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Mister Angel, Otterbein University

1907-1958 Productions

Stacy and Lydia Bolton, a husband-and-wife team of actor-producers, have everything except children. They are always on tour and children have to wait. They have just chosen a new play by their friend Daphne, with a magnificent role for Lydia. But Little Item, a girl angel, has been waiting for ten years to be born to Lydia, and if the Boltons haven't decided to have her yet they never will. So the angel Charles and his assistant, Gloria, are sent to Earth to bring Little Item back. But Item won't go. Charles, disobeying orders, decides to make another effort. Knowing …

The History Of The Drama In Corinne And Brigham City, Utah, 1855-1905, Rue Corbett Johnson

Theses and Dissertations

It is hoped that through the inclusion of the history of the drama in Corinne, Utah, some interesting contrasts can be shown. Such contrasts are heightened when it Is realized that geographically the two towns are very close and that unlike Brigham City, and other Utah towns, Corinne was non-Mormon. During its zenith it undoubtedly reflected the typical frontier town characteristics more than did the Mormon town nearby. This fact provides opportunity for comparison of two societies as reflected in their dramatic activities. This comparison should assist in evaluating the history and contributions of Mormon dramatic activity by helping to …

Program For The Stage Production All My Sons, Curtain Club

Theater Production Programs

This four-page program details the Curtain Club of Ursinus College’s production of All My Sons, held December 4 and 5, 1953 in Thompson-Gay Gymnasium. It includes information about the directors, cast, production of the show, and a scene synopsis.

Antigone, Otterbein University

1907-1958 Productions

Based on a Greek myth, Sophocles' Antigone embodies a timeless portrayal of the conflict between good and evil. The play portrays this struggle through a single incident but actually it represents all rebellion against oppression. Creon stands for inhuman forces--the reign of terror imposed by an dictatorship. Opposing him is Antigone, who rebels against the blasphemy of the unburied dead. By doing so, she cries out against Godlessness and indecency.

It is interesting to note that Anouihl's adaption of Antigone in 1943 symbolizes the German occupation of France--the new order with its promise of prosperity and happiness in exchange for …

A History Of The Children's Theatre Of Terre Haute, 1936-1948, Mary Ann Mcquillan

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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The Heiress, Otterbein University

1907-1958 Productions

The background of the play is New York in the 1850s and the basic story tells of a shy and plain young girl, Catherine Sloper, who falls desperately in love with a delightful young fortune hunter. Catherine's lack of worldliness prevents her from realizing that the young man proposing to her is not entirely drawn to her by her charm. Catherine's father, a successful doctor, sees through the fortune hunter and forbids the marriage, but his daughter proposes an elopement that fails to materialize because the young man knows most of her expected fortune will go elsewhere if he marries …

Program For The Stage Production Moony's Kid Don't Cry And The Noble Lord, Curtain Club

Theater Production Programs

This one-page program details the Curtain Club of Ursinus College’s production of Moony's Kid Don't Cry and The Noble Lord, held May 14, 1953 in Thompson-Gay Gymnasium. It includes information about the directors, cast, production of the show, and a scene synopsis.

Program For The Stage Production Two Blind Mice, Curtain Club

Theater Production Programs

This twenty-page program details the Curtain Club of Ursinus College’s production of Two Blind Mice, held May 7, 8 and 9, 1953 in Thompson-Gay Gymnasium. It includes information about the directors, cast, production of the show, a scene synopsis, and local advertisements.

The Student Prince, Otterbein University

1907-1958 Productions

The Student Prince sings its way serenly down the years as the show that epitomises pure romance. The Prince, Karl Franz, is sent to University at Heidelberg to finish his studies. There, among fruit blossom and fellow students, he meets and falls deliriously in love with the daughter of the innkeeper, Kathie.

https://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_s/student_prince.htm

Harold's Club Program [1953], The Longhair Club

Theatre Programs 1940-1969

Directions Courtesy of the Longhair Club

President : Robert Olesen

Vice-President : Joseph Bisson

Secretary : Walter Brown

Treasurer : Robert Gelinas

The Bat, Otterbein University

1907-1958 Productions

In this popular American mystery play, incident is piled on incident with skill and plausibility, and it is impossible to know who the real criminal is until the final curtain. This thriller revolves around Cornelia Van Gorder, a maiden lady of sixty, who rents the summer home of a banker reported killed in Colorado. She is warned that mysterious things are happening but she refuses to move. Then it is discovered that a large sum is missing from the dead man's bank and it is suspected that, far from being dead, he stole the money, hid it in a secret …

Ua68/17/2 Down In The Valley, Wku Western Players, Wku Music

WKU Administration Documents

Program for joint Western Players', WKU Music production of Down in the Valley.

