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Drama

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on drama as a literary form.

Found in 1053 Collections and/or Records:

“The Morning of the First Day: Early prose and an epilogue – four stories” - Page proofs, 1959

 File — Box 30, Folder: 6-7
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series:

This subseries includes short stories such as “The Morning of the First Day” and “The Morning and the Evening of the First Day”. Many are complete stories, some are fragments or are in draft form. Portions of these examples of Vliet’s early prose would later be worked into the author’s novels.

Dates: 1959

[The mountain floats in the air…]

 File — Box 24, Folder: 14
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series:

Individual handwritten and typed poems, and hand-bound books of poetry, comprise this subseries. Many of the individual poems are accompanied by drafts, some are single copies. Individual poems are arranged alphabetically, followed by books of poetry, also arranged alphabetically. See also Series 2 : Personal, Subseries C: Scrapbook, for early drafts of poetry.

Dates: undated

The New York Times Book Review section, condition is brittle and crumbling , August 22, 1926

 File — Box 2959, Folder: 4
Abstract From the Series:

Additions to the Celeste Bedford Walker archival collection from 1925-2012. The majority of the materials included in the collection are promotional flyers, photographs, correspondence, and newspaper articles relating to Walker’s play, Camp Logan and other plays such as Once in a Wife Time. Also included in the collection are two The New York Times papers from 1925-1926.

Dates: August 22, 1926

The New York Times magazine section, condition is brittle and crumbling , November 22, 1925

 File — Box 2959, Folder: 5
Abstract From the Series:

Additions to the Celeste Bedford Walker archival collection from 1925-2012. The majority of the materials included in the collection are promotional flyers, photographs, correspondence, and newspaper articles relating to Walker’s play, Camp Logan and other plays such as Once in a Wife Time. Also included in the collection are two The New York Times papers from 1925-1926.

Dates: November 22, 1925

“The Night Before the Day”

 File — Box 24, Folder: 15
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series:

Individual handwritten and typed poems, and hand-bound books of poetry, comprise this subseries. Many of the individual poems are accompanied by drafts, some are single copies. Individual poems are arranged alphabetically, followed by books of poetry, also arranged alphabetically. See also Series 2 : Personal, Subseries C: Scrapbook, for early drafts of poetry.

Dates: undated

The Night of the Hunter thesis, 1966

 File — Multiple Containers
Series Description From the Series: This series is organized into 3 subseries: Unproduced Writings; A Texas Trilogy; and Post-Trilogy plays. Many of the files reflect Mary Sue's filing system but the material has been consolidated and reorganized by play in chronological order. The group Unproduced Writings contains manuscripts of Preston Jones’ unproduced plays. Included is his thesis adaptation of The Night of the Hunter. The three plays of the trilogy in the second subseries were performed together...
Dates: 1966

“The Opening Line”

 File — Box 24, Folder: 18
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series:

Individual handwritten and typed poems, and hand-bound books of poetry, comprise this subseries. Many of the individual poems are accompanied by drafts, some are single copies. Individual poems are arranged alphabetically, followed by books of poetry, also arranged alphabetically. See also Series 2 : Personal, Subseries C: Scrapbook, for early drafts of poetry.

Dates: undated

The Paul Baker Theater: A Photo History, 1991

 File — Box 20, Folder: 1
Series Description From the Series: Mary Sue Jones left the Dallas Theater Center in 1983 and joined the College of Santa Fe as artist in residence. She taught and directed at the Greer Garson Theater Center becoming a full time faculty member at the College of Santa Fe in 1988. The first subseries, Teaching and Directing, contains class notes, student theses, reviews of College productions, and notes on faculty and college administration. Besides her own theater work, Mary Sue continued to manage the rights to Preston's...
Dates: 1991

The Plains of St. Augustine, under the title A Place on the Magdalena Flats, handwritten, February 1978

 File — Box 16, Folder: 8
Series Description From the Series: This series is organized into 3 subseries: Unproduced Writings; A Texas Trilogy; and Post-Trilogy plays. Many of the files reflect Mary Sue's filing system but the material has been consolidated and reorganized by play in chronological order. The group Unproduced Writings contains manuscripts of Preston Jones’ unproduced plays. Included is his thesis adaptation of The Night of the Hunter. The three plays of the trilogy in the second subseries were performed together...
Dates: February 1978

The Plains of St. Augustine, under the title A Place on the Magdalena Flats, typed, February 1978

 File — Box 16, Folder: 9-10
Series Description From the Series: This series is organized into 3 subseries: Unproduced Writings; A Texas Trilogy; and Post-Trilogy plays. Many of the files reflect Mary Sue's filing system but the material has been consolidated and reorganized by play in chronological order. The group Unproduced Writings contains manuscripts of Preston Jones’ unproduced plays. Included is his thesis adaptation of The Night of the Hunter. The three plays of the trilogy in the second subseries were performed together...
Dates: February 1978

