Title: Larry Shue Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1968-1985

Creator:

• Shue, Larry

Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 63

Quantity:

• 5.2 cubic ft. (10 boxes)
• 1 audio cassette
• 57 safety film negatives

Repository:

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives Department

Archival Location:

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Miscellaneous papers of a noted Milwaukee, Wisconsin playwright and actor. The collection includes drafts, scripts, news clippings, and publicity materials for Shue's plays, poems, and writings, including The Foreigner, Grandma Duck is Dead, The Nerd, and Wenceslas Square. Includes an extensive number of Shue's letters to and from colleagues and friends concerning personal matters and their careers, heavily annotated scripts of productions in which Shue acted, and Shue's score for My Emperor's Clothes. Of particular interest are Shue's diaries, dating from 1958 to 1985. Paintings and drawings, done by Shue or by his friends and family for him, are included. Also included is the Chicago Report, a family newsletter written by Shue's father, providing details on the family's activities, careers, and travels especially to the Far East. The collection contains a recording of the memorial service at the Todd Wehr Theater following Shue's September 1985 death in a plane crash. A book of tribute put together by Shue's family, as well as letters to the family after Shue's death, are included in the collection.

Language: English

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Larry Shue was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on July 23, 1946. He obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1968. After duty in the U.S. Army (1969-1972), Shue acted in dinner theaters before being invited to join the Milwaukee Repertory Theater (MRT) in 1977. He was a playwright-in-residence at the MRT between 1977-1985. Shue died in a plane crash in Weyers Cove, Virginia on September 23, 1985. Shue authored several plays, including The Foreigner, Grandma Duck is Dead, My Emperor's New Clothes, The Nerd, and Wenceslas Square. The Nerd was Shue's best known work. Additional biographical information can be found in box 1, folder 2.

The files are organized alphabetically by personal name or by subject, then chronologically.

Citation Guide for Primary Sources

• Milwaukee Repertory Theatre Records. Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 95.

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39). The copyright to Larry Shue materials belongs to Larry Shue, Inc. Copyright held by a person organization other than Shue remains with them. Researchers wanting additional information concerning copyright for the collection should contact Mr. Thomas Mallon, Larry Shue, Inc. (phone [212-575-8500] or fax [212-944-7929]).

Acquisition Information

Cindy Moran of the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre Company donated the collection to the Archives on March 23, 1995 (accession 1994-029). On July 10, 1997, Percy and Dolores Shue donated additional materials to the collection (accession 1997-003). Kristine Thatcher donated additional materials in January 2008 (accession 2007-032).

Processing Information

Mark A. Vargas processed accession 1994-029 at the Archives in June-August 1995. The original condition of the collection was very poor. Most of the items were badly disorganized, and largely piled into boxes without any sort of file arrangement or dating. The collection was arranged as much as possible by the name of Shue's works. Michele Christian processed accession 1997-003 (boxes 6-8) in August 1997. Leslie Heinrichs reprocessed the first accession in January-April 2000. Dan Vinson, supervised by Christel Maass, processed accession 2007-032 (boxes 9-10) in April 2008.

In October 2011, Bob Jaeger removed 57 safety film negatives and placed them with other safety film negatives.

