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Oral history tapes (90)
Liliane Atlan
Alice Childress
Caryl Churchill
Anne Commire
Gretchen Cryer
Donna de Matteo
Rosalyn Drexler
Laura Farabough
Bai Fengxi
Maria Irene Fornes
Mary Gallagher
Griselda Gambaro
Pam Gems
Beth Henley
Tina Howe
Corinne Jacker
Adrienne Kennedy
Karen Malpede
Emily Mann
Eve Merriam
Janet Neipris
Marsha Norman
Rochelle Owens
Louise Page
Ntozake Shange
Megan Terry
Michelene Wandor
Wendy Wasserstein
Susan Yankowitz
Kathleen Betsko
CLOSED (unedited transcripts)
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Betsko-Koenig Women Playwrights Collection, 1955-1990
Finding Aid
Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
© 2005
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Title:
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Betsko-Koenig Women Playwrights
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Dates:
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1955-1990 |
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Abstract:
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Source material for book, Interviews with Contemporary Women Playwrights compiled by Kathleen Betsko and Rachel Koenig (1987), featuring thirty women playwrights, including Rosalyn Drexler, Beth Henley, Marsha Norman, Ntozake Shange, Megan Terry, and Kathleen Betsko. Materials include audio tapes, edited and unedited interview transcripts, biographical materials, play scripts, reviews, programs, correspondence, and photographs.
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Extent:
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8 boxes(8 linear ft.) |
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Language:
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English |
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Identification:
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MS 427 |
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.
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Oral history tapes (90)
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Biographical and miscellaneous material,
n.d.
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Correspondence, interviews,
1984, n.d.
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Les Musiciens les emigrants: scripts,
1976, n.d.
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L'Amour elementaire: scripts,
1979, n.d.
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Carriage of Flames and Voices: script (in French and English),
1971, 1981
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The Messiahs or Earth Sick: script,
1983
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Mister Fugue or Earth Sick: script,
1983
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Un opera pour Terezen, Le reve des animaux rongeurs, La lapsus,
1971, 1985, n.d.
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Unedited transcript
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Biographical material,
1967-88
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Wine in the Wilderness, Mojo, String: scripts,
1969, 1971
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Miscellaneous reviews,
1955-84
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Edited transcript
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Biographical material, correspondence,
1965, n.d.
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Cloud 9: reviews, program,
1980, 1983
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Fen: script, reviews,
1983-84
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Top Girls: script, reviews, program,
1982-83
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Owners: script, reviews,
1972-77
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Miscellaneous reviews,
1975-88
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Biographical material,
1979, n.d.
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Melody Sisters: script,
1983
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Put Them All Together: programs, script, reviews,
1978-80
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Shay: script, reviews,
1972-78
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Biographical material,
1980-87
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I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road: script, reviews,
1976-80
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Miscellaneous reviews,
1970
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Edited transcript
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Biographical material,
n.d.
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Flipside: script,
n.d.
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Rocky Road: script,
n.d.
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Animal Lovers: script,
1977
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Lord Richard: script,
n.d.
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Silver Fox: programs,
1987, n.d.
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Miscellaneous reviews,
1975-1979
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Biographical material, interviews,
1979-83
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Lobby: script, ,
1983
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Graven Image: script, reviews,
1979
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She Who Was He: script,
1974
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Skywriting: script, review,
1968
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Utopia Parkway: script,
1983
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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
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Miscellaneous reviews, programs, flyers,
1964-83
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Novel: I Am the beautiful stranger excerpted in The Bold New Woman,
1970
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Biographical material,
n.d.
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Obedience School: "Notebook," reviews,
1982-83
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Under Construction: reviews,
1985-86
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Sea of Heartbreak: "Notebook",
1983
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Snake Theatre: articles,
1979, n.d.
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Edited transcript
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Biographical material and correspondence (some in Chinese),
1981-85
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Biographical material, interviews,
1966-86
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Fefu and Her Friends: script, reviews,
1978
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Promenade: script,
n.d.
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Miscellaneous reviews,
1969-88
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Edited transcript
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Biographical and miscellaneous material,
1983-86
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Win/Lose/Draw: script, reviews,
1981, 1983
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Dog Eat Dog: script, reviews,
1982-83
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Little Bird: script,
1983
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Miscellaneous reviews,
1981-82
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Book: Quicksilver,
1982
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Unedited transcript
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Biographical and miscellaneous material, correspondence,
1970-83
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In the Country: reviews,
1983
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Teatro 1: script, ,
1984
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Biographical and miscellaneous material, correspondence,
1973-74
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Piaf: script, reviews, program,
1978-81
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Queen Christina: script, reviews,
1982, n.d.
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Dusa, Fish, Stas & Vi: script, reviews,
1977-80
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Miscellaneous reviews,
1972-84
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Biographical material, correspondence,
1981-83
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Crimes of the Heart: script, reviews,
1980-82
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The Wake of Jamey Foster: script, reviews, program,
1982-83
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Am I Blue: script, reviews,
1981-82
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The Miss Firecracker Contest: script, reviews,
1979, n.d.
