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M98-185	Part 4 (M98-185): Additions, 1955-1972 Physical Description: 0.8 cubic feet (1 archives box and 17 oversize folders including 154 drawings) Scope and Content Note Additions, 1955-1972, has two sources: a group found in the stacks, and a group donated in 1998 by William Batchelder. The material found in the stacks consists only of large drawings and reproductions (with the exception of one folder of stage designs for “Hamlet”), and dates from 1955 to 1964. The material in the Batchelder donation includes both large drawings and reproductions and manuscript material, and dates from 1964 to 1972, except for the 1961 material relating to the Ballets USA. The drawings and photostats consist of general stage plans, set and prop designs for productions for which Jean Rosenthal was the lighting designer, her own light plots for those productions, and proposals for stage designs for which she was a consultant. The other papers are notes, correspondence (between Rosenthal and Batchelder), lighting cue sheets, hookup charts, and equipment lists for productions for which Rosenthal was the lighting designer. The touring productions of Cabaret and Fiddler on the Roof, 1966-1972, are particularly well represented. Arrangement of the Materials: Arranged by size, then chronologically by production (with the exception of the touring productions which are grouped together irrespective of date).
	Series: Manuscript Materials
Box 1 Folder 1	American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, Connecticut, 1959
Box 1 Folder 1	Hamlet, 3 water-color set designs: black-and-white photostats
	Ballets USA (Jerome Robbins), Anta Theatre, 1961 September Note: See also Oversize Folder 11.
Box 1 Folder 2	Hook-ups and equipment list
Box 1 Folder 3	Miscellaneous notes
Box 1 Folder 4	Events: cue sheets
Box 1 Folder 5	Faun: cue sheets
Box 1 Folder 6	Cage: cue sheets
Box 1 Folder 7	Interplay: cue sheets
Box 1 Folder 8	Jazz: cue sheets
Box 1 Folder 9	Moves: cue sheets
Box 1 Folder 10	Concert: cue sheets
	Ballets USA (Jerome Robbins), Spoleto Festival, 1961
Box 1 Folder 11	Events: cue sheets
	I Do, I Do Note: See also Oversize Folder 5.
Box 1 Folder 12	Equipment list, 1966
Box 1 Folder 13	West Point Academy, Cadets Activity Center: preliminary specifications, 1967 Note: See also Oversize Folder 14.
Box 1 Folder 14	Northwestern University: equipment list, 1969
	Cabaret Note: See also Oversize Folder 15.
Box 1 Folder 15	National Company after Chicago, 1969: cue sheets, hookups, equipment lists, focus charts
Box 1 Folder 16	Second National Company, 1969: cue sheets, hookups, equipment lists, focus charts
	Fiddler on the Roof Note: See also Oversize Folder 16.
Box 1 Folder 17	1966 production: cue sheets, hookups, equipment lists, focus charts
Box 1 Folder 18	Second Touring Company, 1968: cue sheets, hook-ups, equipment lists, focus charts
Box 1 Folder 19	House border lights and front cue sheets, 1968
Box 1 Folder 20	B & T, 1968
Box 1 Folder 21	Fronts cue sheet, 1968
Box 1 Folder 22	Second National Company tour, 1969 (especially Los Angeles): cue sheets, hook-ups, equipment lists, focus charts
Box 1 Folder 23	, 1970 productions: various equipment specifications and cue sheets
	Series: Oversize Materials	⇧
	Size: 30 x 42-inches
Box 1	American Shakespeare Festival Theatre, Stratford, Connecticut: building plans, 1955 December Note: “A-1: Basement Plan” (blueline reproduction) “A-8: Longitudinal & Cross Sections” (blueline) “A10: Balcony Plan” (blueline) “A-11: Section 1-1 (Auditorium)” (blueline) “A19: Details” (blueline)
Box 2	Mozart Festival, Stratford, Connecticut, 1956 May Note: “Ceiling Set” (pencil drawing) “Preliminary Hanging Plot” (pencil drawing)
	American Shakespeare Festival tour, 1957
Box 2	Much Ado About Nothing Note: Untitled design for a curtained doorway signed Rouben Ter-Arutunian (pencil drawing) “Wedding Scene-Road” (pencil drawing) “Hanging Section-Road” (pencil drawing) “Road Plan” (pencil drawing)
	American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, Connecticut, 1958
