AUSTRALIAN EPHEMERA COLLECTION FINDING AID
ZOE CALDWELL, B.1933
PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS AND EPHEMERA (PROMPT)
PRINTED AUSTRALIANA
MARCH 2016
Printed materials in the PROMPT collection include programs and printed ephemera such as brochures, leaflets, tickets, etc. Theatre programs are taken as the prime documentary evidence of a performance. The list is based on imperfect holdings, and is updated as gaps in the Library’s holdings are filled. Unless otherwise stated, all entries are based on published programs in the PROMPT collection.
The Zoe Caldwell PROMPT files may be accessed through the Library’s Special Collections Reading Room by eCallslip request: http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3526936
Programs in the National Library’ PROMPT collection for Zoe Caldwell are arranged chronologically. This document is keyword searchable for names of productions or theatres.
The National Library’s collection also includes: Oral History recordings and interviews, Pictures
Published works Biographical newspaper cuttings
Further material is available by searching Trove, for example: Newspaper articles Pictures Journal articles
Zoe Caldwell 1933 - 2
Commencing 27 April; Elizabethan Theatre, Newtown, Sydney (New South Wales) Hamlet by William Shakespeare Starring: ZC as Ophelia 2 programs
Commencing 8 April; Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Starring: ZC in supporting cast 1 program
Commencing 22 April; Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare Starring: ZC in supporting cast 1 program
Commencing 8 July; Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England Pericles by William Shakespeare Starring: ZC in supporting cast 1 program plus Before the curtain rises … no. 23, An informative pamphlet on William Shakespeare’s Pericles
Commencing 26 August; Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England Much ado about nothing by William Shakespeare Starring: ZC as Margaret 1 program
Commencing 21 April; Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England All’s well that ends well by William Shakespeare Starring: ZC as Helena 1 program plus Item with photo in Theatre World, July, 1959, p.14
Commencing 2 June; Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England A midsummer night’s dream by William Shakespeare
Zoe Caldwell 1933 - 3
Starring: ZC as A fairy 1 program
Commencing 18 August; Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England King Lear by William Shakespeare Starring: ZC as Cordelia 1 program
Commencing 23 November; Royal Court Theatre, London Trials by Logue by Christopher Logue Starring: ZC as Ismene in Antigone, and as Whore in Cob and Leach 1 program
Commencing 21 February; Royal Court Theatre, London The Changeling by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley Starring ZC as Isabella 1 program
Commencing 22 March, Royal Court Theatre, London Jacques by Eugene Ionesco Starring: ZC as Jacqueline 1 program
Commencing 19 June; Festival Theatre, Stratford, Ontario Love’s Labour’s Lost by William Shakespeare Starring: ZC as Rosaline 1 program
Commencing 7 August; Festival Theatre, Stratford, Ontario The Canvas Barricade by Donald Lamont Black Starring: ZC as Sonja Downfahl 1 program
Commencing 1 December; Manitoba Theatre Centre, Winnipeg Playboy of the Western World by John M Synge Starring: ZC as Margaret Flaherty (Pegeen Mike) 1 program
Commencing 19 March; Bonython Hall, University of Adelaide Saint Joan by Bernard Shaw Starring: ZC as Joan 1 program
Zoe Caldwell 1933 - 4
Commencing April; Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota The Miser by Moliere; The Three Sisters by Anton Chekov; Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller Starring: ZC as Rosine, Natalia, The Woman respectively 1 booklet for the opening season on the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre 1963
Commencing 22 February; Longacre Theatre, New York The Gnadiges Fraulein by Tennessee Williams (second part of Slapstick Tragedy) Starring: ZC as Polly 1 program
Commencing 12 June; Festival Theatre, Stratford Ontario Richard III by William Shakespeare Starring: ZC as Lady Anne 1 program
Commencing 31 July; Festival Theatre, Stratford Ontario Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare Starring: ZC as Cleopatra 1 program
Commencing 16 January; Helen Hayes Theatre, New York The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Jay Allen Starring: ZC as Jean Brodie 1 program in each of Playbill vol. 5 nos. 1, 2, 5, 9, 10; January, February, May, September, October 1968
1970 no date; Haymarket Theatre, London A Bequest to the Nation by Terrence Rattigan ZC plays Emma Hamilton Program 3 copies Also copy of Plays and Players, November 1970 which contains a review of the performance
1970 25 May; Ellen Stewart Theatre, New York Colette ZC plays Colette Program, 2 copies
Zoe Caldwell 1933 - 5
1972 November; Shubert Theatre, New York The Creation of the World and Other Business, by Arthur Miller ZC plays Eve 1 program Playbill Vol 9, Issue 11, November 1972
1974 1 March; Zellerbach Theatre, New York Dance of Death ZC playing Alice 2 programs 1 dated March 1974, and the second in Playbill, vol 11, April 1974
1980 14 February; The Harold Clurman Theatre, New York These Men, by Mayo Simon ZC was Director 1 program
2 May; Cort Theatre, New York USA Medea ZC as Medea 1 program Playbill May 1982. 2 copies
January; Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York Lillian ZC as Lillian 1 program Playbill vol.86, no.1, January 1986.
