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NEWSLETTER OF THE THEATRE LIBRARY ASS OC IAT IO NVolume 10, Number 3 Winter 1982-83 New Seri

TLA ANNUAL MEETINGThe annual business meet ing of the The-atre Library Association was held on Fri-day afternoon, October 29, 1982, in theShubert Archive, Lyceum Theatre, NewYork City. President Louis A. Rachow wel-comed the assembled members and intro-duced the board members and ex-officiorepresentatives.Richard M. Buck presented the Secre-tary-Treasurer's report for 1981-82, report-

ing that the total paid membership of 441shows a decrease in personal membersand a slight increase in institutional mem-bers. A comparison of income and ex-penses shows a working balance of$1,487.77, over 51,000 more than lastyear's balance. This is the second time inrecent years that income has exceeded ex-penses. Copies of the Secretary-Treasur-er's report may be obtained f rom the TLAoffice at Lincoln Center.President Rachow thanked Don Wil-meth on behalf of the Theatre LibraryAssociation for his tireless efforts inorganizing the ASTR/TLA Conference inProvidence, R.I., November 19-21, 1982.Dr. Mary C. Henderson offered the facil-ities of The Theatre Museum in the Min-skoff Arcade for the TLNFreedley BookAwards ceremonies in the spring.Ginnine Cocuzza announced the publi-cation of PAR7: Lazzi: The Comic Routinesof the Commedia del'arte by Me l Gordon.She thanked Mary Henderson for makingthe SIBMAS conference proceedingsavailab le for PAR8 and for having severalof the papers translated into English fromtheir original languages. As editor ofBroadside, she asked the members to con-tribu te their news to TLA's quarterly news-letter, be it press releases, brochures ofinterest, book reviews and other informa-tion. A handsome membership brochure isnow available and an up-to-date member-ship list has been printed.Laraine'Correll summarized the threeday Conference on Preservation Mana gement in Performing Arts Collections,Washington, D.C., April 28-May 1, 1982.Forty speakers from academics institu-tions, public libraries and performing artsorganizations and agencies shared con-cerns and exchanged knowledge with pro-fessional conservators in the field. A No tebook and Manual i s now being edited bythe conference committee (Broadside10:1&2).

TLA's part icipation in conferences overthe past year was reported brief ly. For theAmerican Library Association meeting inPhiladelphia, Geraldine DucLow organ-ized a morn ing session of speakers on t h eatre, film and music resources in Philadel-phia (University of Pennsylvania, LubinFilm Archives, and Fleischer Music Collec-tion) and an afternoon tour of the Rosen-bach Museum and Library and the ForrestTheatre, concluding with a reception inthe theatre lounge. Richard Buck reportedthat the TLA exhibit table was quite busythroughout the American Theatre Associa-tion conference in New York City. MaryHenderson, who had organized the 15thInternational Congress of SIBMAS, r eported that representatives of 19 foreigncountries and nine of the United Stateshad come to New York for lectures anddiscussions. She announced that TLA hasbeen appointed the SIBMAS representa-tive for the United States.The American Library Association willmeet in Los Angeles in 1983. Ann Schlos-ser of the American Film Inst itute wi llarrange for a ful l day of visits to numerousperforming arts centers for TLA.

TLA CELEBRATES.. .Marguerite McAneny, past-president ofTLA, who was named an Honorary LifeMember of the Theatre Library Associa-tion at the Executive Board Meeting heldduring the ASTR/TLA Conference in Provi-dence, R.I.

