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Westchester Playhouse

Title: Westchester Playhouse: scrapbooks, circa 1930s.
Author: Tuttle, Frank Day.

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Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Text	Supervised use	MWEZ+ n.c. 22219	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Text	Supervised use	MWEZ+ n.c. 22218	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Text	Supervised use	MWEZ+ n.c. 22217	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Text	Supervised use	MWEZ+ n.c. 22216	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Text	Supervised use	MWEZ+ n.c. 22215	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Text	Supervised use	MWEZ+ n.c. 22214	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Text	Supervised use	MWEZ+ n.c. 22213	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Text	Supervised use	MWEZ+ n.c. 22212	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Text	Supervised use	MWEZ+ n.c. 21169	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Text	Supervised use	MWEZ+ n.c. 21168	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Text	Supervised use	MWEZ+ n.c. 21167	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Text	Supervised use	MWEZ+ n.c. 21166	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Text	Supervised use	MWEZ+ n.c. 21165	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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5 volumes

Summary

Scrapbooks, including clippings, reviews, programs and other ephemera, document the activities, productions and personalities associated with the Westchester Playhouse in Mount Kisco, New York. Volume MWEZ+ n.c. 22216 includes documentation of Anna May Wong's performance as Princess Turandot in the opera Turandot (1937).

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Genre/Form

Scrapbooks.
Clippings.
Programs.

Source (note)

Biography (note)

The Westchester Playhouse in Mount Kisco, New York (1932 - 1940) was one of the first prominent summer stock theaters in the United States. It helped launch the careers of many successful actors, including Henry Fonda, Vincent Price, Anna May Wong, Jose Ferrer, Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof and Frances Farmer. Frank Day Tuttle (1902-1989), was one of the founding directors. The play Margin for Error by Clare Booth Luce was the 105th production and the last show produced by Tuttle and Richard Skinner at the Westchester Playhouse. After the Westchester Playhouse closed, Tuttle had a long career in theater and radio.

Call Number

MWEZ+ n.c. 21165-21169

Author

Tuttle, Frank Day.

Title

Westchester Playhouse: scrapbooks, circa 1930s.

Biography

The Westchester Playhouse in Mount Kisco, New York (1932 - 1940) was one of the first prominent summer stock theaters in the United States. It helped launch the careers of many successful actors, including Henry Fonda, Vincent Price, Anna May Wong, Jose Ferrer, Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof and Frances Farmer. Frank Day Tuttle (1902-1989), was one of the founding directors. The play Margin for Error by Clare Booth Luce was the 105th production and the last show produced by Tuttle and Richard Skinner at the Westchester Playhouse. After the Westchester Playhouse closed, Tuttle had a long career in theater and radio.

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MWEZ+ n.c. 21165-21169

MWEZ+ n.c. 22212-22219

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