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The Madwoman Of Chaillot

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1969 performance of The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux.

The Madwoman of Chaillot is a satire about an eccentric woman who uncovers the plot of a group of businessmen to dig up Paris for oil and sets out to thwart them with the help of other ordinary and peculiar people.

The Stage Yankee In The Plays Of Eugene O'Neill, Sue Farquharson Law

English Theses & Dissertations

No abstract.

Concepts Of Suffering In King Lear, Emma Jean Westcot

English Theses & Dissertations

No abstract.

Oklahoma!

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1969 performance of Oklahoma!. Books and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, music by Richard Rogers.

The high-spirited rivalry between the farmers and cowmen of the Western Indian Territory provides the colorful, turn-of-the-century backdrop for Curley and Laurey’s love story. But with these headstrong romantics holding the reins, the road to love is as bumpy as a surrey ride down a dusty road. Despite many hardships, their rocky romance leads to a new life beginning in a brand new state. Rodgers & Hammerstein's first collaboration remains, in many ways, their most innovative, having set …

The Duchess Of Malfi (1969), San Jose State University, Theatre Arts

Productions 1960-1969

Playwright: John Webster

Director: Hal Todd

Set Design: J. Wendell Johnson

Costumes: Berneice Prisk

Lighting: Paul Myrvold

Academic Year: 1968-1969

A Man For All Seasons, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1968-1969 Season

A Man For All Seasons is a play by Robert Bolt based on the life of Sir Thomas More. An early form of the play had been written for BBC Radio in 1954, and a one-hour live television version starring Bernard Hepton was produced in 1957 by the BBC, but after Bolt's success with The Flowering Cherry, he reworked it for the stage.

The plot is based on the true story of Sir Thomas More, the 16th-century Chancellor of England, who refused to endorse King Henry VIII's wish to divorce his wife Catherine of Aragon, who did not bear him …

Campus Lights 1969, Murray State University

Campus Lights

No abstract provided.

Marshall Artists Series Presents The Midnight Lamp Company, Morris Carnovsky In "Lamp At Midnight", Tyrone Guthrie

All Performances

No abstract provided.

The Subject Was Roses, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1968-1969 Season

Timmy Cleary returns home from his service during World War II. While he seems to vindicate himself in his father's eyes for surviving the war, his drinking and cursing disturb his mother. Though his parents, John and Nettie, seem to be happy, the peace proves to be a facade. Soon old emotional wounds and unresolved marital problems resurface. Caught in the middle, Timmy feels responsible for their squabbling, but can see no way to resolve their problems.

The Subject Was Roses. (2016, October 30). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 16:46, September 1, 2017, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Subject_Was_Roses&oldid=747012293

The Dancing Princesses (January 24-25, 1969), Martha B. King

Student Theatre Programs

Program for The Dancing Princesses (January 24-25, 1969).

To view the photos from this production of The Dancing Princesses, please click here.

Two One Act Operas (January 20-22, 1969), Lindenwood College

Student Theatre Programs

Program for Two One Act Operas (January 20-22, 1969).

To view the photos from this production of Two One Act Operas , please click here.

Taylor University 1969-70 Playbill, Taylor University

Season Announcements

The 1969-1970 Taylor Theatre season announcement.

Ua68/17/2 The Star-Spangled Girl!, Wku Western Players

WKU Administration Documents

Program for WKU Western Players' production of The Star-Spangled Girl!

Ua68/17/2 Scrapbook 1968-1969, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1968-1969 season. Includes souvenirs from field trips, campus activities, tributes to Russell Miller and Van Meter Hall renovations.

• Liliom, 1968
• Wait Until Dark, 1968
• The Star Spangled Girl, 1969
• The Crucible, 1969
• J.B., 1969
• Apollo of Bellac, 1968
• No Exit
• Box and Cox
• The Lesson, 1969
• Surpressed Desires, 1969
• Before Breakfast, 1969
• The Loveliest Afternoon of the Year

The Educational Radio Media, James L. Tungate '69

Honors Projects

The undeniable affect of radio on the nation's economy, social structure, attitudes and behavior, not to mention marketing, business and industry, and the entertainment field has been great. But the modern broadcaster has a rather unique problem-- a problem of communication. All of the national effects of radio have caused the broadcaster to constantly review and update his knowledge in legal and social areas of developaent, as well as technical advancement. Since change occurs so rapidly and so often in all three, the communication problem becomes even more acute. Broadcast texts of five years ago , for instance, only predicted …

The Owl And The Pussycat, Little Theatre On The Square

1968 Programs

No abstract provided.

Program For The Stage Production Camino Real, Protheatre Club

Theater Production Programs

This four-page program details the ProTheatre of Ursinus College's production of "Camino Real", held December 6 and December 7, 1968 in Thompson-Gay Gymnasium. It includes a scene synopsis and information about the cast and production crew.

