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The History Of The Theatre In Poland, Clem J. Zablocki

Bachelors’ Theses

This thesis is not intended to be an exhaustive ·report and analysis of the Theatre of Poland. It is intended to be a brief History of the Polish Theatre. In studying and discussing the dramatic art and accomplishments of Poland, we find an unusually difficult task, because there are very few writings presenting the history of the Polish Theatre. In the English language, there are not many notable works which would serve_ in the generation of a history. In the Polish language, the worthy material is inaccessible.

Letter From Adrienne V. Descoteaux, Adrienne V. Descoteaux

Correspondence 1922-1938

March 18,1936: A typed letter from Adrienne V. Descoteaux of Lewiston, Maine, to Mrs. Cyrus S. Kauffman (Elizabeth Macy Kauffman), Publicity Chairman of the Portland College Club in Portland, Maine.

The House On The Sand, Otterbein University

1907-1958 Productions

No abstract provided.

Letter From Elizabeth Macy Kauffman, Elizabeth Macy Kauffman

Correspondence 1922-1938

March 5, 1936: Letter from Elizabeth Macy Kauffman of Portland, Maine, to Charlotte Michaud concerning a performance of the Ballet Russe.

Letter From Mrs. Oscar A. Auger, Oscar A. Auger Mrs.

Correspondence 1922-1938

Handwritten letter from Mrs. Oscar A. [Diana] Auger to Charlotte Michaud regarding leads on upcoming theater performances.

Letter From Mrs. Fred [Rebecca] Marsh, [Rebecca] Marsh

Correspondence 1922-1938

February 4, 1936: A handwritten letter from Mrs. Fred [Rebecca] Marsh to Charlotte Michaud.

The Laziest Man In The World & Suppressed Desires, Otterbein University

1907-1958 Productions

The Laziest Man in the World by Carl Webster Pierce

This little comedy shows how two burglars are cleverly outwitted by the laziest man in the world.

Suppressed Desires by Susan Glaspell

Henrietta's obsession with psychoanalysis leads to a completely off-the-wall interpretation of a dream and very nearly to divorce before the absurdity of the situation is realized.

Smilin' Through

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1935 performance of Smilin’ Through by Jane Cowl and Jane Murfin (under the pseudonym, Allan Langdon Martin).

Smilin’ Through tells the story of a young Irish woman, Kathleen Dungannon and her romantic relationship with Kenneth Wayne, which is opposed by her adopted father, still bitter about a failed relationship with Kathleen’s aunt years before.

The Witching Hour, Otterbein University

1907-1958 Productions

Jack Brookfield, a professional gambler, in whose rooms the play opens, is believed by his friends to be possessed of an extraordinary personal magnetism. It is said that this gift is shared by his sister, Mrs. Campbell and her daughter Viola. The interior decorations of Brookfield’s magnificent house have been planned by Clay Whipple, who is in love with Viola. On seeing that a rival of his is talking earnestly to her at the opera, he proposes to her and is accepted. He kills a man accidentally at the house of Jack Brookfield, and is charged with murder by Frank …

The Lamp And The Bell: Drama In Five Acts Program [1935], Gorham Normal School

Theatre Programs 1910-1939

Written by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Directed by Chester H. Sloat

The Story of "The Lamp and the Bell" is the love of Bianca and Beatrice, more familiarly known as Snow-White and Rose Red. Bianca feels such love for her sister that she says,"You are a burning lamp to me, a flame That cannot blow out, and I shall hold you High in my hand against whatever darkness."To this Beatrice replies, "You are to me a silver bell in a tower; And when it rings I know I am near home."

Their love is so great …

Lady Windermere's Fan, Otterbein University

1907-1958 Productions

Lady Windermere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman is a four-act comedy by Oscar Wilde.