The following Class A Directors havbeen elected to the TLA Board for a threyear term: Martha Mahard, Assistant Curtor, Haward Theatre Collection; JuliaMates, Dean of the School of the ArtC.W. Post Center of Long Island Univesity; Elizabeth Ross, Conservation Assitant. Theatre Research Collection, ThNew York Public Library; Alan L. WoodDirector, Theatre Research Institu te, OhState University.Bill Green introduced Fullbright ScholaDr. Jasna Perucic-Nadarevic from Yugslavia, a specialist in Modern AmericaDrama, presently at Queens CollegCUNY.Glen Loney announced that the manscripts of the Musical Theatre in AmericConference have been sent to GreenwooPress. They will be published in the serieContributions in Drama and TheatStudies, edited by Joe Donahue.Following the annual business meetina panel discussion, "An Approach to thAppraisal of Large Performing Arts Collections," took place, featuring partic ipantLee Ash, Gene Bruck, Brooks McNamaraLouis A. Rachow, Richard Stoddard, anMarianne Wurlitzer. -Brigitte Kuepper

PERFORMING ARTSRESOURCES

Performing Arts Resources, VolumEight, will present the Proceedings of th15th In ternational Congress of the International Association of Libraries and Museums of the Performing Arts (SIBMASStage Design: Problems of Collect ing Cat*loging and Conserving Documents. EditoBarbara Naomi Cohen-Stratyner i s prepaing PAR8 for publication in the spiing.

A Guide to the Theatre Holdings in thColumbia University Libraries i s being developed for Performing Arts ResourcesVolume Nine. The PAR designated Theatrical Dance Resources is being held folater pub1 cation.


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CONEERENCESEWS FROM THELIBRARY O F CONGRESS

Bookbinding and the Conservation ofBooks: A Dictionary of Descriptive Termi-nology has recently been issued under theauspices of the Library of Congress' Na-tional Preservation Program.Unique among publications on the sub-ject, the book approaches conservation byexamining the meaning and usage ofmany terms, expressions, and names per-tinent to the field. Bookbinding has under-gone a rebirth in the last several years. Thehighly skilled craft is now practiced bymany in small trade binderies, as wel l asby book conservators to aid in preserva-tion of rare books. The areas of bookbind-ing and conservation are particularly im-portant to librarians and collectors, striv-ing to maintain their collections.Bookbinding and the Conservation ofBooks by Ma tt T. Roberts and Don Ether-ington is available for $27 hardboundfrom the Superintendent of Documents,U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 (Stock No. 030-00@001265).Boxes for the Protection of Rare Books:Their Design and Construction, compiledand illustrated by Margaret R. Brown, w~ t hthe assistance of Don Etherington andLinda McWilliams, when they were withthe Library's Preservation Off ice , a 320-page, looseleaf guide, i s a result of one ofthe major objectives of the preservationprogram which is to provide pract ical infor-mation on the conservation of librarymaterials.Book boxes protect the important libraryvolumes by substantially reducing mechanical damage, such as that caused byabrasion from adjacent volumes, shelf sur-faces, supports, dust particles, and damagefrom handling by stack attendants andothers during service to readers. Boxes alsominimize thee ffectsof environmental con-ditions ranging from extreme fluctuations

CROSSCURRENTS: THE ART O FTHE THEATRE

"Historical perspectives on the theatreand its relationships to music, painting,film, dance, sculpture, architecture,poetry, and narrative fiction" i s the themeof the Third Annual Theatre History Sym-posium of the MidAmerica Theatre Con-ference, which will convene in lowa Cityon March 1&20,1983. Panels include Film-makers and Poets in the Theatre, Adapta-tions of Shakespeare, Literary and MusicalApproaches to Theatre, The Arts of theRussian Theatre, Architects and TheatreArchitecture, Post-Modern PerformanceArt, and The Visual Artist and the Theatre.Symposium sessions will run from 3 p.m.on Friday to 11:30 a.m. on Sunday. Aschedule of other MATC events and con-ference fees will be published in theMATC Newsletter, or may be obtainedfrom the Symposium Coordinator, FeliciaHardison Londre, Department of the The-atre, University of Missouri-Kansas City,5100 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, Mo.641 10.

