Item is a publicity portrait of Beniamino Gigli, an Italian operatic singer who sang for many Italian opera companies and debuted for the Metropolitan Opera in 1920. He is shown in profile, with one foot resting upon a chair. Black ink inscription on surface of photograph reads, 'Bgigli Montreal 1925'

Item is a notebook filled with hand written text, including quotations and prose. Cover reads: "Common Place Book / Cookshire Oct 24th 1880 / A.E. Orr / Yours truly Yours truly"

Empty envelopes and paper with random notes to and from A.T. and E. Orr.

Item consists of a program for a production of the John Van Druten play Bell Book and Candle at the Royal Alexandra Theatre the week of December 29th, 1952.

Item consists of a Playbill for a production of the William Inge play Picnic at the Music Box in New York City, which premiered on February 19, 1953.

Item consists of a program for the the Metropolitan Opera's presentation of Mezzo-Soprano Blanche Thebom at the Eaton Auditorium on October 22nd, 1953.

Item consists of a program for a production of Donald Bevan and Edmund Trzcinski play Stalag 17 at the Royal Alexandra Theatre from March 22nd - 27th, 1954.

Item consists of a program for a production of the comic opera Haste to the Wedding A Comedy of Manners and Fashion by Tyrone Guthrie at the Crest Theatre in Toronto from May 4th - 15th, 1954.

Item consists of a program for the Dominion Drama Festival and Theatre conference, hosted in the Palace Theatre, Hamilton.

Item consists of a program for a Grand Operatic Concert by Principals and Chorus of National Opera Company of Canada, held at the Northern Vocational School Auditorium.

Item consists of a program for the production of the Frederick Knott play Dail 'M' for Murder at Royal Alexandra Theatre, from September 27th - October 3rd, 1954.

Item consists of a program for the production of the Thornton Wilder play Our Town by the Norvoc Players at the Northern Vocational School in Toronto. The play was directed by W.S. Milne and took place from October 14th - 16th, 1954.

Item consists of a program for the Verdi opera Il Trovatore (presented in English), held at the Royal Conservatory Concert Hall on Wednesday October 27th, 1954, as a fundraiser for the Ontario Hurricane Relief Fund.

Item consists of a program for the Tornoto Symphony Orchestra POP performance held at Massey Hall on Friday, October 29th, 1954. The conductor was Paul Scherman and the guest artist soprano Irmgard Seefried.

Item consists of a program for a production of the Sidney Kingsley play Darkness at Noon, held October 23rd - October 30th 1954 at the Hart House Theatre at the University of Toronto.

Item consists of a program for a production of the Herman Wouk drama The Cain Mutiny Court-Martial held at the Royal Alexandra Theatre from November 8th - November 15th, 1954.

Item consists of a program for a production of the symbolist Maurice Maeterlinck play Pelleas and Melisande produced by the Proscenium Club at the Canadian Theatre School.

Item consists of a program for a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream by London's Old Vic Company, held December 14th - 16th 1954 at Maple Leaf Gardens.

Item consists of a program for a production of the Christopher Fry play The Light is Dark Enough, held at the Royal Alexandra Theatre from November 29th - December 5th, 1954.

Item consists of a program for the Robert Anderson drama Tea and Sympathy starring Deborah Kerr, at the Royal Alexandra Theatre from January 24th - January 30th, 1955.

Item consists of a program for a performance of coloratura soprano Lily Pons of the Metropolitan Opera, held at Masey Hall on February 17th, 1955.

Item consists of a program for a series of operas held by the Opera Festival Company of Toronto in their 6th Annual Season at the Royal Alexandra Theatre between February 5th and March 12th, 1955. Operas included Die Fledermaus, the Marriage of Figaro, and La Triviata.

Item consists of a program for the production of A Greater Love, a play adapted by W.A. Atkison from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. The play took place at the Hart House Theatre at the University of Toronto from March 11th-12th, 1955.

Item consists of a program for the production of the Donald Jack play Flamacue Serenade by the Proscenium Club from March 15th - March 20th, 1955.

Item consists of a program for a Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto Opera School production of The Telephone (or l'Amour a Trois) at the Hart House Theatre at the University of Toronto, from April 15th - 16th, 1955.

Item consists of a program for a performance by the North Scarborough Choral Society of the Opera The Gondoliers, held at the North Scarborough Community Centre from April 20th - April 23rd, 1955.

Item consists of a program for a performance by the Italian opera singer Beniamino Gigli at Massey Hall on May 2nd and May 5th, 1955.

Item consists of a program for the production of Julius Caesar by the Shakespearean Festival in Stratford, Canada from June 27th - August 27th 1955. This was the third annual festival held in Stratford.

Item consists of a program for the production of the Vera Caspary play Laura at the Garden Centre Theatre the week of July 25th, 1955.

Item consists of a program for the production of the Tennessee Williams play The Glass Menagerie at the Garden Centre Theatre the week of September 5th, 1955.

Item consists of a program for a production of Camino Real at the Hart House Theatre at the University of Toronto from October 22nd - Octobre 29th, 1955.

Item consists of a program for a production of the Anton Chekhov play The Three Sisters at the Crest Theatre on October 23rd, 1955.

Item consists of a program for a production of the Robert Anderson play Tea and Sympathy at the Royal Alexandra Theatre during the week of October 31, 1955.

Item consists of a program for a performance by Metropolitan Opera leading soprano Licia Albanese at Massey Hall on December 1, 1955.

