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M2008-055
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Part 3 (M2008-055): Additions, 1945-1995
6.6 cubic feet (17 archives boxes) and 1.0 cubic foot of photographs (2 archives boxes and 1 flat box)
: Additions, 1945-1995, personal and business correspondence, play scripts and prompt scripts, stage-play and television production files; and photographs, including portraits, snapshots, and scene stills and production stills of plays directed by Mr. Freedman.
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Series: Biographical
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Box
1
Folder
1
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Résumés, clippings on career, Who's Who and theatrical encyclopedia entries on Gerald Freedman, press releases
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Address book
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Series: Correspondence
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Correspondence, 1945-1951
: Mostly to and from family and friends, but with some letters dealing with the Valley Players, Holyoke, Massachusetts, and Gerald Freedman's employment there (playbills, press releases and form letters of the Valley Players originally associated with the correspondence have been filed separately in Box 3, Folder 14).
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Box
3
Folder
4-7
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General correspondence, 1971-1973, 1975-1980, 1984
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Box
2
Folder
1-2
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General correspondence (continued)
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Box
2
Folder
3
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Personal correspondence, 1961-1988, , undated
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Box
2
Folder
4
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Letters from family, 1976-1977
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Box
2
Folder
4
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Gerald Freedman related draft documents, 1945-1948
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Box
2
Folder
5
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Letters to and from Mrs. Fannie Freedman, Gerald Freedman's mother
: Also includes obituaries on her death on September 28, 1979, and letters of condolence.
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Box
2
Folder
6
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Letters from notable correspondents
: Includes Julie Andrews, Deborah Kerr, Joseph Papp, Jerome Robbins, Beverly Sills, Jan Skotnicki, and Jean Stapleton.
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Series: General
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American College Theatre Festival, The Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
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Box
2
Folder
7
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Correspondence, schedules, and playbills for venues attended during tours, 1975-1983
: Also includes transcripts of comments on productions at the venues by Freedman.
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American Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford, Connecticut
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Box
2
Folder
8
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Correspondence list, 1983
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Harold Clurman
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Box
2
Folder
9
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Essays by Harold Clurman: photocopies
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Box
2
Folder
9
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“Soviet Diary”: typescript
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Box
2
Folder
9
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Correspondence between Freedman and Clurman, 1975
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Contracts
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Box
2
Folder
10
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Various productions directed by Freedman
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Great Lakes Theater Festival
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Box
2
Folder
11
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Clippings, playbills and correspondence, 1984-1987
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Box
3
Folder
1
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Correspondence, 1986
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Box
3
Folder
2-3
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Casting lists, 1986-1987
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Institute for Advanced Studies in the Theater Arts
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Box
3
Folder
4
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Correspondence, 1974-1977
: With John Mitchell about Freedman's teaching at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Theatre Arts (later part of the Northwood Institute Arts Program).
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Juilliard School
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Box
3
Folder
5
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Correspondence, lecture notes, regarding courses on directing, 1972-1974
: Lectures involved the topic “Acting Style,” and the plays Room Service and Six Characters in Search of an Author.
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Alvina Krause
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Box
3
Folder
6
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“The Playhouse, Eagles Mere, Pennsylvania, 100 Productions”: pamphlet, 1956
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Box
3
Folder
7
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Letters from and about Alvina Krause
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Box
3
Folder
7
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Studies of Krause in Northwestern University publications
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Box
3
Folder
7
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Obituaries and eulogies, 1982 January
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Box
3
Folder
7
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Receipt and release for a legacy to Freedman under Krause's will
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Box
3
Folder
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Playbills for dedication of Krause Theater at Northwestern
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National Opera Institute and Central Opera Service
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Box
3
Folder
8
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Flyers and correspondence
: Especially about a Central Opera Service conference in Toronto, October 1979, at which Freedman made a presentation on “New Directions for Opera Interpretation.”
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New York Shakespeare Festival
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Box
3
Folder
9
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Report and correspondence, circa 1964
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Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
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Northwestern University Theatre, 1947-1950
: Plays featuring Freedman as an actor and set designer.
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Box
3
Folder
10
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Clippings and playbills, 1948
: For Antigone, by Sophocles (November-December 1948), Dream Girl, by Elmer Rice (October 1948) and Volpone, by Ben Jonson (December 1947 and July 1948).
