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Then The Circus Comes To Town

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1981 Advanced Oral Interpretation Class’s performance of When the Circus Come to Town adapted by Oliver Hubbard.

Cinderella, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1981-1982 Season

One of the most universal and beloved fairy tales of all time. The story of a beautiful young girl forced by her stepmother and jealous stepsisters to keep house and sleep in the cinders. She finally marries a handsome prince and lives happily ever after with the help of some friendly mice, a fairy godmother and a glass slipper. To be presented in a fully staged version with music.

Richard Iii Theater Review, Jim Seavor

Commentary

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Richard III theater review by Jim Seavor

Richard Iii Opening Night Poster, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Harkins Hall Auditorium

Richard III

Thursday, October 29, 1981, 8PM

Shakespeare Festival: A Trilogy Of Kings Playbill, Providence College, Brown University, Rhode Island College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Harkins Hall Auditorium

Richard III by William Shakespeare

October 29 - November 1, 1981

Director, Jean Scharfenberg

Scene Design & Lighting, Jim Eddy

Costume Design, Mary G. Farrell

Vocal Coach, Reginal B. Haller

Fight Choreographer, Normand Beauregard

Cast: Ratcliff - Ralph G. Brancaccio, Lord Grey (3rd Citizen) - John Brewer, Richard Duke of York - Aaron Burr, Edward Plantagent (Page) - Carol Caulfield, Norfolk (Bishop, Dorset 2nd Messenger) - David J. Clements, Tyrrel (Herbert) - John Corbett, O.P., Buckingham - Wally Dunn, Old Queen Margaret - Mary …

Absurd Person Singular, Otterbein University

1981-1982 Season

Superb farce-comedy by Alan Ayckbourn (England’s Neil Simon). Three couples are visited for three consecutive Christmas parties in their three very different kitchens. Behind the scenes disasters provide the laughter as the Hopcrofts advance to material prosperity and the others decline. Otterbein’s entry in the American College Theatre Festival.

Shakespeare Festival: A Trilogy Of Kings Press Release, Brown University, Providence College, Rhode Island College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Shakespeare Festival: A Trilogy of Kings press release

Ten Little Indians

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1981 performance of Ten Little Indians by Agatha Christie, adapted from her book of the same name (in the United States published as And Then There Were None.)

Ten Little Indians is the story of ten strangers invited to a house party on an isolated island. When they lose the ability to return to the mainland, they begin to die off one by one in accordance to an old nursery rhyme.

"10" - A Providence College Anniversary Celebration Flyer, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

"10" - A Providence College Anniversary Celebration flyer

Richard Iii Opening Invitation Letter, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Richard III opening invitation letter

Richard Iii Press Release, John Garrity

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Richard III press release

Shakespeare Festival: A Trilogy Of Kings Press Release, John Garrity

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Shakespeare Festival: A Trilogy of Kings press release by John Garrity, Theatre Program, Providence College

Shakespeare Festival: A Trilogy Of Kings Theatre Listing, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Shakespeare Festival: A Trilogy of Kings theatre listing

Shakespeare Festival: A Trilogy Of Kings Press Release, Dr. P. William Hutchinson

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Shakespeare Festival: A Trilogy of Kings press release by Dr. P. William Hutchinson, Director of Theatre Publicity, Rhode Island College

Camelot, Alvin Community College

Season 1980-1981

Camelot is a musical with music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics and a book by Alan Jay Lerner. It is based on the legend of King Arthur as adapted from the 1958 novel The Once and Future King by T. H. White.

The original 1960 production, directed by Moss Hart with orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett and Philip J. Lang, ran on Broadway for 873 performances, winning four Tony Awards. It starred Richard Burton as Arthur, Julie Andrews as Guenevere, and Robert Goulet as Lancelot.

A Christmas Carol, Alvin Community College

Season 1980-1981

A Christmas Carol is a musical with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and book by Mike Ockrent and Lynn Ahrens. The musical is based on Charles Dickens' 1843 novella of the same name. The show was presented annually at New York City's Theater at Madison Square Garden from December 1, 1994, to December 27, 2003.

The Fight Master, October 1981, Vol. 4 Issue 4, The Society Of American Fight Directors

Fight Master Magazine

No abstract provided.

Richard Iii Audition Poster, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Siena #212

Richard III auditions

Monday & Tuesday, September 21 & 22, 1981 at 7PM

Richard Iii Audition Poster, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Room #212 Siena Hall

Richard III auditions

Saturday-Monday, September 19-21, 1981, 7PM

Shakespeare Festival: A Trilogy Of Kings Press Release, Dr. P. William Hutchinson

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Shakespeare Festival: A Trilogy of Kings press release by Dr. P. William Hutchinson, Director of Theatre Publicity, Rhode Island College

1981 - 1982 Season Brochure, Otterbein University Department Of Theatre And Dance

Theatre and Dance Annual Brochures

Annual promotional piece of the upcoming season's shows.

Murder At The Vicarage, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1981 Summer Theatre

An Agatha Christie mystery that involves a body found in the parson’s home, complete with numerous suspects and multiple confessors to the crime that again requires the shrewd Miss Marple to aid in the unraveling of the mystery.

Chapter Two, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1981 Summer Theatre

Frequently described as Neil Simon’s most “mature work”, this autobiographical comedy is based on the laughter and heartache of a young writer whose wife has recently died and his attempts at starting over. A touching funny story of two people embracing a new life and remaining faithful to the old.

Grease, Pittsburg State University

Communication and Theater Programs

No abstract provided.

Rainbow Dancing, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1981 Summer Theatre

Texas Moon Danceland is a west Texas daylight bar that caters to the regional clientele of bored housewives, chicken farmers, would be country stars and dream chasers who let the neon moon fill their washed out lives. As the dancing starts and the lights begin to whirl, the Texas moon will sweep you into the comic, fragile lives of these people.

Reynard The Fox, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1981 Summer Theatre

In this sparkling satire, Reynard is brought to trial for his offenses against the other animals. He is given a year of probation, in which to mend his ways. But the playful fox cannot resist the opportunity to trick his fellows. He accumulates a long list of misdeeds before the year is half up. Enraged by this, the wolf and the bear lead a conspiracy against him and actually have the noose around his neck when the hunters close in, trapping all the animals. Struck with terror, each one schemes only for his own safety. It is Reynard who contrives …

On Golden Pond, Pittsburg State University

Communication and Theater Programs

No abstract provided.

Shakespeare Festival: A Trilogy Of Kings Press Release, Providence College, Brown University, Rhode Island College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Shakespeare Festival: A Trilogy of Kings press release

The Fight Master, July 1981, Vol. 4 Issue 3, The Society Of American Fight Directors

Fight Master Magazine

No abstract provided.

Rodgers And Hart, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1981 Summer Theatre

This musical celebration contains some sixty songs selected from the hundreds written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart for their Broadway musicals and films. The songs are woven together in a tight and tasteful fashion so that the entertainment never lags. Sentimental standards like “Where or When,” “Blue Moon” and “With a Song in My Heart” are followed by the humorous twists of “To Keep My Love Alive” or the wry comments of “Give It Back to the Indians.”