Theater and the Performing Arts
Within the area of theater and the performing arts, Special Collections’ holdings include the personal and professional papers of Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Lanford Wilson, which are supplemented by a series of photographs negatives, and color slides of Lanford Wilson in his house and garden, taken in the 1980s and 1990s. The collection also contains hundreds of published plays, librettos, and technical manuals from the 18th and 19th centuries, as well as hundreds of 20th-century theater programs for productions of plays in New York, London, Washington D.C., and St. Louis dated from 1945 to the present.
How to Use the Collection
With a few exceptions, the collections can be accessed and requested through the library catalog. Finding aids for individual collections are linked on this website. Materials are available for use in the Special Collections Reading Room (room 401) during regular hours. Materials do not circulate.
Finding Aids for Theater and the Performing Arts
Diane Gorodnitzki Photographs of Lanford Wilson.
Scope and Contents Photographs, negatives, and color slides of Lanford Wilson in his house and garden, taken in the 1980s and 1990s…
Lanford Wilson Collection.
Biographical Sketch Lanford Wilson (1937-2011) was born in Lebanon, Missouri to Ralph and Violetta Tate Wilson. In 1942 his parents divorced, and he…
Theater Program Collection.
Scope and Contents The majority of the programs are for performances dated from 1945 to the present in New York, London, Washington D.C., and St.…
Selected Items
[Emmy award nomination for The Migrants, 1973-1974].
Award nomination from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for Best Writing in Drama, Original Teleplay, for Lanford Wilson's…
The Drama Department Presents The Rimers of Eldritch by Lanford Wilson.
Poster for a production of The Rimers of Eldritch at LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, May 5-7, 1994.
USC Cast Creates Near-Flawless Play.
Review of a production of The Rimers of Eldritch at the University of South Carolina.
A Look at New York. Former Missourian is Village Playwright.
Clipping of a review of The Rimers of Eldritch.