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Guide to the Theatre recordings collection, 1960s C0170 Theatre recordings collections

Guide to the Theatre recordings collection, 1960s C0170

Theatre recordings collections


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Repository
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Identification
C0170
Title
Theatre recordings collection 1960s
Quantity
1 Linear Feet, 2 boxes
Creator
George Mason University. Department of Theater
Language
English .
Abstract
Fourteen LP record albums of cast recordings. Some albums include pamphlets with descriptions of the plays as well as the text from the scripts. Many were created by the Theatre Recording Society and Columbia Records.

Administrative Information

Use Restrictions

The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Preferred Citation

Theatre recordings collection, C0170, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Donated by the George Mason University Theatre Department in 2009.

Processing Information

Processed by Special Collections Research Center staff. EAD markup by Special Collections Research Center Staff. Finding aid updated by Amanda Brent in April 2020.

Historical Note

Theatre recordings became popular in the 1950s with the introduction of Long Playing (LP) records. This format allowed for longer musical compositions such as classical music and Broadway recordings. Columbia was one of the first record companies to sell LPs that featured the original cast recordings.

Scope and Content

Fourteen LP record albums of cast recordings. Some albums include pamphlets with descriptions of the plays as well as the text from the scripts. Many were created by the Theatre Recording Society and Columbia Records.

Arrangement

Arranged by title.

Related Material

The Special Collections Research Center holds many other theatre collections.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Live sound recordings
  • Theater -- New York (State) -- New York

Container List

Series 1: Live Theatre Recordings
1960s
Scope and Contents note

14 LP record albums of cast recordings.

  • Mixed Materials box: 1-2
    Madea
    1960s
    Scope and Contents note

    Written by: Euripides Directed by: Howard Sackler

  • Mixed Materials box: 1-2
    Cyrano de Bergerac
    1960s
    Scope and Contents note

    Written by: Edmond Rostand

  • Mixed Materials box: 1-2
    The Old Glory Benito Cerano
    1960s
    Scope and Contents note

    Written by: Robert Lowell

  • Mixed Materials box: 1-2
    MARAT/SADE
    1960s
    Scope and Contents note

    Written by: Peter Weiss; Royal Shakespeare Company

  • Mixed Materials box: 1-2
    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
    1960s
    Scope and Contents note

    Written by: Edward Albee; Original Broadway Cast

  • Mixed Materials box: 1-2
    Arthur Miller's After the Fall
    1960s
    Scope and Contents note

    The Reparatory Theater of Lincoln Center; Original Cast Recording

  • Mixed Materials box: 1-2
    The Hostage
    1960s
    Scope and Contents note

    Written by: Brendan Behan; Starring Julie Harris and Geoff Garland

  • Mixed Materials box: 1-2
    MACBIRD
    1960s
    Scope and Contents note

    Written by: Barbara Garson; Original Cast Recording

  • Mixed Materials box: 1-2
    Uncle Vanya
    1960s
    Scope and Contents note

    Written by: Anton Chekhov; Chichester Festival Theatre; The Production by Lawrence Olivier

  • Mixed Materials box: 1-2
    The Balcony
    1960s
    Scope and Contents note

    Written by: Jean Genet

  • Mixed Materials box: 1-2
    Cesar and Cleopatra
    1960s
    Scope and Contents note

    Written by: Bernard Shaw; Directed by Anthony Quayle

  • Mixed Materials box: 1-2
    King Richard III
    1960s
    Scope and Contents note

    Written by: William Shakespeare; Directed by: Howard Sackler

  • Mixed Materials box: 1-2
    The Glass Menagerie
    1960s
    Scope and Contents note

    Written by: Tennessee Williams; Directed by: Howard Sackler

  • Mixed Materials box: 1-2
    Death of a Salesman
    1960s
    Scope and Contents note

    Written by: Arthur Miller; Directed by: Ulu Grosbard; Starring Lee J. Cobb and Mildred Dunnock

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