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Drama

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Scope Note: Use for: Dramas ; Plays ; Playscripts ; Scripts, Stage ; Stage plays ; Stage scripts ; Theatrical works

Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:

Accession: Grey and Byron Collection, B458

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2023.095
Dates: 1908 - 1964

Aida, 1960 June-July

 Item
Identifier: M123.02.0395.0025.00002
Abstract Program of the Central City Opera House Association's 1960 production of "Aida".Production staff includes: Emerson Buckley (musical director / conductor), Nathaniel Merrill (staged / directed), Robert O'Hearn (scenic / lighting director), Mattlyn Gavers (choreography), Thomas Martin(associate conductor), Kurt Saffir (assistant conductor), Roger Dexter Fee (chorus master), Faber B DeChaine (stage manager), Larry Poston (assistant stage manager), Ann Shaw(costume mistress), Anne...
Dates: 1960 June-July

Box 1

 File — Box M385.0001: [Barcode: U186024878035]
Identifier: M385.0001
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Contains 3-, 4- and 5-act plays bearing copyright dates between 1873 and 1913. The actual copies representing 19th century plays are later transcriptions.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1905-1913

Box 1: Scripts and Drafts, 1955-1968

 File — Box M035.0001: [Barcode: U186023288766]
Identifier: M035.01.0002
Abstract This box contains scripts and materials related to scripts (drafts, correspondence, notes, and photographs) written by Russell Porter. The scripts are arranged chornologically. The scripts included are: Silverheels (1955), Land of Promise (1960), A Gathering of Some Importance (1961), Early Dawn (1961), No More from Throns (1962), Gilpin County Chronicle (1964), The Wizards of Balizar (1964), The Hanging Judge (1964), Decorator Rides Again (1968), Shale Oil (no date), Faces West (no date),...
Dates: 1955-1968

Box 1: Scripts, Poems, Lyrics, c. 1920

 File
Identifier: B458.04.0001
Abstract

Box includes five [5] file folders from the writing and music series. File folder six: lyrics and sheet music; file folder seven: notes and short stories; file folder eight: poems; file folder nine: short story by Dorothy Grey; file folder ten: scripts.

Dates: c. 1920

Box 2

 File — Box M385.0002: [Barcode: U186024878027]
Identifier: M385.0002
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Contains 3-, 4- and 5-act plays bearing copyright dates between 1873 and 1913. The actual copies representing 19th century plays are later transcriptions.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1905-1913

Box 2: Scripts by other authors

 File — Box M035.0002: [Barcode: U186019602267]
Identifier: M035.01.0003
Abstract This box contains papers, publications, and bound scripts of plays not written by Russell Porter. The plays include: A Porch and a Wide Verandah (Roland Hughes), A Room Full of Roses (Nantha N. Barrett), The Annotated Hamlet (Mordecai Gorelik), The Ballad of Hot Dog Cooley (Barry Pritchard), The Ballet of Carnival and Lent (Russell Graves), The Baron's Will (Hjalmar Bergman), The Busy Martyr (George Hitchcock), Change (Arthur Pittman), Dr. James Himlton (Carole Winner), The Easter Bunny...
Dates: 1933-1986

Box 3

 File — Box M385.0003: [Barcode: U186024878043]
Identifier: M385.0003
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Contains 3-, 4- and 5-act plays bearing copyright dates between 1873 and 1913. The actual copies representing 19th century plays are later transcriptions.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1905-1913

Box 4: Portrait Photos, c. 1920

 File
Identifier: B458.02.0004
Abstract

This box contains multiple series: material culture, writings, and photographs. The photographs file folder contains two portrait photos including one of Bert Byron and one of Dolly Grey.

Dates: c. 1920

Box 4: Script, undated

 File
Identifier: B458.04.0004
Abstract

This box contains multiple series: material culture, writings, and photographs. The writings file folder contains a script entitled "Wedlock Inn", which has a note on the front labeling the script as "property of Bert Byron".

Dates: undated