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Box
3
Folder
11
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Playbill for the “Waa-Mu Show of 1950”
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Alumni Awards, 1975 April 26
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Box
3
Folder
12
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Brochure and award
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Proposals for new media production and studies programs, 1983
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Box
3
Folder
13
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Schedules, rundowns, for 1980 campus television narrowcasts
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Box
3
Folder
13
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Letter from Roy V. Wood, regarding proposal, 1983 September 28
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The Valley Players, Holyoke, Massachusetts, 1950
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Box
3
Folder
14
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Playbills, form letters, press release announcing Freedman's appointment as set designer
: Also includes a few script pages and drafts of lyrics.
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Series: Projects: Theater
: Productions directed by Freedman, unless noted otherwise or unidentified.
Photographs have been separated and described in the Photographs series, and are arranged by production.
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The Alligators / play by Molly Kazan
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Unidentified production
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Box
3
Folder
15
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Script: copy with corrections, undated
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America's Sweetheart: musical / book by John Weidman and Alfred Uhry, music by Robert Waldman, lyrics by Alfred Uhry
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Huntington Theatre, Hartford, Connecticut, 1985
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Box
3
Folder
16
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Death and Taxes: play script with production notes, after 1982 August 25
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Box
3
Folder
17
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America's Sweetheart: play script copy, 1983 December
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Box
4
Folder
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America's Sweetheart: play script copy, circa 1984
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Box
4
Folder
2
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America's Sweetheart: typed draft, undated
: With undated letter from Steve R.
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Box
4
Folder
3
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Notes and correspondence, 1983-1985
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Box
4
Folder
4
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Play script: copy with corrections, and playbill, 1984
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As You Like It / play by William Shakespeare
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Equity Library Theatre Inc., 1952
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Box
4
Folder
5
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Prompt script, production notes, copy for playbill and letters from Sefton Darr and Alvina Kraus
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New York Shakespeare Festival, 1963
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Box
4
Folder
6
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Prompt book
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Box
4
Folder
7
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Prompt script
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The Au Pair Man / play by Hugh Leonard
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New York Shakespeare Festival, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 1973-1974
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Box
4
Folder
8
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Prompt script, including cast, crew and prop lists, and light plots
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A Beast's Story / play by Adrienne Kennedy
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New York Shakespeare Festival, 1969
: As half of a double-bill with The Owl Answers, end Cities in Bezique.
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Box
4
Folder
9
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Play script: copy with corrections, undated
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Bells Are Ringing: musical / book and lyrics by Betty Comdon and Adolph Green, music by Jule Styne
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Shubert Theatre and Alvin Theatre, New York, directed by Jerome Robbins, assistant director Gerald Freedman, 1956-1959
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Box
5
Folder
1
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Book: typescript carbon-copy, undated
: Includes schedules, lists of numbers, orchestral forces. Also includes prop list for “The Merry Widow.”
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Box
5
Folder
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Director's notes, telegrams, clippings
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Box
5
Folder
3
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Prompt script: typescript carbon-copy with scene dividers
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Blood Wedding / play by Federico García Lorca
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Great Lakes Theater Festival, Cleveland, Ohio, 1988 October 7-22
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Box
5
Folder
4
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Congratulatory correspondence and clippings
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La Bohème / opera by Giacomo Puccini
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San Francisco Opera, 1986
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Box
5
Folder
5
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Libretto: copy with cuts marked, playbill, chorus breakdown, cast list, supers list, props lists, director's notes, correspondence
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Brigadoon: musical / book and lyrics by Alan J. Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe
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New York City Opera, 1986
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Box
5
Folder
6
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Book, congratulatory cards from cast, clippings, playbill, scene plot, schedules, contact sheets, prop lists, lighting cue sheets, playbill for original production, correspondence, clippings
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Camino Real / play by Tennessee Williams
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National Theatre, New York City, directed by Elia Kazan, produced by Cheryl Crawford, 1953 March-May
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Box
5
Folder
7-9
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Tennessee Williams's notes on the play: copy, prompt script, and production notes
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Box
5
Folder
7-9