Program For The Stage Production Death Takes A Holiday, Curtain Club

Theater Production Programs

This sixteen-page program details the Curtain Club of Ursinus College’s production of Death Takes a Holiday, held December 5 and 6, 1952 in Thompson-Gay Gymnasium. It includes information about the directors, cast, production of the show, a scene synopsis, and local advertisements.

Winterset, Otterbein University

1907-1958 Productions

Mio, believing that his father was innocent of the crime for which he was executed, pursues his long search for proof of his innocence. Following new evidence, his path crosses that of Miriamne, a strange creature who lives with her family in the shadow of a towering bridge. The young people are drawn together through the tragedy of Mio's father, and the boy's bitterness prevents each from giving himself wholly to the other. Mio must first recover his self respect and the right to love. His problem is complicated when it is learned that Miriamne's brother, Garth, might have testified …

Blithe Spirit, Otterbein University

1907-1958 Productions

The smash comedy hit of the London and Broadway stages, this much-revived classic from the playwright of Private Lives offers up fussy, cantankerous novelist Charles Condomine, re-married but haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife, the clever and insistent Elvira who is called up by a visiting “happy medium,” one Madame Arcati. As the (worldly and un-) personalities clash, Charles’ current wife, Ruth, is accidentally killed, “passes over,” joins Elvira, and the two “blithe spirits” haunt the hapless Charles into perpetuity.

https://www.samuelfrench.com/p/2823/blithe-spirit

Program For The Stage Production The Philadelphia Story, Curtain Club

Theater Production Programs

This twenty-page program details the Curtain Club of Ursinus College’s production of The Philadelphia Story, held May 8 , 9 and 10, 1952 in Thompson-Gay Gymnasium. It includes information about the directors, cast, production of the show, a scene synopsis, and local advertisements.

Craig's Wife, Otterbein University

1907-1958 Productions

A scathing and insightful work by one of the masters of American drama. Mrs. Harriet Craig, a woman of controlling will and vanity, succeeds in driving away her husband, friends, and anyone close to her, all for the sake of her pride. A tense and biting satire on the darker side of human nature from the celebrated author of The Silver Cord and They Knew What They Wanted.

https://www.samuelfrench.com/p/5485/craigs-wife

Program For The Stage Production Sari, Curtain Club

Theater Production Programs

This four-page program details the Curtain Club of Ursinus College’s production of Sari, held April 19, 1952 in Thompson-Gay Gymnasium. It includes information about the directors, cast, production of the show, and a scene synopsis.

Two Blind Mice, Otterbein University

1907-1958 Productions

The Office of Medicinal Herbs of the Department of Agriculture in Washington, manages to persist because no one realizes that it was abolished years ago, but no official steps have been taken to close it. Two nice old ladies run this department, but never answer the phone for fear of discovery. The are really interested in helping people, and are too scrupulous to cash the salary checks which are automatically sent to them. They manage to exist by renting parts of their office to a pants presser and a dance teacher, and by collecting fees from a parking lot nearby. …

History Of Drama In Provo, 1853-1897, Burnett B. Ferguson

Theses and Dissertations

This study will present as complete and accurate a history of the drama of Provo, from the earliest recorded activity (1853) to the decline of community theatre (1897), as available data provide.

Program For The Stage Production Light Up The Sky, Curtain Club

Theater Production Programs

This six-page program details the Curtain Club of Ursinus College’s production of Light Up The Sky, held November 30 and December 1, 1951 in Thompson-Gay Gymnasium. It includes information about the directors, cast, production of the show, a scene synopsis, and local advertisements.

