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More's Skill, Thomas L. Shaffer

Journal Articles

Robert Bolt chose a phrase from a sixteenth century poet named Robert Whittinton for the title of his modem play about Thomas More: "[A] man of an angel's wit and singular learning; I know not his fellow. For where is the man of that gentleness, lowliness, and affability? And as time requireth a man of marvellous mirth and pastimes; and sometimes of as sad gravity: a man for all seasons."

Bolt's title suggests that he took a gamble on the possibility that More would have modern, universal appeal. I have been interested in how that gamble worked out. If you …

A Structure-Model For The Hamlet-Tradition, Christopher Scott Chiron

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The "hero-as-fool" structure-model for the Hamlet-story proposed by William F. Hansen is modified into an "Amlethan" structure-model with five major elements: ( 1) the Usurpation; (2) the First Test (of the Maiden); (3) the Second Test (of the Mother); (4) the Third Test (of the Journey); and (5) the Revenge. The first and last elements emphasize the "avenging son" aspect of the story whereas the middle three elements emphasize the "hero-as-fool" aspect. The Amlethan structure-model is then re-applied to the two "essential" texts in the tradition, Saxo Grammaticus' narrative of Amleth (c. 1200) and William Shakespeare's play Hamlet (c. 1600). …

“…And A Child Shall Lead Them”

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1999 performance of “…And a Child Shall Lead Them”.

The Three Sisters Open Auditions, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Blackfriars Theatre

The Three Sisters open auditions

Tuesday, December 7, 1999, 7pm

Strippers, Liquor, And Clowns: 3 Experiments In Comedy Promotional Flier, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Blackfriars Theatre

December 3-5, 1999

Friday and Saturday, 8pm

Strippers, Liquor, and Clowns: 3 Experiments in Comedy

Grownups, by Kimberly Davis Basso

Directed by Patricia Hughes '01

The Bear, by Anton Chekhov

Directed by Jessica Tabak '01

Why Not Wally? written and directed by Brian McDermott '00

Madrigal Holiday Feast (December 3-5, 1999), Lindenwood University

Student Theatre Programs

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Student One-Acts: Fixin' Amos And Rest Stop Program [1999], University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre

Programs 1999-2000 Season

by K.J. Carpenter

Director Dr. Assunta Kent

by Elias Bresnick

Director Emmanuelle Chaulet

This production was a Participating entry in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KC/ACTF).

Student One-Acts: Fixin' Amos And Rest Stop Poster [1999], University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre

Posters 1999-2000 Season

By K.J. Carpenter

Directed by Assunta Kent

By Elias A. Bresnick

Directed by Emmanuelle Chaulet

Dimensions: 11" x 17"

Also included:

Postcard, dimensions 5.5" x 8.5"

Fixin' Amos Auditions Flyer, dimensions 8.5" x 11"

A Christmas Memory, Parkland College

Parkland Theatre

By Truman Capote and Eleanor Perrry

John Eby, Director
David Bohn, Musical Director
David G. Dillman, Scenic Designer and Technical Director
Heather Mabry, Lighting Designer
Jeri A. Corso, Costume Designer

December 1, 3, 4, 9, 10 at 7pm
December 4, 5, 11 at 3pm
Parkland College Theatre
1999

Mixed Media November 29, 1999, #1, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. This November 29, 1999 issue is the first in a two-part special on the new millenium. It includes articles on Mixed Media updates, bicycle theft, former RISD newspaper contributor "the Mystic Mexican," new albums by Nine Inch Nails and Fiona Apple, musician Warn Defever, peeping Toms, and a letter from the Landscape Architecture department to the RISD Administration, along with the comics "Y2K: Timeline," comcis by Mark Hoffman, event notices, and other announcements.

Letter From The Providence College Theatre Department To The Dominican Fathers And Brothers, Providence College Theatre Department

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Letter from the Providence College Theatre Department to the Dominican Fathers and Brothers inviting them to Three Experiments in Comedy.

November 22, 1999

Letter From The Providence College Theatre Department To The Dominican Sisters, Providence College Theatre Department

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Letter from the Providence College Theatre Department to the Dominican Sisters inviting them to Three Experiments in Comedy.

November 22, 1999

Narnia, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1999-2000 Season

During the World War II bombings of London, four English siblings are sent to a country house where they will be safe. Lucy, one of the children, finds a wardrobe that transports her to a magical world called Narnia. After coming back, she soon returns to Narnia with her brothers, Peter and Edmund, and her sister, Susan. There they join the magical lion, Aslan, in the fight against the evil White Witch.

Memo From The Box Office To Theatre Faculty & Staff, Box Office

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Memo from the Box Office to theatre faculty & staff regarding tickets to the Friars Cell production.

November 18, 1999

Memo From Kate Roche, Box Office Manager, To Cast & Crew, Kate Roche

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Memo from Kate Roche, Box Office Manager, to the cast & crew regarding Friars Cell tickets.

November 18, 1999

Laugh A Minute Program, A-State Department Of Theatre

Stage Production Programs

An evening of eight ten-minute plays brings a streak of theatrical lightening to The ASU Theater stage. Each play, all comedies, has enormous energy that can lodge like a sliver in the mind of a viewer and remain there for a lifetime.