Box   3 Folder   1	1776, Photographs, 1972
Box   3 Folder   2	Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, Photographs, undated
Box   3 Folder   3	Anything Goes, Photographs, undated
Box   1 Folder   1	At a Drive-In Restaurant, undated
Box   6 Folder   1	Audience Comment Cards, undated
Box   3 Folder   4	Ben Franklin Character for American Bicentennial, Photographs, 1974
Box   1 Folder   2	Biographical Information, undated
	Book of Tribute
Box   6 Folder   2	1986
Box   6 Folder   3	Thank You Letters, 1986
Box   3 Folder   5	The Boy Friend, Photographs, undated
Box   3 Folder   6	Camelot, Photographs, undated
Box   8	Caricature of Shue, 1974
Box   3 Folder   7	Carousel, Photographs, undated
Box   1 Folder   3	Charley's Diary, for John Dillon, 1975
Box   1 Folder   4-5	Chicago Report, 1976-1983
	A Christmas Carol
Box   1 Folder   6	1977-1978
Box   1 Folder   7	1980
Box   3 Folder   8	Photographs, 1977
Box   9 Folder   1	Chronicles of a Contract Player, undated
	Correspondence
Box   6 Folder   4	1969-1984, undated
Box   9 Folder   2	undated
Box   6 Folder   5	Parents, 1965, 1986-1987
Box   6 Folder   6	Czar of the Movies, undated
Box   3 Folder   9	Dead Souls, Photographs, 1980
	Diary
Box   1 Folder   8	1958-1960
Box   6 Folder   7-13	1961-1981
Box   1 Folder   9	1982
Box   6 Folder   14-18	1983-1985
Box   1 Folder   10	Drama Library, undated
Box   8	Drawing of Shylock, by L.H. Shue, 1972
Box   8	Drawing of Three Actors Jumping and One Man Standing Still, undated
Box   1 Folder   11	Drawings, undated
Box   6 Folder   19	Drawings, undated
Box   5 Folder   1	Drood is Dead, undated
Box   1 Folder   12	Experimental Productions at Illinois Wesleyan University, undated
	Family
Box   3 Folder   10	Photographs, 1966-1971
Box   3 Folder   11-12	Photographs, 1974-1980, undated
Box   3 Folder   13	Family and Friends, Photographs, undated
Box   3 Folder   14	Fiddler on the Roof, Photographs, 1977
Box   1 Folder   13	Fighting Bob, 1979
	The Foreigner
Box   1 Folder   14	Contracts and Copyright, 1982-1983
Box   1 Folder   15	Cuts and Changes, undated
Box   1 Folder   16	First Draft, 1982
Box   1 Folder   17	First Draft Revised, 1982
Box   1 Folder   18	Manuscript Draft, undated
Box   1 Folder   19	News Clippings and Programs, 1983
Box   6 Folder   20	Programs, 1986-1987
Box   1 Folder   20	Publicity, 1983-1984
Box   6 Folder   21	Published Copy, 1985
Box   6 Folder   22	Revised, 1985
Box   3 Folder   15	The Freeway, Photographs, 1978-1979
Box   1 Folder   21	Friends, undated
Box   3 Folder   16	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Photographs, undated
	Grandma Duck is Dead
Box   1 Folder   22	1979
Box   1 Folder   23	Contract, 1979
Box   1 Folder   24	Discards, 1979
Box   1 Folder   25-26	Drafts, undated
Box   1 Folder   27	Earplay Version, 1979
Box   6 Folder   23	Film Treatment, 1979
Box   5 Folder   2	Manuscript, undated
Box   1 Folder   28	News Clippings and Programs, 1979-1983
Box   6 Folder   24	Published Copy, 1984
Box   6 Folder   25	Revised, 1979
Box   6 Folder   26	Grandma Duck Song Book, undated
Box   6 Folder   27	Harlequin Dinner Theatre, 1975-1979
Box   9 Folder   3	Have You Anything to Declare?, undated
	Hello, Dolly!
Box   1 Folder   29	undated
Box   3 Folder   17	Photographs, undated
Box   1 Folder   30	High Time, undated
Box   3 Folder   18	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Photographs, undated
	Incoming Letters
Box   1 Folder   31-35	1968-1980
Box   2 Folder   1-4	1981-1984
Box   2 Folder   5-9	undated
Box   2 Folder   10	The Ingrate Review, undated
Box   3 Folder   19	Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Photographs, undated
Box   3 Folder   20	Japan, Photographs, undated
Box   2 Folder   11	Japanese Journal, undated
