Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1910, Jan. 28 | Born, Brooklyn, N. Y. |
| 1928 | A.B., College of the City of New York (later City College of the City University of New York), New York, N.Y. |
| 1929-1931 | Apprenticeship, Eva Le Gallienne's Civic Repertory Theatre, New York, N.Y. |
| 1931 | Broadway debut, Wonder Boy, Alvin Theatre, New York, N.Y. |
| 1933 | Married Stella Reynolds |
| 1933-1940 | Instructor, Speech and Theatre Department, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, N.Y. |
| 1934 | A.M., Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1940 | First major role on Broadway, The Fifth Column, Alvin Theatre, New York, N.Y. |
| 1946 | Film debut, Temptation |
| 1954-1974 | Appeared in programs of dramatic readings and performances as part of the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Series, Library of Congress |
| 1957-1958 | Adapted, coproduced, and acted in George Bernard Shaw's Back to Methuselahon tour and on Broadway, New York, N.Y. |
| 1959 | Founded, directed, and starred in Shakespeare Festival Players, a touring repertory company |
| 1961 | American specialist in theater, Department of State, Central America and South America |
| 1964 | American specialist in theater, Department of State, Africa and the Far East |
| 1973 | Ph.D., New York University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1973-1974 | Visiting professor, Department of Dramatic Arts, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn. |
| 1975 | Visiting professor, Pace University, New York, N.Y. Writer, actor, "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre" |
| 1976 | Visiting professor, Eminent Scholar Program, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va. |
| 1977 | Visiting professor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. |
| 1983-1984 | National Visiting Scholar, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
| 1989, Dec. 15 | Died, New York, N.Y. |