Split Britches Archive
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Abstract
Split Britches is a lesbian theater troupe founded in 1980 by Lois Weaver, Peggy Shaw, and Deb Margolin. This collection contains scripts, press materials and clippings, notes, and photography spanning the troupe's existence.
Historical Note
Split Britches was formed in 1980 by Deb Margolin, Peggy Shaw, and Lois Weaver. The award-winning troupe has written, produced, and performed multiple plays: some which involve all members of the troupe and some works created in collaboration with other groups like Bloolips and Gay Sweatshop. Split Britches performances incorporate riffs on popular culture with music and examinations of gendered/gay/lesbian/queer culture and relationships.
Still active today, members of the group tour and perform across the world; they also lead educational workshops at schools and universities.
Arrangement
While minimal physical processing was performed, the collection was weeded of many duplicates. Folders are arranged alphabetically within each series when possible. This alphabetical arrangement takes place primarily in Series I, which contains identifiable documents and scripts.
No original order was maintained for unfoldered papers and instead, items were grouped into four series according to subject matter or purpose.
See the Scope and Content Notes for more specific details about each series.
Scope and Content
This collection is comprised of materials created and compiled by the members of the Split Britches in the course of their work as artists, playwrights, and performers. Materials include correspondence, notes, receipts, photographs, floorplans, and ephemera generated both by individual members of the group and by the group as a whole. Items in the collection range from 1978-2000, with the bulk from 1982-1992.
The collection is organized into four series:
Series I: Scripts and Notes--consists of script copies (some annotated), technical notes, blocking diagrams, and other notes appended to script pages. Many loose, unattributed script pages are collected into folders.
Series II: Promo, Press, and Clippings consists of magazine articles, newspaper clippings, fliers, posters, and other press materials promoting performances, appearances, and events related to Split Britches including the Women's One World Festival.
Subseries A: Clippings
Subseries B: Press and Promotional Materials
Subseries C: Women's One World Festival Materials
Series III: Miscellaneous Papers, Notes, and Documentation consists of academic papers, correspondence, personal notebooks, unbound pages, notes and photography created by different members of the group.
Series IV: Oversize, Ephemera, and Media consists of a large sketchbook, a Women's One World Festival t-shirt, a cassette tape, and oversized promotional material.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open to researchers. Please contact the Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder. Please contact the Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.
About this Guide
Repository
Series I: Scripts and Notes
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"Alternate Visions" Scripts and Notes, undated
"Beauty and the Beast" Scripts and Notes, undated
"Belle Reprieve" Scripts and Notes, undated
"Belle Reprieve" Scripts and Notes, undated
"Bustin Out the Box" Scripts and Notes, undated
"The Chairs" Scripts and Notes, undated
"Cinderella, Real True Story" Scripts and Notes, undated
"Double Agency" Scripts and Notes, undated
"Dress Suits to Hire" Scripts and Notes, undated
"Dress Suits to Hire" Scripts and Notes, undated
"Dress Suits to Hire" Scripts and Notes, undated
"Dress Suits to Hire" Scripts and Notes, undated
"Dress Suits to Hire" Scripts and Notes, undated
"Dress Suits to Hire" Scripts and Notes, undated
"Faith and Dancing" Scripts and Notes, undated
"Helen and Meneleus" Scripts and Notes, undated
"Honey I'm Home" Scripts and Notes, undated
"It's a Small House and We Lived In It Always" Scripts and Notes, undated
"Lesbians Who Kill" Scripts and Notes, undated
"Little Women" Scripts and Notes, undated
"Little Women" Scripts and Notes, undated
"Lust and Comfort" Scripts, undated
Misc Script Pages and Notes, undated
Misc Script Pages and Notes, undated
Misc Script Pages and Notes, undated
Misc Script Pages and Notes, undated
Misc Script Pages and Notes, undated
Misc Script Pages and Notes, undated
Misc Script and Notes, undated
Misc Script and Notes, undated
Misc Script and Notes, undated
Misc Script and Notes, undated
Misc Script and Notes, undated
Misc Script and Notes, undated
"Miss Risque" Script and Notes, undated
"Miss Risque" Script and Notes, undated
"Monsieur/Madame" Script and Notes, undated
"Parker, Ms." Script and Notes, undated
"Patience and Sarah" Script and Notes, undated
"Patience and Sarah" Final Script, undated
"Preaching to the Perverted" Script and Notes, undated
"Salon de Femme" Script and Notes, undated
"Sappho + Aphrodite" Script and Notes, undated
"Split Britches" Script and Notes, undated
"Split Britches" TV Script, undated
"St. Joan of Ave. C" Script and Notes, undated
"Streetcar" Script and Notes, undated
"The White Whore and the Bit Player" Script and Notes, undated
"Upwardly Mobile Home" Script and Notes, undated
"Upwardly Mobile Home" Script and Notes, undated
"Well of Horniness" Script, undated
"Women Walking With Chairs" Script/Score, undated
"You're Just Like My Father" Script, undated
Series II: Promotion, Press, and Clippings
Subseries A: Clippings
Clippings, undated
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Clippings, undated
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Clippings, undated
Clippings, undated
Subseries B: Press and Promo Materials
Press and Promo Materials, undated
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Press and Promo Materials, undated
Press and Promo Materials, undated
Press and Promo Materials, undated
Subseries C: Women's One World Festival Materials
Women's One World Festival, undated
Women's One World Festival, undated
Women's One World Festival, undated
Women's One World Festival, undated
Women's One World Festival, undated
Women's One World Festival, undated
Women's One World Festival, undated
Women's One World Festival, undated
Women's One World Festival, undated
Series III: Miscellaneous Papers, Notes, and Documentation
Academic Papers and Articles, undated
Academic Papers and Articles, undated
Academic Papers and Articles, undated
Lois Weaver Notebook, undated
Misc Documentation, undated
Misc Papers and Notes, undated
Misc Papers and Notes, undated
Misc Papers and Notes, undated
Misc Papers and Notes, undated
Misc Papers and Notes, undated
Misc Papers and Notes, undated
Personal Notebook and Misc Papers, undated
Personal Notebook and Misc Papers, undated
Personal Notebook and Misc Papers, undated
Photography, undated
Series IV: Ephemera and Media
Sketchbook, undated
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The Well of Horniness cassette tape, undated
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Conditions Governing Access
Audio materials have not been preserved and may not be available to researchers.