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NYPL Acquires Hepburn’s Theatrical PapersThe estate of actress Katharine Hepburn has donated 30 linear feet of her papers, all relating to her stage career, to the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. “Many people are unaware that Ms. Hepburn’s career as an actress really took hold first on the stage,” said Bob Taylor, curator of NYPL’s Billy Rose Theatre Division. “The stage was not only her training ground, but also the place where she experienced some of her greatest successes.” The collection includes journals, photographs, cast lists, scripts, contracts, fan letters, and other notes. The materials range from her first performances as a senior at Bryn Mawr (Pa.) College in the 1920s to her final stage show, 1981’s West Side Waltz. The library said it plans to have the papers cataloged and available to the public by February 2008. Also beginning in February, NYPL will host free programs featuring friends and colleagues of Hepburn’s, including Zoe Caldwell, widow of West Side Waltz producer Robert Whitehead, and Anthony Harvey, director of The Lion in Winter, which won Hepburn one of her four Oscars. Posted November 2, 2007. |
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