Emmet Lavery Papers, 1925-1962

Container Title
U.S. Mss 60AN
Series: Scripts
Plays
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Dawn's Early Light, revised, 1959 June
Note: Commissioned by the state of Oregon; premiere performance at the University of Oregon.
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Fenelon, German version
Note: Performed at the State Theatre in Basel, Switzerland, 1956.
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The Gentleman from Athens, German version
Note: German title: Der Herr aus Athen. Written in 1947, German translation 1953, not produced in Germany as of February 1965.
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Hail to the Chief
Note: Produced in the State Theatre, Saarbrucken, 1958, under the title of The Indispensible Man. Program included.
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The Ladies of Soissons, program
Note: Produced at the Pasadena Playhouse, 1964. Program included.
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The Magnificent Yankee, revisions and program
Note: Research for play undertaken on Rockefeller Foundation grant, 1942-1943; play first produced in 1946.
Box   1
Second Spring, adaptation, 1963
Note: First written in 1938; adapted in 1963.
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Tarquin, program, 1941
Note: Opera by Emmet Lavery and Ernst Krenek, first performed at the Experimental Theatre of Vassar College, 1941; subsequently performed at the Cologne Opera House, 1950. Program included.
Box   2
The World's My Oyster, 1961
Note: A play with music, based on the life of W.C. Fields.
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Yankee Doodles, 1964
Note: A play with dancing for Children's Theatre.
Television and Films
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Behind the Rising Sun (RKO), annotated, 1943
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Caesar and Cleopatra, second revision, 1959 February 19
Note: Produced on television starring Maurice Evans, 1959.
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The Magnificent Yankee, MGM Version, 1950
The Magnificent Yankee, Hallmark Hall of Fame Version, 1965
Note: Rebroadcast February 3, 1966.
Box   2
Script, 1965
338A/1
Tape Recorded Telecast, 1965