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The Unknown Citizen Program, University Of Maine Gorham-Portland

Theatre Programs 1970-1989

Written and Directed by JS/07/M/378 with assistance from

William Stieg
Terrance McNally
Jules Feiffer
Walter Stump
Antonio Del Pollaiuolo

Performed by the Treehouse Players

Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris Poster, University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre

Theatre Posters 1970 - 1980

Poster for the University of Southern Maine production of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris.

Dimensions: 16" x 22"

The Amorous Flea Poster, University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre

Theatre Posters 1970 - 1980

Poster for the University of Southern Maine production of The Amorous Flea.

Dimensions: 20" x 28"

Dark Of The Moon Program [1972], Usm Department Of Theatre

Theatre Programs 1970-1989

By Howard Richard and William Berney

Ethan Frome Poster, University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre

Theatre Posters 1970 - 1980

Poster for the University of Southern Maine production of Ethan Frome.

Dimensions: 20" x 36"

An Evening Of One Act Plays: Sane, The Apes Shall Inherit The Earth, Wax Museum, And Interview Program, University Of Maine Portland-Gorham

Theatre Programs 1970-1989

SAND

Written by Murray Mednick
Directed by Thomas A. Power

THE APES SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH

Written by Warner Aperstrom
Directed by Thomas A. Power

WAX MUSEUM

Written by John Hawkes
Directed by Thomas A. Power

INTERVIEW

Written by Jean Claude van Itallie
Directed by William P. Steele

Ethan Frome Program [1972], Usm Department Of Theatre

Theatre Programs 1970-1989

By Owen Davis and Donal Davis

Suggested by a dramatization by Lowell Barrington

Directed by William Steele

The Beggar's Opera Program, University Of Maine Portland-Gorham

Theatre Programs 1970-1989

Written by John Gay

Directed by Walter Stump

Presented by the Treehouse Players

From the program:

On January 29, 1728, John Gay's The Beggar's Opera opened in London at Lincoln Inn Fields marking the end of one era and the beginning of another. The ballad opera construction utilized by Gay, was the culmination of a new theatre genre which had begun with the Italian Opera Buffa and later was refined. into the French Opera Comique. In addition to the Italian tradition of satirizing serious opera, Gay combined the French comedies-en-vaudville concept of using popular folk tunes in the musical score. …

Carnival Program [1971], University Of Maine Portland-Gorham

Theatre Programs 1970-1989

Written by Michael Stewart

Directed by Minor Rootes

Performed by the Treehouse Players

From the program:

Welcome to CARNIVAL, the final main stage production of our 1970-1971 season. This delightful little musical by Michael Stewart and Bob Merrill was originally based on the movie "Lili," which starred Leslie Caron and Mel Ferrar. CARNIVAL is a study of youth, of feeling, of wanting, of sensuousness. It blends the nostalgia of childhood past with the immediacy of young people in love.

Tonight's production of CARNIVAL marks the starting point of a tour which will carry the Treehouse Players 9,000 miles to four …

The Victors Program, University Of Maine Portland Campus

Theatre Programs 1970-1989

Written by Jean-Paul Sartre

Directed by Thomas A. Power

The action takes place in 1940 -- in an abandoned building used as a prison and police headquarters in occupied France.

Mandragola Program, University Of Maine Portland Campus

Theatre Programs 1970-1989

Written by Niccolo Machiavelli

Translated by J. R. Hale

Directed by William P. Steele

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

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 …

Benito Cereno Program [1968], University Of Maine Portland Campus

Theatre Programs 1940-1969

Written by Robert Lowell

Directed by David Wheeler

Performed by the Theatre Company of Boston

From the program:

AN HISTORICAL INCIDENT, first reported in Delano's Voyages and Travels, published in Boston in 1817, caught the imagination of Herman Melville some 40 years later. Melville, whose now famous novel, Moby Dick, had been a critical failure when it was first published in 1851, had turned to the writing of short stories. He used Delano's account as the basis of a short story which was published by Putnam's Magazine under the title of Benito Cereno.

MELVILLE'S STORY stirred brief interest, but then …

Ua68/17/2 Summer Players Scrapbook 1968, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1968 summer theater season. Includes souvenirs from field trips and campus activities.

• Shakertown Revisited
• Shaker Festival
• The Killing of Sister George
• The Fugitive Kind
• The Wizard of Oz

Ua68/17/2 Scrapbook 1967-1968, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1967-1968 season. Includes souvenirs from field trips and campus activities.

• A View from the Bridge, 1967
• Anastasia, 1968
• Tea and Sympathy, 1968
• Ghosts, 1968
• The Male Animal, 1968
• Becket, 1967
• The Fisherman
• The Romancers
• The Bald Soprano
• Carnival of Characters, 1968

An Evening With Edward Albee Program [1967], University Of Maine Portland Campus

Theatre Programs 1940-1969

Undated, estimated to be c. 1967

From the program:

The Art Theatre of the University of Maine in Portland, proudly presents three contemporary one-act plays by Edward Albee.

