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Descriptive Summary

Title:
George E. Lask Papers 1884-1935

Collection number:
742

Creator:
Lask, George E. 1866-1936

Extent:
19 boxes (9.5 linear feet)
3 flat boxes

Abstract:
George E. Lask (1866-1936) was a prominent stage director in San Francisco and New York. Lask is famous for staging the first American production of the musical Florodora in New York in 1900. The original sextet in the show that Lask picked and trained came to be known as the Florodora girls, a precursor of the American chorus girl. The majority of the collection contains scripts and plots for stage productions as well as correspondence, photographs, printed materials, newspaper clippings, and other theater related items.

Language:
English

Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

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