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Twelfth Night, Otterbein University

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 …

A Midsummer Festival With The Marriage Of Columbine In Pantomine Program [1922], Gorham Normal School

Theatre Programs 1910-1939

A program for A Midsummer Festival with The Marriage of Columbine in Pantomine at the Gorham Normal School in Gorham, Maine.

1922 One-Acts, Otterbein University

1907-1958 Productions

Three one act plays presented by Otterbein College's Senior Class of 1922. Students performed The Rector by Rachel Crothers, Waterloo by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Enter Dora--Exit Dad by Freeman Tilden.

Mrs. Bumpstead-Leigh, Otterbein University

1907-1958 Productions

A comedy in three acts by Harry James Smith.

The Beginnings Of English Dramatic Literature, Clarence Francis Dickopf

Bachelors’ Theses

No art has been practiced by human beings from the beginning. We only find a gradual development. We have men, however, who were born with a gift of genius, who were unconscious of the laws and rules governing their respective spheres. We read of a Mozart, a Michaelangelo and a host of other gifted men whose art came to them intuitively. These are exceptions. Art has laboriously grown, and so it is with our own dramatic art, we see its gradual development. In order to study English drama intelligently we must know its origins or beginnings, how it arose from …

The Essence Of The Drama, William M. Lamers

Bachelors’ Theses

"Drama is a representation of the will of man in conflict with the mysterious powers or natural forces which limit and belittle us; it is on e of us thrown living upon the stage, there to struggle against fatality; against social law; against one of his fellow mortals; against himself...; against the ambitions, the interests, the prejudices, the folly, the malevolence of those around him." - Brunetiere, The Law of the Drama.

Cap And Dagger - Initial Performance, Otterbein University

1907-1958 Productions

No abstract provided.

Molly (March 1922), Lindenwood College

Student Theatre Programs

Article about Molly (March 1922).

Lindenwood Pageant (January 20, 1922), Lindenwood College

Student Theatre Programs

Program for Lindenwood Pageant (January 20, 1922).

The Otterbein Revue - Minstrel And Vaudeville, Otterbein University

1907-1958 Productions

No abstract provided.

Lindenwood Follies Of 1921 (November 18, 1921), Lindenwood College

Student Theatre Programs

Program for Lindenwood Follies of 1921 (November 18, 1921).

The Steadfast Princess Program [1921], Gorham Normal School

Theatre Programs 1910-1939

A program for The Steadfast Princess at the Gorham Normal School in Gorham, Maine.

All-Of-A-Sudden Peggy, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1907-1958 Productions

Peggy O'Hara (Clark) who with her widowed mother Mrs. O'Hara is staying at the manor of Lord Anthony Crackenthorpe, a scientist engrossed in the study of spiders. Mrs. O'Hara is assisting Lord Anthony. The sister of the peer sends for her son Jimmy because she thinks Peggy has designs on Lord Anthony. Jimmy falls in love with Peggy, and in order to further her mother's love affair with Lord Anthony, Peggy announces her engagement with Jimmy. She goes to London where her pocket is picked, and has to stay at Jimmy's bachelor quarters while he is away on business. The …

A History Of The Theatre In Louisville., Mary Martha Dietz

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

A child is considered by some psychologists to pass through on its way to manhood the stages through which the race has passed on its way to civilization. If this is true of a single man, might it not equally be true of a community of men? Have not most settlements, in greater or a less degree, passed through the stages of development common to the growth of all cities until they have reached the standards of their day? A company of civilized men and women going forth to make a settlement in a new place, upon their arrival at …

Pomander Walk (May 15, 1920), Louis N. Parker

Student Theatre Programs

Event program for Pomander Walk (May 15, 1920).

Robina In Search Of A Husband, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1907-1958 Productions

A farce in four acts by Jerome K. Jerome.

Die Dramen: Luzifer, Maria, Die Dirne, Inge Von Holtzendorff

Drama and Film

No abstract provided.

Fanny And The Servant Problem, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1907-1958 Productions

A quite possible play in four acts from playwright Jerome K. Jerome.

R.U.R., Karel Capek

OER Main

R.U.R., or Rossum’s Universal Robots is a play written in 1920 by Karel Čapek, a Czech writer who wrote many plays and novels, many of them with science-fiction and dystopian themes. R.U.R. is perhaps the most well-known of these works in the English-speaking world because it brought the word “robot” into the language. “Robot” is derived from the Czech word meaning “worker.”

The play is set in the island headquarters of the R.U.R. corporation. The corporation has been manufacturing artificial beings which resemble humans, but who are tireless workers. They can be mass-produced in large numbers and are being adopted …

Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 3, No. 6, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter and course catalog, this issue promotes the Training School.

Green Stockings, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1907-1958 Productions

Deals with the custom whereby an elder sister is compelled to wear green stockings at the wedding of a younger sister, provided she herself happens to be unmarried or unbetrothed. After having worn the hated stockings twice, Celia Faraday rebels when the time approaches for her to wear them a third time. She therefore invents a sweetheart of the name of Smith, and excuses his non-appearance by saying that immediately after she has become engaged he was obliged to sail for the war in South Africa. The surprise of her sisters forces her into details of supposed fact which have …

Pageant -- Democracy's Vision Program [1919], Gorham Normal School

Theatre Programs 1910-1939

Program for Pageant -- Democracy's Vision from the Gorham Normal School, Gorham, Maine.

Husbands On Approval, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1907-1958 Productions

A comedy in three acts.

The Voice Of The Phi Sigma -- 1919 -- Vol. 40, No. 01, Phi Sigma

The Voice of the Phi Sigma

This item is part of the Phi Sigma collection at the College Archives & Special Collections department of Columbia College Chicago. Contact [email protected] for more information and to view the collection.

A Scrap Of Paper, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1907-1958 Productions

Prosper and Clarisse, former lovers, have been forced by circumstances to part. Clarisse marries Vanhove, and three years later Prosper returns to court Clarisse's sister Marthe, who loves Paul, a young student. Prosper learns that Clarisse's last letter to him has remained for three years under the statue that the lovers had used as a mailbox. To Clarissé s horror, Prosper obtains the letter. Accompanied by her friend Suzanne, she goes to see Prosper in an attempt to get it back. Vanhove unexpectedly arrives, and though initially suspicious, he decides that it is Suzanne who has come to see Prosper. …

Constitution Et Reglements Du Club Musical-Littéraire De Lewiston, Maine, Club Musical-Littéraire

Club Musical-Littéraire, Lewiston, Maine

The constitution and rules of the Musical-Literary Club of Lewiston, Maine.

The Miser, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1907-1958 Productions

Satire and farce blend in the fast-moving plot, as when the miser's hoard is stolen. Asked by the police magistrate whom he suspects, Harpagon replies, “Everybody! I wish you to take into custody the whole town and suburbs” and indicates the theatre audience while doing so. The play also makes fun of certain theatrical conventions, such as the spoken aside addressed to the audience, hitherto ignored by the characters onstage. The characters of L'Avare, however, generally demand to know who exactly is being spoken to.

The Miser. (2017, July 19). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:08, September 26, …

Shades Of Night (April 19, 1917), Lindenwood College

Student Theatre Programs

Event program for Shades of Night (April 19, 1917).

Our Mutual Friend (March 23, 1917), Charles Dickens

Student Theatre Programs

Event program for Our Mutual Friend (March 23, 1917).

The Little King / The Groove / Joint Owners In Spain (March 9, 1917), Lindenwood College

Student Theatre Programs

Event program for The Little King / The Groove / Joint Owners in Spain (March 9, 1917).