PUB LlC TELEVISIONARCHIVES

Salomea Swaim has been named PublicTelevision Archives Assistant a t the Publicof temperature and humidity to airborne-- -& oa dc as ti ng Service (PBS), it was an-oollutants. This oreservation oublication n v b y lan Lewis, Directorof the P u b ~ c elevision Archives. Swaimrovides detailed'instructions and stepby-step line drawings on how to make eighttypes of book boxes for housing and pretecting volumes that require special atten-tion because of their rarity, value, aestheticqualities, or condition.Boxes for the Protection of Rare Books,

measuring8% by 11 inches, with 102 illus-trations, i s available for $18 from the Super-intendent of Documents, U.S. GovernmentPrinting Off ice, Washington, D.C. 20402(Stock No. 030-00040124-9). Both bookscan also be purchased n person at the Salesand Information Counter, Library of Con-gress Thomas Jefferson Building.

will be responsible for the developmentand implementation of a descriptive cata-loguing system for the more than 30,000programs in the Archives' three collec-tions. She will also assist in Archives ref-erence and outreach activities.

Swaim comes to PBS from the NationalCenter for a Barrier Free Environment,where she was involved in general libraryactivities and analysis of automation sys-tems since 1980. Before that, she was withthe Alexander Graham Bell Association,where she performed both library and ar-chives functions and undertook a conser-vation program for its rare book collec-tion.Swaim holds a B.A. in Comparative His-tory (1974) and a Master's degree inLibrary Science (1977) from Catholic Uni-versity in Washington, D.C.

CALLS FOR PAPERSASTR

The annual meeting of the AmericanSociety for Theatre Research will takeplace in New York City, November 19-21,1983. Papers are sol icited on any aspect ofSpectacle in the Theatre. Proposals forpanels or other presentations are alsoinvited.Papers may be offered only by membersof the Society and must be no more than20-25 minutes in length. Papers. preferablythe full text, or proposals for panelsshould be submitted, no later than May 1.to the 1983 Program Chairman, Prof.Daniel J . Watermeier, Department of The-atre, State University of New York, Collegeof Arts and Sciences, Plattsburgh, NY12901.

ATAThe Theatre History Program of the Uni-

versity and College Theatre Associationre-quests papers for the following panels tobe held at the 1983 American TheatreAssociation Convention in Minneapolis.The Debut Panel is designed for indivi-duals who have not yet published in a na-tional scholarly journal nor have pre-sented a paper at a national convention;chair: Prof. Michael Whitlatch, Dept. ofTheatre, Buena Vista College, Storm Lake,lowa 50588. The Competitive Panel is d esigned for individuals who have alreadydemonstrated research and writing abili tythrough publications and/or conventionpapers; chair: Prof. David Stevens, Dept.of Communication Arts, Oakland Univer-sity, Rochester, Michigan 48063. For theabove panels, submit an original and threecopies of the paper, with the author'sname on a detachable cover sheet only.The Current Research panel i s designedfor individuals wishing to present the r esults and/or methodology of new researchinto an aspect of theatre history. Submitthree copies of the paper to Prof. MargaretKnapp, Ph.D. Program in Theatre, Cradu-ate School of CUNY, 33 West 42nd Street,New York, N.Y. 10036. Papers should notexceed 20 minutes in reading time. Dead-line for submission is March 15, 1983.

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KARLE AM END ,SCENIC ARTISTRECENT ACQ UISITIO NS

The term "scenic artist" connotes a dif -ferent era in theatrical history than stagedesigner, a credit often seen in today'splaybills. Behind the Scenes: The TheatreArt of Karle0. Amend, a new exhibition inthe Vincent Astory Gallery of The NewYork Public Library at Linco ln Center, indi-cates how far the profession has evolvedwhile showing many colorful examples ofearlier techniques.If a stage designer now were commis-sioned to create King Tut's Tomb, TomThumb's Golf Course, Atlantic City, WallStreet, a battle ship, a train station and ahospital ward for a single show, he mightreasonably assume the producers hadmore money than sense. But Karle Amendhad to do just that during the 1920s and1930s when most revues required as manyas 20 different sets. Fortunately, paintedbackdrops rather than total environmentswere sufficient to evoke even the mostexotic locale.Amend's sketches for many stage p r eductions during this active and variedperiod are exhibited. From 1925 to 1932,he designed sets for seven editions of theEarl Carroll Vanities, an enormously suc-cessful revue. Renderings for scenes titled"Blossoms and Sugar Cane," "Roof Party"and "Factory Yard" from Shuffle Along of7933, which starred Noble Sissle and EubieBlake, reflect the different moods Amendwas required to convey in his designs forone musical production.The exhibition also features a selectionof stencils and pounces in a mixture ofstyles, includ ing Art Deco. Amend usedthese technical devices to decorate theelaborate lobbies and auditoriums in thePoli theatre chain. The floor plans andscene plots on display reveal a man wellversed in architectural and constructionproblems.An early member of United Scenic Art-ists ("Local 829" is stamped on nearly allof his drawings), Amend executed most ofhis work-which included painting as wellas fla t construct ion-a t his own sceneshop in North Bergen, New Jersey. AmendScenic Studios i s pictured in a sketch andhis donkey logo stamp is shown along witha piece of aluminum hardware he in-vented to secure flats used in travelingproductions.

