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Collection of copies of research materials on Peter Brook's stagings and adaptations of Shakespeare works.
Brook, Peter, 1925-2022 creator.; Shaw, William P., author.
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Title
Collection of copies of research materials on Peter Brook's stagings and adaptations of Shakespeare works.
Variant title
Title on folders: Collection of matierals on Peter Brook's stagings of Shakespeare
Produced
[England?] : [Producer not identified], [between 1939 and 1988?]
Description
3 upright boxes (18 folders) : illustrations + 2 microfilm reels + 67 photographs (in one box)
Associated name
Brook, Peter, 1925-2022 creator.
Shaw, William P., author.
Summary
Collection of materials related to Peter Brook's stagings of Shakespearean plays and William Shaw's scholarly study of Brook's work. Includes photocopies and photostats of reviews of Brook's works; articles by William P. Shaw; handwritten notes; production photographs and microfilm; and photocopies of Brook's promptbooks (originals owned by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust).
Note
Title devised by cataloger.
Contents
Box 1: Peter Brook as subject
Antony & Cleopatra promptbook copy, 1978, Trevor Williamson (I)
Antony & Cleopatra promptbook copy, 1978, Trevor Williamson (II)
Antony & Cleopatra press
Love's Labor's Lost articles
King Lear promptbook, Peter Brook, 1962, Stratford and Aldwych copy
King Lear, 1962, scholarship and articles
Paul Scofield as King Lear, press clippings (copies).

Box 2: Measure for Measure, 1950, directed Peter Brook, promptbook copy
Midsummer Night's Dream, 1970 production, articles
Midsummer Night's Dream, 1970, by Peter Brooke, promptbook, press copy
Romeo & Juliet press and articles, 1947, Peter Brook production
Romeo & Juliet, Peter Brook, 1947, promptbook copy
The Tempest promptbook, 1957, Peter Brook, director, copy & press articles.

Box 3: Titus Andronicus prompt book copy
Titus Andronicus press, articles, letters
Titus Andronicus press, photographs
Guide to Shakespeare Birthplace Trust photographs (1988)
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre records [microfilm]: volume 34 (April 1939-July 1941), volume 35 (August 1941-April 1947), volume 36 (April 1947-November 1949)
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre records [microfilm]: volume 37 (November 1949-October 1951)
Photographs reproduced circa 1988 from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust collection (numbered 1-63, lacking 25) and the Harvard Theatre Collection (numbered 1-5).
Genre/form
Prompt books.
Clippings.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.

Item Details

Call number
PR1407.P7 B76
Folger-specific note
Gift of Dr. William P. Shaw
Folger accession
269780

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