The Miser, Otterbein University

1907-1958 Productions

Satire and farce blend in the fast-moving plot, as when the miser's hoard is stolen. Asked by the police magistrate whom he suspects, Harpagon replies, “Everybody! I wish you to take into custody the whole town and suburbs” and indicates the theatre audience while doing so. The play also makes fun of certain theatrical conventions, such as the spoken aside addressed to the audience, hitherto ignored by the characters onstage. The characters of L'Avare, however, generally demand to know who exactly is being spoken to.

The Miser. (2017, July 19). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:08, September 26, …

Goodbye, My Fancy, Otterbein University

1907-1958 Productions

A Broadway hit about a liberal Congresswoman who returns to her old school as an honorary visitor. Since her wartime experiences in Europe, she has devoted herself to the task of acquainting people with the horrors of war. That is why she has brought a documentary with her to be shown to the young graduates. The movie is considered harsh and improper by the trustees, so she has a fight on her hands. The conflict exposes the university president as a spineless and irresolute figure, instead of the upstanding and outspoken professor with whom Miss Reed thought she had been …

Program For The Stage Production Arsenic And Old Lace, Curtain Club

Theater Production Programs

This twenty-four-page program details the Curtain Club of Ursinus College’s production of Arsenic and Old Lace, held May 10, 11, and 12, 1951 in Thompson-Gay Gymnasium. It includes information about the directors, cast, production of the show, a scene synopsis, and local advertisements.

The Corn Is Green, Otterbein University

1907-1958 Productions

Miss Moffat settles in a remote Welsh mining village and starts a school for the local boys, one of whom, Morgan Evans, shows great promise. Miss Moffat determin's to do everything to help Morgan's application for a scholarship to Oxford. But Morgan rebels against help from a woman and falls prey to the flashy charms of Bessie Watty. His chances of success are almost destroyed but Miss Moffat's courageous wisdom and her affection for him win the day and Morgan wins the'scholarship.

https://www.samuelfrench.co.uk/p/10885/the-corn-is-green

John Loves Mary, Otterbein University

1907-1958 Productions

John Lawrence, who has been overseas three years, is welcomed home by the charming Mary McKinley. These two are and have been in love with each other. John's life had been saved while he was overseas by his buddy Fred Taylor. Fred returned home a year before John, and John brings him what should be a pleasant surprise—news that he has married Lily, an English girl Fred had fallen in love with and who could not hope to get to America for years unless as the wife of a G.I. John therefore marries her and plans to deliver her to …

Program For The Stage Production Angel Street, Curtain Club

Theater Production Programs

This three-page program details the Curtain Club of Ursinus College’s production of Angel Street, held December 2, 1950 in Thompson-Gay Gymnasium. It includes information about the directors, cast, production of the show, and a scene synopsis.

The Winslow Boy, Otterbein University

1907-1958 Productions

The action of the play takes place in the Winslow family home in Kensington, London, in the years immediately before the First World War. The fourteen-year-old Ronnie Winslow has been expelled from naval college, accused of the theft of a postal order. The boy remains adamant that he is innocent. Enraged, his father Arthur engages a leading lawyer, Sir Robert Morton, to challenge the Admiralty to prove the charges in court. The play follows Arthur’s attempts to clear his son’s name, even in the face of public opposition and weakening resolve. Each member of the family suffers as the case …

Twelfth Night, Otterbein University

1907-1958 Productions

Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–02 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centers on the twins Viola and Sebastian, who are separated in a shipwreck. Viola (who is disguised as Cesario) falls in love with Duke Orsino, who in turn is in love with the Countess Olivia. Upon meeting Viola, Countess Olivia falls in love with her thinking she is a man. The play expanded on the musical interludes and riotous disorder expected of the occasion, with plot elements …

Program For The Stage Production Junior Miss, Curtain Club

Theater Production Programs

This sixteen-page program details the Curtain Club of Ursinus College’s production of Junior Miss, held May 11, 12, and 13, 1950 in Thompson-Gay Gymnasium. It includes information about the directors, cast, production of the show, a scene synopsis, and local advertisements.