MS 027
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Collection Summary | |
| Creator: | Collier, John, 1901-1980. |
| Collection Name: | One-act Plays and Publicity Material |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1943 |
| Physical Description: | .1 linear feet |
| Abstract: | Two holographic manuscripts of one-act plays that Collier adapted from short stories. The Old Women was adapted from The Needle by André de Lorde, and The Mask was adapted from Behind the Mask by H. M. Harwood and Tennyson Jesse. Also present are newspaper clippings about the performances and the theater, as well as a playbill. |
| Collection Number: | MS 027 |
| Language: | Materials are in English. |
| Repository: |
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections University of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-621-6423 Fax: 520-621-9733 URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/ E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu |
English writer who moved to Los Angeles in 1935, spending much of the remainder of his life involved with the movie industry.
Two holographic manuscripts of one-act plays that Collier adapted from short stories. The Old Women was adapted from The Needle by André de Lorde, and The Mask was adapted from Behind the Mask by H. M. Harwood and Tennyson Jesse. The first play is set in 1900, and is about three bitter elderly women in a French insane asylum. The second, which takes place in a Nevada cabin, concerns a man whose face has been destroyed. A "Horror Tonight" program is autographed by the entire cast. Also present are newspaper clippings about the performances and the theater, as well as a playbill.
These two plays were performed in Los Angeles at the Belasco Theatre in June and July, 1943; they were part of a program entitled "Horror Tonight: Masterpieces of the Macabre."
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One-act Plays and Publicity Material (MS 027). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.
Acquired as gift, 1953.
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