Betsko-Koenig Women Playwrights Collection, 1955-1990
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Betsko-Koenig Women Playwrights Collection
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Scope and Contents of the Collection The Betsko-Koenig Women Playwrights Collection consists of 8 linear feet of audio tapes, edited and unedited transcripts, and related material on 30 women playwrights. The edited transcripts were published as Interviews with Contemporary Women Playwrights compiled by Kathleen Betsko and Rachel Koenig (Beech Tree Books, 1987). The inclusive dates are 1955 to 1986. The papers are arranged by individual playwright including co-author Kathleen Betsko. The authors collected related material, which includes plays, reviews, clippings, other interviews, programs, flyers, and correspondence. All related material follows each transcript. Material specifically related to the publication of the book, including photographs of the subjects, is located with Kathleen Betsko's file. The audio tapes and those transcripts that are closed to research have been separated and are in the first and last boxes, respectively.
Theater--History--20th century--Sources
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Women in the theater--United States--History--Sources
Theater--United States--History--20th century--Sources
Women dramatists--20th century--Biography--Sources
Drexler, Rosalyn
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Henley, Beth
Norman, Marsha
Shange, Ntozake
Terry, Megan
Betsko, Kathleen
Interviews With Contemporary Women Playwrights. compiled by Kathleen Betsko and Rachel Koenig(1987)--Sources
Oral history tapes (90)
Liliane Atlan
Edited transcript
Biographical and miscellaneous material, n.d.
Correspondence, interviews, 1984, n.d.
Plays
Les Musiciens les emigrants: scripts, 1976, n.d.
L'Amour elementaire: scripts, 1979, n.d.
Carriage of Flames and Voices: script (in French and English), 1971, 1981
The Messiahs or Earth Sick: script, 1983
Mister Fugue or Earth Sick: script, 1983
Other works
Un opera pour Terezen, Le reve des animaux rongeurs, La lapsus, 1971, 1985, n.d.
Alice Childress
Unedited transcript
Biographical material, 1967-88
Wine in the Wilderness, Mojo, String: scripts, 1969, 1971
Miscellaneous reviews, 1955-84
Caryl Churchill
Biographical material, correspondence, 1965, n.d.
Cloud 9: reviews, program, 1980, 1983
Fen: script, reviews, 1983-84
Top Girls: script, reviews, program, 1982-83
Owners: script, reviews, 1972-77
Miscellaneous reviews, 1975-88
Anne Commire
Biographical material, 1979, n.d.
Melody Sisters: script, 1983
Put Them All Together: programs, script, reviews, 1978-80
Shay: script, reviews, 1972-78
Gretchen Cryer
Transcript
Edited
Unedited
Biographical material, 1980-87
I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road: script, reviews, 1976-80
Miscellaneous reviews, 1970
Donna de Matteo
Biographical material, n.d.
Flipside: script, n.d.
Rocky Road: script, n.d.
Animal Lovers: script, 1977
Lord Richard: script, n.d.
Silver Fox: programs, 1987, n.d.
Miscellaneous reviews, 1975-1979
Rosalyn Drexler
Biographical material, interviews, 1979-83
Lobby: script, , 1983
Graven Image: script, reviews, 1979
She Who Was He: script, 1974
Skywriting: script, review, 1968
Utopia Parkway: script, 1983
The Line of Least Existence and Other Plays (includes Home Movers, The Investigations, Hot Buttered Roll, Softly and Consider the Learners, The Bed Was Full): published book of plays, reviews of the book and individual plays), 1964-68
Miscellaneous reviews, programs, flyers, 1964-83
Novel: I Am the beautiful stranger excerpted in The Bold New Woman, 1970
Laura Farabough
Obedience School: "Notebook," reviews, 1982-83
Under Construction: reviews, 1985-86
Sea of Heartbreak: "Notebook", 1983
Snake Theatre: articles, 1979, n.d.
Bai Fengxi
Biographical material and correspondence (some in Chinese), 1981-85
Maria Irene Fornes
Biographical material, interviews, 1966-86
Fefu and Her Friends: script, reviews, 1978
Promenade: script, n.d.
Miscellaneous reviews, 1969-88
Mary Gallagher
Biographical and miscellaneous material, 1983-86
Win/Lose/Draw: script, reviews, 1981, 1983
Dog Eat Dog: script, reviews, 1982-83
Little Bird: script, 1983
Miscellaneous reviews, 1981-82
Book: Quicksilver, 1982
Griselda Gambaro
Biographical and miscellaneous material, correspondence, 1970-83
In the Country: reviews, 1983
Teatro 1: script, , 1984
Pam Gems
Biographical and miscellaneous material, correspondence, 1973-74
Piaf: script, reviews, program, 1978-81
Queen Christina: script, reviews, 1982, n.d.
Dusa, Fish, Stas & Vi: script, reviews, 1977-80
Miscellaneous reviews, 1972-84
Beth Henley
Biographical material, correspondence, 1981-83
Crimes of the Heart: script, reviews, 1980-82
The Wake of Jamey Foster: script, reviews, program, 1982-83
Am I Blue: script, reviews, 1981-82
The Miss Firecracker Contest: script, reviews, 1979, n.d.