FAM AND YAM
Directed by Thomas A. Power
Fam and Yam is an imaginary interview. It is a short but eloquent example of the biting wit and incisive satire of this brilliant young American playwright.

THE AMERICAN DREAM
Directed by William P. Steele
Time: The Present
Place: A typical upper middle class American home

THE SANDBOX
Directed by Thomas A. Power
In this play Mr. Albee crosses the boundaries between life and …

A Slight Ache And Play Program [1967], University Of Maine Portland Campus

Theatre Programs 1940-1969

Two One-Act Plays Directed by David Wheeler

A Slight Ache written by Harold Pinter
A comedy of menace at a country house during a summer morning, noon, and afternoon.

Play written by Samuel Beckett
Buried up to their necks in three burial urns, a husband, his wife, and his mistress speak about their lives from the world of the dead.

Performed by the Theatre Company of Boston

Ua68/17/2 Summer Players Scrapbook 1967, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1967 summer theater season. Includes souvenirs from field trips and campus activities.

• Hay Fever
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
• Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
• Shakertown Revisited
• Auburn Shaker Festival

Ua68/17/2 Scrapbook 1966-1967, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1966-1967 season. Includes souvenirs from field trips and campus activities.

• South Pacific, 1966
• The Taming of the Shrew, 1967
• Carmen, 1967
• Night Must Fall, 1967
• The Glass Menagerie, 1966
• Miss Julie
• Cyrano de Bergerac, 1967

Waiting For Godot Program [1966], Theatre Company Of Boston

Theatre Programs 1940-1969

Written by Samuel Beckett

Directed by David Wheeler

From the program:

WAITING FOR GODOT is the most famous of all the plays Beckett has written. It was first staged in Paris where it ran over three hundred performances. Translated into English by Beckett, it has subsequently been translated into innumerable languages, including Japanese, Swedish and Yugoslavian. No other play has had so great an impact on the modern theatre.

Ua68/17/2 Summer Players Scrapbook 1966, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1966 summer theater season. Includes souvenirs from field trips and campus activities.

• Shakertown Revisted
• Auburn Shaker Festival
• Oh Dad, Poor Dad!
• Summer and Smoke
• Tom Sawyer

Ua68/17/2 Scrapbook 1965-1966, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1965-1966 season. Includes souvenirs from field trips and campus activities.

• West Side Story, 1965
• The Doctor in Spite of Himself, 1966
• The Bat's Revenge, 1966
• Life With Father, 1966
• Modern Duo: Estrangement, 1965
• This Property is Condemned
• La Dama Del Alba
• Die Kleinen Verwandten
• John Brown's Body
• Red Peppers

The Waltz Of The Toreadors: A Comedy In Three Acts Program [1965], Gorham State Teachers College

Theatre Programs 1940-1969

Written by Jean Anouilh

Directed by Donald C. Spencer

Ua68/17/2 Summer Players Scrapbook 1965, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1965summer theater season. Includes souvenirs from field trips and campus activities.

• This Fair Land
• Shakertown Revisted
• Three Men on a Horse
• The Night of the Iguana

A History Of The Grand Opera House And Ogden's Golden Age Of Theatre 1890-1909, Ronald W. Jenkins

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The Orpheum, or Grand Opera House, as it was known prior to 1910, was constructed and opened in 1890. This theatre is one of the oldest in Utah and remained a citadel of entertainment for many years. Although altered in its original design, the old structure has been well preserved and kept in constant repair through its seventy-three years.

Ua68/17/2 Scrapbook 1964-1965, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1964-1965 season. The scrapbook also includes items regarding meetings and activities.

• Six Characters in Search of an Author, 1964
• Antigone, 1964
• Phoenix Too Frequent, 1964
• Sancho Panza En Barataria, 1965
• The Misunderstanding, 1965
• Dance Concerto, 1965
• Bedtime Story, 1965
• Bye, Bye Birdie, 1965
• The Talented Failure, 1965
• The Letter, 1965
• The American Dream, 1965

The Visit: A Tragedy Program [1965], Gorham State Teachers College

Theatre Programs 1940-1969

Written by Friedrich Duerrenmatt

Directed by Donald C. Spencer

Undated, estimated to be c. 1965

The Cave Dwellers

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1964 performance of The Cave Dwellers by William Saroyan.

The Cave Dwellers tells the story of four homeless persons living on the stage of a theater about to be torn down, and how they recount the memories of their better days with joy.

Ua68/17/2 Summer Players Scrapbook 1964, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1964 summer theater season. Includes souvenirs from field trips and campus activities.

• Shakertown Revisited
• Love Among the Ruins
• Royal Gambit