Herbert Machiz was born on January 14, 1923 in New York City. He attended Washington and Lee University New York University and the American Theatre Wing. Beginning in 1953 he directed many productions in New York City including plays by Tennessee Williams. During more than 35 years in the theater Mr. Machiz directed plays and musicals by authors ranging from Kurt Weil Langston Hughes Yukio Mishima and Jane Bowles. He also worked with Orson Wells Jean Cocteau Louis Jouvet Jean-Louis Barrault Tallulah Bankhead Lotte Lenya Helen Hayes Dame Judith Anderson Hazel Scott James Earl Jones Siobahn McKenna and Eric Portman. He also had a long professional relationship with Tennessee Williams. Machiz believed his most important contribution to American theater was his Off Broadway unit The Artists Theater whose producer was Bernard Meyers the contemporary art dealer. His aim was to bring together poets painters and composers in collaboration. At his death Mr. Machiz was on the faculty of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Letters to Herbert Machiz (1923-1976), a prominent theatrical director in New York. The correspondence includes items from well-known actors and authors, such as Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Yukio Mishima, Julie Harris, Paul Bowles, and Gian Carlo Menotti. The collection also includes newspaper articles on Mishima collected by Machiz, and an obituary of Machiz.
Cataloged CorrespondenceNote: The series contains cataloged correspondence and an obituary for Herbert Machiz from the New York Times. | |||
| 1 | 1 | Anderson, Judith To: Herbert Machiz Santa Barbara, CA , [n.d.] 4 t.l.s. | |
| 1 | 1 | Bowles, Paul To Herbert Machiz Bangkok, Thailand, 29 September 1966 2p. t.l.s. Note: copy on microfilm | |
| 1 | 1 | Bowles, Paul To Herbert Machiz Tangier, Morocco , 24 November 1967 1p. t.l.s. Note: copy on microfilm | |
| 1 | 1 | Bowles, Paul To: Herbert Machiz Tangier, Morocco , 13 July 1968 2p. a.l.s., (with autograph music score for the wedding party music in In the Summer House and a.n. on the bottom of the score) Note: Copy on microfilm | |
| 1 | 1 | Capote, Truman Bridgehampton, N.Y. (?) , ca. 16 December 1968 1 photo Note: must be called for | |
| 1 | 1 | Gordon, Ruth To Herbert Machiz New York, NY, 15 September 1963 3p. a.l.s. | |
| 1 | 1 | Hampton, Christopher To: Herbert Machiz London , 17 October 1968 1p. t.l.s. | |
| 1 | 1 | Harris, Julie To Herbert Machiz [n.p.], 29 May 1967 2p. a.l.s. | |
| 1 | 1 | Keene, Donald Lawrence To Herbert Machiz New York, 14 September 1968 1p. a.l.s. | |
| 1 | 1 | Machiz, Herbert Club Supreme 1st Meeting [n.p.], 14 October [n.y.] 1p. d.s., (also signed by Bette Davis, Anthony Quinn, and others) | |
| 1 | 1 | Menotti, Gian Carlo To Herbert Machiz [n.p.] & Hamburg, Germany, [n.d.] & 2 May 1969 2 a.l.s 1 t.l.s. (fragment, photocopy) | |
| 1 | 1 | Miller, Henry To: Herbert Machiz Pacific Palisades, CA., 18 May 1963 1p. a.l.s. | |
| 1 | 1 | Miller, Henry To: Herbert Machiz [Pacific Palisades, CA.], 24 May 1963 2p. a.l.s. | |
| 1 | 1 | Miller, Henry To: Herbert Machiz Pacific Palisades, CA, 26 May 1963 1p. a.l.s. | |
| 1 | 1 | Miller, Henry To: Herbert Machiz Pacific Palisades, CA., 10 June 1963 1p. a.l.s. | |
| 1 | 2 | Mishima, Yukio To: Herbert Machiz Tokyo, [3 February 1961] 1p. cablegram Note: (Gift of Albert M. Baer, George V. Cooper, and anon. donor, 1971) | |
| 1 | 2 | Mishima, Yukio To: Herbert Machiz [Tokyo] , 18 February 1961 2p. a.l.s. Note: (Gift of Albert M. Baer, George V. Cooper, and anon. donor, 1971) | |
| 1 | 2 | Mishima, Yukio To: Herbert Machiz [Tokyo], 11 May 1961 1p. a.l.s. Note: (Gift of Albert M. Baer, George V. Cooper, and anon. donor, 1971) | |
| 1 | 2 | Mishima, Yukio To: Herbert Machiz [Tokyo] , 13 October 1961 3p. a.l.s. Note: (Gift of Albert M. Baer, George V. Cooper, and anon. donor, 1971) | |
| 1 | 2 | Mishima, Yukio To: Herbert Machiz [Tokyo], 5 February 1962 4p. a.l.s. Note: (Gift of Albert M. Baer, George V. Cooper, and anon. donor, 1971) | |
| 1 | 2 | Mishima, Yukio To: Herbert Machiz [n.p.], 8 June 1967 1p. a.l.s. | |
| 1 | 2 | Mishima, Yukio To: Herbert Machiz Bangkok, [n.d.] & 13 October 1967 1p. a.l.s; a.n. (included is a NYT clipping by Donald Keene) | |
| 1 | 2 | Nabokov, Vera (Mrs. Vladimir) To Herbert Machiz Montreux, Switzerland , 9 June 1969 1p. t.l.s. | |
| 1 | 2 | Nabokov, Vera (Mrs. Vladimir) To: Herbert Machiz Lugano, Switzerland , 30 June 1969 1p. t.l.s. | |
| 1 | 2 | Natwick, Mildred To: Herbert Machiz [New York] (?) , 13 April 1967 1p. a.l.s. | |
| 1 | 2 | Rice, Elmer To: Herbert Machiz Stamford, Connecticut, 27 January 1967 1p. a.l.s. | |
| 1 | 2 | Straight, Beatrice To: Herbert Machiz New York , 4 May 1967 1p. t.l.s. | |
| 1 | 2 | Williams, Tennessee To: Herbert Machiz New York , 15 February 1956 1p. telegram | |
| 1 | 2 | "Carl" To: Herbert Machiz. [Los Angeles], 4 November [n.y.] 1p. a.l.s. | |
| 1 | 3 | Obituary of Herbert Machiz New York, 28 August 1976 1p. photocopy | |