Printed Item: Performance Programs., 01/01/1937-12/31/1967

File — Box: 58, Folder: 72

Identifier: 74249

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

See also scrapbooks and scrapbook fragments in Series 7.

Dates

01/01/1937-12/31/1967

Collection-level Access Restrictions

Access to this collection is by permission from the Biddle family. Please contact Booth Family Center for Special Collections for further information.

Collections stored off site require a minimum of three days for retrieval. For use of all manuscripts collections, researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections in advance of any visit.

Extent

From the Collection: 34 Linear Feet (65 Hollinger boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Printed performance programs, playbills, notices, etc., for concerts, plays, and other recitals. Includes the Fisherman's Players of Cape Cod (playbill for "The Son of Man," by Richard Waters, no date); Myra Hess, pianist (playbill for recital, no date); Angna Enters (2 playbills for performances of "Episodes" and "Compositions in Dance Form," 1929; undated); Hedli Anderson and Louis MacNeice (program for a recital of English song and verse); Sergei Rachmaninoff (program for piano recital, no date); Washington Choral Arts Society (program for "The Prodigal Son" by Claude Debussy and "King David" by Arthur Honegger, 3/14/1944); Chicago Civic Opera House (playbill for "To Follow the Phoenix" by William Branch 8/17/1960); Olney Theatre (playbill for "The Skin of Our Teeth" by Thornton Wilder"); program for school production of "Noye's Fludde," music by Benjamin Britten, 1967; and program for concert at the Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., 1/22/1967.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

PROGRAMS (CONCERTS, PLAYS, RECITALS) C.1937-67: Printed Item

WATERS, RICHARD - PLAYBILL: "SON OF MAN, THE" (FISHERMAN PLAYERS): Printed Item

HESS, MYRA - RECITAL PROGRAM: Printed Item

ENTERS, ANGNA - PERFORMANCE PROGRAMS, 1929 & UNDATED: Printed Item

ANDERSON, HEDLI - RECITAL PROGRAM: Printed Item

MACNEICE, LOUIS - RECITAL PROGRAM: Printed Item

RACHMANINOFF, SERGEI - PERFORMANCE PROGRAM: Printed Item

WASHINGTON CHORAL ARTS SOCIETY - PERFORMANCE PROGRAM, 1944: Printed Item

OLNEY THEATRE (MARYLAND) - PERFORMANCE PROGRAM: Printed Item

PHILLIPS COLLECTION - CONCERT PROGRAM, 1967: Printed Item