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Ua1c7/118 Midsummer Night's Dream Cast Photograph, Wku University Archives

WKU Administration Documents

Unidentified students in senior play Midsummer Night's Dream. If you recognize this photo and can help identify the people in it, please contact us at [email protected].

Twelfth Night, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1907-1958 Productions

Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–02 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centers on the twins Viola and Sebastian, who are separated in a shipwreck. Viola (who is disguised as Cesario) falls in love with Duke Orsino, who in turn is in love with the Countess Olivia. Upon meeting Viola, Countess Olivia falls in love with her thinking she is a man. The play expanded on the musical interludes and riotous disorder expected of the occasion, with plot elements …

The Merchant Of Venice, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1907-1958 Productions

The Merchant of Venice is a 16th-century play by William Shakespeare in which a merchant in Venice must default on a large loan provided by an abused (Jewish) moneylender. It is believed to have been written between 1596 and 1599. Though classified as a comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects with Shakespeare's other romantic comedies, the play is perhaps most remembered for its dramatic scenes, and it is best known for Shylock and the famous "Hath not a Jew eyes?" speech. Also notable is Portia's speech about "the quality of mercy".

The Merchant of Venice. (2017, June …

Brains, Breakfastfood And Basketball, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1907-1958 Productions

A mysterious murder in three acts presented by the Otterbein Junior Class in 1914.

The Rivals, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

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

Hiawatha: A Drama In Six Acts Program [1913], Western State Normal School

Theatre Programs 1910-1939

Program for Hiawatha: A Drama in Six Acts from the Gorham Normal School, Gorham, Maine.

From the program:

Music of the play based on tribal melodies of Omaha, Pawnee and Ponka Tribes, harmonized by Prof. J.C. Fillmore and Edwin S. Tracy, including Indian Lore Song by Charles Wakefield Cadman, and Indian Lullaby by Mrs. H. H . A. Beach.

Twelfth Night, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1907-1958 Productions

Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–02 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centers on the twins Viola and Sebastian, who are separated in a shipwreck. Viola (who is disguised as Cesario) falls in love with Duke Orsino, who in turn is in love with the Countess Olivia. Upon meeting Viola, Countess Olivia falls in love with her thinking she is a man. The play expanded on the musical interludes and riotous disorder expected of the occasion, with plot elements …

The Ulster, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1907-1958 Productions

A farcical comedy in three acts written by Sydney Rosenfeld.

Ingomar The Barbarian, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1907-1958 Productions

No abstract provided.

The Young Mrs. Winthrop, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1907-1958 Productions

No abstract provided.

As You Like It, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1907-1958 Productions

We celebrate the best of Shakespeare with laughter...music...dances...romance...comedy at all levels. The story of how the banished Duke, Rosalind, Orlando and others find happiness through love is one of the most delightful of all Shakespearean tales. The wit of the clown, Touchstone, the philosophy of "All the world's a stage...", the music of "It was a lover and his lass...", the earthy needs of the country people, the romantic honesty of young lovers in tune with nature...all can be found in As You Like It.

College Chums, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1907-1958 Productions

A three-act comedy about college life.

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1907-1958 Productions

In one of the most famous of literary love quadrangles, A Midsummer Night’s Dream tells the tale of Hermia, Demetrius, Lysander, and Helena; four misguided lovers whose journey into the woods lands them in even more trouble, as members of the fairy kingdom decide to use them as veritable pawns in their own love games. Against the backdrop of the wedding of Duke Theseus and Hippolyta, and the fiery battle of wills between the Fairy King and Queen, Oberon and Titania, the four lovers are challenged by magic and trickery to finally work out what love is all about.

https://stageagent.com/shows/play/450/a-midsummer-nights-dream

The Great Umbrella Case, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1907-1958 Productions

A mock trial written by F. E. Chase.

The Rivals, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1907-1958 Productions

No abstract provided.

An Engaging Position, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1907-1958 Productions

A comedy in two acts by Lewis E. MacBrayne.

As You Like It, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1907-1958 Productions

We celebrate the best of Shakespeare with laughter...music...dances...romance...comedy at all levels. The story of how the banished Duke, Rosalind, Orlando and others find happiness through love is one of the most delightful of all Shakespearean tales. The wit of the clown, Touchstone, the philosophy of "All the world's a stage...", the music of "It was a lover and his lass...", the earthy needs of the country people, the romantic honesty of young lovers in tune with nature...all can be found in As You Like It.

Maude Truxal Burtner Scrapbook, Maude Truxal Burtner

Maude Truxal Burtner

Maude Zetta Burtner, née Truxal (1882-1962) was a graduate of Otterbein University in 1907. The daughter of Reverend J. P. and Sarah Truxal, she was born in Pennsylvania before coming to Westerville. After graduation she married Elmer E. Burtner in 1910, a minister for the United Brethren Church in Westerville. After his death in 1923, she became an elementary school teacher, and was the principal of the Longfellow School when she retired. She had two children, Edwin and Margaret.

This scrapbook was her creation in 1907 and contains photographs and names of many Otterbein students and includes the playbill and …

The Drama In Relation To The Spirit Of The Age, Emily M. Helming

Manuscript Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.

Modern Development Of The German Drama, Mary De Forest Marsee

Manuscript Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.

Greek And English Tragedy As Exempified [Sic] In Sophocles And Shakespere [Sic], Author Unknown

Manuscript Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.

Phantastes Chapter 14: Winter's Tale, William Shakespeare

German Romantic and Other Influences

William Shakespeare (1564-1616), The Winter’s Tale, published in 1623 in the First Folio.

Phantastes Chapter 20: The Faithful Shepherdess, John Fletcher

German Romantic and Other Influences

John Fletcher (1579-1625) was a contemporary of William Shakespeare and followed him as main playwright for the King’s Men. The Faithful Shepherdess (produced in 1608, probably published in 1609) is also important for Fletcher’s definition of tragicomedy, which highlights the importance of near-death to the genre.

Phantastes Chapter 22: The Revenger's Tragedy, Cyril Tourneur

German Romantic and Other Influences

Cyril Tourneur (1575-1626) was an English dramatist, a contemporary of Shakespeare; Tourneur was also a soldier and politician. The Revenger’s Tragedy (1607), as its name implies, is a revenge tragedy, and comments on the battle to avenge the destruction by the giants that lead to the brothers’ deaths. Literary critics now believe that the play was written by Thomas Middleton (1580-1627).

Phantastes Chapter 24: The Honest Whore, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Middleton

German Romantic and Other Influences

Thomas Dekker (1572-1632) was a dramatist and writer of popular pamphlets describing London life. This line comes from the play The Honest Whore, Part II (1605 or 1606). The Honest Whore, Part I, a collaboration between Dekker and Thomas Middleton, was performed in 1604.

Phantastes Chapter 15: Campaspe, John Lyly

German Romantic and Other Influences

Campaspe, an Elizabethan play by John Lyly (1584). The lines quoted are from Act 3, Scene 4, and they indicate the notion of a Platonic beauty, an ideal beauty that the artist can never capture perfectly