Drama

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Contains 38 scripts of melodramas assembled by B.A. Bergman, manager of the Crescent Comedy Company (also known as the Crescent Stock Company), based in Chicago. The working scripts (containing dialogue, stage directions and music cues) were used for performances in Chicago, Illinois and on road tours, chiefly in Michigan.

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File contains an updated mimeographed copy of Russell Porter's Play: "Early Dawn" with the name "Williamson and c.1" written on the title page. 49 pages. Notation oncerning musical timing have been added to the pages.

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This series contains coursework, clippings, scene designs, and programs from Sandra's education from high school and UCLA.

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This folder contains a draft of a play written by Burton Feldman called ''The Orphan Asylum.''

Abstract The Grey and Byron collection contains a variety of materials from the traveling Vaudeville pair, Dolly Grey and Bert Byron. Types of materials include clothing, accessories, jewelry, handgun, bullets, photographs, newspaper clippings, membership certificates, property documents, death certificates, scripts, poems, notes, short stories, sheet music, lyrics, general ledgers, pocket calendars, travel albums, and photo albums. Individuals included in this collection include Dolly Grey, Bert...

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Series 1 contains manuscript copies of plays by Mary Coyle Chase: ''Harvey'', ''The Wicked Pigeon Ladies in the Garden'', and ''Lorretta Mason Potts.''

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series 1 contains manuscript copies of plays by Mary Coyle Chase: ''Harvey'', ''The Wicked Pigeon Ladies in the Garden'', and ''Lorretta Mason Potts.''

Abstract Mary Coyle Chase (1907-1981) wrote plays as well as two novels for children. She became an author in Denver after working as a reporter for the Rocky Mountain News for 14 years. Her most beloved play was Harvey, a fantasy of a convivial tippler and his imaginary six foot white rabbit named Harvey, which won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1945. Harvey was a huge success on Broadway and later as a movie starring James Stewart. The printed version is available in nearly every language. The...

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Patients in costume at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). They may have been part of a party or play. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. The sanatorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.