This collection consists of programs from theatre, opera, and symphony performances that the collector attended from 1952-2020. Most programs have the ticket stub tipped in, and some include newspaper reviews and clippings for the performances.
Item consists of a program for the production of Oedipus Rex by the Shakespearean Festival in Stratford, Canada from June 28th to August 21st. This was the second annual festival held in Stratford.
Item consists of a program for the production of The Taming of the Shrew by the Shakespearean Festival in Stratford, Canada from June 28th - August 21st 1954. This was the second annual festival held in Stratford.
Item consists of a program for the production of the Rogers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, which opened on Monday, August 16th, 1954.
Item consists of a program for the production of the George and Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward musical Porgy and Bess, at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, which opened on Tuesday, August 31st, 1954.
Item consists of a program for the production of the George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart comedy The Man Who Came to Dinner at the Crest Theatre, from September 28th - October 9th, 1954.
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 Samuel and Bella Spewack comedy My 3 Angels at Royal Alexandra Theatre, from October 4th - October 10th, 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 Joseph Fields, Anita Loos, Leo Robin, and Jule Styne musical Gentlement Prefer Blondes at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, which took place from October 18th - October 24th, 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 a production of the Walter Schumann and Robert Wells musical Three For Tonight, held at Massey Hall on Thursday, January 27th, 1955.
Item consists of a program for a Toronto Symphony Orchestra Pop performance, held at Massey Hall on Friday, January 28th. The conductor was Sir Ernest MacMillan and Assistant Conductor was Paul Scherman.
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 Toronto Symphony Orchestra Pop performance, held at Massey Hall on Friday, February 11th. The conductor was Sir Ernest MacMillan and Assistant Conductor was Paul Scherman, featuring guest baritone Theodor Uppman.
Item consists of a program for a production of the George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart comedy You Can't Take it With You, produced by the Drama Club of the Weston Collegiate and Vocational School at their Annual Drama Night from February 10th - 12th, 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 a Toronto Symphony Orchestra Pop performance, held at Massey Hall on Friday, April 8th, 1955. The conductor was Sir Ernest MacMillan and Assistant Conductor was Paul Scherman, featuring guest soprano Dorothy Maynor.
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 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 Tennessee Williams play The Glass Menagerie at the Garden Centre Theatre the week of September 5th, 1955.
Item consists of a program for a Dance Theatre-Berlin performance held at the Eaton Auditorium on October 6th, 1955. The Director and Choreographer was Tatjana Gsovsky.
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 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 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 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 program for the production of the André Roussin comedy The Little Hut at the Centre Island Playhouse from June 15th - June 30th, 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 George Abbott, Richard Bissell, Richard Adler, and Jerry Ross musical The Pajama Game at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, August 27th - September 8th, 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 the performance of Flamenco performer Carmen Amaya at the Eaton Auditorium on Friday October 5th, 1956. Amaya was accompanied by guitarist Sabicas, pianist Alfredo Speranza, and dancers Pepita Ortega and Goya Reyes.
Item consists of a program for the production of the Julian Slade and Dorothy Reynolds musical Salad Days at the Royal Alexandra Theatre the week of October 22nd, 1956.
Item consists of a program for a performance by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra at Massey Hall on October 23rd and 24th, 1956. The conductor was Walter Susskind and the assistant conductor, Pau Scherman. The Guest artist was Glenn Gould.
Item consists of a program for a performance by Joyce Grenfell, with George Bauer accompanying, at the Eaton Auditorium on November 8th and November 13th, 1956.
Item consists of a program for a production of the Sandy Wilson musical The Boy Friend, held at the Royal Alexandra Theatre the week of December 10th, 1956.
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 Playbill program for a production of the George Abbott, Douglass Wallop, Richard Adler, and Jerry Ross musical Damn Yankees at the Forty-Sixth Street Theatre in New York City, the week of February 11, 1957.
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 a production of the Norman Panama, Melvin Frank, Gene De Paul, and Johnny Mercer musical Li'l Abner at the St. James Theatre in New York City, the week of February 11, 1957.
Item consists of a Playbill program for a production of the Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse, Matt Dubey, and Harold Karr musical Happy Hunting at the Majestic 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 George Abbott, Douglass Wallop, Richard Adler, and Jerry Ross play Damn Yankees at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto from May 6th to 19th, 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 Georges Faydeau and Maurice Desvallieres comic play Hotel Paradiso at Henry Miller's Theatre in New York the week of May 13th, 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 the musical My Fur Lady, directed and choreographed by Brian and Olivia MacDonald, at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in 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 musical West Side story, directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins, at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York, the week of October 14th, 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 comedy Visit to a Small Planet, by Gore Vidal, directed by Mr. Ritchard at the Booth Theatre in New York, the week of October21st, 1957.
Item consists of a program for a production of the musical New Girl in Town at the Forty-Sixth Street 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 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 English-Canadian singer and comedian Anna Russell, presented by the Concert Associations of Canada. The date "Nov? 57" is inscribed in the program.
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.
