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Description: Contains samples of solicitations for donations, including of original play manuscripts, and for volunteers (1937, undated); and materials relating to the veterans training program in which the Playhouse participated, including forms, applications, contracts, invoices, and correspondence regarding veteran certification and training (circa 1949-1961).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1937-1960
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.
Associated people: Arnold, A. E., (-1941,); Ben Ali, Bobker, (1921-1985,); Ben Ali, Bobker, (1921-1985,); Ben Ali, Bobker, (1921-1985,); Ben Ali, Bobker, (1921-1985,); Blanchard, Frederick W., (1878-1948,); Blanchard, Frederick W., (1878-1948,); Bowditch, Vincent Yardley, (1916-1985,); Bowditch, Vincent Yardley, (1916-1985,); Brown, Gilmor, (1886-1960,); Brown, Gilmor, (1886-1960,); Brown, Gilmor, (1886-1960,); Brown, Gilmor, (1886-1960,); Brown, Gilmor, 1886-1960, (1886-1955,); Cook, Philip, (1886-1955,); Cook, Philip, (1901-1954,); Eaton, Jerry, (1905-1992,); Evans, June, (1905-1992,); Evans, June, (1904-1934,); Haas, W. (1904-1934,); Howell Helen, (1904-1934,); Howell, Helen, (1905-1952,); Hyde, James, (1911-1993,); Powell, Jack, (1911-1993,); Martin, W. Albert,; Muncis, Jānis,; Muncis, Jānis,; Prickett, Charles F.,; Blake, Oliver,; Blake, Oliver,; Sharpe, Robert Redington,; Sharpe, Robert Redington,; Sharpe, Robert Redington,; Shoup, Gail,; Shoup, Gail,; Spalding, Charles Gordon,; Spalding, Graydon E.; Spalding, Graydon E.; Spalding, Kim,; Sterling, Eloise,; Sterling, Eloise,; Van Dyke, Philip,; Van Dyke, Philip,
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Materials include sample blank contracts and a brochure regarding Actor's Equity (1939); articles and studies about education, including a conference program for the Educational TV Programs Institute (1952); pamphlets regarding fundraising strategies (circa 1925-1969); brochures, fliers, and ephemera regarding membership drives (circa 1919-1975); and programs and fliers for membership meetings, 1921-1936 and undated.
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Contains membership forms; brochures; letters, including for membership campaign 1936-1937; and pamphlets.
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Works include: James, Helen, Shiny Legs (1961); Flavin, Martin, Shucks (script and correspondence, 1949, 1966); Snow White (various scripts, 1954, undated); Brown, Gilmor, A Soul for Mary Jane (typescript, stage sketch, and memo from Pasadena Drama Guild, 1935); Riley, Alice C. D., A Stare Shone and Little New Moon (Samuel French script, inscribed to Gilmor Brown, 1929, undated); Deval, Jacques, Tovaritch (1937); Milne, A. A., The Truth About Blayds (acting edition, Samuel French, 1923); and Hecht, Ben, and MacArthur, Charles, Twentieth Century (after 1932).
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Contains oversize programs for Pasadena Community Playhouse, 1927-1937. Also includes programs for the Playbox, 1931-1962, and the Mainstage, approximately 1937-1941 and 1960-1961.
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Includes materials concerning theater education, Chinese drama, modern drama, the Little Theatre movement, press and publicity, set and stage design, Shakespeare, and other topics. Also includes Works Progress Administration research bulletins on theater in San Francisco.
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