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Theater Programs Collection 1850-2005 MS.2011.024 http://hdl.handle.net/2345/2883

Archives and Manuscripts Department John J. Burns Library College 140 Commonwealth Avenue Chestnut Hill 02467 library.bc.edu/burns/contact URL: http://www.bc.edu/burns Table of Contents

Summary Information ...... 3 Administrative Information ...... 4 Related Materials ...... 4 Historical note ...... 6 Scope and Contents ...... 7 Arrangement ...... 7 Collection Inventory ...... 9 I: Robert M. Dell collection ...... 9 II: F. A. Searle Boston theater handbills ...... 13 III: Boston and ephemera ...... 13 IV: W. W. Todd scrapbooks ...... 14 V: Augustin Daly theater playbills ...... 14 VI: Julia M. Fairbanks theater scrapbook ...... 14 VII: Bruce J. Browning scrapbooks ...... 15 VIII: John P. Barry theater programs ...... 15 IX: Allen E. Beckwith theater programs ...... 21 X: J. Robert Barth collection ...... 24 XI: Phyllis Penn Turin theater programs ...... 29 XII: J. Paul Marcoux theater programs ...... 33 XIII: Other playbills and programs ...... 34

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Creator: Marcoux, J. Paul, 1932- Creator: Barth, J. Robert Creator: Dell, Robert M. Creator: Barry, John Paul Creator: Turin, Phyllis Penn Creator: Todd, W. W. Creator: Fairbanks, Julia M. Creator: Browning, Bruce J. Creator: Beckwith, Allen E. Title: Theater programs collection Collection Identifier: MS.2011.024 Date [inclusive]: 1850-2005 Physical Description 33 Linear Feet (48 boxes, 16 volumes) Language of the Predominantly English, with small amounts of Dutch, French, Spanish, Material: and Welsh. Abstract: This collection contains theater playbills, programs, and scrapbooks, primarily for theaters in Boston and New but also for other regions of the , Europe, and Asia. Programs make up the bulk of the collection. Also included are scrapbooks, bound volumes of handbills, clippings and writings, photographs, ticket stubs, movie programs, correspondence, and postcards. A small number of items have been annotated, or signed by performers. Scrapbooks often include information about the compilers' favorite in addition to recording performances seen. Many of the playbills and bound volumes are fragile and should be handled with care. Materials date from 1850 to 2005. Preferred Citation

Identification of item, Box number, Folder number, Theater Programs Collection, MS.2011.024, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.

Theater Programs Collection MS.2011.024

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Publication Information Processed by Stephanie Bennett in October 2012. This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace.

Restrictions on access Collection is open for research.

Provenance This collection consists of twelve separate accessions, not all of which have provenance information. Because the current accessioning system was not used until January 1986, it is not possible to know exactly the dates of acquisition of materials received before that time.

The John P. Barry collection was donated by Henry F. Barry in 1990. The Robert M. Dell collection was donated by the collector in 1992. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce F. Browning donated the Bruce J. Browning scrapbooks in 1995. Phyllis Penn Turin donated her materials in 2003. Two programs were a gift of Dottie Brush in 2020.

Restrictions on use These materials are made available for use in research, teaching and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source. The original authors may retain copyright to the materials.

Related Materials

Related Materials American Theater Program Collection, Brandeis University.

Boston Athenaeum Theater Collection, Boston Athenaeum.

Boston Archives, Rare Books & Manuscripts, Boston Public Library.

Ellerton J. Brehaut Bostoniana collection, MS.2008.016, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.

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- Page 4 - Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard University.

Jackson-Dowd Theater Collection, Archives, Emerson College.

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In 1750, the General Court of prohibited "stage plays and theatrical of any kind." This anti-theater sentiment sprang from the area's religious roots. Nonetheless, plays were sometimes performed in private homes, even though a "puritanical uproar" occasionally followed. When Boston was occupied by British solders during the Revolutionary War, served as a theater for military productions. After the war, Boston's first official playhouse, Boston Theatre, opened in February 1794 and a second playhouse, the Haymarket, opened in 1796.

By 1853, theater had a long enough history in Boston and enough popular interest for writer William Warland Cooke to write about local theater history in the newspaper Boston Evening Gazette and compile those entries into a book, A Record of the Boston Stage. Interest continued to grow, with additional theaters built (and rebuilt, after fires destroyed a few) throughout the nineteenth century. The late 1800s brought famed theater owner and former circus member to Boston, where he opened the New Museum. Initially the museum starred a "three headed songstress," but shortly after opening, Keith began advertising a "theatorium." Museums like these introduced to Boston, and B.F. Keith and various partners moved into ownership of Boston's and others.

Theater owners frequently owned multiple properties. Augustin Daly owned Daly's Theaters in and , and owned a number of New York theaters in addition to those in Boston and . Theaters frequently underwent name changes, depending on ownership; today, many of 's theaters have been renamed in honor of well-known performers. In Boston, many of the theaters constructed around the turn of the century have been demolished or repurposed. The Wang Center for the Performing Arts, for example, was formerly known as Metropolitan Theatre. The reverse is also true; Horticultural Hall has existed in name since 1845, but has moved on several occasions. Very few theaters have retained their original name and location over the decades.

Popular nineteenth century performance halls included the , Tremont Theatre, and a variety of opera halls. Notable Boston theaters include Bijou Theater, B.F. Keith's Theatre, Colonial Theatre, , Majestic Theatre, Plymouth Theatre, , , and performance halls at local colleges like Boston College, Boston University, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Wellesley College. This collection also reflects Boston theater-goers' excursions to performances in nearby New York, N.Y., , Vermont, and Maine, as well as their further ventures into other areas of the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Sources

"Boston Athenaeum Theater History." Boston Athenaeum. 2012. http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/ node/224 (accessed October 19, 2012).

Clapp, William Warland. A Record of the Boston Stage. Boston and Cambridge: J. Munroe and , 1853.

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- Page 6 - King, Donald C. The of Boston: A Stage and Screen History. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2005.

Scope and Contents

This collection documents theaters, theater companies, and performances through programs and playbills, primarily in Boston and its surrounding areas, the greater New England region, and London, England. It also contains small amounts of materials from theaters in other parts of the United States, , Ireland, the , France, Austria, the Netherlands, and Taiwan.

Programs make up the bulk of the collection. Other materials include scrapbooks, bound volumes of handbills, clippings and writings, photographs, ticket stubs, movie programs, correspondence, and postcards. The collection contains a limited amount of personal information about collectors, including notes about performances, clippings, and writings on theater. Some programs are souvenir programs that include pictures of the performances, and in some cases tickets, advertisements, and notices about substitutions are tucked in with theater booklets. Many programs have a year or location note on the cover, which may not be accurate. A few series hold playbills in fragile bound or disbound volumes. Clippings related to the theater season or specific performances may be included with the relevant theater. Materials in individual series that fall outside this scope are noted in series-level notes. A small number of items have been annotated, or signed by performers including and writer H.D. (Dennis) Bradley.

In addition to documenting the theater scene, programs and playbills also feature advertisements for local businesses, national brands, and alcohol and cigarette companies. Program design features include fonts popular at the time, renderings of theaters, theater companies, and city landmarks. Some programs showcase tourist information about the relevant city, critical essays, and columns on prominent audience members and fashions for the theater-goer.

Theaters and companies strongly represented in the materials include: American (Cambridge, Mass.); Boston Lyric Opera (Boston, Mass.); (Boston, Mass.); Colonial Theatre (Boston, Mass.); Daly's Theatre (New York, N.Y.); Huntington Theatre Company (Boston, Mass.); Shubert Theatre (Boston, Mass.); Wang Center for the Performing Arts (Boston, Mass.); and Wilbur Theatre (Boston, Mass.).

