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Full-Text Articles in Theatre History
The Fifties: White Bucks And Blue Suede Shoes
The Fifties: White Bucks And Blue Suede Shoes
Taylor Theatre Playbills
The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1987 performance of The Fifties: White Bucks and Blue Suede Shoes by Oliver Hubbard.
Robin Hood, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
Robin Hood, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
1987-1988 Season
Robin Hood is a legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature and film. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. In some versions of the legend he is depicted as being of noble birth, and having fought in the Crusades before returning to England to find his lands have been taken by the Sheriff. In other versions this is not the case and he is instead born into the yeoman class. Traditionally depicted dressed in Lincoln green, he is said to have robbed from the rich and …
From St. Petersburg To Krushchev's Boot, James O. Barnhill, Justin Kerr, Edward Guttman, Caroline Provost, Jennifer Bull, Marguerite White, Nancy Bach, Steve Overman, Josh Pearson, Jean Wasil, Mark Borok, Vivienne Cho, Karen Frishmann, Heather Firth, Lisa Hurwitz, Treva Offutt, Beth Whitney, Sarah Bishop, Richard Ross, Cara Reische, Walter Clarke, Rene Dimanche Jr., David Ross, Malcom Coelho, Andrew Sklar, Michael Wodkowski, Susan Ockerse, Paul Scagnetti, Martha Crawford, Holly Su Heerens
From St. Petersburg To Krushchev's Boot, James O. Barnhill, Justin Kerr, Edward Guttman, Caroline Provost, Jennifer Bull, Marguerite White, Nancy Bach, Steve Overman, Josh Pearson, Jean Wasil, Mark Borok, Vivienne Cho, Karen Frishmann, Heather Firth, Lisa Hurwitz, Treva Offutt, Beth Whitney, Sarah Bishop, Richard Ross, Cara Reische, Walter Clarke, Rene Dimanche Jr., David Ross, Malcom Coelho, Andrew Sklar, Michael Wodkowski, Susan Ockerse, Paul Scagnetti, Martha Crawford, Holly Su Heerens
Programs
Program for the first annual RISD Cabaret held in Memorial Hall. Design and layout by Justin Kerr.
Program For The Stage Production The Busie Body, Protheatre Club
Program For The Stage Production The Busie Body, Protheatre Club
Theater Production Programs
This four-page program details the ProTheatre of Ursinus College's production of "The Busie Body", held October 29 to 31, 1987, in the Ritter Center. It includes a scene synopsis and information about the cast and production crew.
Up The Down Staircase
Taylor Theatre Playbills
The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1987 performance of Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman.
Up the Down Staircase tells the story of an idealistic English teacher in an inner-city high school who hopes to develop a love for classic literature in her students. The play follows her struggles with students, fellow teachers, and the bureaucracy and how she touches the lives of her students.
Brighton Beach Memoirs, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
Brighton Beach Memoirs, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
1987-1988 Season
Brighton Beach Memoirs is a semi-autobiographical play by Neil Simon, the first chapter in what is known as his Eugene trilogy. It precedes Biloxi Blues and Broadway Bound.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton_Beach_Memoirs
The Fight Master, September 1987, Vol. 10 Issue 3, The Society Of American Fight Directors
The Fight Master, September 1987, Vol. 10 Issue 3, The Society Of American Fight Directors
Fight Master Magazine
No abstract provided.
1987 - 1988 Season Brochure, Otterbein University Department Of Theatre And Dance
1987 - 1988 Season Brochure, Otterbein University Department Of Theatre And Dance
Theatre and Dance Annual Brochures
Annual promotional piece of the upcoming season's shows.
The Dresser, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
The Dresser, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
1987 Summer Theatre
One of the most highly acclaimed plays of the 1981 Broadway season, “The Dresser” is an affectionate, funny, moving portrait of life backstage.The time is 1942, and the Blitz is raging over an English provincial city. Sir is nearing a mental breakdown: After a lifetime on stage, the pressures have become too much, especially now, when the war has taken the able-bodied men and left Sir with a repleted cast of “old men, cripples and nancy-boys. ” Morman, Sir’s devoted dresser, combines tender sympathy and nanny-like severity in an attempt to lift his fallen monarch to the stage for one …
See How They Run, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
See How They Run, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
1987 Summer Theatre
This hilarious farce will find the Grafs galloping in and out of an English vicarage with a cockney servant who has seen too many American movies, an old maid who “touches alcohol for the first time in her life”, four men in clergyman suits presenting the problem of which is which, and a sedate Bishop aghast at all that is going on around him.
The Real Thing, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
The Real Thing, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
1987 Summer Theatre
Winner of the Tony Award for Best Play, The Real Thing is Tom Stoppard’s most intellectually and emotionally engaging comedy to date. This highly entertaining evening of theatre traces the relationship of a famous playwright and his actress wife as they deal with the need to merge “worthy causes” with their art.