The Police Station, undated

 File — Box 5, Folder: 5
Series Description From the Series: This series is organized into 3 subseries: Unproduced Writings; A Texas Trilogy; and Post-Trilogy plays. Many of the files reflect Mary Sue's filing system but the material has been consolidated and reorganized by play in chronological order. The group Unproduced Writings contains manuscripts of Preston Jones’ unproduced plays. Included is his thesis adaptation of The Night of the Hunter. The three plays of the trilogy in the second subseries were performed together...
Dates: undated

“The Progress of War” typescript

 File — Box 22, Folder: 1
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series:

Drafts of plays (mostly handwritten in pencil and annotated) and typescripts (mostly mimeographs or photocopies with annotations) are arranged in this subseries in alphabetical order. For reviews and further information regarding the author’s plays, see Series II: Personal, Newsclippings.

Dates: 1953

“The Regions of Noon”, 1977 - 1982

 Sub-Series
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series:

Drafts of plays (mostly handwritten in pencil and annotated) and typescripts (mostly mimeographs or photocopies with annotations) are arranged in this subseries in alphabetical order. For reviews and further information regarding the author’s plays, see Series II: Personal, Newsclippings.

Dates: 1977 - 1982

The Sanity Matinee, undated

 Sub-Series
Series Description From the Series:

This series comprises the bulk of the collection and includes drafts, typescripts, annotated typescripts, and bound typescripts of published and unpublished novels.

Dates: undated

“The War Within” article on Camp Logan, February 15, 1996

 File — Box 2959, Folder: 2
Abstract From the Series:

Additions to the Celeste Bedford Walker archival collection from 1925-2012. The majority of the materials included in the collection are promotional flyers, photographs, correspondence, and newspaper articles relating to Walker’s play, Camp Logan and other plays such as Once in a Wife Time. Also included in the collection are two The New York Times papers from 1925-1926.

Dates: February 15, 1996

The Wrecking Ball- character list, synopsis, advertisement, Kuumba House newsletter, review, royalties, newspaper, flyer, playbills, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1993, 2011

 File — Box 4254, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents From the Series: Archival materials received from playwright, Celeste Bedford Walker pertaining to her professional works from 1974-2020. The collection focuses on her written and performed productions of Black Spurs, More Than Christmas, Praise the Lord and Raise the Roof, Harlem After Hours, Adam and Eve, Spirits, Smoke’s Bayou, Black Diamonds, Noble Lofton Buffalo Soldier, The Boule, Greenwood, Shared Secrets, I Barbara Jordan, Sassy Mamas, Sassafras Girls, Piccolo Sergeant, Distant Voices, Brothers...
Dates: 1984, 1987, 1989, 1993, 2011

Theater articles, clippings, information, research, 1982-1983

 File — Box 12, Folder: 1
Series Description From the Series: The first subseries, Education and Training, contains Mary Sue's yearbooks, class notes, and her thesis from her years at Baylor University, where she gained her undergraduate and masters degrees in drama. Also included are slides of the 1952 trip to Paris made by the Baylor Drama students with Paul Baker. The next subseries, Acting, Design, and Directing Career, contains records, audiotapes, photographs, slides, posters, letters, scripts, set designs and costume designs. The...
Dates: 1982-1983

Theater Communications Group national conference information folders, 1980, 1982

 File — Box 12, Folder: 3
Series Description From the Series: The first subseries, Education and Training, contains Mary Sue's yearbooks, class notes, and her thesis from her years at Baylor University, where she gained her undergraduate and masters degrees in drama. Also included are slides of the 1952 trip to Paris made by the Baylor Drama students with Paul Baker. The next subseries, Acting, Design, and Directing Career, contains records, audiotapes, photographs, slides, posters, letters, scripts, set designs and costume designs. The...
Dates: 1980, 1982

Theaters, correspondence, 1974-1979

 File — Box 25, Folder: 2-4
Series Description From the Series:

This series contains journals, address books, correspondence, contracts, royalty payments, articles, clippings and photographs. The major part of the material relates to A Texas Trilogy and is made up of communications with agents, fans, and theaters concerning options on the plays. Included is correspondence with Hal Wallis in regard to the movie production of the Trilogy.

Dates: 1974-1979

Theatre Southwest, magazine and cassette tape, 1978

 File — Box 27, Folder: 5
Series Description From the Series:

This series contains materials on the promotion of Preston Jones' theatrical career especially in regard to the Trilogy. It includes photographs, clippings, reviews, articles, interviews and videotapes, providing information on aspects of the author's life, career, and writing methods.

Dates: 1978