Some playbills and bound volumes are in fragile condition and should be used carefully.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in thirteen series. The first twelve are collections of theater materials, organized chronologically. The last comprises individual playbills added to the collection after the original processing. I. Robert M. Dell collection; II. F. A. Searle Boston theater handbills; III. Boston playbills; IV. W. W. Todd scrapbooks; V. Augustine Daly theater playbills; VI. Julia M. Fairbanks

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- Page 7 - theater scrapbook; VII. Bruce J. Browning scrapbooks; VIII. John P. Barry theater programs; IX. Allen E. Beckwith theater programs; X. J. Robert Barth collection; XI. Phyllis Penn Turin theater programs; XII. J. Paul Marcoux theater programs; and XIII. Other playbills.

Within series programs are generally arranged by region and alphabetically by theater name. Theaters and production companies that do not have a location associated with their name may reflect touring groups or multiple theaters associated with the company. Dates may be approximated using production information if dates are not available on the item itself.

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Series I: Robert M. Dell collection, circa 1850-1992 Scope and Contents

Dr. Robert M. Dell was born in New York, N.Y., on October 5, 1920. After earning a Bachelor's degree in English at Franklin and Marshall College, Dell joined the United States Navy. Upon his honorable discharge in 1946, he earned a Master's from Columbia in 1949 and a PhD in English from in 1960, and completed post-doctoral work at Cambridge University. Dell then spent more than forty years at Pace University as a professor and as the Chair of the Literature and Communications Department. At Pace, Dell established a theater workshop and drama club and directed productions. Dell lived in Scarsdale and Mount Kisco, N.Y., had a summer home in Corinth, Vermont. In his retirement, he lived in Wenham, Mass., where he died June 2, 2000.

This collection is composed of clippings; correspondence with then Vice President Hubert Humphrey; ephemera related to theater; photographs from the late nineteenth century; publications, particularly play scripts; and theater programs, the bulk of which are from Boston, New York, and London, England. The photographs are posed portraits of unidentified men, some of which are annotated on the reverse.

The collection measures 3.5 linear feet and is arranged alphabetically in six subseries: A. Clippings; B. Correspondence; C. Ephemera; D. Photographs; E. Publications; and F. Theater programs. Within each subseries, items are arranged alphabetically.

Subseries A: Clippings, 1951, 1975, 1992 box 1 folder 1

Subseries B: Correspondence, 1967

Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1967 box 1 folder 2

Subseries C: Ephemera, circa 1950-1992

Advertisements, undated box 1 folder 3

Postcards from Museum (Victoria and Albert box 1 folder 4 Museum, London, England), circa 1974-1992

Ticket envelopes, circa 1950-1986 box 1 folder 5

Subseries D: Photographs, circa 1850s-1890s box 1 folder 6

Subseries E: Publications, 1850-1910

Eden Musee. Monthly Catalogue, pamphlet, 1910 box 1 folder 7

K.R., Grand Duke of Russia. An Easter Hymn, leaflet, 1905 box 1 folder 8

Rossini, Gioacchino. Semiramide: A Grand Opera, pamphlet, box 1 folder 9 circa 1861-1880

Royer, A., and Vaez, G. La Favorite: A Grand Opera en box 1 folder 10 Quatres Actes, pamphlet, circa 1860s Theater Programs Collection MS.2011.024

- Page 9 - Play scripts, circa 1850s-1890s box 1 folder 11

Weber, C. M. Il Franco Arciero: Der Freischutz, A Lyric Drama box 1 folder 12 in Three Acts, pamphlet, 1850

The Youth's Companion, vol. LIX, no. 10, 1886 box 1 folder 13

Subseries F: Theater programs, circa 1880-1986

Ambassadors Theatre (London, England), 1974 box 1 folder 14

ANTA Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1959-1962 box 1 folder 15

Arlington Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1921 box 1 folder 16

Belasco Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1956 box 1 folder 17

B.F. Keith's Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1904-1924 box 2 folder 1 box 1 folder 18-19

Billy Rose Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1963 box 2 folder 2

Biltmore Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1943 box 2 folder 3

Booth Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1951-1966 box 2 folder 4

Boston Art Club (Boston, Mass.), 1902 box 2 folder 5

Boston Museum (Boston, Mass.), 1885-1903 box 2 folder 6

Boston Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1884-1913 box 2 folder 7

Broadhurst Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1955 box 2 folder 8

Broadway Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1904, 1960, 1979 box 10 folder 1 box 2 folder 9

Castle Square Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1894-1914 box 3 folder 1 box 2 folder 10-11

Circle in the Square Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1978 box 3 folder 2

Circle Repertory Company (New York, N.Y.), 1904, 1981 box 3 folder 3

City Center of Music and Drama (New York, N.Y.), 1948 box 3 folder 4

Colonial Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1901-1919 box 3 folder 5-8

Columbia Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1903 box 3 folder 9

Copley Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1917-1928 box 4 folder 1

Cort Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1961 box 4 folder 2

Criterion Theatre (London, England), 1971 box 4 folder 3

Criterion Theatre (New York, N.Y.), circa 1900s box 4 folder 4

Darien Dinner Theatre (Darien, Conn.), 1980-1981 box 4 folder 5

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- Page 10 - Duke of York's Theatre (London, England), circa 1975 box 4 folder 6

Edinburgh Military Tattoo (Edinburgh, Scotland), 1971 box 4 folder 7

Empire Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1953 box 4 folder 8

Ethel Barrymore Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1951 box 4 folder 9

An Evening Dinner Theatre (New York, N.Y.), circa 1975 box 4 folder 10

Forty-eighth Street Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1944, 1947 box 4 folder 11

Forty-sixth Street Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1927 box 4 folder 12

Fulton Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1953 box 4 folder 13

Golden Fate International Exposition (, Calif.), box 4 folder 14 1939

Gaiety Theatre (Ayr, Scotland), 1971 box 4 folder 15

Gates Opera House (White River Junction, Vt.), circa box 4 folder 16 1900-

Germania Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1882 box 4 folder 17

Globe Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1892, 1903 box 4 folder 18

Globe Theatre (London, England), 1978 box 4 folder 19

Grand Opera House (Boston, Mass.), circa 1900s, 1905 box 4 folder 20

Grand Opera House (Harrogate, England), 1952 box 4 folder 21

Grazer Orpheum (Graz, Austria), 1901 box 4 folder 22

Haymarket Theatre (London, England), 1952 box 4 folder 23

Helen Hayes Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1961 box 4 folder 24

Henry Miller's Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1952, 1955 box 4 folder 25

Herald Square Theatre (New York, N.Y.), circa 1903 box 4 folder 26

Her Majesty's Theatre (London, England), 1974 box 4 folder 27

Hollis Street Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1893-1919 box 5 folder 1-3 box 4 folder 28-29

Imperial Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1927 box 5 folder 4

John Golden Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1963 box 5 folder 5

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (New York, N.Y.), 1975 box 5 folder 6

London Theatre Guide, Society of Managers, box 5 folder 7 1952

Lyceum Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1943, 1954 box 5 folder 8

Lyric Theatre (London, England), 1950, 1970, 1983 box 5 folder 9

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- Page 11 - (New York, N.Y.), circa 1880, 1899 box 5 folder 10

Maidman Playhouse (New York, N.Y.), circa 1963 box 5 folder 11

Majestic Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1906-1921 box 5 folder 12

Majestic Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1950 box 5 folder 13

Martin Beck Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1939-1958 box 5 folder 14

Metropolitan Theatre (Boston, Mass.), circa 1950s box 6 folder 1

Morosco Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1960-1973 box 6 folder 2

Murray Hill Theatre (New York, N.Y.), circa 1900 box 6 folder 3

The Music Box (New York, N.Y.), 1927-1964 box 6 folder 4

National Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1922 box 6 folder 5

National Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1924 box 6 folder 6

New Century Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1948 box 6 folder 7