Mixed Media November 16, 1999, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The November 16, 1999 issue includes articles on a student getting arrested at the Artist's Ball, world news, a student involved in silkscreening, how cops act in different countries, artist ball highlights, RISD Battle of the Bands, Australian national referendum to retain monarchy, along with the comics "Cartoon" by Mike Overbeck, "A Man Eating His Nose" cartoon by Mike Overbeck, "Adventures in Real Life" by Adam Swaab, "Misty the Elefriend" by Kleczil Helphictimus, and "Ben" by Frenzer, the paper doll series, event notices, and other announcements.

Alice In Wonderland

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1999 performance of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.

Fall Dance Concert 1999 Poster, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

'64 Hall

Fall Dance Concert 1999

November 5, 1999, 8pm

November 6, 1999, 1:30pm

Strippers, Liquor, And Clowns: 3 Experiments In Comedy Playbill, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Blackfriars Theatre

December 3-5, 1999

Friday and Saturday, 8pm

Strippers, Liquor, and Clowns: 3 Experiments in Comedy

Grownups, by Kimberly Davis Basso

Directed by Patricia Hughes '01

Cast: Nora Whalen - Chastity; Mary Margaret O'Hara - Dee Dee; Kaitlyn Gentile - Jane; Lauren Brown - Gina

The Bear, by Anton Chekhov

Directed by Jessica Tabak '01

Cast: Meridith Hernandez - Mrs. Popov; Joe BonFiglio - Zambuka; Matt Duchnowski - Smirnov; Nora Whalen and Mary Margaret O'Hara - Mrs. Popov's Servants

Why Not Wally? written and directed by Brian McDermott '00

Cast: James …

Mixed Media November 2, 1999, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The November 2, 1999 issue includes articles on independent animators Amy Kravitz and Steve Subotnick teaching at RISD, RISD students who attended Ottawa 99 International Student Animation Festival (SAFO), Bookworks and Private Press bookmaking courses, an EgyptAir plane crash, world news, interviews with Oren Sherman and Dave Colvin, along with illustrations by Brie, the comics "Adventures in Real Life" by Adam Swaab, "PITTA" by Tim Finn, and "Ben" by Frenzer, the paper doll series, event notices, and other announcements.

Open Auditions For The Friar's Cell!, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Blackfriars Theatre

Open Auditions for the Friar's Cell productions.

Monday, November 1, 1999, 7pm

Grannia Poster [1999], University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre

Posters 1999-2000 Season

Books, Lyrics, and Direction by Thomas Power, Music by Larry "Flash" Allen

Dimensions: 11" x 17"

Also included:

Grannia 8.5" x 11" Flyer (pink)

Grannia 8.5" x 11" Flyer (color)

Grannia Program [1999], University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre

Programs 1999-2000 Season

Book and Lyrics by Thomas Power

Music by Larry "Flash" Allen

Director Thomas Power

Musical Director Nancy Hoffman

This production was a Participating entry in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KC/ACTF).

Cabaret, November 3-6, 1999, Theatre Arts Discipline

Theatre Programs

University of Minnesota, Morris production of Cabaret by Joe Masteroff and directed by Julie Rae Patterson-Pratt.

Synopsis: Cabaret takes place from 1929-1930, a time when Berlin, in the midst of a post-World War I economic depression, is transitioning from a center of underground, avant-garde cultural epicenter to the beginnings of Hitler’s totalitarian regime and the rise of the Nazi Party. Into this world enters Clifford Bradshaw, a struggling American writer looking for inspiration for his next novel. On his first night in Berlin, Cliff wanders into the Kit Kat Klub, a seedy nightclub overseen by the strange, omniscient and gender-bending …

The Trojan Women, November 14-16, 1999, Theatre Arts Discipline

Theatre Programs

University of Minnesota, Morris production of The Trojan Women by Euripides and Brendan Kenelley, directed by Brenna Jones.

Synopsis: This play follows the fates of Hecuba, Andromache, Cassandra and the other women of Troy after their city has been sacked, their husbands killed, and their remaining families about to be taken away as slaves.

Love's Labor's Lost Playbill, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Blackfriars Theatre

William Shakespeare's Love's Labor's Lost

October 29-31 & November 5-7, 1999

Director, Mary G. Farrell

Scenic & Costume Design, David Costa-Cabral

Lighting Design, Rob Francis

Vocal Coach, Mark Enright

Cast: Drew Royals - King Ferdinand of Navarre; Matt Duchnowski - Berowne; James Kalagher - Longaville; António-João Janeiro Jr. - Dumaine; Erin Joy Schmidt - The Princess of France; Patricia Hughes - Rosaline; Nora Whalen - Maria; Caroline Jackson - Katherine; Richard Powell - Boyet (a lord attending the princess); Brendan C. LeFebvre - Don Adriano de …

Love's Labor's Lost Poster, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Blackfriars Theatre

William Shakespeare's Love's Labor's Lost

October 29-31 & November 5-7, 1999

Love's Labor's Lost Foldable Flier, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Blackfriars Theatre

Love's Labor's Lost

October 29 - November 7, 1999

Love's Labor's Lost Press Night Invitation, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Blackfriars Theatre

Love's Labor's Lost press night

Friday, October 29, 1999, 8pm