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Confluence: reviews,
1982
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Edited transcript
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Biographical and miscellaneous material, correspondence,
1984-88
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Painting Churches: script, reviews, program,
1982-84
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Museum: script, reviews,
1978-79
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Art of Dining: script, reviews,
1978-80
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Birth and After Birth: script,
1973
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Biographical material,
1979, n.d.
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Domestic Issues: script, reviews,
1983
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My Life: script, reviews,
1977
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Harry Outside: script, reviews,
1975
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Later: script, reviews,
1979
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In Place, The Chinese Restaurant Syndrome, Bits and Pieces: scripts,
1975-83
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Miscellaneous reviews,
1976
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Biographical material,
1977, n.d.
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Funnyhouse of a Negro: script, reviews,
1964-79
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A Rat's Nest, Cities in Bezique (The Owls Answers, A Beast Story): scripts,
n.d.
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An Evening with Dead Essex: script, reviews,
1973-74, n.d.
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Unedited transcript
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Biographical and miscellaneous material, correspondence,
1976-83, n.d.
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The End of the War: script, reviews,
1977-82
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Sappho and Aphrodite: script, reviews,
1982-83
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A Lament for Three Women: script,
1974
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A Monster Has Stolen the Sun: script, reviews,
1980-81
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Making Peace: script, review,
1979
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Miscellaneous reviews and programs,
1976-88
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Three Works by the Open Theatre, ed. by K. Malpede,
1974
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Edited transcript
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Biographical and miscellaneous material, correspondence,
1985, 1987, n.d.
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Execution of Justice: script, reviews,
1983-86
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Still Life: reviews, program,
1981-83
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Biographical and miscellaneous material, correspondence,
n.d.
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At Her Age: script, program, reviews,
1979
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The Inner City: reviews,
1971-81
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The Good Life: Lady MacBeth of Westport: script,
n.d.
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A Husband's Notes about Her: script,
n.d.
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Plagues for Our Time: script, review,
1983
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The Club: reviews,
1976-77
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And I Ain't Finished Yet: script,
1982
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Biographical material,
1977-81, n.d.
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Exhibition, Statues, and The Bridge at Belharbour: 3 One-Act Plays: script, reviews,
1976, n.d.
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The Agreement, Out of Order: scripts,
1981, 1983
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Biographical material, articles,
1981-84
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Getting Out: publicity, reviews, script,
1978-79
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'night Mother: reviews, publicity, script,
1982-83
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Traveler in the Dark: script, review,
1983-85
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Third and Oak: The Laundromat: script, reviews,
1978-85
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Biographical material, correspondence,
1975-84
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Chunky's Hunch: reviews, script,
1981
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Emma Instigated Me: script,
n.d.
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Miscellaneous reviews,
1968-78
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Edited transcript
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Biographical material,
n.d.
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Plays: Salonika: review, script, publicity,
1983-85
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Biographical material, correspondence,
1984-85
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Betsey Brown (the opera and the novel): script, reviews, publicity,
1985, 1987
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For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf: reviews, script, program,
1975-83
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Three Pieces: script, review,
1981, n.d.
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A Daughter's Geography, See No Evil, Sassafrass, Cypress and Indigo,
1982, 1983, 1986
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Miscellaneous reviews,
1970
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Biographical material, correspondence,
1967-84
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American Kings English for Queens, Approaching Simone, Attempted Rescue of Avenue B,
1973-82
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Babes in the Big House, Brazil Fado, The Gloaming Oh My Darling, Calm Down Mother,
1966-78
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Katmandu, Massachusetts Trust, Pro-Game, The Pioneer,
1968-82
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Three One-Act Plays (Sanibel and Captiva, The Magic Realists, One More Little Dunkie), The Tommy Allen Show, The Trees Blew Down,
1970-80
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Omaha Magic Theatre: articles,
1979-83
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Biographical material,
n.d.
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Plays: 5 Plays, Sink Songs: scripts,
1975, 1984
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Poetry: Up Beat Poems and Stories,
1982
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Cutlasses and Earrings, On Gender and Writing, Strike While the Iron is Hot,
1977-83
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Plays by Women, Volumes 1-4,
1982-85
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Biographical and miscellaneous material, articles,
1981-86, n.d.
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Uncommon Women and Others: script, reviews,
1977-84
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Isn't It Romantic: script, reviews,
1981-84
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Miscellaneous reviews and programs,
1979-83
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Edited transcript
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Biographical and miscellaneous material, correspondence,
1985, n.d.
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The Amnesiac: script (screenplay),
1981
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The Forerunner: Charlotte Perkins Gilman: script,
n.d.
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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.
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The Ha-Ha Play: script,
n.d.
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A Knife in the Heart: script, program,
1982-83
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Miscellaneous reviews,
1970, 1983
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Novel: Silent Witness,
1976
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Biographical material,
1982-85
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Johnny Bull: review, program,
1982-86
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Johnny Bull: scripts,
1980-84
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Stitchers and Starlight Talkers: script, reviews, publicity,
1986, n.d.
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Book: Interviews with Contemporary Women Playwrights
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Correspondence, proposal, publicity, miscellaneous material,
1982-86
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International Women Playwrights Conference: correspondence, publicity,
1988
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Liliane Atlan
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