Peter Pan, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1968-1969 Season

Peter Pan is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. A free spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood having adventures on the mythical island of Neverland as the leader of the Lost Boys, interacting with fairies, pirates, mermaids, Native Americans, and occasionally ordinary children from the world outside Neverland.

Peter Pan. (2017, August 30). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 16:33, September 1, 2017, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_Pan&oldid=798044874

An Evening Of One-Act Plays

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s 1968 student-directed productions, including The American Dream by Edward Albee, The Room by Harold Pinter, and The Bald Soprano by Eugene Ionesco.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 48, No. 12-Z251, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletics and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Duff, Ardeth. Library to Try Longer Hours
• Barton, Gail. Experimental Theater Presents Sartre's Exploration of Hell
• Duff, Ardeth & Gail Barton. Miss America Marilyn Van Derbur Visit
• Shoplifting Costly to All-Merchants, Buyers, Lifters
• Wreath Lighting Ceremony Billed Tuesday Night
• Western Players to Present 'Star Spangled Girl'
• Christopher DiBella, Booked for Drugs
• Barton, Gail. Written Request Required for Undergrad Deferment
• Lecture Series Lags with Dull Speakers
• Greeks Show No Sense in November Nonsense
• Trite Learning Submerges Goal of Educational Process
• Connelly, Linda. Associated Students Judicial Council Hearing Cases
• Tucker, Bruce. …

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding Russell Miller.

All My Sons

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1968 performance of All My Sons by Arthur Miller.

All My Sons is the story of the Keller family, whose father knowingly sent a batch of defective engine cylinder heads to the military in World War II, and how the discovery of his crime impacts his family and neighbors.

The Importance Of Being Earnest (November 15-16, 1968), Oscar Wilde

Student Theatre Programs

Program from The Importance of Being Earnest (November 15-16, 1968).

To view the photos from this production of The Importance of Being Earnest, please click here.

Job's Kinfolk / The Rats (November 8-9, 1968), Loretto Carroll Bailey, Agatha Christie

Student Theatre Programs

Program for Job's Kinfolk / The Rats (November 8-9, 1968).

To view the photos from this production of Job's Kinfolk / The Rats, please click here.

Blockprint November 4, 1968, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Blockprint was a student magazine published throughout the 1950s-60s. The November 4, 1968 issue contains only advertisements, a brief events calendar, and an editorial from Blockprint Editor-In-Chief Roy Furman complaining that due to the Student Council reducing funding for Blockprint, they would no longer be able to afford to put out a regular length newspaper. This may be the final issue of Blockprint ever printed.

A Study In Style: Short Plays By Pinter And Carlino Program [1968], University Of Maine Portland Campus

Theatre Programs 1940-1969

The Dirty Old Man

Written by Lewis John Carlino
Directed by Thomas A. Power
The wisdom of age is often overpowered by the haste of youth. Occasionally age touches youth, but never as often or as well as we wish. Carlino shows us the awkwardness, the tenderness, and the pain that result from an old man and a young. girl attempting to bridge the gap. THE DIRTY OLD MAN was originally produced off Broadway in tandem with SARAH AND THE SAX under the omnibus title DOUBLETALK.

Review Sketches

Written by Harold Pinter
Directed by William P. Steele
These short plays …

Blockprint October 28, 1968, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Blockprint was a student magazine published throughout the 1950s-60s. The October 28, 1968 issue features articles on the proposal to boycott California grapes, an upcoming Howard Zinn lecture in Memorial Hall, the upcoming Presidential election, the decline of South Main Street, Take-A-Break Weekend, a new RISD musem exhibition on Renaissance art, and other events and notices.

The Telephone / The Medium (October 26, 1968), Gian-Carlo Menotti

Student Theatre Programs

Program for The Telephone / The Medium (October 26, 1968).

To view the photos from this production of The Medium, please click here and The Telephone, please click here.

Blockprint October 21, 1968, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Blockprint was a student magazine published throughout the 1950s-60s. The October 21, 1968 issue features articles on the new sculpture "Daybreak" by RISD Professor Gilbert Franklin, FBI and police action taken against an army deserter in Boston, a press conference with Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Edmund Muskie, a concert at the refectory, and other events and notices.

Cry Of Dawn In Dark Babylon

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1968 performance of Cry Dawn in Dark Babylon by P. W. Turner.

From the playbill: “According to the author, this is a play about death, the Resurrection and the Church. It is a true story, based on his own experience as a pastor in an industrial parish in England.”

Performed by the Taylor Religious Drama Company. It was second of three projects developed by the class for the semester.