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Tennessee Williams, American Blues: copy, including “Ten Blocks on the Camino Real,” signed by Cheryl Crawford
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Colette / play by Elinor Jones, adapted from book by Robert Phelps, Earthly Paradise
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Ellen Stewart Theatre, New York City, 1970
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Box
5
Folder
10
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Typescript: photocopy, revised 1969 December
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Box
6
Folder
1
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Typescript: copy with corrections, revised 1970 February 28
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The Comedy of Errors / play by William Shakespeare
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New York Shakespeare Festival, 1967
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Box
6
Folder
2
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Prompt book
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Coriolanus / play by William Shakespeare
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Various productions
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Box
6
Folder
3
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Notes, clippings, and playbills
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A Critic and His Wife / play by John Ford Noonan
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Reading at the John Houseman Theatre, New York City, 1989 March 28
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Box
6
Folder
4
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Correspondence, playbill, and play script
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Eminent Domain / play by Percy Granger
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McCarter Theatre, Princeton, New Jersey, and Annenberg Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1981 January-February
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Box
6
Folder
5
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Agreement between the McCarter Theatre and Freedman, 1980 November 5
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Box
6
Folder
5
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Stage plans and set designs, 1980 November
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Box
6
Folder
5
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Clippings, notes, play script: copy
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The Gay Life: musical / book by Fay and Michael Kanin, lyrics by Howard Dietz, music by Arthur Schwartz, adapted from Arthur Schnitzler's play Anatol
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Shubert Theatre, New York City, 1961 November 1961
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Box
6
Folder
6
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“The Affairs of Anatol” play script: copy, undated
: Marked “Property of Howard Dietz.”
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Box
6
Folder
7
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Script: annotated copy, 1960 October 14, revised 1961 January 17
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Box
6
Folder
8
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Director's notes, schedules, scene plot, memos from authors
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Gone with Hardy, a Cuckoo Waltz / play by David Allen
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Westbeth Theatre Center, New York City, 1984 March
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Box
6
Folder
9
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Typescript: copy, revised 1983 March 23
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Box
6
Folder
10
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Directors notes, script revises, script: copy
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Box
17
Folder
1
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Casting notes and correspondence, music and lyrics, director's notes and research, clippings on first production in Newcastle, England, schedules, contact lists, costume plot and prop list, sound effects plot, post-production correspondence with David Allen
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The Grand Tour / musical, music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, based on S.N. Behrman's adaptation of Franz Werfel's play, Jacobowsky and the Colonel
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Palace Theatre, New York City, 1979 January
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Box
7
Folder
1
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Play script: copy with corrections, rehearsal draft, 1978 September 11
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Gypsy: musical / book by Arthur Laurents, music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
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Broadway Theatre, New York City, Gerald Freedman assistant to the director, Jerome Robbins, 1959 May 21-1960 July 9
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Box
7
Folder
2
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Score: selections, script: revised, and rehearsal notes, 1959
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Box
7
Folder
3
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Script: copy with corrections and inserts
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Hair: musical / book and lyrics by Jerome Ragni and James Rado, music by Galt MacDermot
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Unidentified production
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Box
17
Folder
2
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Script: copy, copyright 1966
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Happy Hunting: musical / book by Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse, lyrics by Matt Dubey, music by Harold Karr
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Valley Forge Music Fair, 1958 June 9-21
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Box
7
Folder
4
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Playbill and clipping
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Home Is the Sailor (Os Velhos Marinheiros ou o Capitão de Longo Curso) / novel by Jorge Amado, 1961, English translation, 1964
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Unidentified production
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Box
7
Folder
5
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Correspondence, 1986
: Regarding rights with a view to a stage musical version of the novel.
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L'Incoronazione di Poppeia / opera by Claudio Monteverdi
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New York City Opera, 1973
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Box
7
Folder
6
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Scene plot
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Invitation to a Beheading / play by Vladimir Nabokov
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New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp Public Theatre, 1969
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Box
7
Folder
7
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Play script: photocopy of typescript with annotations
: Marked “Closest thing to a prompt script (now).”
