Helen Vane Steer Lost Colony Script and Notes, PC.5122

Abstract

Helen Vane Steer was hired in May of 1985 to serve as a dialect coach to the cast of The Lost Colony drama. She guided the cast in the use of dialect and accents of Devonshire, Cockney and aristocratic British. This collection consists of Steer's annotated script and notes.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Helen Vane Steer Lost Colony Script and Notes
Call Number: PC.5122
Creator: Steer, Helen Vane, 1926-2001
Date: 1958-1985
Extent: 0.200 cubic feet
Language: English
Repository: Outer Banks History Center

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Preferred Citation

[identification of item], PC.5122, Helen Vane Steer Lost Colony Script and Notes, Outer Banks History Center, Manteo, NC, U.S.A.

Collection Overview

TThis collection contains Steer's copy of the script for the 1985 production of The Lost Colony, in which she made numerous annotations, as well as several pages of handwritten notes.

Biographical/Historical

Helen Vane Steer was born in Manchester, England, 20 May 1926 to Dorothy Alice (Rice) Steer and Charles Burrell Steer. She considered herself to be American and naturalized British. She attended numerous elementary and high schools throughout the United States, England, and Bermuda, before attending Louisiana State University and receiving a B.A. in 1954 and an M.A. in 1958. She became a theatre professor and director, first at Louisiana State and then at Howard College. In 1963, she joined the faculty at East Carolina University, where she remained until her retirement in 1988. In 1985, she was hired as a dialect coach for that season's production of The Lost Colony, in the hopes that she could cultivate a more authentic English accent in the actors' presentations. She died 14 August 2001.

Contents of the Collection

Collection Contents

Lost Colony Script, 1985

Box 1

Notes, 1985-1986

Box 1

Subject Headings

Green, Paul, 1894-1981--Lost Colony

English language--Dialects

Acquisitions Information

Donated by Michael Cotter, June 2004.

Processing Information

Processed by Samantha Crisp, June 2021.