New Youth Performing Theatre (Bedford Hills, N.Y.), 1986 box 6 folder 8

Orpheum Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1901 box 6 folder 9

Park Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1896-1925 box 6 folder 10

The (New York, N.Y.), 1927, 1939, 1963 box 6 folder 11

Plymouth Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1911-1956 box 6 folder 12-13

Plymouth Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1958-1981 box 6 folder 14

Prince of Wales Theatre (London, England), 1984 box 6 folder 15

Princess Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1903 box 6 folder 16

Queen's Theatre (London, England), 1974 box 7 folder 1

Republic Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1927 box 7 folder 2

Royale Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1956-1964 box 7 folder 3

Sam S. Shubert Theatre (New York, N.Y.), circa 1966 box 7 folder 4

Savoy Theatre (London, England), circa 1952, 1982 box 7 folder 5

Savoy Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1902 box 7 folder 6

St. James Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1922-1971 box 7 folder 7

St. Martin's Theatre (London, England), 1970 box 7 folder 8

Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England), 1975, 1977 box 7 folder 9

Tremont Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1890-1931 box 7 folder 10-12

Uris Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1979 box 7 folder 13

The Valhalla Players, Inc. (Valhalla, N.Y.), 1980 box 7 folder 14

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- Page 12 - Waverly Hall (Hyde Park, Boston, Mass.), 1899 box 7 folder 15

Westchester County Center (White Plains, N.Y.), 1950 box 7 folder 16

Wilbur Theatre (Boston, Mass.), circa 1921-1948 box 7 folder 17

Winter (New York, N.Y.), 1971 box 7 folder 18

Yonkers Playhouse (Yonkers, N.Y.), 1964 box 7 folder 19

Series II: F. A. Searle Boston theater volume 1 handbills, 1871-1872 Scope and Contents

This series measures 1.75 linear feet and contains items produced by local printer F. A. Searle for Boston-area theaters, dated 1871 to 1872. Boston and New England theaters represented include The Globe; Academy of Music, Chelsea; Boston Museum; Boston Theatre; in Worcester, Mass.; New Opera House of Springfield, Mass.; New Opera House in Boston; Roberts' Opera House; and Harrington's Opera House. The volume is fragile and should be handled with care.

Series III: Boston playbills and ephemera, 1875-1940 Scope and Contents

Boston playbills collection measures .25 linear feet and contains playbills dating from 1875-1940. The collection covers primarily Boston theaters; Concord, N.H., and theaters are also included. Many are in fragile condition and should be handled with care.

Actress trade cards for Billings & Lamson, Hatters (Boston, box 8 folder 12 Mass.), circa 1880s

B.F. Keith's Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1905 box 8 folder 1

Bijou Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1885 box 8 folder 2

Boston Opera House (Boston, Mass.), circa 1930-1940 box 8 folder 3

Boylston Museum and Novelty Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1877 box 8 folder 4

Castle Square Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1905 box 8 folder 5

Hollis Street Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1904, 1906 box 8 folder 6

Howard Athenaeum (Boston, Mass.), 1881 box 8 folder 7

Park Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1901, 1910 box 10 folder 2 box 8 folder 8

Phenix Hall (Concord, N.H.), 1875-1878 box 8 folder 9

Rice's Big Burlesque Company (Boston, Mass.), 1894 box 8 folder 10

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- Page 13 - (Philadelphia, Pa.), 1885 box 8 folder 11

Series IV: W. W. Todd scrapbooks, 1883-1893 Scope and Contents

The W. W. Todd collection measures 1 linear foot and is composed of scrapbooks holding playbills, primarily from Boston theaters. A small number are from New York theaters including Daly's Theatre and Madison Square Theatre. The programs are dated 1883-1893 and are arranged in five bound scrapbooks by date. Some volumes have slight dye damage. The scrapbooks are fragile and should be handled with care.

1883-1884 volume 2

1885-1887 volume 3

1887-1890 volume 4

1891-1892 volume 5

1893 volume 6

Series V: Augustin Daly theater playbills, 1890-1896 Scope and Contents

Playwright and theatrical manager Augustin Daly was born July 20, 1838, in Plymouth, North Carolina, and died June 7, 1899, in Paris, France. He spent most of his life in New York, N.Y., and London, England, where he owned and operated theaters; both were named Daly's Theatre. This collection measures 2.25 linear feet and is composed of bound volumes of playbills from Daly's Theatre in New York, N.Y. The volumes cover 1890-1896, with the exception of the 1892-1893 season. The programs include artwork, ads, information about Daly's theaters in London and New York, information on trains between Boston and New York, short news items generally related to theater productions, and a section for and poetry.

1890-1891 volume 7

1891-1892 volume 8

1893-1894 volume 9

1894-1895 volume 10

1895-1896 volume 11

Series VI: Julia M. Fairbanks theater box 9 scrapbook, 1894-1912 Scope and Contents

Julia M. Fairbanks was born July 17, 1877. She died in Milton, Massachusetts, in January 1969. Her scrapbook contains clippings, often from souvenir programs, as well as playbills and production information for Boston, New York,

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- Page 14 - and London theaters between 1894 and 1912. Some items are annotated. The scrapbook measures 1 linear foot.

Series VII: Bruce J. Browning scrapbooks, 1895-1925 Scope and Contents

The Bruce J. Browning collection measures 2.5 linear feet and consists of five scrapbooks of theater programs, ticket stubs, clippings, photographs, souvenir programs, and ephemera. The majority of the theaters represented are in Boston, with a few New York, N.Y., programs appearing in the early 1900s. The 1906-1909 volume includes an index. These scrapbooks have been disbound for preservation purposes. Items are fragile and should be handled with care.

1895-1902 volume 12

1902-1903 volume 13

1904-1906 volume 14

1906-1909 volume 15

1912-1925 volume 16

Series VIII: John P. Barry theater programs, circa 1920-1985 Scope and Contents

John Paul Barry was born February 13, 1910, in Boston, Massachusetts, and died on October 22, 1990, in Quincy, Massachusetts. He was a 1931 graduate of Boston College. Barry collected programs and a small number of tickets for numerous theatrical productions in a variety of locations: Boston and other Massachusetts towns, New York, N.Y., other East Coast cities, California, Canada, England, Ireland, and the Netherlands. In 1938, Barry won an essay contest sponsored by Boston Traveler and the Colonial Theatre with an entry on why Shakespeare would enjoy ' production of "." This collection also includes clippings of Boston Globe theater season retrospectives and coverage of the Boston-New York train line reopening in 1938. Two programs from New York film presentations are included.

This series measures 4 linear feet and is arranged into eight subseries by region, reflecting the existing order: A. Boston, Mass., theaters; B. Massachusetts theaters; C. New York, N.Y., theaters; D. Other East Coast theaters; E. California theaters; F. Canada theaters; G. British Isles and Netherlands theaters; and H. Unidentified theaters. Within each subseries, items are arranged alphabetically. Barry's essay and related clippings and correspondence have been placed at the beginning of the Boston theaters series.