Box   6 Folder   28	Japanese Trip, Report, 1980
Box   2 Folder   12	Lakeboat, 1980
Box   4 Folder   1	Little Marie Sunshine, Photographs, undated
Box   2 Folder   13	Looking for Tina Meyer, undated
Box   2 Folder   14	Lust for Death, 1978
Box   2 Folder   15	A Master Work in Retrospect, 1969
Audio   1	Memorial Service, 1985 Physical Description: Audio cassette
Box   2 Folder   16	Midwest Playwrights Laboratory, 1978-1979
Box   6 Folder   29	Milwaukee Magazine, 1984-1985
Box   9 Folder   4	Miscellaneous Early Writings, undated
Box   5 Folder   3	Miscellaneous Notes and Poems, undated
Box   4 Folder   2-4	Miscellaneous Productions, Photographs, 1965, undated
Box   9 Folder   5	Miscellaneous Writings, undated
Box   2 Folder   17	Mother Courage, undated
	My Emperor's New Clothes
Box   10 Folder   1	1967
Box   6 Folder   30	1985
Box   10 Folder   2	Piano Score, undated
Box   10 Folder   3	Mystery at the Lakeside Lodge, undated
	The Nerd
Box   2 Folder   18	1980
Box   2 Folder   19	First Draft, 1980
Box   2 Folder   20	Miscellaneous Notes, undated
Box   2 Folder   21	News Clippings, 1980-1983
Box   4 Folder   5	Photographs, 1984
Box   7 Folder   1	Programs, 1980-1987
Box   7 Folder   2	Published Copy, 1987
Box   2 Folder   22	Script, 1980
Box   4 Folder   6	New Orleans, Photographs, undated
	News Clippings
Box   6 Folder   31-32	1965-1982
Box   7 Folder   3	1983-1990, undated
Box   2 Folder   23-24	Notebooks, undated
Box   7 Folder   4	Notes, undated
Box   4 Folder   7	Oliver, Photographs, undated
Box   2 Folder   25	Orphee, undated
Box   4 Folder   8	Orpheus, Photographs, 1980
Box   2 Folder   26	Outgoing Letters, 1968-1983
Box   8	Painting of a Colonial or Revolutionary Period Man, undated
Box   8	Painting of a Forest, by L.H. Shue, 1963
Box   10 Folder   4	Pandemonium, undated
Box   8	Photograph of an Unidentified Women, undated
Box   8	Photograph of Shue Acting with Two Other Men, undated
Box   7 Folder   5	Photograph of Shue as a Boy with Howdy Doody, undated
Box   8	Photograph of Shue as a Vampire, undated
Box   7 Folder   6	Prologue: The Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, 1979
Box   4 Folder   9	Publicity and Closeup, Photographs, undated
Box   7 Folder   7	Remembrance Memorabilia, undated
Box   7 Folder   8	The Reunion, undated
Box   2 Folder   27	Richard III, undated
Box   4 Folder   10	Romeo and Juliet, Photographs, undated
Box   2 Folder   28	Shue-Biz, 1987
Box   7 Folder   9	Siliasocles: An Extant Satyr Play, undated
Box   4 Folder   11	South Pacific, Photographs, undated
Box   2 Folder   29	"Spare the Child", One Day at a Time TV Show, 1982
Box   4 Folder   12	Stage Productions, Photographs, undated
Box   4 Folder   13	Travel, Photographs, undated
Box   2 Folder   30	Treasure on Prospect Avenue, 1982
Box   7 Folder   10	Troupe of American College Players, 1968
Box   4 Folder   14	Twelfth Night, Photographs, undated
35 mm Safety Film Box   2	Unidentified Negatives, undated Physical Description: 35 mm safety film negatives
4 x 5 Safety Film Box   1	Unidentified Negatives, undated Physical Description: 4" x 5" safety film negatives
8 x 10 Safety Film Box   1	Unidentified Negatives, undated Physical Description: 8" x 10" safety film negatives
Box   7 Folder   11	Untitled [Flash and Voice Dialogue], undated
Box   2 Folder   31	A Visitor from Olympus, undated
Box   7 Folder   12	Washington Times: Arts and Entertainment, Washington After Dark, Section Two, 1974
Box   4 Folder   16	Wedding, Photographs, undated
	Wenceslas Square
Box   2 Folder   32	News Clippings and Programs, 1984
Box   7 Folder   14	Published Copy, 1988
Box   2 Folder   33	Script, 1984
Box   2 Folder   34	The Would-Be Gentleman, Adaptation, Script, undated
Box   4 Folder   17	The Zoo Story, Photographs, undated