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The American Experience

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1977 Advanced Oral Interpretation Class’s performance of The American Experience adapted by Oliver Hubbard.

Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1977 performance of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, with songs assembled and translated by Eric Blau and Mort Shuman.

Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris is a musical revue of the life and music of Jacques Brel.

The Design And Execution Of The Costumes For "The Eumenides", Donald Edward Lillie

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Division of Communications at Morehead State University by Donald E. Lillie in August in 1977.

Doctor Faustus

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1977 performance of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe.

Doctor Faustus tells the story of Doctor Faustus, a man who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge, magic, and pleasures.

Performed by the Taylor Religious Drama Company.

Brigadoon

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1977 performance of Brigadoon with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe.

Brigadoon is a musical about two American tourists who stumble upon a Scottish Town that only appears every one hundred years. One of the tourists falls in love and must decide whether to stay in the enchanted village or remain in the real world.

The Mousetrap

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1976 performance of The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie.

Mysterious twists and thrilling turns abound when a group of strangers stranded in a guest house during a snowstorm discover that a murderer is in their midst. Whodunnit? Is it one of the suspicious newlyweds or the spinster with the curious background? Perhaps it’s the architect, the retired Army major or the strange man running from his past. Enjoy an evening of exhilarating intrigue as Agatha Christie’s greatest mystery unfolds to its surprising conclusion.

No Exit

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1976 performance of No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartés. In French the term is the equivalent of the legal term “in camera”, which refers to a private discussion behind closed doors.

No Exit is the story of three strangers set in a nicely furnished room in Hell, where they are set to torment each other through their perceptions of their fellow prisoners.

The Magistrate

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1976 performance of The Magistrate by Arthur Pinero.

The Magistrate is the story of a respectable magistrate who ends up entangled in a series of events that almost result in a public scandal.

The Roar Of The Greasepaint ̶ The Smell Of The Crowd

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1975 performance of The Roar of Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley.

The Roar of Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd is an allegorical exploration of the status quo between the upper and lower classes in 1960s British society through the lens of characters Sir and Cocky.

Alice In Wonderland

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1975 performance of Alice in Wonderland adapted by Chamber Theatre from Lewis Carroll’s work of the same name.

Alice in Wonderland follows the fantastical and sometimes absurd adventures of a girl named Alice, who follows a White Rabbit and tumbles into a magical world called Wonderland.

The Night Thoreau Spent In Jail

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1975 performance of The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee.

The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail focuses on the life of Henry David Thoreau as he recounts his life during a night spent in prison for refusing to pay a Poll Tax.

The American Dream

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Theatre 25 Fall 1974 performance of The American Dream by Edward Albee.

The Emperor’S Daughters

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Theatre 25 Fall 1974 performance of The Emperor’s Daughters by Cena Christopher Draper.

The Trojan Women

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1974 performance of The Trojan Women by Euripides.

The Trojan Women tells the story of the fates of four women after the fall of the city of Troy.

American Primitive

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1974 performance of American Primitive by William Gibson.

American Primitive is constructed from the correspondence of John and Abigail Adams and tells their story during the period of the American Revolution.

The Glass Menagerie

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1974 performance of The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams.

The Glass Menagerie is a memory play narrated and led by a young man named Tom, who recounts life with his mother Amanda and sister Laura. The play has strong autobiographical elements of the playwright Tennessee and his experience growing up with his mother and sister.

Christ In The Concrete City And The Prodigal Son

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The playbill for Taylor University’s 1974 performances of Christ in the Concrete City by Philip Turner and The Prodigal Son by R.H. Ward, performed by the Religious Drama Company

The Ugly Duckling

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Theatre 25 Fall 1973 performance of The Ugly Duckling by A. A. Milne.

A Mark Twain Production

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1973 performance of A Mark Twain Production adapted by Allen Goetcheus for Chamber Theatre.

A Mark Twin Production tells the story of Mark Twain and his work through collected writings and letters.

The Taming Of The Shrew

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1973 performance of The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare.

The Taming of the Shrew follows the courtship and marriage of Petruchio and Katherina, a headstrong shrew and how Petruchio "tames" her.

The Skin Of Our Teeth

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1973 performance of The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder.

The Skin of Our Teeth is an allegory about human nature which follows a family and their maid through various disasters at different points of human history.

Grimm's Fairy Tales

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1973 performance of Grimm’s Fairy Tales adapted by Allen Goetcheus for Chamber Theatre.

Grimm’s Fairy Tales is an adaption of the classic stories by the Grimm Brothers.

A Man For All Seasons

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1972 performance of A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt.

A Man for All Seasons is based on the life of Sir Thomas Moore, a 16th century chancellor of England who refused to endorse King Henry the VIII’s divorce his wife Catherine of Aragon, who did not bear him any sons so her could marry Anne Boleyn.

The Importance Of Being Earnest

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1972 performance of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde.

The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People, is a farcical comedy about two men who each take on the personas with the name of Earnest in order to escape the burdens of social obligations.

This production was set as a Reader's Theatre due to the limited physical space available.

This is one of three plays performed at Eastbrook Middle School Cafetorium because of the destruction of Shreiner Auditorium in Helena Music Hall. Helena Music Hall was destroyed in …

The Turn Of The Screw

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1972 performance of Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw adapted by Allen Goetcheus for Chamber Theatre.

The Turn of the Screw is the story of a governess who takes a job in an English country house and begins to see what she believes are the ghosts of two former employees.

This is one of three plays performed at Eastbrook Middle School Cafetorium because of the destruction of Shreiner Auditorium in Helena Music Hall. Helena Music Hall was destroyed in a fire January 20, 1972. The next building to host Taylor theatre on campus …

Antigone

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1972 performance of Antigone by Sophocles, (translated by Jean Anouilh).

In this story, the bold yet cursed princess Antigone, daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, chooses to confront her unmovable uncle/king about his decision to dishonor her brother by refusing his burial. Her choice to defy him shocks the entire city of Thebes. Ultimately, all concerned, including the audience, are forced to wrestle with the relationship of divine law to human laws.

This is one of three plays performed at Eastbrook Middle School Cafetorium because of the destruction of Shreiner Auditorium in Helena Music Hall. …

The Imaginary Invalid

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The playbill for Taylor University’s October 1971 performance of The Imaginary Invalid arranged by Jean Baptiste Moliére.

The Imaginary Invalid is a satirical Comédie-ballet about the 17th century medical profession, following the story of a wealthy Frenchman named Argan who is a hypochondriac.

Ghosts

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1971 performance of Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen.

Ghosts tells the story of widow Mrs. Alving who has built an orphanage in honor of her late husband though he was unfaithful to her. The play shows her navigation of various issues with her son and husband’s illegitimate daughter, attacking conventional morals of the time.

Short Stories From The South

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The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1971 performance of Short Stories From the South adapted by Allen Goetcheus for Chamber Theatre.

Short Stories From the South features stories and excerpts from the works of Eudora Welty, Flannery O’Conner, and William Faulkner.

The Cherry Orchard

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The playbill for Taylor University’s April 1971 performance of The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov.

The play follows an aristocratic Russian landowner who returns to her family estate (which includes a large and well-known cherry orchard) just before it is auctioned to pay the mortgage.