For his personal correspondenceemerges a harrowing portrait of the De-pression. He received as many dunningletters as he sent, and he wrote to manygovernment off ici als - Franklin Rooseveltand members of the War Departmentamong them-offering his studio for anERA project. In return for a pencil andwatercolor sketch of the Paradise CabaretRestaurant at Broadway and 49th Street,the owners game him a letter of credit inthe amount of $130 "good everyday in-cluding Saturday, tax and tip to be paid incash."

Columbia University's Avery Architec-tural 81 Fine Arts Library was part of anexciting rescue of architectural materialsfrom the recently demolished Helen HayesTheatre in New York City. As demoli tion ofthe Landmark building began, 10 boxes ofdrawings and blueprints from a realty of-fice in the upper floors of the theatre werediscovered by Meadows/Woll, the archi-tectural f irm hired to remove certain dec erative elements from the build ing.Diane Kaese, a student in Columbia'spreservation program and an employee ofMeadows/Woll, called Herbert M~tchell,Bibliographer at the Avery Library. Mem-bers of the Avery staff visited the demoli-tion site, made a quick assessment of thematerial, discovered that records of sev-eral New York City structures were in-cluded and moved the material to theAvery Library where a final decision aboutits care can be made.(COPAR, Sept. 1982)

C O M I N G UP I N B R O AD S ID EFeatured Collections, New Books, RecentAcquisit ions Deadline For Spring 1983issue: March 1 Send your contributions to:

BROADSIDEc/o G. COCUZZ~115 Willow StreetBrooklyn, N.Y. 11201

Amend, born in Columbus, Ohio in1889, was a genuine all-round man of thetheatre. His early days as a vaudevi lleperformer are documented in reviewsand advertisements for his comedy andwooden shoe dancing act. He also wroteplays and skits and occasionally producedthem, and even worked as a writer's agent.The murals at the Cocoanut Grove in NewYork were one of the last projects he com-pleted before his death in 1944."Behind the Scenes: The Theatre Art ofKarle 0. mend" can be seen in the Vin-cent Astor Gallery of The New York PublicLibrary at Lincoln Center through February28, 1983.

The Theatre Department of thc Metpolitan Toronto Library has recently quired the manuscript materials of jaKarr (19161979), Canadian film and thatre critic and public relations director fthe Stratford Festival and the O'KeeCentre. Also available are costume dsigns by Marie Day, Charles Dunlop, ClaJeffery, Mark Negin, and Barry Zaid, well as a por tfo lio of 14 reproductiphotographs which has been added to tSir Johnston Forbes-Robertson Collectio(Acquisitions, Sept. 19

Georgia State University's William RPullen Library, Atlanta, has acquired thpapers of songwriter, singer, composand publisher johnny Mercer. The colletion includes correspondence, press clpings, drafts of lyrics, music scores, an upublished biography, playbills and otheannouncements, photographs, phonodiscaudio and video tapes, and some oMercer's original water colors.The University of New Orleans' EarlLong Library has received an extensivWilliam Faulkner collection. Over 60items are in the assemblage donated bFrank Von der Haar, a New Orleans busnessman. Included are special signeeditions, the first trade editions, movscripts, recordings, and posters.(College & Research Library New

