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Abby Shute Merchant Papers, 1912-1940Finding AidEncoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.© 2005
Biographical NoteProgram cover for the Equity 48th Street production of The New Englander, 1924Abby Shute Merchant was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1882; graduated Smith College 1904; later studied at Radcliffe, 1913-15. Editor for Craftsman, 1909; wrote for Sheet and Smith, 1909-12. Part-owner, the Prairie Playhouse, Galesburg (Ill), 1915-16, one of the first rural regional theatres using repertory techniques in community setting. Playwright 1912-40. She died in 1982. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Contents of the CollectionPapers consist of 7 plays in typescript, some with explanatory notes. Titles included are: "The New Englander" (1912), "Irish Dew" (1920), "Love and Lucy" (1927), "The Dramatist" (1928), "Burden of Beauty" (1932), "The Unbent Twig" (1940), and "Love Story" (n.d.). NOTE: The container list for this collection is available in the Sophia Smith Collection. Please contact us to request a copy. Return to the Table of Contents Search TermsReturn to the Table of Contents |
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