Subseries A: Boston, Mass., theaters, circa 1920-1985

Clippings, 1935-1955 box 10 folder 3

"Julius Caesar" contest essay, correspondence, and clippings, box 10 folder 4 1938

B.F. Keith Memorial Theatre (Boston, Mass.), circa 1926-1929 box 10 folder 5

Boston Ballet Company (Boston, Mass.), 1965 box 10 folder 6

Boston Conservatory Auditorium (Boston, Mass.), 1952, 1956 box 10 folder 7

Boston Opera House (Boston, Mass.), 1936-1959 box 10 folder 8

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- Page 15 - Boston Park (Boston, Mass.), 1947, 1985 box 10 folder 9

Boston Summer Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1946-1958 box 10 folder 10

Charles Playhouse (Boston, Mass.), 1961-1982 box 10 folder 11

Civic Repertory Theatre of Boston (Boston, Mass.), 1941 box 10 folder 12

Colonial Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1935-1980 box 11 folder 1-2 box 10 folder 13-16

Community of St. Ann's Church (Boston, Mass.), 1982 box 11 folder 3

Copley Theatre (Boston, Mass.), circa 1920-1946 box 11 folder 4

Craft Experimental Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1969 box 11 folder 5

Donnelly Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1962 box 11 folder 6

John Hancock Hall (Boston, Mass.), 1952-1966 box 11 folder 7

Jordan Hall (Boston, Mass.), 1946-1958 box 11 folder 8

Joy Street Playhouse (Boston, Mass.), circa 1930s-1940s box 11 folder 9

Latin School Auditorium, Boston Latin School (Boston, Mass.), box 11 folder 10 1940-1941

Majestic Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1941-1950 box 11 folder 11

Metropolitan Boston Arts Center (Boston, Mass.), 1959-1961 box 11 folder 12

Music Hall Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1967 box 11 folder 13

Musical Theatre II (Boston, Mass.), 1971 box 11 folder 14

New England Repertory Playhouse (Boston, Mass.), 1941 box 11 folder 15

Next Move Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1979-1980 box 11 folder 16

Orpheum Theatre (Boston, Mass.) box 11 folder 17

Peabody Playhouse (Boston, Mass.), 1940-1947 box 11 folder 18

Plymouth Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1935-1957 box 11 folder 19

Repertory Theatre of Boston (Boston, Mass.), 1925 box 11 folder 20

The Rose (Boston, Mass.), 1967 box 11 folder 21

Shubert Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1934-1980 box 12 folder 1-4 box 11 folder 22

Symphony Hall (Boston, Mass.), 1939-1964 box 12 folder 5

Theatre Company of Boston (Boston, Mass.), 1969 box 12 folder 6

Tremont Temple (Boston, Mass.), 1941-1942 box 12 folder 7

West Roxbury Little Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1946 box 12 folder 8

Wilbur Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1937-1979

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Subseries B: Massachusetts theaters, 1939-1984

Adams Memorial Theatre (Williamstown, Mass.), 1957, 1979 box 13 folder 1

Arlington Friends of the Drama (Arlington, Mass.), 1947-1948 box 13 folder 2

Boston College theaters (Chestnut Hill, Mass.), 1941, 1948 box 13 folder 3

Brandeis University theaters (Waltham, Mass.), 1983 box 13 folder 4

Brattle Theatre Company (Cambridge, Mass.), 1948-1952 box 13 folder 5

Brookline Shell (Brookline, Mass.), 1939 box 13 folder 6

Browne School Auditorium (Watertown, Mass.), 1939 box 13 folder 7

Cambridge Ensemble (Cambridge, Mass.), 1975 box 13 folder 8

Cape Ann Playhouse (Rockport, Mass.), 1973-1974 box 13 folder 9

Carousel Theatre (Framingham, Mass.), 1963 box 13 folder 10

The Chalet Theatre (Everett, Mass.), 1968 box 13 folder 11

Cleveland Auditorium, Cambridge Rindge & Latin School box 13 folder 12 (Cambridge, Mass.), 1947

First Baptist Church (Cambridge, Mass.), 1939 box 13 folder 13

Harvard University theaters (Cambridge, Mass.), 1946-1984 box 13 folder 14

Levendell Productions (Cambridge, Mass.), 1968 box 13 folder 15

Litchfield Hills Theatre (Litchfield, Mass.), circa 1939-1940 box 13 folder 16

Massachusetts Institute of Technology theaters (Cambridge, box 13 folder 17 Mass.), 1958, 1983

People's Theatre (Cambridge, Mass.), 1969 box 13 folder 18

Provincetown Playhouse (Provincetown, Mass.), 1945 box 13 folder 19

Rockport Theater (Rockport, Mass.), 1950 box 13 folder 20

Savoy Theater (Cambridge, Mass.), 1957, 1967 box 13 folder 21

South Shore Music Circus (Cohasset, Mass.), 1955-1973 box 13 folder 22

Tufts University theaters (Medford, Mass.), 1951-1966 box 13 folder 23

Wellesley College theaters (Wellesley, Mass.), 1947 box 13 folder 24

Subseries C: New York, N.Y., theaters, 1934-1971

Alvin Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1964-1970 box 13 folder 25

Ambassador Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1959-1967 box 13 folder 26

ANTA Washington Square Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1965-1971 Theater Programs Collection MS.2011.024

- Page 17 - box 13 folder data_value_missing_83a2003e6619ee770ece699895475fb7

Belasco Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1961 box 13 folder 28

Billy Rose Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1962-1965 box 13 folder 29

Biltmore Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1964, 1968 box 13 folder 30

Booth Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1952-1969 box 13 folder 31

Broadhurst Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1952-1970 box 14 folder 1

Broadway Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1956-1965 box 14 folder 2

Brooks Atkinson Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1961 box 14 folder 3

Center Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1937 box 14 folder 4

Cinema programs (New York, N.Y.), circa 1948-1950 box 14 folder 5

Cort Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1952-1966 box 14 folder 6

Empire Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1952 box 14 folder 7

Ethel Barrymore Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1955-1967 box 14 folder 8

Eugene O'Neill Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1962-1963 box 14 folder 9

Forty-eighth Street Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1951-1952 box 14 folder 10

Fifty-fourth Street Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1962, 1965 box 14 folder 11

Forty-sixth Street Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1952-1971 box 14 folder 12

Fulton Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1952 box 14 folder 13

Helen Hayes Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1957-1965 box 14 folder 14

Henry Miller's Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1943-1963 box 14 folder 15

Imperial Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1952-1969 box 14 folder 16

John Golden Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1960 box 14 folder 17

Labor Stage (New York, N.Y.), 1938 box 14 folder 18

Longacre Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1954, 1964 box 14 folder 19

Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1963, 1965 box 14 folder 20

Lyceum Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1954-1962 box 14 folder 21

Majestic Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1964 box 15 folder 1

Mansfield Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1941 box 15 folder 2

Mark Hellinger Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1964-1969 box 15 folder 3

Martin Beck Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1945 box 15 folder 4

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), 1938 box 15 folder 5

Morosco Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1953-1970 box 15 folder 6

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- Page 18 - The Music Box (New York, N.Y.), 1955-1971 box 15 folder 7

National Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1952, 1955 box 15 folder 8

New Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1954, 1970 box 15 folder 9

Orpheum Theatre (New York, N.Y.), circa 1959 box 15 folder 10

Palace Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1966, 1970 box 15 folder 11

The Playhouse Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1953-1966 box 15 folder 12

Plymouth Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1935-1967 box 15 folder 13

President Theatre (New York, N.Y.), circa 1955 box 15 folder 14

Radio City Music Hall (New York, N.Y.), 1937-1940 box 15 folder 15

Royale Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1949-1970 box 15 folder 16

S. Hurok Presents (New York, N.Y.), 1937 box 15 folder 17

Sam S. Shubert Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1952-1965 box 15 folder 18

St. James Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1963-1971 box 16 folder 1

Square East (New York, N.Y.), 1965 box 16 folder 2

Sullivan Street Playhouse (New York, N.Y.), 1961 box 16 folder 3

Theatre Four (New York, N.Y.), circa 1950s-1960s box 16 folder 4

Winter Garden (New York, N.Y.), 1934-1966 box 16 folder 5

Ziegfeld Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1952, 1954 box 16 folder 6

Subseries D: Other East Coast theaters, circa 1930-1985

Academy of Music (Roanoke, Va.), 1945 box 16 folder 7

The Actor-Associates (Jaffrey, N.H.), 1937, 1938 box 16 folder 8

Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre (Annapolis, Md.), 1985 box 16 folder 9