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Jenùfa / opera by Leos Janáček
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Juilliard American Opera Center, New York City, 1978
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Box
7
Folder
8
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Correspondence with set designer Josef Svoboda and conductor Peter Adler
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Box
7
Folder
8
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Scene plot, lighting notes, schedules, cast list, director's notes, and clippings
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Julius Caesar / play by William Shakespeare
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American Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford, Connecticut, 1979
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Box
7
Folder
9-10
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Prompt book with set designs, cast list and breakdown
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King Lear / play by William Shakespeare
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Vivian Beaumont Theater, Lincoln Center, New York City, 1968 November-1969 February
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Box
7
Folder
11
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Playbill
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Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk / opera by Dmitri Shostakovich
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San Francisco Opera, 1981
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Box
7
Folder
12
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Libretto, breakdowns, props lists, scene plots, research photocopies and clippings, playbill, clippings of reviews
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San Francisco Opera, 1988
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Box
8
Folder
1
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Correspondence, production calendar, short score of Scene 3, schedules, staff assignments, chorus notes scenes in Act III, playbill
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Love's Labor's Lost / play by William Shakespeare
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New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, 1965 July
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Box
8
Folder
2-3
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Production book, with cast and staff credits, sketch of set design, play script with director's notes, music for “When daisies and violets blue ...,” sound cue sheets, property list, light cue sheets
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Box
8
Folder
4
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Prompt Book
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City Center Acting Company, 1975-1976
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Box
8
Folder
5
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“Directing Love's Labor's Lost” / by Gerald Freedman
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Box
8
Folder
5
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Play script: annotated copy, undated
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New York Shakespeare Festival, Newman Theatre, New York, 1989 January-March
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Box
8
Folder
6
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Cue schedule and staging notes
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Measure for Measure / play by William Shakespeare
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New Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, California, 1981
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Box
8
Folder
7
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Clippings
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The Merry Widow: operetta / music by Franz Lehar
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Colonie Musical Theatre, undated
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Box
17
Folder
3
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Playbill, undated
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The Milliken Breakfast Show
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Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, Grand Ballroom, staged by Gerald Freeman, 1964 May 25-June 12
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Box
8
Folder
8
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Playbill
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Much Ado About Nothing / play by William Shakespeare
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New York Shakespeare Festival, 1988
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Box
9
Folder
1
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Blocking book, research, production notes
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Naughty Marietta: operetta / music by Victor Herbert, book and lyrics by Rida Johnson Young
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New York City Opera production, State Theater, New York City, directed by Gerald Freedman and Theodor Pappas, 1978
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Box
9
Folder
2
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Book and score as adapted by Frederick S. Roffman, notes, prop lists, cast lists, and set designs
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Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad / play by Arthur Kopit
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Phoenix Theatre, New York City, directed by Jerome Robbins, 1962 February
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Box
9
Folder
3
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Play script: copy, revised 1962 November 29
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The Ohio State Murders / play by Adrienne Kennedy
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Great Lakes Theater Festival, Cleveland, Ohio, undated
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Box
9
Folder
4
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Play script
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On the Town: musical / book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Alfred Green, music by Leonard Bernstein
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Carnegie Hall Playhouse, New York City, 1958 December
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Box
9
Folder
5
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Clippings
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The Owl Answers / play by Adrienne Kennedy
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New York Shakespeare Festival, 1969
: As half of a double-bill (with A Beast's Story) end Cities of Bezique.
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Box
9
Folder
6
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Play script: copy with annotations for lighting and music cues, undated
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Peer Gynt / play by Henrik Ibsen
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New York Shakespeare Festival, 1969
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Box
9
Folder
7
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“Freedman Edition” annotated and rearranged text of a translation of the play, version III, 1969 March 28
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Box
9
Folder
8
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Play text: photocopy
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Box
9
Folder
9-10
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Prompt book: annotated copy
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Box
10
Folder
1
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Lyrics and music
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Peter Pepper: proposed musical film / book by Ira Wallach, music by John Morris, lyrics by Gerald Freedman
: See also Take One Step.
