| Title: |
Reminiscences of Robert Lewis
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP88-A175
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Popular Arts Project, Part III
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| Description: |
Early career; formation of Group Theatre; director, "My Heart's in the Highlands," 1939; end of Group Theatre and subsequent move to Hollywood; return to New York and directing: "Brigadoon," "The Grass Harp," "Witness for the Prosecution," "Jamaica," "Handful of Fire"; formation of Group Theatre Studio; Actors Studio; mechanics of getting a play to the stage; responsibilities of a director; predicting the success of a play; impressions of Charlie Chaplin, Truman Capote, Lena Horne, David Susskind.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 61 leaves
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1975. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Microfiche copy available for purchase. (Columbia University oral history collection, part II, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1959 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Lewis, Robert, 1909-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1909
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| Speaker occupation: |
Theatrical director
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| Age at speaking: |
50
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| Document date: |
1959
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| Interviewer: |
Franklin, Joan; Franklin, Robert
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| Organizations discussed: |
Actors Studio, Inc., New York, NY
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Acting; Actors Studio, Inc., New York, NY; Theater--New York (N.Y.); Theater--Production and direction
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Group Theatre; Lewis, Robert, 1909-; Theatrical producers and directors
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0019626-15069
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