The Barnstormers (N.H.), 1935 box 16 folder 10

Boothbay Playhouse (Boothbay, Maine), 1954, 1970 box 16 folder 11

Durham Summer Theatre (Durham, N.H.), 1978 box 16 folder 12

Ford's Theatre (Washington, D.C.), 1976 box 16 folder 13

Gateway Playhouse (Bellport, N.Y.), 1965 box 16 folder 14

Hyde Park Playhouse (Dutchess County, N.Y.), 1956 box 16 folder 15

Jones Beach Stadium (, N.Y.), circa 1930s box 16 folder 16

Lakewood Theatre (Skowhegan, Maine), 1936, 1954 box 16 folder 17

Military Dramatic Club ( Beach, Fla.), circa 1940s-1950s box 16 folder 18

Oldcastle Theatre Company (Bennington, Vt.), 1979 Theater Programs Collection MS.2011.024

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Theatre-in-the-Dale, Inc. (Marble Dale, Conn.), 1939-1940 box 16 folder 20

Trinity Square Repertory Company (Providence, R.I.), box 16 folder 21 1967-1972

University Gilbert & Sullivan Company, 1939 box 16 folder 22

University of Southern Maine theaters (Portland, Maine), 1981 box 16 folder 23

Subseries E: California theaters, 1945-1983

American Conservatory Theatre (San Francisco, Calif.), 1970 box 16 folder 24

Bella Pacific Theater (San Francisco, Calif.), 1961 box 16 folder 25

Club Fugazi (San Francisco, Calif.), 1975, 1983 box 16 folder 26

Curran Theatre (San Francisco, Calif.), 1945, 1975 box 16 folder 27

Geary Theatre (San Francisco, Calif.), 1955, 1965 box 16 folder 28

The Little Fox (San Francisco, Calif.), 1963 box 16 folder 29

Philharmonic Auditorium (, Calif.), 1955 box 16 folder 30

Subseries F: Canada theaters, 1967-1981

Place des Arts (, Quebec, Canada), 1967 box 16 folder 31

Playhouse Theatre (, Ont.. Canada), 1968 box 16 folder 32

Shaw Festival (Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., Canada), 1981 box 16 folder 33

Subseries G: British Isles and Netherlands theaters, 1952-1976

Adelphi Theatre (London, England), 1962, 1969 box 17 folder 1

Aldwych Theatre (London, England), 1956-1976 box 17 folder 2

Ambassadors Theatre (London, England), 1952 box 17 folder 3

Apollo Theatre (London, England), 1964-1976 box 17 folder 4

Cambridge Theatre (London, England), 1962, 1972 box 17 folder 5

Comedy Theatre (London, England), 1968 box 17 folder 6

Criterion Theatre (London, England), 1956-1968 box 17 folder 7

Dublin International Theatre Festival (Dublin, Ireland), 1960 box 17 folder 8

Duke of York's Theatre (London, England), 1964 box 17 folder 9

Father Mathew Hall (Cork, Ireland), 1960 box 17 folder 10

Fiesta Gitana (Hague, Netherlands), 1964 box 17 folder 11

Garrick Theatre (London, England), 1956, 1974 box 17 folder 12

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- Page 20 - Globe Theatre (London, England), 1956 box 17 folder 13

Haymarket Theatre (London, England), 1952-1969 box 17 folder 14

Her Majesty's Theatre (London, England), 1967 box 17 folder 15

London Coliseum (London, England), 1975 box 17 folder 16

London Palladium (London, England), 1966 box 17 folder 17

Lyric Theatre (London, England), 1956-1972 box 17 folder 18

May Fair Theatre (London, England), 1974 box 17 folder 19

Mermaid Theatre (London, England), 1969, 1972 box 17 folder 20

New Theatre (London, England), 1960-1972 box 17 folder 21

Phoenix Theatre (London, England), 1965, 1968 box 17 folder 22

Players' Theatre (London, England), 1966 box 17 folder 23

Prince of Wales Theatre (London, England), 1969, 1972 box 17 folder 24

Queen's Theatre (London, England), 1970 box 17 folder 25

Royal Court Theatre (London, England), 1962, 1971 box 17 folder 26

Royal Festival Hall (London, England), 1975 box 17 folder 27

Royal Opera House (London, England), 1972 box 17 folder 28

Sadler's Wells Theatre (London, England), 1969 box 17 folder 29

Saville Theatre (London, England), circa 1963-1965 box 17 folder 30

Savoy Theatre (London, England), 1952, 1956 box 17 folder 31

St. Martin's Theatre (London, England), 1974 box 17 folder 32

Theatre Royal (Bath, England), 1976 box 17 folder 33

Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England), 1960-1976 box 17 folder 34

Town Hall (Cheltenham, England), 1966 box 17 folder 35

Town Hall Theatre (Killarney, Kerry, Ireland), 1960 box 17 folder 36

Vaudeville Theatre (London, England), 1970, 1975 box 17 folder 37

Winter Garden Theatre (London, England), 1956 box 17 folder 38

Wyndhams Theatre (London, England), 1976 box 17 folder 39

Subseries H: Unidentified theaters, 1939, 1954

Compania de Arte Espanol, 1954 box 17 folder 40

Eddie Dowling Presents, 1939 box 17 folder 41

Series IX: Allen E. Beckwith theater programs, 1934-1976

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- Page 21 - Physical Description 1.75 Linear Feet Scope and Contents

Allen E. Beckwith was born May 30, 1914 and died September 24, 1981. This collection is composed primarily of playbills and programs from New York, N.Y., theaters. Also included in the collection is a Selective Service card for Beckwith, placed at the beginning of the programs.

Selective service and vehicle registration cards, Allen E. box 16 folder 34 Beckwith, 1945, 1948

Adelphi Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1945, 1947 box 16 folder 35

Alvin Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1937-1951 box 16 folder 36

Ambassador Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1935, 1939 box 16 folder 37

Belasco Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1935-1941 box 16 folder 38

Biltmore Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1938-1941 box 16 folder 39

Booth Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1935-1948 box 18 folder 1

Broadhurst Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1936-1951 box 18 folder 2

Broadway Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1942, 1947 box 18 folder 3

Center Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1936-1945 box 18 folder 4

City Center of Music and Drama (New York, N.Y.), 1951 box 18 folder 5

Colonial Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1935-1945 box 18 folder 6

Coronet Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1948 box 18 folder 7

Cort Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1935-1949 box 18 folder 8

Empire Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1935-1949 box 18 folder 9

Ethel Barrymore Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1937-1941 box 18 folder 10

Forrest Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1941 box 18 folder 11

Forty-eight Street Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1943 box 18 folder 12

Forty-fourth Street Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1942 box 18 folder 13

Forty-sixth Street Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1942-1951 box 18 folder 14

Fulton Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1935-1951 box 18 folder 15

Guild Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1938-1939 box 18 folder 16

Henry Miller's Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1935-1951 box 19 folder 1

Hollywood Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1939 box 19 folder 2

Hudson Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1937-1949 box 19 folder 3

Imperial Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1937-1951 box 19 folder 4

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Longacre Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1938, 1943 box 19 folder 6

Lyceum Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1936-1951 box 19 folder 7

Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y.), 1940 box 19 folder 8

Majestic Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1947 box 19 folder 9

Majestic Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1938-1951 box 19 folder 10

Mansfield Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1934-1947 box 19 folder 11

Mark Hellinger Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1951 box 19 folder 12

Martin Beck Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1936-1943 box 19 folder 13

Maxine Elliott's Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1935, 1948 box 19 folder 14

Metropolitan Opera House (New York, N.Y.), 1941 box 19 folder 15

Morosco Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1935-1951 box 19 folder 16

The Music Box (New York, N.Y.), 1936-1951 box 19 folder 17

National Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1935-1942 box 20 folder 1

New Amsterdam Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1935 box 20 folder 2

New Century Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1951 box 20 folder 3

Playhouse Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1934-1950 box 20 folder 4

Plymouth Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1942-1949 box 20 folder 5

Plymouth Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1936-1949 box 20 folder 6

