He created the Mobile Theater, which toured the public schools, religious institutions, and civic organizations. He solicited support from foundations, corporations, political officials, and individual philanthropists.ĭuring the sixties, Papp extended the reach of the New York Shakespeare Festival by bringing Shakespeare to the outer boroughs of New York City and the tri-state area.
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Papp relentlessly promoted the concept of free Shakespeare. On that site they constructed the Delacorte Theater, which opened in 1962. In 1957, the New York Shakespeare Festival flatbed truck, which toured the city parks and playgrounds with performances of Shakespeare, broke down near Belvedere Lake in Central Park. Eventually, Papp won a court battle with New York City Parks Commissioner Robert Moses to keep his Shakespeare productions free to the public. During the fifties, Papp fought to obtain financial support from the City of New York in order to establish a subsidized, free Shakespearean theater. The original aim was to cultivate and encourage interest in Shakespeare and classic drama, to present an annual Shakespeare festival, and to build an Elizabethan-style stage to present Shakespeare's works. It was initially chartered as the Shakespeare Workshop, an actors' workshop presenting Shakespeare and his Elizabethan contemporaries free of charge in the basement of the Emmanuel Presbyterian Church and in the Heckscher Theater. Joseph Papp founded the New York Shakespeare Festival in 1954 in New York City.
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Series XIV (Oversized Materials) is not fully processed and is currently unavailable for research. Oral history materials in Series I and some correspondence in Series V are restricted until the year 2043 in order to protect the privacy of individual persons. Contracts were removed and require special permission of the curator to access. There are also gaps in the files of the Associate Producer. The files of the Casting Office, except in the form of carbon copies in other series, are not included in this archive. The records reflect the origin and activities of the New York Shakespeare Festival, its general administration, and the staging of its productions, including their creation, management, booking, and promotion. The New York Shakespeare Festival records (1954-1992) measure approximately 850 linear feet and consist of scripts, correspondence, inter-office memoranda, production materials, reports, financial records, photographs, and memorabilia. For general guidance about requesting offsite materials, please consult: Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online. Please check the collection records in the NYPL's online catalog for detailed location information. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Repository Billy Rose Theatre Division Access to materials Some collections held by the Dance, Music, Recorded Sound, and Theatre Divisions at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts are held off-site and must be requested in advance. Creator New York Shakespeare Festival Productions Papp, Joseph Call number *T-Mss 1993-028 Physical description 851.5 linear feet (1803 boxes) Language English Preferred Citation New York Shakespeare Festival records, *T-Mss 1993-028.