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Circle in the Square papers

Title: Circle in the Square papers, 1906-2004.
Author: Mann, Theodore.
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Status	Container	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 771	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2005-005 Box 771	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 770	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2005-005 Box 770	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 769	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2005-005 Box 769	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 768	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2005-005 Box 768	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 767	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2005-005 Box 767	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 766	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2005-005 Box 766	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 765	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2005-005 Box 765	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 764	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2005-005 Box 764	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 763	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2005-005 Box 763	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 762	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2005-005 Box 762	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 761	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2005-005 Box 761	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 760	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2005-005 Box 760	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 759	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2005-005 Box 759	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 758	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2005-005 Box 758	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 757	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2005-005 Box 757	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 756	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2005-005 Box 756	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 755	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2005-005 Box 755	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 754	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2005-005 Box 754	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 753	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2005-005 Box 753	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 752	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 2005-005 Box 752	Offsite

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Description

464.73 linear feet (771 boxes)

Summary

Documenting the history of the Off-Broadway theater company Circle in the Square and two of its founders, Paul Libin and Theodore Mann, this collection consists of material relating to Circle in the Square's produced works, development material for unproduced works and abandoned projects, correspondence, administrative documents, financial and legal records, personal and office papers belonging to Libin and Mann, photographs, and other material relating to the day-to-day operation of a not-for-profit theatrical company.

Subject

Genre/Form

Awards.
Administrative records.
Clippings.
Correspondence.
Costume design drawings.
Diazotypes.
Financial records.
Legal records.
Photographs.
Programs.
Promotional materials.
Scores.
Scripts.
Technical drawings.

Access (note)

Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Biography (note)

Circle in the Square Theater was founded in 1950 by Theodore Mann and José Quintero in an abandoned nightclub in New York City's Greenwich Village.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Call Number

*T-Mss 2005-005

OCLC

262691103

Author

Mann, Theodore.

Title

Circle in the Square papers, 1906-2004.

Restricted Access

Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Biography

Circle in the Square Theater was founded in 1950 by Theodore Mann and José Quintero in an abandoned nightclub in New York City's Greenwich Village. Circle in the Square founder and Artistic Director Theodore Mann, was born Theodore Goldman in 1924, in Brooklyn, New York. 1924. He attended Erasmus High School, received an A.B.A from Salinas College and a law degree from Brooklyn Law School. Mann co-founded Circle in the Square with José Quintero in 1950 and remained its Artistic Director until his resignation in 1996. He continues to own and operate the Circle in the Square Theater Uptown. Additionally, he has produced and directed a number of shows under his own auspices, including The Cherry Orchard, General Seeger, A Great Day in the Morning, Long Day's Journey into Night at the Cameri Theater (Tel Aviv), Pygmalion, and Serjeant Musgrave's Dance. In addition to the theater, Mann worked in opera, directing La Boehme at Juilliard in 1974, Benjamin Britten's The Turn of the Screw for New York City Opera in 1988, and Gianni Schicci. His wife, Patricia Brooks, was a soprano with the New York Opera Company and appeared in several Circle productions. Circle in the Square's long-time Managing Director and Producing Director, Paul Libin, was born in Chicago in 1930, and attended the University of Illinois and Columbia University, where he earned a B.F.A in drama. Although he had originally intended to become an actor, his first job in theater was as designer Jo Mielziner's production assistant. He soon found success as a stage manager and, later, as a producer. In 1958, he produced his first show, an Off-Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, at the Martinique Theater on 32nd Street, which he leased and operated. In addition to producing Off-Broadway, Libin and partner Carol Schwartz created the Peppermint Players, a company which produced children's theater in New York City and at various venues in the tri-state area. Libin became acquainted with Theodore Mann in 1958 when the two founded the League of Off-Broadway Theaters together, an organization created to foster theatrical productions produced in Off-Broadway theaters; their professional partnership within Circle in the Square began in 1963. After twenty-seven years, Libin left Circle in the Square to become the Producing Director for Jujamcyn Theaters, of which he is currently Vice-President.

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