Radio City Music Hall (New York, N.Y.), 1935, 1936 box 20 folder 7

Ritz Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1936 box 20 folder 8

Royale Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1943-1949 box 20 folder 9

Sam S. Shubert Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1934 box 20 folder 10

Sam S. Shubert Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1936-1949 box 20 folder 11-12

Shubert Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1947-1951 box 20 folder 13

St. James Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1934-1945 box 20 folder 14

Vanderbilt Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1936-1937 box 20 folder 15

Wilbur Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1941-1947 box 20 folder 16

Windsor Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1937-1941 box 20 folder 17

Winter Garden (New York, N.Y.), 1937-1949 box 20 folder 18

Yiddish Art Theatre (New York, N.Y.), circa 1936 box 21 folder 1

Ziegfield Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1947, 1950 box 21 folder 2

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- Page 23 - Series X: J. Robert Barth collection, 1943-2005 Scope and Contents

J. Robert Barth, SJ, was born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1931 and attended Bellarmine College and Fordham University before receiving his doctorate in English from Harvard University. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1948 and was ordained in 1961. After teaching at Harvard and the University of Missouri in Columbia, Barth arrived at Boston College in 1985 as the Thomas I. Gasson Professor for English. He became the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in 1988, where he remained until his retirement in 1999. Under his leadership, Boston College established Theater and Arts Departments; Barth also oversaw the opening of the McMullen Museum of Art and founded the Boston College Arts Council, which organized the annual arts festival. After his retirement, he recorded poetry readings of Romantic and Catholic poets, including William Wordsworth and Gerard Manley Hopkins. Barth died September 21, 2005. In his honor, Boston College presents an annual award to a senior who has made outstanding contributions to Boston College in the fine or performing arts.

The Barth collection measures 5.75 linear feet and consists of programs from theater productions in Boston, New York, other New England cities, the Midwest, and a few European cities. There is also a program from a production at Fu Jen University in Taiwan. Clippings of annual theater overviews and reviews of specific productions are interspersed with programs.

This series is arranged in two subseries: A. Personal papers, and B. Theater programs. Subseries B is further divided into six sub-subseries by region: i. Boston, Mass., and surrounding area theaters; ii. New York, N.Y., theaters; iii. East Coast and Canada theaters; iv. Midwest theaters; v. British Isles theaters; and vi. France and Taiwan theaters. Items within each sub-subseries are arranged alphabetically.

Subseries A: Personal papers, 1983-2000

Barth, J. Robert, "A Week on the London Stage" and "A Tour of box 22 folder 1 the London Theater," America, 1983, 1985

Clippings, 1986-2000 box 21 folder 3

National Gallery Degas exhibition guide, 1996 box 22 folder 2

Subseries B: Theater programs, 1943-2004

Sub-Subseries i: Boston, Mass., and surrounding area theaters, 1963-2004

American Repertory Theatre (Cambridge, Mass.), 1986-2004 box 22 folder 3-4

Back Bay Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1967 box 22 folder 5

Boston College theaters (Chestnut Hill, Mass.), 1990-2002 box 22 folder 6-7

Boston Lyric Opera (Boston, Mass.), 1990-2004 box 23 folder 1-4 box 22 folder 8-9

Boston Pops Orchestra (Boston, Mass.), 1992, 1997 box 23 folder 5

Boston University theaters (Boston, Mass.), 1992 box 23 folder 6

Brandeis University theaters (Waltham, Mass.), 1974 box 23 folder 7

Charles Playhouse (Boston, Mass.), 1963-1979 box 23 folder 8

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- Page 24 - Colonial Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1964-2002 box 23 folder 9-10

Founders' Theatre (Lenox, Mass.), 2003 box 23 folder 11

Harvard University theatres (Cambridge, Mass.), 1964-1989 box 24 folder 1 box 21 folder 4

Horticultural Hall (Boston, Mass.), 1979 box 24 folder 2

Huntington Theatre Company (Boston, Mass.), 1990-2004 box 25 folder 1 box 24 folder 3-7

Lyric Stage Company of Boston (Boston, Mass.), 2004 box 25 folder 2

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.), box 25 folder 3 1964

New Philharmonia Orchestra (Newton, Mass.), 2002 box 25 folder 4

New Repertory Theatre (Newton, Mass.), 2001-2004 box 25 folder 5

New Theatre (Cambridge, Mass.), circa 1970s-1990s box 25 folder 6

North Shore Music Theatre (Beverly, Mass.), 1979 box 25 folder 7

Orpheum Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1974 box 25 folder 8

Publick Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 2001-2004 box 25 folder 9

Savoy Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1963 box 25 folder 10

Shubert Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1964-2000 box 25 folder 11

Symphony Hall (Boston, Mass.), 1998-2000 box 25 folder 12

Wang Center for the Performing Arts (Boston, Mass.), 2001 box 25 folder 13

Wilbur Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1972-2004 box 25 folder 14

Subgroup iI: New York, N.Y., theaters, 1948-2003

Booth Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1972, 1980 box 25 folder 15

Broadway Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1971 box 26 folder 1

Brooks Atkinson Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1965-1984 box 26 folder 2

Circle in the Square Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1964 box 26 folder 3

Delacourte Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1964 box 26 folder 4

Empire Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1948 box 26 folder 5

Eugene O'Neill Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1976 box 26 folder 6

Forty-eighth Street Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1948 box 26 folder 7

Forty-sixth Street Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1948 box 26 folder 8

Fulton Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1948 box 26 folder 9

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- Page 25 - Helen Hayes Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1965, 1978 box 26 folder 10

Imperial Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1964 box 26 folder 11

John Gielgud's production of , 1964 box 26 folder 12

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (New York, N.Y.), box 26 folder 13 1976, 1991

Morosco Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1970, 1971 box 26 folder 14

The Music Box (New York, N.Y.), 1971, 1976 box 26 folder 15

New Century Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1948 box 26 folder 16

Plymouth Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1964, 2003 box 26 folder 17

Royale Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1948 box 26 folder 18

St. George's Church (New York, N.Y.), 1964 box 26 folder 19

Winter Garden (New York, N.Y.), 1972 box 26 folder 20

Subgroup iII: East Coast and Canadian theaters, 1943-2004

American Shakespeare Festival Theatre (Stratford, Conn.), box 26 folder 21 1966-1976

Arena Players Repertory Theatre (Long Island, N.Y.), 1990, box 26 folder 22 1991

The Barnstormers (Tamworth, N.H.), 1974-2002 box 26 folder 23

Bathurst Street Theatre (Toronto, Ont., Canada), circa box 26 folder 24 1983-1984

Champlain Shakespeare Festival (Burlington, Vt.), 1964 box 26 folder 25

Erlanger Theatre (Buffalo, N.Y.), 1943-1946 box 26 folder 26

GeVa Theatre (Rochester, N.Y.), 1977 box 26 folder 27

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington, box 27 folder 1 D.C.), 1975

Kleinhans Music Hall (Buffalo, N.Y.), 1945-1946 box 27 folder 2

Melody Fair (Buffalo, N.Y.), 1969 box 27 folder 3

Producing Managers Company (Buffalo, N.Y.), circa 1970 box 27 folder 4

Rosary Hill College theaters (Amherst, N.Y.), circa 1969 box 27 folder 5

Shaw Festival Theatre (Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., Canada), box 27 folder 6 1990

Shawnee Playhouse (Shawnee, Pa.), 2003 box 27 folder 7

State University College at Buffalo theaters (Buffalo, N.Y.), box 27 folder 8 circa 1970

Stratford Festival (Stratford, Ont., Canada), 1965-1969 Theater Programs Collection MS.2011.024

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Studio Arena Theatre (Buffalo, N.Y.), 1968-1970 box 27 folder 10

