Drama History
- Theatre Arts Program 1933 - 1969
1930-1960 | 1970-1979 | 1980-1989 | 1990-1990 | 2000-present
1969 DRAMA PROGRAM
George L. Palmer - Director of Musical Theatre Division
Angels in Love
no info available
1968 DRAMA PROGRAM
Francis Hodge - Head of Theatre Arts and Musical Theatre Divisions
Idiot's Delight
Playwright: Robert Sherwood
Director: Francis Hodge
Set Designer: Laszlo Funtek
Costume Designer: Ilse Richter
Lighting Designer: Charles E. Williams
1967 DRAMA PROGRAM
Francis Hodge - Head of Theatre Arts and Musical Theatre Divisions
The Crucible
Playwright: Arthur Miller
Director: Francis Hodge
Set Designer: Laszlo Funtek
Costume Designer: Bambi Stoll
1966 DRAMA PROGRAM
Francis Hodge - Head, Theatre Arts Division
The Beaux Stratagem
Playwright: George Farquhar
Director: Francis Hodge
Set Designers: John W. Graham and Laszlo Funtek
Costume Designers: Shirley Potter and Bambi Stoll
1965 DRAMA PROGRAM
Francis Hodge - Head, Theatre Arts Division
A Winter's Tale
Playwright: William Shakespeare
Director: Francis Hodge
Set Designer: Laszlo Funtek
Costume Designer: Shirley Potter
Blood Wedding
also performed in some form - no info available.
1964 DRAMA PROGRAM
Program Head - Gordon Peacock
Candida
Playwright: George Bernard Shaw
Director: B. Iden Payne
Set Designer: Laszlo Funtek
Costume Designer: Shirley Potter
The Showing Up of Blanco Posnet
also performed in some form - no info available.
1963 DRAMA PROGRAM
Program Head - Gordon Peacock
Othello
Playwright: William Shakespeare
Director: B. Iden Payne
Set Designer: Laszlo Funtek
Costume Designer: Shirley Potter
1962 DRAMA PROGRAM
Program Head - Gordon Peacock
The Taming of the Shrew
Playwright: William Shakespeare
Director: B. Iden Payne
Set Designers: John Graham and Laszlo Funtek
Costume Designer: Shirley Potter
The Matchmaker
also performed in some form - no info available.
1961 DRAMA PROGRAM
Program Head - Gordon Peacock
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Playwright: William Shakespeare
Director: Francis Hodge
Set Designer: Calvin King Quayle
Costume Designer: Shirley Potter
1960 DRAMA PROGRAM
Program Head - Gordon Peacock
Twelfth Night
Playwright: William Shakespeare
Director: B. Iden Payne
Set Designer: John Graham
Costume Designer: John Graham
1959 DRAMA PROGRAM
Program Head - Gordon Peacock
The Merchant of Venice
Playwright: William Shakespeare
Director: B. Iden Payne
Set Designer: John Graham
Costume Designer: John Graham
I Remember Mama
also performed in some form - no info available.
1958 DRAMA PROGRAM
Program Head - Gordon Peacock
Much Ado About Nothing
Playwright: William Shakespeare
Director: B. Iden Payne
The Matchmaker and Cradle Song
also performed in some form - no info available.
1957 DRAMA PROGRAM
Teach Me to Cry
Playwright: Patricia Joudry
Director: Esther Nelson
1956 DRAMA PROGRAM
The Admirable Crichton
Playwright: J.M. Barrie
Director: Esther Nelson
1955 DRAMA PROGRAM
Stampede
Playwright: Gwen Pharis Ringwood
Director: Esther Nelson
A Phoenix Too Frequent
Playwright: Christopher Fry
Director: Betty Anderson
1954 DRAMA PROGRAM
Goodbye My Fancy
Playwright: Fay Kanin
Director: Joseph F. Smith
Sunday Costs Five Pessos
also performed in some form - no info available.
1953 DRAMA PROGRAM
The Lady's Not For Burning
Playwright: Christopher Fry
Director: Joseph F. Smith
The House of Bernarda Alba
Playwright: Federico Garcia Lorca
Director: Eugene C. Davis
1952 DRAMA PROGRAM
Peter Pan
no info available
1951 DRAMA PROGRAM
A Comedy of Errors
Playwright: William Shakespeare
Director: Mr. & Mrs. Burton W. James
1950 DRAMA PROGRAM
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Playwright: William Shakespeare
Director: Burton W. James
Voice of the People, Overlaid, and Eros at Breakfast
also performed in some form, no info available.
1949 DRAMA PROGRAM
Oedipus, So Sweet in Springtime, Voice of the People, and In a New World Alley
performed in some form - no info available.
1948 DRAMA PROGRAM
Journey to Jerusalem and Ladies in Retirement
performed in some form - no info available.
1947 DRAMA PROGRAM
The Beautiful People
Playwright: William Saroyan
Director: Charles Rittenhouse
Designer: Clifford Robinson
1946 DRAMA PROGRAM
Stampede
Playwright: Gwen Pharis
Director: Sydney Risk
The Hasty Heart
Playwright: John Patrick
Director: J.F. Smith
1945 DRAMA PROGRAM
The Rainmaker
performed in some form - no info available.
1944 DRAMA PROGRAM
Death Takes a Holiday and Jack and the Joker
performed in some form - no info available.
1943 DRAMA PROGRAM
Doormouse and Cradle Song
performed in some form - no info available.
1942 DRAMA PROGRAM
Watch on the Rhine and Raisin' the Devil
performed in some form - no info available.
1941 DRAMA PROGRAM
Candida
Playwright: George Bernard Shaw
Director: Joseph F. Smith
1940 DRAMA PROGRAM
You Can't Take It With You, Final Edition, Harvest Heat and The Wingles Victory
performed in some form - no info available.
1935 TO 1939
No information available.
1934 DRAMA PROGRAM
Mary of Scotland
Playwright: Maxwell Anderson
Director: Elizabeth Sterling Haynes OR Theodore Cohen OR Roy Mitchell
Gods of the Mountain
Playwright: Dunsany
Director: Elizabeth Sterling Haynes OR Theodore Cohen OR Roy Mitchell
1933 DRAMA PROGRAM
17 plays were performed (primarily 1 act), including:
Defeat (probable title?)
Playwright: ? -- authors were a
husband/wife from Saskatchewan, who were students participating in the
1933 school.
Director: Elizabeth Sterling Haynes OR Theodore Cohen
The Slave with Two Faces
Playwright: Mary Caroline Davis
Director: Elizabeth Sterling Haynes OR Theodore Cohen
