Dramatists
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Arthur Laurents for 'The Time of the Cuckoo', 1953
Item
Identifier: M123.03.0085.0008.00008
Overview
Black and white photograph of Arthur Laurents, the playwright of the 1953 festival production of 'The Time of the Cuckoo' at the Central City Opera House.
Dates:
1953
Etching of W. Somerset Maugham
Item
Identifier: M123.03.0056.0003.00004
Overview
Etched portrait of W. Somerset Maugham, a playwright who wrote 'The Constant Wife' which the Central City Opera performed in 1951.
Dates:
1930-1969
Ferril, Thomas, 1958
File
Identifier: M123.03.0044.0017
Overview
Biographical information about Thomas Ferril, a playwright with the Central City Opera. In 1957 the Denver Post announced they would be holding a contest for a play written about the events surrounding the discovery of gold in the Pikes Peak Region. Thomas Ferril's play, '...And Perhaps Happiness' was the winner and was produced during the 1958 season at Central City.
Dates:
1958
Mae West, 1947 June 21
Item
Identifier: B367.03.0002.0022.00012
Overview
Mae West (8-17-1893 to 11-22-1980) Actress, singer, playwright and sex symbol whose career spanned seven decades, with appearances in radio, tv and many movies.
Dates:
1947 June 21
Mae West
Item
Identifier: B367.03.0002.0022.00013
Overview
Mae West (8-17-1893 to 11-22-1980) Actress, singer, playwright and sex symbol whose career spanned seven decades, with appearances in radio, tv and many movies.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1911-1949
Mary Chase
Item
Identifier: M123.03.0040.0008.00001
Overview
Portrait of Mary Chase, a playwright who's work, 'Harvey' and 'Mrs. McThing', was produced by the Central City Opera.
Dates:
1930-1969
Mary Coyle Chase Papers
Collection
Identifier: M125
Overview
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...
Dates:
1907-1981
Shubert and Anne Fendrich Papers
Collection
Identifier: B244
Overview
Collection contains publications, correspondence, obituaries, newspaper clippings and religious objects from Schubert and Anne Fendrich.
Dates:
1878-1990
Terence Rattigan
Item
Identifier: M123.03.0059.0018.00001
Overview
Portrait of Terence Rattigan, a playwright who wrote ''Separate Tables,'' a play which was performed by the Central City Opera during the1957 season.
Dates:
1930-1969
Thornton Wilder Postcard to Mrs. Jerry Vasconcells
Collection
Identifier: M242
Overview
Marietta Cassell Vasconcells Bakewell was a writer who married Jerry Cox Vasoncells in 1922. This collection consists of a postcard sent to Vasconcells by American author and playwright Thornton Wilder, thanking her for sending him pictures from Arizona.
Dates:
1951