James Woodman Thompson papers, 1909-1955

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Series VI: Production File

Contains: correspondence; contracts; expenses; notes; property lists; costume lists; cast lists; schedules; scripts; music "run throughs"; programs; publicity; blueprints; drawings, usually schematics or prop details, done in pencil and/or ink; sketches, generally costume, but some schematics; rough sketches in pencil; studies in color (watercolor, poster paint, melted crayon, light oil, ink and pencil) usually for sets; cardboard minature mock-ups; photographs of sets, scenes, and mock-ups; source illustrations.



Box 103 Unidentified material



Mapcase 14-F-14 "Unidentified Material"



Box 103 Contracts (arranged chronologically)


Box 103 The Admiral



Mapcase 14-F-14 "The Admiral"



Box 103 The Adventures of Samuel Pickwick, Esq.


Box 103 Antigone



Mapcase 14-F-14 "Antigone"



Box 103 Augustan Comedy (also called "A Neoclassical Comedy")



Mapcase 14-F-14 "Augustan Comedy"



Mapcase 14-F-13 "Augustan Comedy"



Box 103 Balle Comique


Box 103 The Beggar On Horseback



Mapcase 14-F-14 "The Beggar on Horseback."



Mapcase 14-G-7 "Beggar on Horseback" ["The Cady Home"], [n.p.], 1933, 15 x 22 3/4 Gouache

[From the Brander Matthews Dramatic Museum, 1970. Transferred from Art Properties, 23 September 2001]



Box 103 The Bishop Misbehaves



Mapcase 14-F-15 "The Bishop Misbehaves" - "The Chastening."



Box 103 Bridal Quilt


Box 103 Butterflies


Box 103 Candida


Box 103 Carioca Purple



Box 104 The Chastening


Box 104 Christopher Rand



Mapcase 14-G-1 "Christopher Rand" - "Daphnis & Chloe."



Box 104 Close Harmony (also called "Soft Music")


Box 104 The Cocoanuts


Box 104 Daisies Won't Tell


Box 104 Dangerous Corner


Box 104 Daphnis & Chloe


Box 104 Deep River



Mapcase 14-G-2 "Deep River" - "God Loves Us."



Box 104 Delicate Justice


Box 104 Desert Song (also called "Lady Fair")


Box 104 Expressing Willie


Box 104 The Firebrand



Mapcase 14-G-7 "The Firebrand" Acts I and III, [n.p.], [ca. 1930], 15 1/2 x 22 1/2 Watercolor (signed on back)

[From the Brander Matthews Dramatic Museum, 1970. Transferred from Art Properties, 23 September 2001]



Box 104 The Ghost of Yankee Doodle


Box 104 God Loves Us


Box 104 The Habitual Husband



Mapcase 14-G-3 "The Habitual Husband" - "Macbeth."



Box 104 Hedda Gabler


Box 104 Hospitality


Box 104 In the Meantime


Box 104 Iolanthe


Box 104 Ipinegia aus Tarus


Box 104 Joan d'Arc


Box 104 Lightnin'


Box 104 Little Theater Concert


Box 104 Macbeth



Box 105 The Magnificent Yankee



Mapcase 14-G-4 "The Magnificent Yankee" - "Neighbors."



Box 105 Malvaloca


Box 105 The Marriage of Figaro


Box 105 The Merchant of Venice



Mapcase 14-F-12 "The Merchant of Venice."



Box 105 Midnight


Box 105 Month In The Country


Box 105 Neighbors


Box 105 Nepenthe



Mapcase 14-G-5 "Nepenthe" - "Queen Victoria."



Box 105 The New Englander


Box 105 Old Man Minick


Box 105 Pirates Of Penzance


Box 105 Plumes In The Dust


Box 105 The Potters


Box 105 A Primer For Lovers


Box 105 Pure In Heart


Box 105 Queen Victoria


Box 105 Rhapsody Negro



Mapcase 14-G-6 "Rhapsody Negro" - "Rye."



Box 105 Richard The Third (John Carradine)


Box 105 The Rivals


Box 105 Roger Bloomer


Box 105 Romeo and Juliet



Mapcase 14-G-7 "Romeo and Juliet" Act I, scene i, [n.p.], 1933, 14 1/2 x 22 1/4 Watercolor

[From the Brander Matthews Dramatic Museum, 1970. Transferred from Art Properties, 23 September 2001]



Box 105 Rye



Box 106 She Stoops To Conquer


Box 106 The Shelf



Mapcase 14-G-7 "The Shelf" - "Venus Vixtrix."



Box 106 The Squall


Box 106 Sweet Nell Of Old Drury


Box 106 Taboo


Box 106 Theme And Variations


Box 106 These Few Ashes


Box 106 This One Man (also called "The Man Saul", etc.)


Box 106 Tomorrow Is A Holiday


Box 106 Venus Vixtrix


Box 106 The Warrior's Husband



Mapcase 14-G-8 "The Warrior's Husband" - "Why Not?"



Box 106 "What Price Glory?"



Mapcase 14-G-7 "Scene from What Price Glory" Act II, [n.p.], [n.d.], 15 x 23 Watercolor

[Inscribed on verso: "What Price Glory"/ Scene II The Dugent/Designed by/Woodman Thompson/for Arthur Hopkins. From the Brander Matthews Dramatic Museum, 1970. Transferred from Art Properties, 23 September 2001]



Box 106 White Wings


Box 106 "Why Not?"


Box 106 "Will You Marry Me?"


Box 106 The Winged Messenger



Mapcase 14-G-9 "The Winged Messenger" - "The Wolf At The Door."



Box 106 The Wisdom Tooth


Box 106 The Wolf At The Door


Box 106 Miscellaneous Productions -- Programs only



Mapcase 14-F-13 Miscellaneous material