Box 3	A Midsummer Night's Dream Note: “Step Units, Plan & Elevation” (blueline) “Tapestry-Front Elevation” (blueline) “Forest Wagons-Details” (blueline)
	Miscellaneous
Box 4	Poor Bitos, 1964 October Note: “Fronts & Torms” (pencil drawing) “Light Plot” (pencil drawing) “Ground Plan” (pencil drawing) “Specifications for Soft Masking Pieces” (pencil drawing)
Box 4	Romeo and Juliet, undated Note: “Boxes” (pencil drawing) “Props, Bed & Tomb” (pencil drawing)
Box 5	I Do, I Do (H.M. Tennent and David Merrick production, designed by Oliver Smith), 1966 September Note See also Box 1, Folder 12. “2, Section” (blueline) “3, Show Portal & Bureaus” (blueline) “4, SR Side Masking” (blueline) “5, SL Side Masking” (blueline) “6, Borders, Drops & Tabs” (blueline) “7, Band Shell” (blueline) “8, Units # 1 & 2” (blueline) “9, Units # 3 & 4” (blueline) “10, Unit # 5—Bed” (blueline) “11, Forestage & Lifts” (blueline) “12, Toys # 1” (blueline). “13, Chandeliers # 1, 2, 3; Laundry; Toys # 2” (blueline) “14, Wedding Hangers # 1 & 2” (blueline) “Light Plot A” (blueline) “Light Plot B, Torms & Fronts” (blueline) “Light Plot C” (blueline) “Hanging Plan A” (blueline)
	Size: 36 x 48-inches
Box 6	American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, Connecticut, 1956 Note: “Moveable Bridge” (pencil drawing, signed by Rouben Ter-Arutunian) “Preliminary Layout” (pencil drawing) “Light Plot-Fronts” (pencil drawing) “Basic Set for Drama Season, Floor Plans” (blueline) “Revised Basic Set Plan” (pencil drawing by Rouben Ter-Arutunian)
Box 6	American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, Connecticut, 1957 Note: “Cyclorama Layout” (2 versions of pencil sketch, signed by Rouben Ter-Arutunian) Unlabelled pencil sketch of light plot “Side Cyc Masking—Elevations” (pencil drawing) “Light Plot-Torm Ladder & Posts” (pencil drawing) “Light Plot-Pipe Layout” (pencil drawing) “Light Plot-Fronts” (pencil drawing) “Machine & Track-Plan & Elevation” (pencil drawing) “Hanging Section” (pencil drawing) “Cyclorama-Elevations & Plan” (pencil drawing)
Box 7	American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, Connecticut, 1958 Note: “Light Plot-Ladders & Torms” (pencil drawing) “Light Plot-Fronts & Pipes” (pencil drawing) “Revised Hanging Section” (pencil drawing)
Box 7	American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, Connecticut, 1959 Note: “Light Plot-Ladders & Torms” (pencil drawing) “Light Plot-Fronts & Pipes” (pencil drawing)
Box 8	Lunt-Fontanne Theater, New York City: plans, 1957 October Note: “Plan of Loge” (blueline) “Plan of Orchestra” (blueline) “Mezzanine Fascia & Proscenium Opening Detail” (blueline) “Plan of Mezzanine (Balcony)” (blueline)
	Los Angeles Light Civic Opera Company
Box 9	The King and I, 1958 March Note: “Light Plot” (pencil drawing)
	Pilgrimage Bowl Theatre
Box 9	King Lear, undated Note: General plan of Pilgrimage Bowl (ink drawing) “Pilgrimage Bowl Light Plot, Lear” (pencil drawing)
Box 9	New York City Light Opera Company, unidentified production Note: Light plot (transposed from NYC Opera Company, 1954 April), with variations for productions of Werther and Showboat (blueline)
	Cambridge Drama Festival, 1960
Box 10	Henry IV, Parts One & Two (Phoenix Theatre) Note: “Henry IV Part One, ground Plan” (blueline) “Henry IV Part One, section” (blueline) “Henry IV Part One, permanent stage structure: drapes, banners, traps” (blueline) “Stage Layout” (blueline) “Henry IV Parts 1 & 2, Light Plot” (pencil drawing)
Box 11	Ballets USA (Jerome Robbins), Anta Theatre, 1961 September Note See also Box 1, Folders 2-11. “Light Plot” (blueline annotated in ballpoint)
Box 11	New York City Ballet, Saratoga Springs, 1966 July Note: “Electric and Line Layout” (blueline)
	Various plays, 1966
Box 12	Hello Dolly, 1966 August Note: “Light Plot A” (blueline) “Light Plot B” (blueline)
Box 12	Luv, 1966 September Note: “Bus & Truck Light Plot A” (blueline) “Bus & Truck Light Plot B” (blueline)
Box 12	Illya, Darling, 1966 December Note: “Star Drop” (blueline) “Light Plot A” (blueline) “Light Plot B, Fronts & Torms” (blueline) “Light Plot C, Miscellaneous Details” (blueline)
Box 13	Various plays, 1967-1969
Box 13	Ithaca Festival Theatre: proposal, 1967 January Note: “Proposed Catwalk Positions” (2 different bluelines)
