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Booklet about The Maddermarket Theatre [Norwich, Norfolk, England], 24 unnumbered pages; illustrations, facsimiles, portraits, 30 cm.

The Maddermarket Theatre, located in St John’s Alley in central Norwich and housed in a former chapel, opened its doors to the public in 1921 as the permanent home of the Guild of Norwich Players, a company of amateur actors brought together by theatre director Nugent Monck.[from : https://maddermarket.co.uk/our-history/]

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Programs from Megan Terry's "Viet Rock" presented Off-Broadway at Martinique Theatre, program is for presentations on October 25 and November 1, 8, 15, 1966. Stars included Seth Allen, Jordan Charney, Joseph Daly Fred Forrest, Paul Giovanni, Roy London, Gerome Ragni, Kay Carney, Shami Chaikin, Sharon Gans, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Muriel Miguel, Barbara Ralley.

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Booklet for The Dance of Death, published by The National Theatre, London. Includes biographical note on August Strindberg by Mary Sandbach, exerpts from Elizabeth Sprigge's The Strange Life of August Strindberg, images from productions, etc., and a short history of the National Theatre.

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Program for 1776 at the Ohio Theatre in Columbus, Ohio, presented by Suart Ostrow, music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards, Directed by Peter Hunt. Stars included Jack Murdock, Lee Winston, Patrick Bedford, Truman Gaige, Merwin Crook, Ray Lonergan, Larry Devon, James Bovaird, Rex Everhart, George Hern.

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Four-page pamphlet announcing Pierrot The Prodigal, A Pantomime With Music at the Hollis Street Theatre, produced by Winthrop Ames and Walter Night.

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Program for Secret Service, a romance of southern confederacy, stage director William Postance. Stars included Joseph Brennan, Grace Reals, Helen Freeman, Stuart Fox, Irene Haisman, William Gillette, Edward Fielding, Edwin Mordant, Evangelyn Blasdale, Marion Abbott, H.G. Bates.

Documentation indicates that these Boston programs were given to Allan Jackson by Lisa Beth Miller.

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Program for Rigoletto, opera in four acts, February 12, 1942, book by F.M. Piave. Performers included Jan Peerce, Francesco Valentino, Hilde Reggiani, Nicola Moscona, Bruna Castagna, Thelma Votipka, Lancing Hatfeld, George Cehanovsky.

Part of a larger brochure for the Metropolitan Opera House 1941-1942 Season.

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Program for The Male Animal, Herman Shumlin's latest comedy success, at the Maplewood Theatre in Maplewood, New Jersey. Cast included Elliott Nugent, Elizabeth Love, Eula Belle Moore, Julie Stevens, Don De Fore, Ivan Simpson, Robert Scoo, Leon Ames.

Handwritten on front cover: "The Male Animal 8/27/40."

Scope and Contents Program for Le Nozze Di Figaro (ossia La Folle Giornata) (The Marriage of Figaro), comedy of music in four acts, January 7, 1942. Performers included John Brownlee, Maria Markan, Bidu Sayao, Ezio Pinza, Jarmila Novotna, Irra Petina, Alessio De Paolis, George Rasely.Part of a larger brochure for the Metropolitan Opera House 1941-1942 Season.Tucked inside of the brochure was a newsclipping (unknown source): "Markan As Countess: Icelandic Singer Heard in 'Nozze di...

Scope and Contents Program for The Night of January 16th, A Murder Trial in Three Sessions, by Ann Rand, presented by Walter Hartwig. The production designed by Alexis Redkow and executed under his supervision in the workshops of the Manhattan Theatre Colony at Ogunquit, Maine. Featured Margalo Gillmore and the Manhattan Repertory Theatre Company (included George Ingham, Morton L. Stevens, Thomas W. Ross, Wilfrid Seagram, Clifton Darling, Margalo Gillmore, Fiske Gove, Gerard Hayden, William Swetland, Louis La...