Playwrights of Lafayette (Louisiana). Collection, 1955-1986, n.d.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains unpublished one-act plays. Most of these plays were written for production in Lafayette, especially at the Eavesdrop Theatre which was located in the Red Dog Saloon [later The Corner] at the corner of General Mouton St. and Lamar St. They were also performed at the Louisiana Playwrights Theatre, The Red Garter, community theaters, and in small theaters in Virginia, New York City, London, and elsewhere.
A few scripts are copies of unpublished or published plays from unidentified sources which must have been produced in Lafayette. Most of the plays were written by University of Southwestern Louisiana (now University of Louisiana at Lafayette) English Department faculty or students, including a few done as class assignments. Some were written by faculty in other USL departments [mainly history]. Some of the plays include cast listings and director's notes on the typescript. Several of the copies in this collection were used during rehearsals. Date of production, if given, is taken as date of authorship unless otherwise indicated.
John W. Fiero, Joe E. Riehl, Jr., and James H. Wilson donated these scripts.
Dates
- 1955-1986, n.d.
Extent
4 Linear Feet (4 feet of materials contained in 10 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Playwrights of Lafayette (Louisiana) Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Zack Stein
- Date
- 03/19/2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives and Acadiana Manuscripts Collection Repository
Edith Garland Dupré Library
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
400 East St. Mary Blvd.
Lafayette LA 70503 United States
337-482-6031
speccoll@louisiana.edu