Bibframe Work
TitleLee Strasberg papersTypeMixed MaterialCollectionSubjectAdler, StellaBaldwin, James, 1924-1987Boleslavsky, Richard, 1889-1937Burstyn, Ellen, 1932-Clurman, Harold, 1901-1980Crawford, Cheryl, 1902-1986Green, Paul, 1894-1981 Johnny Johnson; the biography of a common man, in three acts. 1937Hethmon, Robert H. Strasberg at the Actors Studio: tape-recorded sessions. 1965Kazan, EliaLewis, Robert, 1909-1997Meĭerkholʹd, V. Ė. (Vsevolod Ėmilʹevich), 1874-1940Meisner, SanfordMeredith, Burgess, 1907-1997Monroe, Marilyn, 1926-1962Newman, Paul, 1925-2008Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963Ouspenskaya, Maria, 1876-1949Pacino, Al, 1940-Penn, Arthur, 1922-2010Saint, Eva Marie, 1924-Stanislavsky, Konstantin, 1863-1938Stanley, KimStrasberg, Paula Miller, 1909-1966Vakhtangov, Evgeniĭ, 1883-1922Wallach, Eli, 1915-2014Winters, ShelleyActors Studio (New York, N.Y.)Group Theatre (U.S.)Lee Strasberg Theatre InstituteMoskovskiĭ khudozhestvennyĭ akademicheskiĭ teatrActing (LCSH)Acting--Study and teaching--New York (State)--New York (LCSH)Actors (LCSH)Drama (LCSH)Dramatists (LCSH)Method acting (LCSH)Motion picture acting (LCSH)Motion picture producers and directors (LCSH)Motion pictures (LCSH)Performing arts (LCSH)Performing arts--United States (LCSH)Theater (LCSH)Theater--History (LCSH)Theater--Production and direction (LCSH)Theater--Germany (LCSH)Theater--Japan (LCSH)Theater--New York (State)--New York (LCSH)Theater--Russia (LCSH)Theater--Soviet Union (LCSH)Theater--United States (LCSH)Theatrical producers and directors (LCSH)Soviet Union--Description and travel (LCSH)Actors.Acting teachers.Theatrical directors. Notelanguage: Collection material in English, with Russian, German, and Japanese.SummaryCorrespondence, memoranda, lectures, writings, scripts, production files, biographical material, printed matter, and other papers relating to Strasberg's theatrical and film career; Method acting, his system of acting techniques; the Actors Studio, Group Theatre, and Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, New York, N.Y.; and theater history. Includes files pertaining to Strasberg's work as a stage actor between 1925 and 1931, as a film actor in the 1970s, and as director of Broadway productions, 1938-1951; and to his lectures and seminars at universities, conferences, and other events. Also includes diary notes from Strasberg's trip to the Soviet Union in 1934; drafts of his book, A Dream of Passion: The Development of the Method (1987); and files on Strasberg at the Actors Studio: Tape-Recorded Sessions (1965), edited by Robert H. HethmonThe Group Theatre series includes a daybook; typescripts of lectures; production files; a transcript of rehearsal notes for Paul Green's play, Johnny Johnson (1937); material pertaining to the work and techniques of Konstantin Stanislavsky and the Moscow Art Theatre (Moskovskiĭ khudozhestvennyĭ akademicheskiĭ teatr); copies of the Group Theatre publication, The Flying Grouse (1936); and other papers reflecting efforts to create a modern theater movement in America and change the acting processThe Theatre and Film Collection, a compilation of items pertaining to the theater and performing arts in the United States and around the world dating from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century, is primarily devoted to Russian theater as well as to German and Japanese theaterActors, directors, and playwrights represented include Stella Adler, James Baldwin, Richard Boleslavsky, Ellen Burstyn, Harold Clurman, Cheryl Crawford, Elia Kazan, Robert Lewis, V.Ė. Meĭerkholʹd, Sanford Meisner, Burgess Meredith, Marilyn Monroe, Paul Newman, Clifford Odets, Maria Ouspenskaya, Al Pacino, Arthur Penn, Eva Marie Saint, Kim Stanley, Paula Miller Strasberg, Evgenĩĩ Vakhtangov, Eli Wallach, and Shelley WintersOrigin Date(s)1780-2006 (bulk 1924-1983) Authorized Access PointStrasberg, Lee Lee Strasberg papersCollection ArrangementCollection Organization: Arranged in eleven series. Series 1: Correspondence, 1930-1996; Series 2: Independent Projects, 1925-2006; Series 3: Group Theatre, 1931-2006; Series 4: Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, 1969-2004; Series 5: Speeches and Writings, 1924-2002; Series 6: Personal Miscellany, 1921-2006; Series 7: Theater and Film Collection, 1780-2003; Series 8: Actors Studio Records, 1947-2001; Series 9: Restricted, 1968-1997; Series 10: Closed, 1948-1965; and Series 11 Oversize, 1883-circa 1990.