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Sets (Theatrical)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to the assemblage of scenery, props, and lighting and sound systems created to represent a setting used in a dramatic performance, whether indoors or outdoors.

Use this AAT term on Archival and Digital Objects; for Resources, use subdivided LCSH term: Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Arches with blue sky Scene Panel, circa 1970

 Item
Identifier: B333.09.0010.00003
Scope and Contents

Framed gouache watercolor painting, with pencil sketch visible underneath paint, of a scene with three arches with twisted Corinthian columns; ionic columns line the sides. The center arch is coffered. Arches and columns are painted yellow. Lower right-hand corner signed "Lowenstein." Sticker on the back of frame says "Panel 3." It is presumed to be a set design.

Dates: circa 1970

Box 3: Production and Event Photographs, 1937-1950

 File — Box U100.0003: Series U100.02 [Barcode: U186018602141]
Identifier: U100.02.0003
Abstract Theatre - Photographs of Productions from the 1937-1938 season to the 1949-1950 season. 1937-1938: Blind Alley - Drama Club Devil in the Cheese - Drama Club Tide Rising - Drama Club 1938-1939: The Petrified Forest - Drama Club Pride and Prejudice - Drama Club Spring Dance 1940-1941: Much Ado About Nothing Smilin' Through - Drama Club 1943-1944: The Barretts - Drama Club Kingdom of God Summer...
Dates: 1937-1950

Box 4: Production and Event Photographs, 1950-1960

 File — Box U100.0004: Series U100.02 [Barcode: U186023308207]
Identifier: U100.02.0004
Abstract Theatre - Photographs of productions and events from the summer 1950 season to 1959-1960 season. Summer 1950: Abe Lincoln in Illinois Albert Herring Everyman The Heiress The Show-Off The Would-Be Gentleman 1950-1951: Goodbye, My Fancy Home of the Brave Little Clay Cart MacBeth The Madwoman of Chaillot My Heart's in the Highlands The Old Lady Shows Her Medals The Pursuit of Happiness Summer 1951: Anne of...
Dates: 1950-1960

Box 5: Production and Event Photographs, 1960-1966

 File — Box U100.0005: Series U100.02 [Barcode: U186023308215]
Identifier: U100.02.0005
Abstract Theatre - Photographs of Productions from summer 1960 season to the 1965-1966 season. Summer 1960: The Enchanted Heloise Loretta Mason Potts 1960-1961: Babes in Arms The Devil's Disciple J.B. The Royal Gambit A View from a Bridge Summer 1961: Early Dawn John Brown's Body Our American Cousin 1961-1962: Anna Christie The Cold Wind and the Warm A Connecticut Yankee The Male Animal The...
Dates: 1960-1966

Box 6: Production and Event Photographs, 1966-1970

 File — Box U100.0006: Series U100.02 [Barcode: U186018602175]
Identifier: U100.02.0006
Abstract Theatre - Photographs of Productions from the summer 1966 season to the 1969-1970 season. Summer 1966: The Butterfly Dream The Duchess of Malfi The Good Woman of Setzuan The Misanthrope Phedre 1966-1967: Brigadoon Cosi Fan Tutte The Farce of the Worthy Master Pierre Patelin A Man for All Seasons Much Ado About Nothing The Seagull Summer 1967: Emperor Jones Our Town 1967-1968: Brigadoon- USO...
Dates: 1966-1970

Box 7: Production and Event Photographs, 1970-1973

 File — Box U100.0007: Series U100.02 [Barcode: U186018602183]
Identifier: U100.02.0007
Abstract Theatre - Photographs of Productions from the summer 1970 season to the summer 1973 season. Summer 1970: Cabaret Fashion Thurber Carnival 1970-1971: The Balcony The Consul Desire Under the Elms A Flea in Her Ear Stop the World...I Want to Get Off The Tragedy of Coriolanus You Can't Take it With You Summer 1971: The Boy Friend West Side Story The World of Sholom...
Dates: 1970-1973

Box 8: Production and Event Photographs, 1973-1976

 File — Box U100.0008: Series U100.02 [Barcode: U186023305843]
Identifier: U100.02.0008
Abstract Theatre - Photographs of Productions from the 1973-1974 season to the summer 1976 season. 1973-1974: Guys and Dolls Hotel Paradiso MacBeth Never Too Late The School for Scandal Summer 1974: The Desperate Game Hay Fever The Hostage The Night of the Iguana Story Theatre 1974-1975: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Lysistrata The Madwoman of Chaillot A Streetcar Named...
Dates: 1973-1976

Box 9: Production and Event Photographs, 1976-1980

 File — Box U100.0009: Series U100.02 [Barcode: U186023305966]
Identifier: U100.02.0009
Abstract Theatre - Photographs of Productions from the 1976-1977 season to the 1979-1980 season. 1976-1977 Carmen Godspell Indians Legend of Lovers Play it Again, Sam Twelfth Night, or What You Will Summer 1977 Butley Cat on a Hot Tin Roof You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown 1977-1978: Black Comedy/The White Liars Company Look Back in Anger Rosencrantz and Guilderstern are Dead Uncle Vanya Summer 1978: Come...
Dates: 1976-1980

Box 12: Oversize Photos

 File — Box U100.0012: Series U100.02 [Barcode: U186023282948]
Identifier: U100.02.0012
Abstract

DU Theatre production photos, oversize: 'The Phantom Lady', 'Tamburlaine', 'The Rivals', 'Ah, Wilderness!', 'Once Upon a Mattress', 'Cherry Orchard', 'The Bacchae', 'The Desperate Game', 'Tartuffe', 'Ballet Ballads', 'Hamlet', 'The Good Woman of Setzuan'. Photograph of Dorothy Fande. Also color prints from California that may or may not belong with the DU Theatre program.

Dates: 1934-2000

Box 32: Costume and Set Designs

 File — Box U100.0032: Series U100.04 [Barcode: U186022650114]
Identifier: U100.04.0032
Abstract

Costume and Set Designs - Look Homeward, Angel (8 Set Design sketches on paper), On Borrowed Time, Peg O' My Heart, Arsenic and Old Lace, The Shoemaker's Prodigious Wife Lighting Plot, group of 5 unidentified Set Designs, and a solo unidentified design.

Dates: 1934-2000