The story concerns Lady Windermere, who suspects that her husband is having an affair with another woman. She confronts him with it but although he denies it, he invites the other woman, Mrs Erlynne, to his wife's birthday ball. Angered by her husband's supposed unfaithfulness, Lady Windermere decides to leave her husband for another lover. After discovering what has transpired, Mrs Erlynne follows Lady Windermere and attempts to persuade her to return to her husband and in the course of this, Mrs Erlynne is …

A History Of The Productions Of The Little Theatre, 1933-1935, Demarcus Brown

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The growth of interest in drama and the realization of the educational value of dramatics has developed a new place for the college theatre. Pacific Little Theatre was organized eleven years ago to fulfill a definite need and has since grown slowly and steadily into a most active producing unit, serving both school and community. Indeed Pacific Little Theatre can be taken as an excellent specific example of the contribution which can be made to campus and community life by the college aside from its main function as fundamental ground for students in the theatre arts.

The Swan Program [1934], Gorham Normal School

Theatre Programs 1910-1939

Written by Ferenc Molnar

Directed by Jeanette S. Johnson

Produced by special arrangement with Longmans, Green & Company, New York.

The Social And Moral Principles In The Dramas Of Manuel Tamayo Y Baus, Sylvia Potuondo

Bachelors’ Theses

Of Tamayo y Baus it may be said as of the poets, that he was born and not made a dramatist. A friendly biographer, who lived in intimate relation with him, tells us that this great genius, like the gods or old, always appeared to him enveloped in a cloud. His actions were ever in conformity with his art-- even his death was as if practiced and rehearsed in anticipation, but on reading his critics we learn how very human was his life.

Barter, Otterbein University

1907-1958 Productions

In Barter we have portrayed a New Testament theme with the utmost respect and vividness. It is a very pathetic human story, evolving around the great betrayal of Judas and made to play its way across a stage already set for the greater drama of Calvary. The author shows how love and respectability are bartered for power and place at the very time that the life of Christ is being bartered for mankind. --Irish Catholic

http://library.providence.edu/spcol/drama/files/original/f25d137a6557ff1436f8380baba7b4e0.pdf

The Technique Of Shakespeare's Early Comedies, Mary Alice Procissi

Bachelors’ Theses

In this thesis I have attempted to trace the dramatic technique of the early comedies of Wiilliam Shakespeare. As a setting for the development of my thesis, "The Technique of Shakespeare's Early Comedies" I have given a brief history of the rise of the Shakespearean drama, showing the relation of the early dramatists to Shakespeare as a writer of comedy, including also a sketch of the Elizabethan theatre. Under the definition of the term technique, I include chiefly a division of his plays into acts and scenes, character drawing, source of plot and treatment of plot.

Monsieur Beaucaire Program [1933], Gorham Normal School

Theatre Programs 1910-1939

Written by Ethel Hale Freeman from the novel written by Booth Tarkington

Directed by Jeanette S. Johnson

Much Ado About Nothing, Otterbein University

1907-1958 Productions

Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599, as Shakespeare was approaching the middle of his career. The play was included in the First Folio, published in 1623.

By means of "noting" (which, in Shakespeare's day, sounded similar to "nothing" as in the play's title, and which means gossip, rumour, and overhearing), Benedick and Beatrice are tricked into confessing their love for each other, and Claudio is tricked into rejecting Hero at the altar on the erroneous belief that she has been unfaithful. At the end, Benedick and Beatrice …

Seventeenth Century Golden Era Of French Drama, Vera P. Duplessis

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Drama is a word belonging to the Greek language which means actions. It is applied to that form of literature which has action in it and is suited for performance.

Nightmare, Otterbein University

1907-1958 Productions

A three act farce written by Roger Wheeler.

Max Reinhardt: A Study Of A Regisseur, Pearl M. Rogatz

Bachelors’ Theses

Max Reinhardt is the epitome of all great art in the theatre. To him we owe the recreation of the importance and necessity of a knowledge of stagecrafts, the glorification of the dance, the beauty of exquisite costuming and the inspirational effect of music. Germany could not have reached such great heights in world theatre without Max Reinhardt, nor could her dramatic art have enjoyed such widespread fame. Others have been mere followers of the great Reinhardt for nothing accomplished on the German stage is so far removed that it cannot be traced back to this great name in the …

David Garrick And Edmund Kean At The Drury Lane Theatre In London, Dorothy Seegers

