US-RPB-ms2014.008 Guide to the Barbara Blossom play scripts collection 1970-2004 Betsy Fishman. Brown University Library

2014

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Barbara Blossom play scripts collection Selle, Earl Albert Blossom, Barbara MS.2014.008 1 linear foot 1980-2004 This collection consists of 34 play scripts, some with manuscript annotations, compiled by Barbara Blossom who was an actress associated with Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, RI. The majority of the plays are by playwrights James Schevill and Alan David Perkins. The plays were not necessarily performed at Trinity Repertory Company. There is a printout of a PowerPoint presentation on Sissieretta Jones (Black Patti) and a framed needlepoint titled: All the World's a Stage. Blossom (Barbara) play scripts collection Biographical / Historical

Barbara D. Blossom was born ca. 1940 and is married to Sanford H. Gorodetsky. She is an actress associated with Trinity Repertory Company in Providence through the 1992-93 season and performed in Come Back Little Sheba, Inherit the Wind, Whose Life Is It Anyway?, A Christmas Carol among many others. Ms. Blossom is known for the films: The House of Mirth (1981), The Blue Diner (2001), Mr. North (1988) and Race for Glory (1989). She was a drama teacher at the Linden Place summer camp in Bristol, RI and wrote and directed the play Saved by the Belles in 2010. She is associated with performances at Brown Summer Theatre, Newport Casino Theatre, and Providence College. She has appeared on television in the Adams Chronicles, The Grimke Sisters, The House of Mirth, etc. and has been associated with WGBH.

 Collection information Scope and Contents

This collection consists of 34 play scripts, some with manuscript annotations, compiled by Barbara Blossom who was an actress associated with Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, RI. The majority of the plays are by playwrights James Schevill and Alan David Perkins. The plays were not necessarily performed at Trinity Repertory Company. There is a printout of a PowerPoint presentation on Sissieretta Jones (Black Patti) and a framed needlepoint titled: All the World's a Stage.

 Use of the materials

Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Researchers should note that compliance with copyright law is their responsibility. Researchers must determine the owners of the literary rights and obtain any necessary permissions from them.

 Preferred Citation

Barbara Blossom play scripts collection, Ms.2014.008, Brown University Library.

 Arrangement

The play scripts are filed alphabetically by the author's last name.

 Access to the collection

There are no restrictions on access, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested.

 Administrative information Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Barbara Blossom in 2006 and 2017.

 Names Black Patti Blossom, Barbara Schevill, James, 1920-2009 Perkins, Alan David Types of Materials Scripts (documents) Needlepoint (needleworking) Plays Bennett, Christopher – A Man of Means undated 1 1 Black, Albert H. – Friends undated 1 2 Bronson, Bernice - Tea: a Meeting of Thomas and Sarah Doyle undated 1 3 Carter, Arthur – Showdown at the Blue Moon Hotel undated 1 4 Cohen, Peter Adrian – Dodge City undated 1 5 Glaze, Andrew – Sunshine Place circa 1970 1 6 Feydeau, George – La Dame de Chez Maxim 1987? 1 7 Hall, Thorburn – Left Sharp undated 1 8 Hanks, Diane L. – The Offering undated 1 9 Johnson, Terry – Hysteria undated 1 10 Landau, Carol (Printed Powerpoint Presentation) – Sissieretta Jones and the Black Patti Troubadors 2004 1 11 Lee, Harper – To Kill a Mockingbird undated 1 12 Miller, Arthur – The Archbishop's Ceiling undated 1 13 Nichols, Peter – Passion Play undated 1 14 Perkins, Alan David – A Dish of Food 1992-1993 1 15 Perkins, Alan David – King of the Mutants 1991-1994 1 16 Perkins, Alan David – Standard Deviation 1993 1 17 Perkins, Alan David – Wedded Blitz 1992 1 18 Perkins, Alan David – When Hell Freezes Over 1990-1992 1 19 Polanski, Roman – Chinatown undated 1 20 Schevill, James - APE-GOD or Who Killed Dian Fossey? circa 1983 1 21 Schevill, James - Mean Man II 1983 1 22 Scope and Contents

Includes program for Wastepaper Theatre where this play was performed and music.

 Schevill, James - Mother O : Or the Last American Mother circa 1993 1 23 Schevill, James - Shadows of Time: Two Plays bout Dian Fossey and Djuna Barnes undated 1 24 Schevill, James - Sisters in the Limelight circa 1990 1 25 Schevill, James – The Last Romantics undated 1 26 Schevill, James - The Storyville Doll Lady 1987 1 27 Schevill, James - War-Words or Sibble and the Warrior 1991 1 28 Scope and Contents

Includes program for Wastepaper Theatre where this play was performed.

 Schevill, James - What and Why is a Woman: The First Woman President's Inaugural Address 1993 1 29 Schevill, James - [untitled] - characters are Dolores, Marta, Teresa, Del, Luz, Miguel, Dr. Master undated 1 30 Schevill, James and Hawkes, John - The Prisoner 1980 1 31 Steiny, Julia – Crisis in the Garden [2 copies] undated 1 32 Valdes, David Luis – Brave Navigator undated 1 33 [Unknown] - The Other Half undated 1 34 Needlepoint design titled "All The World's A Stage" undated 1 35