June 198The University of Illinois Library has aquired more than 3,000 costume sketche

story boards, and fabric swatches from160 productions designed by MOTLE(Margaret Harris, Sophia Harris, and Eliabeth Montgomery), including designs fothe Old Vic, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford, the English NationOpera, The Royal Court, and numerouEnglish commercial productions. MOTi E Y s U.S. credits include South PacificCawcan, Paint Your Wagon, Most HappFella, Peter Pan, Long Day's journey, thDeMille-Copland ballet "Rodeo," and thfilm version of Oklahoma. The collectiohas been catalogued and is available foresearch use.(CUCTA/ATA Theatre HistoProgram Newslette

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MEMBERSHIP UPDATEThe current TLA Membership List was

issued in the Fall of 1982. The followingadditions and changes should be n oted t okeep your list up to-date.

NEW MEMBERSCecilia Fowadade AdedejiUniversity LibraryUniversity of lbadanIbadan. NigeriaArlene BalkanskyBobst Library- NYU70 Washington Square SouthNew York, NY 10003Daniel BarrettDepartment of English203 Ross Halllowa State UniversityAmes, lowa 5OUllRuth A. BerkowitzDrama Resource Center117 Bouverie St.Carlton, Victoria. Australia 3053Denise Buhr8014 Flutter RoadFt. Wayne, IN 46815VeVe A. ClarkPO. Box 206bston, MA 02123Phyllis T. Dircks5 Edwin LaneHuntington, NY 11743Gresdna Doty628 Polytech DriveBaton Rouge, LA 70808Dr. Jack McCullwghDept. of Speech Communicationand TheatreTrenton State CollegePennington Road, CN 550Trenton, NJ06625Univefsity of Missouri-K.C.Room UX)PlayhouseKansas City. MO 64110

ADDRESS CHANGESPhyllis AndrewsRush Rhees Library- Ref. Dept.University of RochesterRochester, NY 14627Cinnine L. Cocuzza115 Willow Street, # IDBrooklyn, NY ll2OlMaxine 1.Dierlam andDr. Robert J. Dierlam51 Cod Lane, Box 733Chatham, MA 02633Edward J . DeLongP.O. Box 98St. Mary's City, MD 20686John W. Frick, Jr.22 Hazelwood TerracePittsfield, M A O l ZOlMary Ann O'Brian MalkinSuite 141527 West 72nd StreetNYC 10023

SPECIAL CHINESE FILM,INDUSTRY TOURS FOR FILMA N D TV PROFESSIONALSThe Chinese Film Industry, one of the

largest yet least known in the world, willbe the focus of three special l& da y toursfor professionals in the film, radio, tele-vision, and theatre industries.

The trips will feature visits to the mainChinese Filmmaking centers, Shanghai,Beijing, and Canton, where U.S. profes-sionals wil l wat ch Chinese films in produc-tion and be able to meet and talk withtheir industry counterparts. The tours willalso include visits to the most importantancient sights in each of these cities, aswel l as trips to Xian, world-renowned asthe site of the Emperor's Tomb cont ainingover 6,000 life-size terra cotta soldiers,and ~a ng zh ou , ne of China's oldest andmost beautiful cities. The tours will con-clude with two days in Hong Kong, whereparticipants may remain longer if they sodesire.

The trips will be led by well-known in-dustry professionals. The first tour, depart-ing May 7 from New York and San Fran-cisco, will be led by Mr. Larry Roemer,Studio Manager of Empire Magno, NewYork City, who is a member of the DGAand NATAS.

The four dates are Ma y 7-24, June 11-28,and Ju ly 16-August 4. The trip i s taxdeductible for all those traveling for pro-fessional reasons; however, participantsshould confirm this wit h their accountantsbeforehand.