Bachelors’ Theses

Fame and the actor. All art is a study of life; but there is only one art in which the reward is of life. The poet, the painter, the writer, and the actor, all study and portray truths of human life, the beautiful in universal emotions of mankind. However, the artist of the pen or brush must submit his work to the test of time, to prove its power, its universal appeal or approbation, and thus, through the years, increase or diminish the fame of the creator. The only art in which the artist may glory in his own triumphs …

A Thesis On Shakespeare, Literature's Master Dramatist, Hilda Mary Armstrong

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis, submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education, presents a survey of the life and dramatic works of William Shakespeare, situated within the broader history of English drama. The thesis traces English drama's origins in medieval Catholic Church miracle plays and moralities through the development of Bible drama, interludes, and early English comedy and tragedy, before turning to the Elizabethan stage on which Shakespeare wrote.

A biographical account of Shakespeare's life at Stratford-on-Avon and London is followed by a description of the physical conditions of the Elizabethan theatre, including stage construction, scenery, …

The Director In The Theatre, Margaret C. Reilly

Bachelors’ Theses

This thesis will attempt to place the director in the modern theatre. His "place" is only a few years old; his very existence as a separate individual is only about twenty years old. Materials on this subject are limited to histories of the theatre and informal discussions on theatrical figures. By quoting authorities and illustrating, by the lives and accomplishments of the most outstanding directors, the development of directing, this thesis will attempt to present the general authoritative impression of the director's place in modern drama.

Jean Giraudoux And His Play Siegfried, Gertrude Zivnuska

Bachelors’ Theses

What a privilege it is to come in contact with the author Giraudoux by reading detailed accounts of his eventful life and above all be perusing his works in the exquisite language in which they were written. Since we are not one of the fortunate individuals who is a personal acquaintance of the ingenious author, let us consult the articles and books which contain valuable bits of information about his life and his accomplishments.

Merry Wives Of Windsor, Otterbein University

1907-1958 Productions

Falstaff decides to fix his financial woe by seducing the wives of two wealthy merchants. The wives find he sent them identical letters and take revenge by playing tricks on Falstaff when he comes calling. With the help of their husbands and friends, the wives play one last trick in the woods to put Falstaff's mischief to an end.

https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/shakespedia/shakespeares-plays/merry-wives-windsor/

George Washington Pageant Program [1932], Gorham Normal School

Theatre Programs 1910-1939

Written by Advanced Seniors in United States History, Class of 1932.

Directed by Jeanette S. Johnson

The Rivals, Otterbein University

1907-1958 Productions

Set in fashionable Bath, The Rivals centers around the complicated relationship between Lydia Languish and Captain Jack Absolute. The Rivals satirizes the social expectations of courtship and marriage among the upper classes, while also exploring themes of honor and the role of women in the eighteenth century.

https://stageagent.com/shows/play/8526/the-rivals

A Thesis Submitted To The Faculty In Partial Fulfilment Of The Requirements For The Degree Of Bachelor Of Arts, Sister Mary Francis Borgia

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

A Congregation of Colored Sisters in New Orleans! To those unfamiliar with the history of the Crescent City, this seems not only an impossibility. Was not New Orleans the slave mart of the South? Is not the color or race prejudice a traditional still adhered to? Is this Congregation in its infancy? If so, when was it founded and by whom? These, and many other questions of the same type are asked by tourists when they are informed that the building on Orleans Street, formerly the Orleans b ballroom, is the Convent of the Holy Family and the motherhouse of …

She Stoops To Conquer, Otterbein University

1907-1958 Productions

A round of mistaken identities stir up the hilarity for this quick-paced, rowdy farce that has kept audiences laughing for more than two centuries. Tony Lumpkin directs two lost-in-the-night Londoners to the squire's country home they search for--but impishly tells them it's an inn. Since Marlow, one of the young men, seeks to court the squire's daughter, it results in pickle after delicious pickle as he treats the squire (his prospective father-in-law) and the squire's daughter (his future wife) as an innkeeper and barmaid. The squire is perplexed at being ordered about like a servant, and Marlow indignant at the …