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Unidentified production
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Box
10
Folder
2
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Drafts of screenplay, lyrics and music, correspondence, 1970
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Post Mortem / play by Lynn Parker
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Unidentified production
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Box
10
Folder
3
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Play script: annotated photocopy, undated
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The Postman Always Rings Twice / opera by Stephen Paulus, based on the novel by James M. Cain
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Greater Miami Opera, Miami, Florida, 1988 March
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Box
10
Folder
4
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Props lists, contact sheet, light cues, research clippings; playbill, clippings of reviews, and congratulatory cards
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Quasimodo: musical / book by Anthony Scully, lyrics by Hal Hackady, music by Larry Grossman, based on Notre Dame de Paris, by Victor Hugo
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Unidentified production
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Box
10
Folder
5
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Script: second draft, and notes, 1977 September 15
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Box
10
Folder
6
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Script: third draft, and notes, 1978 May 10
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Richard III, play by William Shakespeare
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New York Shakespeare Festival, 1966 Summer
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Box
10
Folder
7
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Prompt Book: annotated play script of Penguin Books edition
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The Robber Bridegroom: opera / book and lyrics by Alfred Uhry, music by Robert Waldman, adapted from the novel by Eudora Welty
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Harkness Theater, New York City, 1975 October 7-18
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Box
10
Folder
8
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Play script: photocopy typescript first draft
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Box
10
Folder
9
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Play script: photocopy typescript second first draft
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“Robbins Project”/”Poppa Piece”
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Unidentified production
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Box
11
Folder
1-2
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Drafts and notes for a project titled “Poppa,” 1976-1991
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Box
11
Folder
3
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Drafts for a project titled “Jerry Robbins Project,” 1990-1991
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Box
11
Folder
4
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Director's notes, correspondence regarding casting and scheduling, rehearsal schedules, 1990-1991
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Romeo and Juliet / play by William Shakespeare
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Unidentified production, SUNY Purchase, 1983
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Box
11
Folder
5
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Correspondence and director's notes
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Rosemary / play by Molly Kazan
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York Theatre, New York City, 1960 December
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Box
11
Folder
6
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Play script: copy, undated
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Box
11
Folder
7
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Play script: annotated and revised copy
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Run for the Money: musical / book and lyrics by Gerald Freedman?
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Unidentified production
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Box
11
Folder
8
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Play script with lyrics: draft
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The Saint Matthew Passion / oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach
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Semi-staged performance, San Francisco Opera, 1973 and 1976
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Box
11
Folder
9-11
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Stage plan, notes, cast, schedules, properties list, annotated score
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The Saintliness of Margery Kempe / play by John Wulp
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York Theatre, New York City, 1959
: First production.
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Box
12
Folder
1
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Letter from John Wulp, 1972 July 13
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Box
12
Folder
1
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Director's notes on Act Three: photocopy; play script: copy, undated
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The School for Scandal / play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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APA Phoenix Production, Juilliard Theater Center, City Center Acting Company Group I production, directed by Ellis Raab, 1966-1967
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Box
12
Folder
2
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Play script: cut version, part 1
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Box
12
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3
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Play script, part 2
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Lyceum Theatre, City Center Acting Company revival, 1995 November-December
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Box
12
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4
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Letter of agreement
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Second Avenue Rag / play by Allan Knee
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Unidentified production
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Box
12
Folder
5
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Play script: copy, undated
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Box
12
Folder
6
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“Jewish Vaudeville” play script: copy, undated
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Sing to Me through Open Windows / play by Arthur Kopit
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Players Theatre, New York City, 1965 March
: As half of a double bill with The Day the Whores Came Out to Play.
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Box
12
Folder
7
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Play script: annotated copy, revised 1961 December 7
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Song of Norway: musical / music by Edvard Grieg, book by Milton Lazarus, musical adaptation and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest
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New York City Opera Production, Lincoln Center, 1981 September
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Box
12
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8
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Book: copy
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Soon: musical / music by Joseph M. Kookoolis and Scott Fagan, lyrics by Scott Fagan
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Ritz Theatre, New York City, with additional staging by Gerald Freedman, 1971 January
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Box
12
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9
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Clippings
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The Sound of Music: musical / book by Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein III, music by Richard Rodgers
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Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney, Australia, 1983
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Box
12
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10
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Clippings
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South Pacific: musical / music by Richard Rodgers, book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
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New York City Opera, State Theater, New York City, 1987 March
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Box
13
Folder
1
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Production history and book
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Box
13
Folder
2
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Correspondence, director's notes, casting, props list, and schedules
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Box
13
Folder
3
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Clippings and congratulatory telegrams
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Take One Step!: musical / book by Gerald Freedman, lyrics by Gerald Freedman and John Morris, music by John Morris
: See also Peter Pepper.
