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San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Box originally labeled "Modjeska material." Materials include notes on comedy; Charles Dickens; diction, voice, and speech; and various topics on theater. Also included are typescripts of radio programs on theater materials relating to Frederick Blanchard, including a scrapbook, typed notes on Chinese theater, and a typescript for Putting on Heirs: A Comedy in Three Acts, written by Blanchard and Louis Piccirillo. Also includes a second scrapbook, possibly belonging to Blanchard. The relationship of these materials to the actress Helena Modjeska is unclear.
mssPlayhouse
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Contains one disbound scrapbook containing playbills, programs, clippings, and other materials.
mssPlayhouse
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Contains a photograph album and pages of a scrapbook with photographs depicting students and student life; materials were compiled by Fairfax Walkup and dated 1928-1939, undated. Also contains a few loose photographs from Walkup's photograph album, possibly connected to a course she taught about costumes and costuming, plus one of an unidentified woman; two publicity photographs of a dance class, from 1956; one photograph of students in a dorm; and one photograph of students in an acting class, both undated.
mssPlayhouse
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Contains indexes to Library archival materials, possibly compiled by the original archivist and pictorial index; Play of the Month Club ticket books from 1953 and 1954.
mssPlayhouse
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Includes materials that appear to have been used for reference purposes or as museum artifacts, rather than actively in plays produced by the Playhouse.
mssPlayhouse
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Contains Fairfax Walkup scrapbook pages on theater history, including fashion, costume, and dress.
mssPlayhouse