.
- Biographical / historical:
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Robert H. Eisele was born June 9, 1948 in Altadena, CA. He obtained both his B.A. and M.F.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1971 and 1974 respectively. Though primarily known as a writer, Eisele has worked in multiple aspects of the entertainment industry including as a professor, writer, story editor and producer. Beginning his career in the 1970's, Eisele taught playwriting throughout California at such institutions as Santa Monica College, The American Conservatory Theatre and Rio Hondo College. His work in television first began in the mid 1980's as a story editor for the television series Crime Story and he went on to produce for the television stations NBC-TV and Universal TV. Eisele's television writing credits include the television series Cagney and Lacey and The Equalizer and his motion picture writing credits include the films The Last Light and The Great Debaters. In addition to his work for television and film, Eisele has written multiple stage plays, garnering awards such as the Oscar Hammerstein playwrighting fellowship, the Donald Davis Dramatic Writing Award, and the Humanitas Award.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift, 1996.
- Arrangement:
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The collection is arranged alphabetically by project title.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from database containing container list structure and data, encoding added via MS Access and Notetab Pro; frontmatter gathered from MARC Record. Date of source: 21 June 2002. Supplementary encoding and revision by Caroline Cubé.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections. 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:
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[Identification of item], Robert Eisele scripts (Collection 230). Performing Arts 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