Is There Life After High School?, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
Is There Life After High School?, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
1987 Summer Theatre
Remember when a half a can of beer made you drunk? When eternal love could be found during sixth-period math? When being popular was a matter of life or death? Suggested by the Ralph Keyes novel of the same name High School is a memorable musical that provides a charming, funny, touching and likable evening of musical theatre.
1987 Otterbein Summer Theatre Season Brochure, Otterbein University Department Of Theatre And Dance
1987 Otterbein Summer Theatre Season Brochure, Otterbein University Department Of Theatre And Dance
Theatre and Dance Annual Brochures
Annual promotional piece of the upcoming season's shows.
Frontiers, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
Frontiers, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
1986-1987 Season
Frontiers is not a play in the strict sense of the word. It has no single story line or no central character who advances the action. Rather, Frontiers compresses several stories (and possibly many plays and films) into a series of vignettes which are unified by a single theme: the determination of people to improve their lot in life.
Carousel, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
Carousel, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
1986-1987 Season
The story revolves around carousel barker Billy Bigelow, whose romance with millworker Julie Jordan comes at the price of both their jobs. He attempts a robbery to provide for Julie and their unborn child; after it goes wrong, he is given a chance to make things right. A secondary plot line deals with millworker Carrie Pipperidge and her romance with ambitious fisherman Enoch Snow. The show includes the well-known songs "If I Loved You", "June Is Bustin' Out All Over" and "You'll Never Walk Alone".
The Fight Master, May 1987, Vol. 10 Issue 2, The Society Of American Fight Directors
The Fight Master, May 1987, Vol. 10 Issue 2, The Society Of American Fight Directors
Fight Master Magazine
No abstract provided.
Agnes Of God
Taylor Theatre Playbills
The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1987 performance of Agnes of God by John Pielmeier.
Agnes of God is the story of a nun who gives birth but insists it is a result of a virgin conception. A psychiatrist and the mother superior of the convent clash over the investigation.
The Crucible, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
The Crucible, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
1986-1987 Season
Frequently acclaimed as Arthur Miller's finest play, this exciting drama centers on' the Puritan purge of witchcraft in old Salem. The story focuses upon a young farmer, his wife, and a young servant girl who maliciously causes the wife's arrest for witchcraft. A group of children caught dancing nude in the forest, apparently under the influence of a servant from Barbados who practices voodoo, results in the cry of witchcraft as the girls fall under spells to protect themselves. This brings about an investigation by church authorities and ultimately results in a major trial that culminates in one of the …
Cotton Patch Gospel
Taylor Theatre Playbills
The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1987 performance of Cotton Patch Gospel book by Tom Key and Russel Treyz, music and lyrics by Harry Chapin.
Noises Off, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
Noises Off, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department
1986-1987 Season
Noises Off. Called “the funniest farce ever written,” Noises Off presents a manic menagerie of itinerant actors rehearsing a flop called Nothing's On. Doors slamming, on and offstage intrigue, and an errant herring all figure in the plot of this hilarious and classically comic play.
https://www.samuelfrench.com/p/2894/noises-off
Tartuffe, University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre
Tartuffe, University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre
Posters 1986-1987 Season
By Moliere
Dimensions: 11" x 17"
Tartuffe Program, University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre
Tartuffe Program, University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre
Theatre Programs 1970-1989
Moliere's Tartuffee translated by Richard Wilbur
Directed by Julie Goell
Included Playbill Proof
Hedda Gabler Program [1987], University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre
Hedda Gabler Program [1987], University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre
Theatre Programs 1970-1989
By Henrik Ibsen
Director John Gregg
with Director's Notes
The Fight Master, January 1987, Vol. 10 Issue 1, The Society Of American Fight Directors
The Fight Master, January 1987, Vol. 10 Issue 1, The Society Of American Fight Directors
Fight Master Magazine
No abstract provided.
William Gillette And American Theatrical Realism Of The Late Nineteenth Century, Mark Burnett
William Gillette And American Theatrical Realism Of The Late Nineteenth Century, Mark Burnett
Dissertations and Theses @ UNI
This thesis, entitled William Gillette and American Theatrical Realism of the Late Nineteenth Century studies the realistic staging techniques employed by William Gillette during the latter part of the nineteenth century in order to bring recognition and establish William Gillette as an innovator in the realistic staging of drama during the time in American theatre known as the movement toward realism.
The study examines four plays written and staged by William Gillette which range both in chronology of production and importance to the movement: those plays being Held By The Enemy, Secret Service, Sherlock Holmes, and Electricity. Using these plays, …
Arthur Miller: The Individual And Society, Anna Kathryn Thompson
Arthur Miller: The Individual And Society, Anna Kathryn Thompson
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.