May; Mark Helliger Theatre, New York Macbeth ZC as Additional Director 1 program Playbill vol. 88, no 5, May 1988.
February; The Music Box, New York Park Your Car in Harvard Yard ZC as Director 1 program, plus 2 tickets Playbill vol. 92, no 2, February 1988.
Zoe Caldwell 1933 - 6
1993 August; Manhattan Theatre Club, New York A Perfect Ganesh ZC as Katharine Bryne 1 program and newspaper clipping review (New York Times, no evident date) Playbill, vol. 93, no 8, August 1993
1994 22 November; Shubert Theatre, New York Tribute to Jessica Tandy, 1909-1994, ZC presenter at event 1 program
1994 December; Union Square Theatre, New York Vita and Virginia ZC as Director 3 programs 1 copy is Playbill, vol. 94, no 12, December 1994 2 copies are Playbill, vol. 95 no 1, January 1995
24 February; Philadelphia, Theatre, Philadelphia Master Class ZC as Maria Callas 1 program
December; John Golden Theatre, New York Master Class ZC as Maria Callas 2 programs 2 copies of Playbill, vol. 95, no 12, December 1995 1 copy of Playbill, vol. 96, no 6, June 1996
1996 15 October; Majestic Theatre, New York Memorial Service for Bernard. B Jacobs ZC speaking 1 program
1997 24 February; Marquis Theatre, New York Nothing Like a Dame Fund raiser for the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative of the Actor’s Fund of America ZC listed as one of the Dames 1 program
Zoe Caldwell 1933 - 7
1999 1 March; Shubert Theatre, New York Nothing Like a Dame Fund raiser for the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative of the Actor’s Fund of America ZC listed as one of the Dames 1 program
2004 12 April; Eisenhower Theatre, Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts, New York Women of Tennessee ZC listed as 1 of 4 performers 1 program
2004 March; St James Theatre, New York Nothing Like a Dame Fund raiser for the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative of the Actor’s Fund of America ZC listed as one of the Dames 1 program
2005 14 March; The Marquis Theatre, New York Nothing Like a Dame Fund raiser for the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative of the Actor’s Fund of America ZC listed as one of the Dames Advertisement from New York Times
2007 February; Classic Stage Theatre, New York A Spanish Play ZC as Pilar 1 program Playbill Vol 123, no 2 February 2007
2008 10 November; The Eugene O’Neill Theatre, New York All About Eve ZC as Chief Prompter 1 program
2009 14 September; Majestic Theatre, New York Celebrating Bea Arthur ZC listed as one participant performer 1 program
Zoe Caldwell 1933 - 8
2013 4 March; no theatre name, New York TDF Gala. Celebrating 40 years of TKTS and honouring Philip J Smith ZC listed as one of performers from Cast of Forbidden Broadway; Alive and Kicking 1 program
Zoe Caldwell 1933 - 9