Interested parties should contactTravel-Go-Round, Inc., directly at 516Fi fth Avenue. New York. N.Y. 10036 (212-

C.F. MyersIllinois Wesley

-UniveSchool of Drama

302 East GrahamBloomington, IL 61701American Theatre Association1OlO Wisconsin Ave., NWSuite 630Washington. DC 20007

SOU TH AFRICANTHEATREThe Centre for South African Thea

(CESAT) is a documentation and reseacenter which focuses i t s attention on mters affecting the South African stage, balfilms, radio and television drama. The Ctre houses some of the most significmaterial on South African theatre includthe vast NTO archives, the Binge collectiothe Myles Bourke collection, the Breytbach collection, the Brooke collection, Cronje collection, the Dommisse collectiothe Anne Fischer collection, the Hanekcollection, the Rogally collection and maothers. For further information contact Temple Hauptfleisch, Head, Centre South African Theatre Research, Private BX41, Pretoria0001, Republic of South Afri

BLACK THEATRE I NSOUT H AFRICAIcarus Films is prou d to announce I

About Me, I m Africa, a 54-minute vi dtape surveying black theatre in SoAfrica. Shot secretly in black arethroughout South Africa, the program pvides an intimate look at the responseblack culture, a culture of resistance,the system of apartheid. With a minimof narration, relying almost exclusively the performers themselves, the videotarecords portions of four different perfmances. ITalk About Me, I m Africa veals the variety of forms of theatrical pression tha t have emerged wit h the BlaConsciousness movement of the 1970sI Talk About Me, IAm Africa includ

renowned playwright Gibson Kentetraveling musical troupe touring ghehalls in government-sanctioned perfmances. The tape presents a womenstree theatre troupe in the illegal shantown of Crossroads dramatizing their ogoing battle with the police and budozers. In a ghetto hall, two actors umime and stark staging to suggest the sybolic links between the governmenprisons and the gold mines beneaJohannesburg. The tape concludes wit h illegal poetry reading, accompanied flutes and drums, in a Soweto backyaWhen the fi lm aired on BBC in England1980, Time Out magazine described it "an extraordinarily exciting account of trebirth of bla ck theatre." The fi lm i s avaable for purchase or rental from lcarFilms, 200 Park Avenue South, Room 131New York 10003.

ATTN: Margaret Lynn, Exec. Dir. ISerials DivsionDenver Public Library3840 York Street, Unit IDenver, CO 802013536Victoria College- Rusden CampusH.B. Sarjeant Library662 Blackburn Rd.North Clayton, Australia 3168ATTN: Periodicals Librarian

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!!!TRIVIA ANSWER!!!The poor pup fell into a stage trap to his deataccording to Laurence Irving's Henry Irvinp. 613.Puzzle-makers and trivia collectors are encouaged to submit their offerings to Broadside that we may al l share the fun.


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READERS REPORT . . . QUERY: THEATRESBiographical Dictionary of Actors, Ac-tresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers,& Other Stage Personnel I n London,16601800, by Philip H. Highfill, Jr.,Kalman A. Burnim, and Edward A.Langhans. Carbondale, I ll.: Southern II-linois University Press, 1982. Volume 7:Habgood to Houbert; Volume 8: Houghto Keyse. $40.00 each volume.

These ling-awaited volumes live up toone's every expectation. They containsuch biza rre entries as Mr . Haddock, exhi-bitor of a variety of performers includingvarious animals, even a chimney sweepexiting from a house with a bag of soot.There are new facts about the Hallamfamily, well known i n England, who riskedsuccess i n America. M uc h has been addedto our knowledge of George Frideric Han-del's personal life as well as the iconog-raphy relating to him. Kean i s just touchedupon as he is really a 19th-century actor.The Kembles get full treatment. The listsand illustrations of paintings and prints in-clude pictures that are littl e known or thathad been lost to public access betweenpublication two centuries ago and today,which is of extreme importance to cata-loguers. We are grateful for these volumesand impatient for the ones to fo llow.- abette Craven

PUBLICATION OF NOTELondon Theatre Record, a fortnightly

publi catio n giving the critics' reviews fromall the important daily and Sunday news-papers, except the Times, plus other impor-tant and lesser known newspapers andmagazines is of great value t o anyone inter-ested in the current West End and Fringetheatrical scene. Let's hope it fares betterthan jury, an attemp t at a similar publica-tion in 1965 that survived only one year.