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New York Shakespeare Festival, 1968
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Box
13
Folder
4
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Play script: typed, undated
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Great Lakes Theatre Festival, Cleveland, Ohio, 1986
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Box
13
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5
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Drafts, notes, correspondence, copyright registration form, 1985
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Box
13
Folder
5
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Drafts, 1968
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Screenplay version, undated
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Box
13
Folder
6
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Screenplay: photocopy, including storyboard illustrations, undated
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The Taming of the Shrew / play by William Shakespeare
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New York Shakespeare Festival, 1960
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Box
13
Folder
7
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Script: annotated
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The Tempest / play by William Shakespeare
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New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, 1962 Summer
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Box
13
Folder
8
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Prompt book and music: annotated, Pelican Shakespeare edition
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Box
14
Folder
1
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Prompt book: copy annotated, Pelican Shakespeare edition
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American Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford, Connecticut, 1979
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Box
14
Folder
2
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Prompt book, rehearsal schedule and production notes
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Box
14
Folder
2
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Director's notes
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A Time for Singing / adaptation as a musical of Richard Llewellyn's novel How Green Was My Valley, book and lyrics by Gerald Freedman and John Morris, music by John Morris
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Broadway Theatre, New York City, 1966 May-June
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Box
14
Folder
3
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“I Remember, My Love”: copy of play script, revised 1964 December 22
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Box
14
Folder
4
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“How Green Was My Valley”: copy of play script, 1965 February 10
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Box
14
Folder
5
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“A Time for Singing”: copy of play script, 1965 October 20
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Box
14
Folder
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“A Time for Singing”: rehearsal notes, J. Wishy, 1966
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Box
14
Folder
6
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Director's memos to cast and crew, and letters to Gerald Freedman on the production from Joseph Wishy, 1966
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Box
14
Folder
7
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Schedules, clippings, playbill, production correspondence, 1965
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Unidentified production, circa 1991
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Box
14
Folder
8
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Play script: copy, revised 1991
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Various productions
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Box
15
Folder
1
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Correspondence
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Unidentified German language production
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Box
15
Folder
2
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“Wie grün war mein Tal einst”: book, German translation and revision by Johannes Felsenstein, 1978 September
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Box
15
Folder
3
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“Wie grün war mein Tal einst”: score
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Box
15
Folder
4
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“A Time for Singing, Felsenstein”: correspondence and agreements with Johannes Felsenstein, 1978-1981
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Box
17
Folder
4
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Correspondence with Johannes Felsenstein, 1981-1983
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Titus Andronicus / play by William Shakespeare
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New York Shakespeare Festival, 1967
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Box
15
Folder
5
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Prompt book: annotated play script
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La Tragédie de Carmen / opera by Georges Bizet
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Bouffes du Nord, Paris, directed by Peter Brook, 1981
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Box
15
Folder
6
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Playbill and clippings
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West Side Story: musical / book by Arthur Laurents, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, music by Leonard Bernstein
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Unidentified production
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Box
15
Folder
7
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Play script: copy of typescript, undated
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Box
15
Folder
8
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Play script: copy, undated
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Winter Garden Theatre, New York City, directed by Jerome Robbins, assistant to the director Gerald Freedman, 1957 September
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Box
15
Folder
9
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Play script: copy, undated
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Box
15
Folder
9
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Original drawing of Gerald Freedman: signed, 1957 September 2
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Box
15
Folder
9
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Music cue list, revised script pages, staff and cast lists
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Box
16
Folder
1
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Play script: copy with revisions, undated
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Box
16
Folder
2
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Play script: copy with lighting cues, undated
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Her Majesty's Theatre, London, 1958
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Box
16
Folder
3
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Clippings and playbill
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Series: Projects: Television
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A Muse of Fire: A Shakespeare Gala, 1980
: Proposed television program and potential series to be produced by WNET Thirteen/The Educational Broadcasting Corporation, for which Freedman served as proposal consultant.
