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Letter From Ruth Tremblay To Charlotte Michaud, Ruth Tremblay

Correspondence 1922-1938

May 9, 1938: Letter from Ruth Tremblay to Charlotte Michaud discussing details about a story Michaud will write about their theater performances.

Program For The Stage Production First Lady, Curtain Club

Theater Production Programs

This sixteen-page program details the Curtain Club of Ursinus College’s production of First Lady, held May 7 and 14, 1938 in Thompson-Gay Gymnasium. It includes information about the directors, cast, production of the show, a scene synopsis, and local advertisements.

Certain Aspects Of The Communal Function And Relations Of The Drama In The Middle Ages, William Thomas Schroder

Bachelors’ Theses

Today, such expressions as, "The Community Players", "The Community Play-house", and "The Community Drama", evidence the interest in the revival of the drama as a community enterprise. The drama, in its European infancy, was very decidedly a community affair. It was a community affair from the standpoint both of production and of observation. In this thesis we shall trace the evolution of the Medieval Drama in its popular, social relationships, and endeavor to show how and in what respects it belonged to all of the people.

Tiger House

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1938 performance of “Tiger House.” A novel mystery comedy in three acts by Robert St. Clair.

All three acts take place in the library of “Mystery Manor” a lonely country estate two miles from the nearest village.

Letter From Edouard Duburon To Charlotte Michaud, Edouard Duburon

Correspondence 1922-1938

January 7, 1938: Letter from Edouard DuBuron, concert dancer, to Charlotte Michaud about a visit she made to Boston and plans for DuBuron to visit Lewiston.

Fashion, Otterbein University

1907-1958 Productions

A milliner turned respectable wife of high society, Mrs. Tiffany urges her daughter Seraphina to snag a husband of particular grace and class, the “Count” Jolimaitre, and to ignore the poet Twinkle except as a recipient of patronage. Jolimaitre is a fraud, and recognized as such by the maid Millinette, but nevertheless assumes all the affections of a fashionable gentleman in order to further his interests, much to the chagrin of Adam Trueman, a Yankee, who eschews both Mrs. Tiffany and Jolimaitre from the first introductions – or lack thereof. Trueman attempts to set things straight by confronting Mr. Tiffany, …

The Little Theatre Movement In Louisville., Fred J. Karem

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Letter From Aaron Richmond Concert Direction, Aaron Richmond Concert Direction

Correspondence 1922-1938

October 6, 1937: Letter from Aaron Richmond Concert Direction [signature illegible] to Charlotte Michaud regarding photos and stories he will send to her.

Letter From Lee Ruttle 9/11/1937, Lee Ruttle

Correspondence 1922-1938

Letter from Lee Ruttle to Charlotte Michaud thanking her for her article.

Letter From Dorothy Kornhauser, Dorothy Kornhauser

Correspondence 1922-1938

September 3, 1937: Letter from Dorothy Kornhauser of Aloha Camp in Vermont to Charlotte Michaud thanking her for the article on her performance.

Letter From Edward P. Goodnow To Charlotte Michaud, Edward P. Goodnow

Correspondence 1922-1938

August 25, 1937: Letter from Edward P. Goodnow, Director of the Barnstormers, Tamworth, New Hampshire, to Charlotte Michaud, thanking her for an article she wrote about the theater.

After Wimpole Street Program [1937], Gorham Normal School

Theatre Programs 1910-1939

Written by Wilbur Braun

Directed by Chester H. Sloat

The entire action of the play takes place in the library of the Brownings' villa, Casa Guidi, in Florence, Italy, in the year 1847.

Letter From Hanya Holm Studio, Rebecca Cowan

Correspondence 1922-1938

Letter and photograph from Hanya Holm Studio to Charlotte Michaud, concerning theatre/ dance performances related to a news series Michaud wrote.

The Little Theatre Movement In Wisconsin, Austin Norbert Robert Rodeman

Bachelors’ Theses

The decline of the professional theatre in Wisconsin, and in this country as a whole, has brought with it the rise of what is known as the Little Theatre Movement. This decline of the professional theatre has been brought about by the distraction of modern life, the cost of railroad transportation as it affects traveling companies and especially the diversion of the masses to the motion pictures. With the decline of the commercial trouping companies, many cities found themselves without any spoken drama except the synthetic production, motion pictures, which to the genuine lover of the theatre is, in a …

The Lone Eagle

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1937 performance of The Lone Eagle by Charles E. Roach.