London Theatre Record is published byIan Herbert. 4 Cross Deep Gardens, Twick-enham TW l 4QV, Middlesex, England.- .C.

BOOKS RECEIVEDAmerican Costume, 19111970: A Source Bookfor the Stage Costumer by Shirley MilesO'Donnol. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana Uni-versity Press, 1982. 256 p. illus. glossary527.50.American Popular Culture: A Guide to Infor-mation Sources, edited by Larry N. Landrum.Volume12 n the American Studies Inforrna-tion Guide Series, part of the Cale Informa-tion Guide Library. Detroit, Mich.: Cale Re-search Co., 1982. viii + 435 p. 540.00.Drama Activities with Older Adults: A Handbook for Leaders by Anne Thurman andCarol Ann Plggins. New York: HaworthPress, 1982. 98 p. index $16.95.An Enterlude called Lusty luuentus. Liuely de-scribing the fariltie of youth: of nature, proneto vyce: by grace and good councell trayna-ble to vertue by R. Wever; an old-spellingcritical edition, edited by Helen Scarbor-ough Thomas. New York: Garland Publish-ing, Inc., 1982. 58 p. 525.00.Eugene O'Neill by Norman Berlin. New York:Grove Press, Inc., 1982.178 . photos. index(paperbound)59.95.Gordon Craig's Moscow Hamlet A Recomstruction by Laurence Senelick. Westport.Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1982. viii + 234p. illus. 529.95./ohn Arden by Frances Gray. New York: GrovePress, Inc.,1982.173 . photos. index (paper-bound) 59.95.Motion Arrested: Dance Reviews of H.T. Parker,edited by Olive Holmes. Middletown,Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 1982. 25p. illus. index 529.95.Shakespeare's Lovers: A Text for Performanceand Analysis by Libby Appel and MichaelFlachmann. Carbondale, Ill .: Southern Il li-nois University Press, 1982. 156 p. (D~F;-bound) $5.95. -en Modern American Playwrights: An Annatared Bibliography by Kimball King. NewYork: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1982. 67 p.533.00.Theatrical Touring and Founding in NorthAmerica, edited by L.W. Conolly. Westport,Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1982. iv + 245 p.illus. 527.95.Tom Stoppard's Plays: A Study of His Life andWork by Jim Hunter. New York: Grove Press,Inc., 1982. 258 p. study-guide (paperbound)512.50.The Unexpected Shaw: Biographical Approaches to G.B.S. and His Work by StanleyWeintraub. New York: Frederick Ungar Pub

lishing CO.,1982. 254 p. illus. index $22.50.Variety Entertainment and Outdoor Amusements:A Reference Guide by DonB. Wilmeth.Westport. Conn.: Greenwood Press,1982. i i i+ 242 p. 535.00.

(NOTE: Listing does no t preclude a f o r t hcoming review.)

The Theatre Historical Society i s searching for images of interiors of theatres inPhiladelphia demolished by the mid1930's. The principal theatres of interesare the Lyric, Adelphia, National, ParkBroad, Garrick, Chestnut Street OperaHouse, Chestnut Street Theatre (12th St.)Keith's, Central, Adler, Arch, O ld ForresLincoln, Standard, Grand Opera HouseO ld Stanley (16th St.), Forepaugh's, Gayety, and the Bijou. We are told that "tenyears of research has failed to turn up ajingle interior pi cture of any of thesetheatres . I am in hope tha t some of youreaders can lead us to some sources."Write: lrvin R. Glazer, 624 Wynne RoadSpringfield, PA. 19064.

(COPAR, Sept. 1982

W O R K S IN PROGRESSVAUDEVILLE

A comprehensive guide to primarsource materials in vaudeville collectioni s being assembled to stimulate scholarland theatrical interest in this rich anenjoyable subject. A survey has been d esigned to locate materials on vaudevillevariety, burlesque and minstrelsy. To partcipate in the survey contact Michael JoLeininger, 28 Chatham Street, CambridgeMass. 021 39.