Confluence: reviews, 1982
Tina Howe
Biographical and miscellaneous material, correspondence, 1984-88
Painting Churches: script, reviews, program, 1982-84
Museum: script, reviews, 1978-79
Art of Dining: script, reviews, 1978-80
Birth and After Birth: script, 1973
Nest: reviews, 1970
Corinne Jacker
Domestic Issues: script, reviews, 1983
My Life: script, reviews, 1977
Harry Outside: script, reviews, 1975
Later: script, reviews, 1979
In Place, The Chinese Restaurant Syndrome, Bits and Pieces: scripts, 1975-83
Miscellaneous reviews, 1976
Adrienne Kennedy
Biographical material, 1977, n.d.
Funnyhouse of a Negro: script, reviews, 1964-79
A Rat's Nest, Cities in Bezique (The Owls Answers, A Beast Story): scripts, n.d.
An Evening with Dead Essex: script, reviews, 1973-74, n.d.
Karen Malpede
Biographical and miscellaneous material, correspondence, 1976-83, n.d.
The End of the War: script, reviews, 1977-82
Sappho and Aphrodite: script, reviews, 1982-83
A Lament for Three Women: script, 1974
A Monster Has Stolen the Sun: script, reviews, 1980-81
Making Peace: script, review, 1979
Miscellaneous reviews and programs, 1976-88
Three Works by the Open Theatre, ed. by K. Malpede, 1974
Emily Mann
Biographical and miscellaneous material, correspondence, 1985, 1987, n.d.
Execution of Justice: script, reviews, 1983-86
Still Life: reviews, program, 1981-83
Eve Merriam
Biographical and miscellaneous material, correspondence, n.d.
Plays/Musicals
At Her Age: script, program, reviews, 1979
The Inner City: reviews, 1971-81
The Good Life: Lady MacBeth of Westport: script, n.d.
A Husband's Notes about Her: script, n.d.
Plagues for Our Time: script, review, 1983
The Club: reviews, 1976-77
And I Ain't Finished Yet: script, 1982
Janet Neipris
Biographical material, 1977-81, n.d.
Exhibition, Statues, and The Bridge at Belharbour: 3 One-Act Plays: script, reviews, 1976, n.d.
The Agreement, Out of Order: scripts, 1981, 1983
Marsha Norman
Biographical material, articles, 1981-84
Getting Out: publicity, reviews, script, 1978-79
'night Mother: reviews, publicity, script, 1982-83
Traveler in the Dark: script, review, 1983-85
Third and Oak: The Laundromat: script, reviews, 1978-85
Rochelle Owens
Biographical material, correspondence, 1975-84
Chunky's Hunch: reviews, script, 1981
Emma Instigated Me: script, n.d.
Miscellaneous reviews, 1968-78
Louise Page
Plays: Salonika: review, script, publicity, 1983-85
Ntozake Shange
Biographical material, correspondence, 1984-85
Works
Betsey Brown (the opera and the novel): script, reviews, publicity, 1985, 1987
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf: reviews, script, program, 1975-83
Three Pieces: script, review, 1981, n.d.
A Daughter's Geography, See No Evil, Sassafrass, Cypress and Indigo, 1982, 1983, 1986
Megan Terry
Biographical material, correspondence, 1967-84
Scripts
American Kings English for Queens, Approaching Simone, Attempted Rescue of Avenue B, 1973-82
Babes in the Big House, Brazil Fado, The Gloaming Oh My Darling, Calm Down Mother, 1966-78
Katmandu, Massachusetts Trust, Pro-Game, The Pioneer, 1968-82
Three One-Act Plays (Sanibel and Captiva, The Magic Realists, One More Little Dunkie), The Tommy Allen Show, The Trees Blew Down, 1970-80
Reviews, 1966-83
Omaha Magic Theatre: articles, 1979-83
Michelene Wandor
Work
Plays: 5 Plays, Sink Songs: scripts, 1975, 1984
Poetry: Up Beat Poems and Stories, 1982
Editor
Cutlasses and Earrings, On Gender and Writing, Strike While the Iron is Hot, 1977-83
Plays by Women, Volumes 1-4, 1982-85
Wendy Wasserstein
Biographical and miscellaneous material, articles, 1981-86, n.d.
Uncommon Women and Others: script, reviews, 1977-84
Isn't It Romantic: script, reviews, 1981-84
Miscellaneous reviews and programs, 1979-83
Susan Yankowitz
Biographical and miscellaneous material, correspondence, 1985, n.d.
The Amnesiac: script (screenplay), 1981
The Forerunner: Charlotte Perkins Gilman: script, n.d.
The Land of Milk and Funny or Portrait of a Scientist as a Dumb Broad; Slaughterhouse, Play; Who Done It?: scripts, 1968, 1969, n.d.
The Ha-Ha Play: script, n.d.
A Knife in the Heart: script, program, 1982-83
Miscellaneous reviews, 1970, 1983
Novel: Silent Witness, 1976
Kathleen Betsko
Biographical material, 1982-85
Johnny Bull: review, program, 1982-86
Johnny Bull: scripts, 1980-84
Stitchers and Starlight Talkers: script, reviews, publicity, 1986, n.d.
Book: Interviews with Contemporary Women Playwrights
Correspondence, proposal, publicity, miscellaneous material, 1982-86
Photographs
International Women Playwrights Conference: correspondence, publicity, 1988
CLOSED (unedited transcripts)