Item consists of a program for a production of the Christopher Marlowe play Tamburlaine the Great at the Royal Alexandra Theatre from January 4th - 14th, 1956. Newspaper reproductions of photographs of the play have been tipped into the program throughout.

Item consists of a program for a Toronto Symphony Orchestra performance held at Massey Hall on Friday January 27th, 1956. Conductor was Sir Ernest MacMillan and Assistant Conductor was Paul Scherman. The guest artist was soprano Renata Tebaldi.

Item consists of a program for the production of the Patricia Joudry play Teach Me How To Cry by the University Alumnae Dramatic Club at the Hart House Theatre at the University of Toronto from March 13th - 14th, 1956.

Item consists of a Playbill program for the production of the Jean Anouilh play The Lark at the Longacre Theatre. The play starred Julie Harris, Christopher Plummer, and Boris Karloff. Newspaper photographs of the production are tipped into the program throughout.

Item consists of a program for the production of the opera Manon Lescaut at the Metropolitan Opera on March 31st, 1956.

Item consists of a program for the production of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta Iolanthe or the Peer and the Peri by the De La Salle Oaklands Light Opera Society at the College Auditorium from April 26th - 28th, 1956.

Item consists of a Playbill program for the production of the Michael V. Gazzo play A Hatful of Rain at the Lyceum Theatre, the week of July 16th, 1956.

Item consists of a program for the production of The Merry Wives of Windsor at the Shakespearean Festival in Stratford, June 18th - August 18th, 1956.

Item consists of a program for the production of Henry V at the Shakespearean Festival in Stratford, June 18th - August 18th, 1956.

Item consists of a program for the production of the opera Madame Butterfly by the Fujiwara Opera Company, held at the Royal Alexandra Theatre September 17th - 19th 1956.

Item consists of 3 programs for the productions of Shakespearean plays by the Old Vic Company at the Royal Alexandra Theatre from September 24th - October 13th, 1956. The series featured a different pay each of the three weeks: Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and Richard the II.

Item consists of a program for a production of the play the Waltz of the Toreadors, held at the Royal Alexandra Theatre the week of December 20th - 27th, 1956.

Item consists of a program for a production of the Enid Bagnold play The Chalk Garden, held at the Royal Alexandra Theatre the week of January 28th, 1956.

Item consists of a program for a production of a performance by Jerry Lewis at the RKO Palace Theatre in New York City.

Item consists of a Playbill program for a production of the Terence Rattigan play Separate Tables at the Music Box Theatre in New York City, the week of February 11, 1957.

Item consists of a Playbill program for a production of the Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett play The Dairy of Anne Frank at the Cort theatre in New York City, the week of February 10, 1957.

Item consists of a Playbill program for a production of the George Bernard Shaw play Major Barbara at the Morosco Theatre in New York the week of February 11, 1957.

Item consists of a Playbill program for a production of the Eugene O'Neill play Long Day's Journey Into Night at the Helen Hayes Theatre in New York the week of February 11, 1957.

Item consists of a program for the production of Miss Betsey Trotwood a play adapted by W.A. Atkison from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. The play took place at the Hart House Theatre at the University of Toronto March 22nd and 23rd, 1957

Item consists of a program for the production of the George Bernard Shaw play The Apple Cart at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto from April 1st - 13th, 1957.

Item consists of a program for the production of the Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee play Inherit the Wind at the National Theatre in New York the week of May 12th, 1957.

Item consists of a program for the production of the Tennessee WIlliams play Orpheus Descending at the Martin Beck Theatre in New York the week of May 13th, 1957.

Item consists of a program for a production of a dramatization of Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie, directed by John Holden, at the Crest Theatre beginning October 1st, 1957.

Item consists of a program for a production of the play Look Back in Anger, directed by Tony Richardson, at the Lyceum Theatre in New York, the week of October14th, 1957.

Item consists of a program for a production of the play the Cave Dwellers, directed by Carmen Capalbo at the Bijou Theatre in New York, the week of October21st, 1957.

Item consists of a program for a production of the play Long Day's Journey into Night, directed by Jose Quintero, at the Helen Hayes Theatre in New York, the week of October21st, 1957.

Item consists of a program for a production of the play Compulsion ad the Ambassador Theatre in Theatre in New York, on the opening night, October 24th, 1957.

Item consists of a program for a production of the opera Der Feldermaus at the Royal Alexandra Theatre.

Item consists of a program for a production of the play The Reluctant Debutante at the Avenue Theatre in Toronto, beginning November 11th, 1957.

Item consists of a program for a production of the play Middle of the Night, starring Edward G. Robinson, at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto, the week of November 11th, 1957.

Item consists of a program for a performance by French soprano singer Mdoin Toronto, at the Eaton Auditorium on November 21st, 1957.

Item consists of a program for a performance of the 2 one-act plays Separate Tables at the Royal Alexandra Theatre during the week of November 25th, 1957.

Item consists of a program for a performance of the play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams at the Royal Alexandra theatre, December 26th-January 4th, 1958.

Item consists of a program for a production of the Noël Coward play Blithe Spirit as part of the Shaw Festival season of 1979.

Item consists of a program for a production of the George Bernard Shaw play You Never Can Tell as part of the Shaw Festival season of 1979.

Item consists of a program for a production of William Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost as part of the Stratford Festival's 1979 season.