W H O O P SThe correct life dates for American

playwright Avery HOPWOOD are 18821928.

???TRIVIA???How did Fussy, Henry Irving's dog, die?

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PERFORMING ARTS RESOURCES INTERNSHIP CLEARINGHOUSEComplete your collection of Performing Arts Resources: Past issues are available

to current members at 510.00 er copy, prepaid.Vol. 1, 1974 includes 17 articles on major American resources.Vol. 2, 1975 includes Mander & Mitchenson Collection, Peabody Awards Collec-tion, promptscripts and unpublished scripts.Vol. 3, 1976 U.S. Covt. Documents on Art, American Film, Surrealist Cinema,

Edwin Booth Literary Materials, Burlesque.Vol. 4, 978 International: Australia, Barcelona, Netherlands, England, Moscow& Leningrad, West Berlin, ITI.Vol. 5,1979 Monograph: Recollections of 0. Smith (with 11 illustrations).Vol. 6, 980 Federal Theatre Project materials at George Mason University andthe Theatre Collec tion of The New York Public Library, Museum ofBroadcasting, Walt Disney Archives at UCLA, Songwriters' Hall ofFame, and the San Francisco Archives for the Performing Arts.Send your prepaid order t o the Theatre Library Association,1 11 Amsterdam Avenue,

New York. N.Y. 10023.

I W a t i o n CreditsVolume 10,Number1: The Historyof Harlequinby Cyril W. Beaumont. Arno, 1976.

The Theatre Design and Technology I*termhip Clearinghouse project i s now fulloperational. Students interested in obtaininthe latest information concerning internshipneed only contact the national of fice of thU.S. Institute for Theatre Technology, 33West 42nd Street, Suite 1702,New York, N.Y10036.An individualized computer print-out containing detailed information about the experences offered by a theatre or a firm wi ll bsent directly to the person requesting iInternship opportunities are available in thfollowing areas: Administration (Box OfficeBusiness Management, Public Relationsetc.), Design (Scenery, Costume and LightingTechnical Production, Costume TechnologyManagement (Stage Management and Prduction Assistance), and Manufacturing anSales. Each request must indicate which areis desired and be accompanied, by a $3.0handling ee for each area requested. The liscontains names of theatres and firms whicaccept as interns bonafide students enrollein an academic program of study; this is not job placement service.The work sites are asked to keep their entries upt odate so that information supplieto students is as current as possible. Over onhundred twenty different organizations arrepresented in the present listings. This ongoing serviceof the USlTT is the result of ovetwo years of work by a committee chaired bHarvey Sweet, of the University of Iowa, anDon Stowell, Jr., of Florida State Universitywhere the computer operation is coordinateby Jack Miller.

Off~ers f the l k a b c Libraq haxiation (founded 1937) President. Louis A Broadride, ISSN: 006&2748, published quarterly by the Theatre Library AssociatioR a c h a * . Curator-Librarian, The Walter HampdewEdwm Booth Theatre Collection 111 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10023, is sent to all members in ,pod stanand Library at the Players. New York City; Vicepresident. Don B Wilmeth. Head, ing. Editor: Cinnine Cocuzza, 115 Wi llow Street, Brooklyn. N.Y. 11201; AssistaLkparbnent of Theatre Arts, Brown University. Prov~dence,R I ; Secretary-Trea- Editors: Stephen M. Vallillo and John Frick. TLA membership (annual dues; 5surer.RichardM Buck. Assstant to the Ch~ef.Performmg Arts Research Center, personal, 525 institutional) also includes Performiy Arts R m r c w published annThe New Y w k Public Library at L~ncolnCenter; Recordmg Secretary, Br~gitte ally. Current members may purchase past issues of Performing Arts Resources. 51K w p p m , Archivist. Shubert Archwe, Lyceum Theatre. New York City prepaid, and Broadside, $2 prepaid.

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