Early Plays, 1932-1939

Ideas for shows: early sketches, notes, and lyrics by Jean and Walter Kerr

Sketches

Photographs

Plays produced at St. George High School

Plays produced at Marywood College

Plays produced at Northwestern University

No Reason at All, 1932
Scope and Content Note: By Walter Kerr and Gilbert Nevius, produced at St. George High School, 1933

Script

St. George Minstrel Show, 1933
Scope and Content Note: By Walter Kerr and Gilbert Nevius, produced at St. George High School

Script

A Most Extraordinary Boy, 1934
Scope and Content Note: By Walter Kerr, suggested by Hans Christian Anderson's "Story of My Life"

Correspondence, copyright and commentary on play 1939

Original script, treatments, staging directions

Denison's Variety Revue by Walter Kerr, 1935

Correspondence and contracts, 1934-1935

Sketches

Murder in Reverse / by Walter Kerr, 1935

Correspondence, 1934

Script

Murder to Music / by Walter Kerr, 1935

Correspondence, 1936

Script

Movie Minstrel / by Walter Kerr, 1936

Contracts, financial information 1936-1938

Murder in Grey / by Walter Kerr, 1936

Script

Murder with Impunity / by Walter Kerr, 1936

Correspondence, 1936

Script

I'll Take Vanilla / by Walter Kerr, 1936

Contract, 1936

Script

Mystery Minstrel / by Walter Kerr, 1937

Correspondence, 1937

Don't Look Now, 1937 March
Scope and Content Note: Show at Northwestern University, script and lyrics by Walter Kerr and Charles Nelson

Script, lyrics

Musical score

Lyrics, financial information

Angels on Eggshells, 1937
Scope and Content Note: By Walter Kerr, Northwestern University

Correspondence, 1938

Script

Death and Deluge / by Walter Kerr, 1937

Script

A Murderous Marriage / by Walter Kerr, 1937

Script

Imps in Industry, 1937, 1939 June 10
Scope and Content Note: By Walter Kerr; renamed Inside-Out Family and produced by Jack and Jill Players1939 June 10, Chicago, Illinois

Correspondence commentary, 1937-1939

Script

Rip Van Winkle, 1937
Scope and Content Note: Adaptation from Washington Irving by Walter Kerr; produced at Northwestern University, scenes used in 1943 December at Catholic University

Correspondence, contract 1936-1937

Article by Walter Kerr

The Thief Is a Knight by Walter Kerr, 1938

Correspondence, contract 1938-1939

Script

Christopher over Chaos, 1938 July
Scope and Content Note: By Walter Kerr; submitted as his M.A. thesis, Northwestern University

Correspondence, 1938-1941

Script, 1938 July

The Vicar of Wakefield, 1938
Scope and Content Note: Adaptation from Oliver Goldsmith by Walter Kerr; produced, 1938, at Northwestern University

Correspondence, contract 1938

Christmas Incorporated by Walter Kerr, 1939

Correspondence, contracts 1937-1939

Script

Without Jury / by Walter Kerr, 1939

Correspondence, 1940, script

Script