Village Players (Wolfeboro, N.H.), 1994 box 27 folder 11

Weston Playhouse (Weston, Vt.), 2004 box 27 folder 12

Subgroup vi: Midwest theaters, 1974-2004

American Theatre (Saint Louis, Mo.), 1976 box 27 folder 13

Guthrie Theater (Minneapolis, Minn.), 1980-1983, 2004 box 27 folder 14

Hickman High School (Columbia, Mo.), 1977 box 27 folder 15

Loretto-Hilton Repertory Theatre (St. Louis, Mo.), 1975-1981 box 27 folder 16

Missouri Repertory Theatre (Kansas City, Mo.), 1983 box 26 folder 17

Renaissance Festival of Kansas City (Kansas City, Mo.), 1979 box 27 folder 18

Rockhurst College theaters (Kansas City, Mo.), 1980 box 27 folder 19

Stephens College theaters (Columbia, Mo.), circa 1975-1988 box 28 folder 1 box 27 folder 20

Thespian Hall (Boonville, Mo.), 1984, 1987 box 28 folder 2

University of Missouri theaters (Columbia, Mo.), circa box 28 folder 3-4 1974-1988

Subgroup v: British Isles theaters, 1962-2004

Abbey Theatre (London, England), 1977, 1990 box 28 folder 5

Albery Theatre (London, England), 1977-2004 box 28 folder 6

Aldwych Theatre (London, England), 1967-1997 box 28 folder 7

Almost Free Theatre (London, England), 1978 box 28 folder 8

Ambassadors Theatre (London, England), 1967, 1981 box 28 folder 9

Apollo Theatre (London, England), 1978-2004 box 28 folder 10

Barbican Centre (London, England), 1982-2002 box 28 folder 11-12

Cambridge Festival (Cambridge, England), 1978 box 29 folder 1

Cambridge Theatre (London, England), 1988 box 29 folder 2

Chester Festival of the Arts (Chester, England), 1967 box 29 folder 3

Church of the Immaculate Conception (London, England), box 29 folder 4 1986

Comedy Theatre (London, England), 1991-2004 box 29 folder 5

Criterion Theatre (London, England), 2004 box 29 folder 6

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Duke of York's Theatre (London, England), 1978-2002 box 29 folder 8

Festival of the (London, England), 1978 box 21 folder 5

Fortune Theatre (London, England), 1976 box 29 folder 9

Garrick Theatre (London, England), 1976-1996 box 29 folder 10

Gielgud Theatre (London, England), 1998 box 29 folder 11

Globe Theatre (London, England: 1909-1994), 1981, 1984 box 29 folder 12

Globe Theatre (London, England: 1996-), 1997 box 29 folder 13

Haymarket Theatre (London, England), 1962-2000 box 29 folder 14

Her Majesty's Theatre (London, England), 1981, 1982 box 29 folder 15

London Palladium (London, England), 1967-1986 box 29 folder 16

London Theatre Guide, Society of West End Theatre (London, box 30 folder 1 England), 1982-1997

Lyceum Theatre (London, England), 1985 box 30 folder 2

Lyric Theatre (London, England), 1967-2002 box 30 folder 3

May Fair Theatre (London, England), 1978-1982 box 30 folder 4

Mermaid Theatre (London, England), 1976-1990 box 30 folder 5

M.I. Group Playhouse (London, England), 1991 box 30 folder 6

Old Vic (London, England), 1962-2000 box 21 folder 6 box 30 folder 7

Open Air Theatre (London, England), 1962-1989 box 30 folder 8

Palace Theatre (London, England), 1994 box 30 folder 9

Phoenix Theatre (London, England), 1976-1990 box 30 folder 10

Piccadilly Theatre (London, England), 1977-1998 box 30 folder 11

Prince Edward Theatre (London, England), 1979 box 30 folder 12

Queen's Theatre (London, England), 1977-1990 box 30 folder 13

Royal National Theatre (London, England), 1977-2004 box 30 folder 14 box 31 folder 1-3

Royal Shakespeare Theatre (Stratford-upon-Avon, England), box 21 folder 7 1967

Sadler's Wells Theatre (London, England), 1984 box 31 folder 4

Savoy Theatre, 1979-2002 box 31 folder 5

Shaftesbury Theatre (London, England), 1979, 1986 box 31 folder 6

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- Page 28 - Strand Theatre (London, England), 1967, 1983 box 31 folder 7

Theatre Clwyd (Mold, Wales), 1986 box 31 folder 8

Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England), 1977, 1982 box 31 folder 9

Vaudeville Theatre (London, England), 1967-1990 box 31 folder 10

Westminster Theatre (London, England), 1979, 1989 box 31 folder 11

Wyndham's Theatre (London, England), 1967-2004 box 31 folder 12

Young Vic (London, England), 1970, 1976 box 31 folder 13

Subgroup vi: France and Taiwan theaters, 1962, 1986

Comedie-Francaise (Paris, France), 1962 box 32 folder 1

Fu Jen University theaters (Xinbei Shi, Taiwan), 1986 box 21 folder 8

Opera-Comique (Paris, France), 1962 box 32 folder 2

Theatre de Plein Air, Jardin des Tuileries (Paris, France), 1962 box 32 folder 3

Theatre du Vieux-Colombier (Paris, France), 1962 box 32 folder 4

Series XI: Phyllis Penn Turin theater programs, 1943-2003 Scope and Contents

Phyllis Penn Turin was born 21, 1931. She married Harold J. Turin in 1956, and died in Newton, Massachusetts, on June 25, 2012. The Turin collection measures 6.25 linear feet and consists of programs from primarily Boston and New York theaters, as well as some larger format souvenir programs. Some programs are annotated with reviews of the performances and names of her fellow attendees.

Subseries A: Boston, Mass., and surrounding area theaters, 1942-2003

Agassiz Theatre (Cambridge, Mass.), 1958 box 32 folder 5

American Repertory Theatre (Cambridge, Mass.), 1981-2000 box 34 folder 1-5 box 32 folder 6-10

Back Bay Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1965 box 34 folder 6

Boston Arts Festival (Boston, Mass.), 1955-1962 box 34 folder 7-8

Boston Garden (Boston, Mass.), 1942-1961 box 33 folder 1

Boston Opera House (Boston, Mass.), 1947-1957 box 33 folder 2 box 35 folder 1

Boston Park Plaza Hotel (Boston, Mass.), 1985-1992 box 35 folder 2

Boston Repertory Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1976 box 35 folder 3

Boston Summer Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1947-1957 box 35 folder 4

Boston War Memorial Auditorium (Boston, Mass.), 1966, 1967

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Brandeis University theaters (Waltham, Mass.), 1965-1966, box 35 folder 6 1999

Brattle Theatre Company (Cambridge, Mass.), 1951 box 35 folder 7

Charles Playhouse (Boston, Mass.), 1962-1997 box 35 folder 8-9

Colonial Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1943-1970 box 36 folder 1-7 box 35 folder 10-13

Donnelly Memorial Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1963 box 36 folder 8

Gary Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1968 box 37 folder 1

Hasty Pudding Theatre (Cambridge, Mass.), 1996 box 37 folder 2

Huntington Theatre Company (Boston, Mass.), 1982-2003 box 37 folder 3-8 box 37 folder 1-3

Hynes Veterans Auditorium (Boston, Mass.), 1980 box 38 folder 4

John Hancock Hall (Boston, Mass.), 1955 box 38 folder 5

Jordan Hall (Boston, Mass.), 1951-1955 box 38 folder 6

Little Opera House (Boston, Mass.), 1959 box 38 folder 7

Lyric Stage (Boston, Mass.), 1991-1998 box 38 folder 8

Majestic Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1948 box 38 folder 9 box 33 folder 3

Metropolitan Boston Arts Center (Boston, Mass.), 1959 box 33 folder 4

Metropolitan Center (Boston, Mass.), 1980-1981 box 38 folder 10

Music Hall Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1962-1971 box 38 folder 11

