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The Potting Shed

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1967 performance of The Potting Shed by Graham Greene.

The Potting Shed tells the story of a man who returns home to his estranged family as his father is dying. Unsure why he was estranged from his family, he pursues answers his family will not provide. He realizes the answer is found in his blank memory about an event in a potting shed when he was fourteen.

The Rivals

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1967 performance of The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

The Rivals tells the story of young lovers, Lydia Languish and Captain Jack Absolute and the mishaps which happen when Jack’s father tries to arrange a marriage for him and a sequence of gossip and misdelivered letters sets off a clash between Lydia’s suitors.

This show was performed by the Faculty Readers reader’s theater.

The Mikado

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1967 performance of Mikado by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan.

The Mikado is the comic opera about the romance between Nanki-Poo, the son of Japan’s Mikado, and Yum-Yum, the ward of the High Executioner of Titipu.