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Box
16
Folder
4
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Contracts, contact list, casting notes, drafts of presentations on Shakespeare, proposal brochure
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The Way They Were, a Northwestern University Television Special, distributed by Paramount Television, produced by Bob Banner and Gerald Freedman, recorded 1980 October
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Box
16
Folder
5
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Script: final draft, 1980 September 26
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Box
16
Folder
6-8
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Production files, scheduling, cast list, staff list, rundown, script
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Unidentified projects
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Box
16
Folder
9
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Notes and sketches for various film or television scripts, undated
: Originally in folder labeled “Rainbow on My Shoulder.”
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Series: Photographs
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Gerald Freedman
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Box
18
Folder
1
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Portraits
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Box
20
Folder
1
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Oversize prints
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Box
19
Folder
21
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Negatives
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Box
18
Folder
2
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Snapshots of Freedman, relatives and friends
: Includes Edward Albee and Deborah Kerr.
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Box
18
Folder
3
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Slides
: Includes James Jones and Colleen Dewhurst.
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Box
18
Folder
5
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George Cukor, Judy Holliday, Stacy Keach, Alvina Krause, and Charlotte Rae
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Box
18
Folder
6
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Directing
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Box
18
Folder
7
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Acting appearances and stage designs
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Box
18
Folder
8
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Scene and production stills
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Projects: Theater
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Ariadne auf Naxos / opera by Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Richard Strauss
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Unidentified production
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Box
18
Folder
9
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Contact sheets and enlargement order list
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As You Like It / play by William Shakespeare
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Equity Library Theatre Inc., 1952
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Box
18
Folder
10
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Scene stills
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New York Shakespeare Festival, 1963
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Box
18
Folder
11
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Scene stills
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The Au Pair Man / play by Hugh Leonard
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New York Shakespeare Festival, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 1973-1974
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Box
18
Folder
12
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Scene still
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Il Ballo delle ingrate / opera by Claudio Monteverdi
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San Francisco Opera, 1981
: In double bill with The Cry of Clytemnestra.
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Box
18
Folder
13
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Scene stills
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A Beast's Story / play by Adrienne Kennedy
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New York Shakespeare Festival, 1969
: As half of a double-bill with The Owl Answers, end Cities in Bezique.
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Box
18
Folder
14
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Scene stills
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Bells Are Ringing: musical / book and lyrics by Betty Comdon and Adolph Green, music by Jule Styne
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Shubert Theatre and Alvin Theatre, New York, directed by Jerome Robbins, assistant director Gerald Freedman, 1956-1959
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Box
18
Folder
15
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Scene stills
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Black Electra / play adapted from Sophocles
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New York Shakespeare Festival, 1969
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Box
18
Folder
16
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Scene still
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Brigadoon: musical / book and lyrics by Alan J. Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe
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New York City Opera, 1986
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Box
18
Folder
17
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Scene mockups
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Colette / play by Elinor Jones, adapted from book by Robert Phelps, Earthly Paradise
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Ellen Stewart Theatre, New York City, 1970
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Box
18
Folder
18
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Scene stills
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The Comedy of Errors / play by William Shakespeare
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New York Shakespeare Festival, 1967
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Box
18
Folder
19
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Scene still
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The Cry of Clytemnestra / opera by John Eaton
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San Francisco Opera, 1981
: In double bill with Il Ballo delle ingrate.
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Box
18
Folder
20
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Set design still
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Electra / play by Sophocles
: See also Black Electra.