New England Mutual Hall (Boston, Mass.), 1954 box 38 folder 12

New Repertory Theatre (Newton, Mass.), 1994 box 38 folder 13

New Theatre (Cambridge, Mass.), circa 1970s box 38 folder 14

Next Move Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1979-1985 box 38 folder 15

Orpheum Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1977 box 38 folder 16

Plymouth Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1948-1957 box 38 folder 17

Pocket Mime Theatre (Boston, Mass.), circa 1974 box 38 folder 18

Sack Cheri I Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1967 box 38 folder 19

Sanders Theatre (Cambridge, Mass.), 1956 box 38 folder 20

Saxon Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1957, 1958 box 38 folder 21

Shubert Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1945-1999 box 40 folder 1-3

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South Shore Music Circus (Cohasset, Mass.), 1966 box 40 folder 4

Theatre Company of Boston (Boston, Mass.), 1968 box 40 folder 5

Trinity Summer Rep (Providence, R.I.), 1984 box 40 folder 6

Tufts College theaters (Medford, Mass.), 1948 box 40 folder 7

Wang Center for the Performing Arts (Boston, Mass.), box 42 folder 1 1984-2003 box 41 folder 1-6 box 40 folder 8-10

Wellesley College theaters (Wellesley, Mass.), 1955-1958 box 42 folder 2

Wilbur Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1947-2002 box 43 folder 1-2 box 42 folder 3-6

Subseries B: New York, N.Y., theaters, 1951-1996

American Academy Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1953 box 43 folder 3

ANTA Playhouse (New York, N.Y.), 1952 box 43 folder 4

The Artists' Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1953 box 33 folder 5

Booth Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1953 box 43 folder 5

Broadhurst Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1993 box 43 folder 6

Broadway Tabernacle Church (New York, N.Y.), circa 1954 box 43 folder 7

Carnegie Hall (New York, N.Y.), 1954 box 43 folder 8

City Center of Music and Drama (New York, N.Y.), 1953-1954 box 43 folder 9

City Center Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1991 box 43 folder 10

Columbia University theaters (New York, N.Y.), 1953 box 33 folder 6

Coronet Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1952, 1953 box 43 folder 11

Cort Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1954, 1956 box 43 folder 12

Current Stages (New York, N.Y.), 1953 box 43 folder 13

Ethel Barrymore Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1953, 1990-1996 box 43 folder 14

Eugene O'Neill Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1962 box 43 folder 15

Everyman's Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1954 box 43 folder 16

Equity Library Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1954 box 43 folder 17

Forty-eighth Street Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1952 box 43 folder 18

Forty-sixth Street Theatre (New York, N.Y.) box 43 folder 19

Fulton Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1953 box 43 folder 20

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- Page 31 - Helen Hayes Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1990 box 43 folder 21

Henry Miller's Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1955 box 43 folder 22

Hunter College theaters (New York, N.Y.), 1953 box 43 folder 23

Imperial Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1986 box 43 folder 24

John Golden Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1952, 1953 box 44 folder 1

Lyceum Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1954, 1955 box 44 folder 2

Majestic Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1953, 1968 box 44 folder 3

Mark Hellinger Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1959 box 44 folder 4

Martin Beck Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1952-1959 box 44 folder 5

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), 1952-1954 box 44 folder 6

The Music Box (New York, N.Y.), 1959 box 44 folder 7

National Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1953 box 44 folder 8

New Century Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1952-1953 box 44 folder 9

Orpheum Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1964 box 44 folder 10

Phoenix Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1953 box 44 folder 11

Plaza Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1953 box 44 folder 12

Provincetown Playhouse (New York, N.Y.), 1952 box 44 folder 13

Roxy Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1951 box 44 folder 14

Royale Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1953-1994 box 44 folder 15

Second City at Square East (New York, N.Y.), 1961 box 44 folder 16

St. James Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1991 box 44 folder 17

Theatre East (New York, N.Y.) box 44 folder 18

Theatre de Lys (New York, N.Y.), 1954 box 44 folder 19

Town Hall (New York, N.Y.), 1953 box 44 folder 20

Vanderbilt Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1953 box 44 folder 21

Winter Garden (New York, N.Y.), 1953 box 44 folder 22

Ziegfield Theatre (New York, N.Y.), 1952-1953 box 44 folder 23

Subseries C: Chicago, Ill. theaters, 1950-1953

Blackstone Theatre (Chicago, Ill.), 1950 box 44 box 24

Erlanger Theatre (Chicago, Ill.), 1952 box 44 folder 25

Harris Theatre (Chicago, Ill.), 1952 box 44 folder 26

Great Northern Theater (Chicago, Ill.), 1952 Theater Programs Collection MS.2011.024

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Shubert Theatre (Chicago, Ill.), 1952, 1953 box 44 folder 28

Subseries D: England and France theaters, 1951-1997

Ambassadors Theatre (London, England), 1952 box 44 folder 29

Compagnie dramatique francaise Louis Jouvet (Paris, France), box 44 folder 30 circa 1951

Criterion Theatre (London, England), 1968 box 44 folder 31

Duchess Theatre (London, England), 1997 box 44 folder 32

Phoenix Theatre (London, England), 1968 box 44 folder 33

Prince of Wales Theatre (London, England), 1973 box 44 folder 34

Queen's Theatre (London, England), 1967 box 44 folder 35

Subseries E: Unidentified theaters, 1949-1970

Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, 1950 box 33 folder 7

London Films presents, circa 1950 box 44 folder 36

Messers. Shubert present, 1949, 1951 box 44 folder 37

Rosario and Antonio and Company, 1951 box 33 folder 8

S. Hurok presents, 1958-1970 box 33 folder 9-10

Salzburg Marionette Theatre, 1964 box 33 folder 11

Unidentified companies, 1950, 1951 box 33 folder 12

Series XII: J. Paul Marcoux theater programs, 1962-1992 Scope and Contents

J. Paul Marcoux was born in 1932 in Massachusetts and died September 10, 1994, in Newton, Massachusetts. He graduated from Fitchburg State College, earned a Master's degree in speech and theater education at Boston University, and received a doctorate in theater education at Northwestern University. Marcoux came to Boston College in 1964 and worked there until his death; over that 30-year period, he directed more than 60 student productions and published two books. Boston College Theatre Department presents an award in Marcoux's honor to a senior Theater major for academic and artistic excellence and growth over their four years. the collection measures 1.25 linear feet and consists of Boston-area theater programs arranged alphabetically.

American Repertory Theatre (Cambridge, Mass.), 1984-1985 box 45 folder 1

Boston Repertory Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1977, 1978 box 45 folder 2

Boston Shakespeare Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1985, 1986 box 45 folder 3

Charles Playhouse (Boston, Mass.), 1970-1992 box 45 folder 4-5

Colonial Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1964-1991 box 45 folder 6-9

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Metropolitan Center (Boston, Mass.), 1981-1983 box 46 folder 1

Next Move Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1981-1987 box 46 folder 2

North Shore Music Theatre (Beverly, Mass.), 1982-1988 box 46 folder 3

Shubert Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1962-1992 box 46 folder 4-9

Wang Center for the Performing Arts (Boston, Mass.), 1988 box 47 folder 1

Wilbur Theatre (Boston, Mass.), 1965-1992 box 47 folder 2-3

Series XIII: Other playbills and programs, 1856-1914

Howard Athenaeum broadside advertisement for "Four Lovers", box 48 folder 2 "Mazlum! or the Night Owl!", and "Great and New Evolutions on the Tight Rope!" (Boston, Massachusetts), 1856 November

Swanage Music Society at the Grand Theatre (Swanage, box 48 folder 1 England), undated

Hollis St. Theatre program (Boston, Massachusetts), 1913 October box 47 folder 4

Tremont Theatre program (Boston, Massachusetts), 1914 February box 47 folder 5

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