Manuscripts

Designs by James Hyde, unidentified productions

Description: Includes paintings of houses and their environs; of men at a roulette table, one captioned "Follow the Fleet," with an attribution of Carroll Clark, Unit Art Director; of Ivanhoe and Friar Tuck's Hut (also with Carroll Clark, Unit Art Director); and of a banquet and of couples outside of a mansion.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1930-1933
Call number: mssPlayhouse
Creator: Pasadena Playhouse(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Pasadena Playhouse Alumni and Associates,; Additional gifts have been supplemented by former affiliates of the Playhouse over the years.

Designs by James Hyde, identified productions

Manuscripts

Includes designs by James Hyde for Lazarus Laughed (circa 1928); Larry Apart (circa 1950); Eight Bells (circa 1940?); and unidentified plays. Also includes two costume designs by an unidentified designer.

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Original designs by James Hyde, Jānis Muncis, and others

Manuscripts

Work by Jānis Muncis includes a painting for "Armoured Train." Also contains several designs by unidentified artists, including paintings of houses and interiors (possibly by Hyde); costume designs for a Shakespearean festival; drawings and photographs of costumes for the Merry Wives of Windsor; two drawings by Harbert, one of Mistress Page and one of Mistress Ford, with annotations; and various other set and costume designs.

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Unidentified theater productions

Manuscripts

Includes many undated later prints of performance photographs, plus receipts and other documentation; these are possibly from a collaboration between the Pasadena Playhouse and the Huntington Library to create prints from negatives.

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Work by unidentified designers

Manuscripts

Includes design for Hamlet and otherwise unidentified designs and designers. Also includes unidentified photograph of set design for a bedroom, circa 1950s-1960s.

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Negatives: Unidentified set designs

Manuscripts

This collection contains the records of the Pasadena Playhouse, a community theater established in Pasadena, California, in 1917. Materials consist primarily of theater programs, scrapbooks, business records, correspondence, clippings, scripts, school catalogues, brochures and ephemera, indexes, photographs, original drawings of set and costume designs, and research materials originally housed in the organization's library. The materials document the performance history of the various theaters of the Playhouse and also contain partial administrative records and school records, with particular strength in coverage for the "Mainstage" theater and an extensive run of programs and performance photographs. The core records are strengthened by the complementary personal paper collections of directors, performers, and others associated with the Playhouse.

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Production ledger

Manuscripts

Contains data including production number, title, playwright, director, production dates, number of performances, attendance, and gross for productions by venue and format. Included are Mainstage, 1917-1956; East and West Balcony, including Senior productions, 1948-1956; Patio, Laboratory, and Workshop, 1936-1949 (date ranges vary per venue); Playbox, 1924-1953; State Theatre Players, 1947-1952; One-Act Play Tournaments, 1934-1947; radio productions, 1946-1952; and television plays produced, including by Don Lee, 1946-1951. Also includes data regarding assemblies, 1947-1952, and Coleman Concerts, 1926-1948.

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Designs by James Hyde, unidentified productions

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Original designs by James Hyde, Jānis Muncis, and others

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Production ledger