Playtexts and Productions
Gathered here are playscripts which were not acquired as part of an author's collection, and collections which document the production history of a single play. Production materials may also be found under Personal Papers and Institutional Records.
In the Joseph Jones Caribbean Plays Collection and the Playscripts and Promptbooks Collection, most of the texts are near final versions and many bear annotations by an actor or director. Generally, if an earlier version such as a working draft is to be found at the Center, it is located in the personal papers of the author.
For published texts, see Books.
- The Black Crook Collection, 1853-1929
- Comedias Sueltas (Spanish drama)
- The Deep Blue Sea Collection, 1949-1955
- German Plays Collection, ca. 1870-ca. 1910 (bulk 1875-1900)
- The Great White Hope
See Sackler, Howard (1929-1982). Manuscripts for The Great White Hope, 1967-1969 - Jones, Joseph (1908-1999). Caribbean Plays Collection, ca. 1950s-1960s
- New Faces Records, 1950s-1980s (Manuscripts)
- Playscripts and Promptbooks Collection, 1795-1978 (bulk 1870-1915)
- Seidemann, Conrad. Collection of German Plays, ca. 1890-ca. 1920
- The Two Orphans Collection, 1874-1926
- Uncle Tom's Cabin Collection, 1852-1945
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