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The Trojan women.
- Title
- The Trojan women.
- Publication
- 1905-1972.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Supervised use | MWEZ+ n.c. 22023 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
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- Additional Authors
- Euripides
- Addams, Jane, 1860-1935
- Bodeen, DeWitt
- Brooks, Donald L.
- Browne, Maurice, 1881-1955
- Curtis, Jackie, 1947-1985
- Drinkwater, John, 1882-1937
- Duncan, Ronald, 1914-1982.
- Fierstein, Harvey, 1952-
- Granville-Barker, Harley, 1877-1946
- Hamilton, Edith, 1867-1963.
- Lattimore, Richard
- Murray, Gilbert, 1866-1957.
- Rains, Claude, 1889-1967
- Rosen, Sam, 1925-2005.
- Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980.
- Tavel, Harvey
- Van Volkenburg, Ellen
- Vance, Nina, 1914-1980.
- Vedrenne, John Eugene, 1867-1930
- Description
- 1 bound volume of programs : illustrations, some in color; 29 cm
- Donor/Sponsor
- In honor of George Freedley
- Subject
- Birmingham Repertory Theatre
- Chicago Little Theatre Company
- Experimental Theatre of Vassar College
- Woman's Peace Party
- Amateur theater > United States
- Benefit performances
- Female impersonators
- Little theater movement
- Peace-building and theater > United States
- Women > Societies and clubs
- World War, 1914-1918 > Theater and the war
- Genre/Form
- Theater programs.
- Playbills.
- Note
- Programs (1905 - 1972) for the Trojan women by Euripides with translations by Gilbert Murray, Edith Hamilton, and Richard Lattimore; adaptations by Dewitt Bodeen; Nina Vance and Samuel Rosen; Jean-Paul Sartre's French adaptation translated into English by Ronald Duncan; and an off-off Broadway adaptation by Donald L. Brooks. Of note are three productions by Ellen Van Volkenburg and Maurice Browne's Chicago Little Theatre Company, one of which was a touring benefit for the Women's Peace Party under the leadership of Jane Addams; John Drinkwater's production for the Birmingham Repertory Theatre; Margaret Webster's production for the Experimental Theatre, Inc.; The Experimental Theatre of Vassar College; and Donald L. Brooks's 1972 all-male drag production by the Theatre of the Lost Continent with Harvey Tavel, Jackie Curtis, and Harvey Fierstein. Includes regional, amateur, college, and university productions in the United States, England, Scotland.
- A program for Granville-Barker's production of "Vedrenne-Barker Matinees" at the Royal Court Theatre (London) is part of the Stead Collection.
- The stage manager for Granville-Barker's production at an unidentified theatre was the actor Claude Rains early in his stage career.
- Compiled and bound by The New York Public Library.
- Call Number
- MWEZ+ n.c. 22023
- OCLC
- 981127001
- Title
- The Trojan women.
- Publisher
- 1905-1972.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Local Note
- A substantial portion of this volume has become detached from its binding. Please handle with deliberate care.
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- Added Author
- Euripides. Trojan women. English.Addams, Jane, 1860-1935, organizer, host.Bodeen, DeWitt.Brooks, Donald L., director, desginer.Browne, Maurice, 1881-1955, producer, actor.Curtis, Jackie, 1947-1985, actor.Drinkwater, John, 1882-1937, producer.Duncan, Ronald, 1914-1982.Fierstein, Harvey, 1952- actor.Granville-Barker, Harley, 1877-1946, producer.Hamilton, Edith, 1867-1963.Lattimore, Richard.Murray, Gilbert, 1866-1957.Rains, Claude, 1889-1967, stage manager.Rosen, Sam, 1925-2005.Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980.Tavel, Harvey, actor.Van Volkenburg, Ellen, producer, actor.Vance, Nina, 1914-1980.Vedrenne, John Eugene, 1867-1930, producer.
- Research Call Number
- MWEZ+ n.c. 22023