	Metropolitan Opera at the Lincoln Center
Box 13	Romeo and Juliet, 1967 August Note: “Light Plot” (redline reproduction with pencil emendations)
	David Merrick and Gower Champion
Box 13	The Happy Times, 1967 October Note: “1, Lighting Section” (blueline) “2, Light Plot” (blueline) “3, Light Plot-Torms, Shadow Towers” (blueline) “5, Light Plot-Fronts” (blueline)
	Saint Subber
Box 13	Weekend, 1968 January Note: “Light Plot A” (blueline) “Light Plot B, torms and fronts” (blueline)
	Alexander H. Cohan
Box 13	Dear World, 1968 October Note: “Light Plot A” (blueline with ballpoint emendations) “Light Plot B, fronts, torms, ladders” (blueline)
Box 13	School of Speech, Northwestern University: Thrust theatre plans, 1969 November Note: “5 foot level” (blueline) “15 foot level” (blueline)
Box 14	Juilliard School of Music, Drama Workshop: Theatre production service plans, 1966-1969 Note: Plan of grid lights (blueline) “Rigging Plan” (blueline) “Ground Plan” (blueline) “Stage Grid Plan” (blueline) “Stage Left and Right Elevation, Stage Rear Elevation, Chamber Music Hall Grid Plan” (blueline) “Layout of Stage Equipment” (3 bluelines with different pencil emendations) “Portable Platforms” (blueline) “Forestage Shapes” (blueline)
Box 14	Cadets Activity Center, West Point Academy: plans, 1969 Note See also Box 1, Folder 13. “Floor Details” (blueline)
Box 14	Unidentified Note: Stage floor plan (pencil drawing) Line plot and sections (blueline)
	Cabaret Note: See also Box, 1, Folder 15-16.
Box 15	New York and Boston productions, 1966 Note: “Footlights Detail” (blueline) “Dis. Foots” (blueline) “Apron Lamps Detail” (blueline) “Section, Broadhurst Theatre” (blueline) “Light Plot A” (blueline) “Light Plot B, N.Y. Fronts” (blueline) “Light Plot C, Torms & Scenic” (blueline) “Light Plot D, Fronts, Boston” (blueline)
Box 15	National Company after Chicago, 1969 Note: “Light Plot” (pencil drawing and emended blueline)
Box 15	Second National Company, 1969 Note: “Light Plot” (pencil drawing and emended blueline)
Box 15	Theatre Now Inc., 1969 Note: “1, Plan” (blueline) “2, Section” (blueline) “3, Curtains & Maskings” (blueline) “4, Stair-R.R. Carriage, Side Walls & Tabs—Stool” (blueline) “5, Cliff's Room, Sign-Mirror” (blueline) “6, Schneider's Room, Moneyprops—Bandwagon” (blueline) “7, Schultz” (blueline) “8, Kit Kat Klub Drop & Stage” (blueline) “9, S.L. & S.R. KKK Units” (blueline) “1, Basic Plan” (blueline) “2, Cliff's Plan” (blueline) “3, Kit Kat Klub-Plan” (blueline) “4, Schneider's Plan” (blueline) “5, Schultz-Plan” (blueline)
	Fiddler on the Roof Note: See also Box 1, Folders 17-23.
Box 16	Unidentified production Note: Light plot (pencil sketch).
Box 16	National Company, 1966 Note: “3, Light Plot” (blueline)
Box 16	Theatre Now Inc., 1968 (Boris Aronson set designs) Note: “1, Tradition” (blueline) “2, Matchmaker” (blueline) “3, If I Were a Rich Man” (blueline) “4, Sabbath” (blueline) “5, Inn” (blueline) “6, Barn Scene” (blueline) “7, Bed Room” (blueline) “8, Tailor Shop” (blueline) “9, Act II, Scene 1” (blueline) “10, Station—Chava” (blueline) “11, Finale” (blueline) “1, Ground Plan” (blueline) “2, Section” (blueline) “3, Show Portal—Moon” (blueline) “4, Town Appliqué—Drops—Masking—Tracks” (blueline) “5, Tevye's House” (blueline) “6, Inn—Tailor's Shop” (blueline) “7, Barn—Pump—Cheese Trough—Bed—R.R. Station—Motel's & Tevy's Wagons—Fences” (blueline)
Box 16	Second Touring Company, 1968 Note: “Light Plot 1” (blueline with ink emendations)
Box 16	Second National Company, 1968 Note: “Light Plot” (pencil drawing and 2 bluelines with different ink emendations)
Box 16	Second National Company, Los Angeles and Berkeley, 1969 Note: “Ground Plan” (blueline) “Light Plot” (blueline)
Box 16	Merriweather Post Pavilion of Music, Columbia, Maryland, 1970 Note: Printed stage plan and section Untitled plan (blueline)
Box 16	Broadway Theatre, New York City, 1970 November Note: “Light Plot” (pencil drawing).
Box 16	Las Vegas production, 1972 Note: Untitled light plot (blueline).
	Size: 40 x 60-inches
Box 17	T.A.M.S.
	Virgin Gorda, undated Note: “Full Scale Wand Pattern” (2 pencil drawings).