Summary Information

Title: John Shubert Interviews
Inclusive Dates: 1959-1960

Creator:

• Shubert, John, 1908-1962

Call Number: Audio 501A

Quantity: 25 tape recordings

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Recorded interviews, from October 10, 1959 through 1960, conducted with John Shubert Jr. by dramatist Howard Teichmann, concerning the history of the Shubert theater organization and its founders. Included is information on the Shubert family's immigration to the United States and family life in Syracuse, New York, in the 1880s; entry into theater related activity by Lee, Sam, and J.J. Shubert; business practices, associates, and competitors; the effect of World War I on productions; WPA project theater groups; Shubert's childhood, education, and army service; family relationships; Shubert's personal opinions of performers, producers, and others; theatrical successes and failures; law suits, strikes, and other problems; changes in theater production costs and standards; the value of the 25 theaters owned by the Shubert organization and its other real estate holdings; and speculation on the future of the organization.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-audi00501a

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