Celeste Holm's script and songbook for Green Grow the Lilacs
Content Description
Includes Celeste Holm's signed and annotated script and her signed and annotated songbook.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1943
Creator
- Holm, Celeste, 1917-2012 (Person)
Condition Description
In moderately good condition, with a few tears and worn pages.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
.2 linear feet (1 box)Biographical / Historical
Celeste Holm was an American singer and stage, film, and television actress. The script and songbook were used and annotated by her for her role in the play.
Green Grow the Lilacs by Lynn Riggs was the basis for Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! The musical opened in March of 1943 at the St. James Theatre in New York; the cast included Celeste Holm in the role of Ado Annie Carnes.
Arrangement
In order as received.
Custodial History
Ownership following that of Celeste Holm and preceding this acquisition is unknown.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2021MT-52. Purchased from William Doyle Galleries Inc. with the Billy Rose Theatre Fund, 2021 April 28.
Processing Information
This collection was processed to a basic level with minimal rehousing, organization, and preservation. (Melanie Wisner, 2021)
Creator
- Holm, Celeste, 1917-2012 (Person)
Subject
- Riggs, Lynn, 1899-1954 (Person)
- Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960 (Person)
- Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979 (Person)
- St. James Theatre (Organization : New York, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Title
- Holm, Celeste, 1917-2012. Celeste Holm's script and song book for Green Grow the Lilacs, circa 1943 (MS Thr 2126): Guide
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
- Date
- 2021 July 9
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou03394
Repository Details
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