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New York Shakespeare Festival, 1964
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Box
18
Folder
21
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Scene stills
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Ergo / play by Jakov Lind
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New York Shakespeare Festival, 1968
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Box
18
Folder
22
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Scene stills of Jack Hollander and Gerald Freedman
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Gone with Hardy, a Cuckoo Waltz / play by David Allen
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Westbeth Theatre Center, New York City, 1984 March
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Box
18
Folder
23
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Casting portraits of Kathleen Doyle and Michael O'Connor
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Box
18
Folder
23
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Stills of O'Connor as Stan
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Hasty Pudding Theatricals review, Harvard University
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Unidentified productions, 1940s
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Box
18
Folder
24
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Scene stills
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Idomeneo / opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C., 1974 May
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Box
18
Folder
25
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Scene stills by Richard Braaten
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Box
18
Folder
25
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Contact sheets, 1974 May 18-19
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Invitation to a Beheading / play by Vladimir Nabokov
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New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp Public Theatre, 1969
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Box
18
Folder
26
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Scene stills
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Jenùfa / opera by Leos Janáček
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Juilliard American Opera Center, New York City, 1978
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Box
18
Folder
27
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Stage mockups
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King Lear / play by William Shakespeare
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Vivian Beaumont Theater, Lincoln Center, New York City, 1968 November-1969 February
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Box
18
Folder
28
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Scene stills
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Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk / opera by Dmitri Shostakovich
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San Francisco Opera, 1981
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Box
18
Folder
29
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Scene stills, before 1982 July 15
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San Francisco Opera, 1988
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Box
18
Folder
30
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Snapshots
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Love's Labor's Lost / play by William Shakespeare
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New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, 1965 July
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Box
19
Folder
1
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Scene stills
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Box
19
Folder
1
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Production still of Freedman directing
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Lucia di Lammermoor / opera by Gaetano Donizetti
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Unidentified production
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Box
19
Folder
2
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Scene stills, before 1984 March 4
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Box
20
Folder
2
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Scene stills, oversize, before 1984 March 4
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Macbird! / play by Barbara Garson
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Village Gate (Upstairs), directed by Roy Levine, 1967 February
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Box
19
Folder
3
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Scene stills
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Orfeo / opera by Claudio Montiverdi
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San Francisco Opera, 1972
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Box
19
Folder
4
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Scene stills, before 1975 January 11
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The Owl Answers / play by Adrienne Kennedy
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New York Shakespeare Festival, 1969
: As half of a double-bill (with A Beast's Story) end Cities of Bezique.
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Box
19
Folder
5
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Scene stills
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Peer Gynt / play by Henrik Ibsen
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New York Shakespeare Festival, 1969
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Box
19
Folder
6
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Scene stills
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Richard III, play by William Shakespeare
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New York Shakespeare Festival, 1966 Summer
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Box
19
Folder
7
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Scene stills
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The Saint Matthew Passion / oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach
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Semi-staged performance, San Francisco Opera, 1973 and 1976
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Box
19
Folder
8
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Scene stills
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Box
19
Folder
9
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Slides and transparencies
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South Pacific: musical / music by Richard Rodgers, book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
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New York City Opera, State Theater, New York City, 1987 March
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Box
19
Folder
10
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Stills of mockups of stage settings, 1986 November
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Souvenir / play by George Axelrod and Peter Viertel
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Shubert Theatre, Los Angeles, California, 1975
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Box
19
Folder
11
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Contact sheets
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Take One Step!: musical / book by Gerald Freedman, lyrics by Gerald Freedman and John Morris, music by John Morris
: See also Peter Pepper.
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New York Shakespeare Festival, 1968
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Box
19
Folder
12
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Production stills of Freedman with others, including Ethel Martin and John Morris
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The Taming of the Shrew / play by William Shakespeare
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New York Shakespeare Festival, 1960
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Box
19
Folder
13
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Scene stills
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The Tempest / play by William Shakespeare
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New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, 1962 Summer
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Box
19
Folder
15
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Scene stills
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Box
20
Folder
3
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Picture of Paul Stevens and Kathy Widdoes
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Unidentified production
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Box
19
Folder
14
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Contact sheets
|
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A Time for Singing / adaptation as a musical of Richard Llewellyn's novel How Green Was My Valley,
book and lyrics by Gerald Freedman and John Morris, music by John Morris
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Unidentified German language production
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Box
19
Folder
16
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John Morris and Freedman during rehearsal, general rehearsal shots, contact sheets
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Titus Andronicus / play by William Shakespeare
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New York Shakespeare Festival, 1967
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Box
19
Folder
17
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Rehearsal
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Twelfth Night / play by William Shakespeare
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American Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford, Connecticut, 1976
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Box
19
Folder
18
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Contact sheets
|
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Unidentified
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Box
19
Folder
19
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From various shows, prints and contact sheets
|
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Projects: Television
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ABC Stage 67
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Episode 23: I'm Getting Married: musical / book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, music by Jules Styne, directed by Gerald Freedman, broadcast 1967 March 16
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Box
19
Folder
20
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Stills showing Freedman directing Ann Bancroft and Dick Shawm
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The Way They Were
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Northwestern University, 1980
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Box
18
Folder
4
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Freedman with others
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