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Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.)

 Organization

Biography

__ __ __Work cat.: The glory that was gold, 1992: t.p. (Central City Opera House) p. vii (built in 1878 in Central City, Colo.)

Biography

Central City Opera House is given to the University of Denver by the McFarlane family in 1932 (Ida Kruse McFarlane, Professor of English at DU, good friends with Anne Evans). The CCOHA was administered as a non-profit corporation during this time.

Sources

Breck, From the Rockies to the World, 1997, 126.

Found in 770 Collections and/or Records:

Ernest Cossart, 1948

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0040.0018.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Ernest Cossart, an actor who worked with the Central City Opera in the 1948 production of 'The Play's the thing.'

Dates: 1948

Etching of W. Somerset Maugham

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0056.0003.00004
Abstract

Etched portrait of W. Somerset Maugham, a playwright who wrote 'The Constant Wife' which the Central City Opera performed in 1951.

Dates: 1930-1969

Ethelyne Dunfee and Elizabeth Allen in 'Cactus Flower', 1967

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Identifier: M123.03.0071.0001.00007
Abstract

Elizabeth Allen as Stephanie (left) and Ethelyne Dunfee as Toni (right) in a scene for the 1967 Central City production 'Cactus Flower.'

Dates: 1967

Ethelyne Dunfee and Hugh O'Brian in 'Cactus Flower', 1967

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0071.0001.00003
Abstract

Hugh O'Brian as Dr. Julian Winton (left) sits as Ethelyne Dunfee as Toni (right) holds onto him in a scene from the 1967 Central City production 'Cactus Flower.'

Dates: 1967

Ethelyne Dunfee and Hugh O'Brian in 'Cactus Flower', 1967

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0071.0001.00004
Abstract

Hugh O'Brian as Dr. Julian Winton sits as Ethelyne Dunfee as Toni taps his shoulder from behind in a scene from the 1967 Central City production 'Cactus Flower.'

Dates: 1967

Ethelyne Dunfee and Hugh O'Brian in 'Cactus Flower', 1967

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0071.0001.00005
Abstract

Hugh O'Brian as Dr. Julian Winton reluctantly hugs Ethelyne Dunfee as Toni in a scene from the 1967 Central City production 'Cactus Flower.'

Dates: 1967

Ethelyne Dunfee and Hugh O'Brian in 'Cactus Flower', 1967

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0071.0001.00006
Abstract

Hugh O'Brian as Dr. Julian Winton and Ethelyne Dunfee as Toni pose for a photograph for the 1967 Central City production 'Cactus Flower.'

Dates: 1967

Ethelyne Dunfee and Hugh O'Brian in 'Cactus Flower', 1967

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0071.0001.00009
Abstract

Hugh O'Brian as Dr. Julian Winton and Ethelyne Dunfee as Toni in a scene from the 1967 Central City production 'Cactus Flower.'

Dates: 1967

Ethelyne Dunfee in 'Cactus Flower', 1967

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0071.0001.00008
Abstract

Ethelyne Dunfee as Toni on a ladder in a record store in a scene for the 1967 Central City production 'Cactus Flower.'

Dates: 1967

Faber B. DeChaine, 1961

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0009.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Faber B. DeChaine, a stage manager who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1961

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