Presented by the Play-Production Class.

The Howling Dog: A Three-Act Mystery Play Program [1937], Gorham Normal School

Theatre Programs 1910-1939

Written by Claudia Harris

Directed by Chester E. Sloat

A!l action occurs deep in the Adirondacks in the lodge of a large estate left by the will of her great uncle to Dorothy Goodwin on the condition she live in it for six months.

Letter From Margaret Lloyd 11/4/1936, Margaret Lloyd

Correspondence 1922-1938

November 4, 1936: Typed letter from Margaret Lloyd to Charlotte Michaud about an article she wrote and discussing future production plans.

Letter From Margaret Lloyd 10/26/1936, Margaret Lloyd

Correspondence 1922-1938

Letter from Margaret Lloyd to Charlotte Michaud discussing articles and books related to dance.

Margaret Lloyd wrote an advice column for the Christian Science Monitor.

Ingomar The Barbarian Program [1936], Gorham Normal School

Theatre Programs 1910-1939

Adapted by Maria Lovell from Frederick Hahn's "Der Sohn der Wildniss"

The Gifts Pageant : Bicentennial Celebration, Gorham, Maine Program [1936], Gorham Normal School

Theatre Programs 1910-1939

Directed by Dorothy Flint, Miram Andrews, Mary Carswell, and Ethyl H. Boothby

Big Brother, Otterbein University

1907-1958 Productions

No abstract provided.

The History Of The Theatre In Poland, Clem J. Zablocki

Bachelors’ Theses

This thesis is not intended to be an exhaustive ·report and analysis of the Theatre of Poland. It is intended to be a brief History of the Polish Theatre. In studying and discussing the dramatic art and accomplishments of Poland, we find an unusually difficult task, because there are very few writings presenting the history of the Polish Theatre. In the English language, there are not many notable works which would serve_ in the generation of a history. In the Polish language, the worthy material is inaccessible.

Letter From Adrienne V. Descoteaux, Adrienne V. Descoteaux

Correspondence 1922-1938

March 18,1936: A typed letter from Adrienne V. Descoteaux of Lewiston, Maine, to Mrs. Cyrus S. Kauffman (Elizabeth Macy Kauffman), Publicity Chairman of the Portland College Club in Portland, Maine.

The House On The Sand, Otterbein University

1907-1958 Productions

No abstract provided.

Letter From Elizabeth Macy Kauffman, Elizabeth Macy Kauffman

Correspondence 1922-1938

March 5, 1936: Letter from Elizabeth Macy Kauffman of Portland, Maine, to Charlotte Michaud concerning a performance of the Ballet Russe.

Letter From Mrs. Oscar A. Auger, Oscar A. Auger Mrs.

Correspondence 1922-1938

Handwritten letter from Mrs. Oscar A. [Diana] Auger to Charlotte Michaud regarding leads on upcoming theater performances.

Letter From Mrs. Fred [Rebecca] Marsh, [Rebecca] Marsh

Correspondence 1922-1938

February 4, 1936: A handwritten letter from Mrs. Fred [Rebecca] Marsh to Charlotte Michaud.

The Laziest Man In The World & Suppressed Desires, Otterbein University

1907-1958 Productions

The Laziest Man in the World by Carl Webster Pierce

This little comedy shows how two burglars are cleverly outwitted by the laziest man in the world.

Suppressed Desires by Susan Glaspell

Henrietta's obsession with psychoanalysis leads to a completely off-the-wall interpretation of a dream and very nearly to divorce before the absurdity of the situation is realized.

Smilin' Through

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1935 performance of Smilin’ Through by Jane Cowl and Jane Murfin (under the pseudonym, Allan Langdon Martin).

Smilin’ Through tells the story of a young Irish woman, Kathleen Dungannon and her romantic relationship with Kenneth Wayne, which is opposed by her adopted father, still bitter about a failed relationship with Kathleen’s aunt years before.

The Witching Hour, Otterbein University

1907-1958 Productions

Jack Brookfield, a professional gambler, in whose rooms the play opens, is believed by his friends to be possessed of an extraordinary personal magnetism. It is said that this gift is shared by his sister, Mrs. Campbell and her daughter Viola. The interior decorations of Brookfield’s magnificent house have been planned by Clay Whipple, who is in love with Viola. On seeing that a rival of his is talking earnestly to her at the opera, he proposes to her and is accepted. He kills a man accidentally at the house of Jack Brookfield, and is charged with murder by Frank …