Octagon Club collection
Scope and content
Recordings of "Joan of Arkansas," 1951 and "Speak of the Devil," 1952. Also the program and sheet music for the show Time Out, music by John Hastings, directed by Eleanor Segal. This was the first show of the Octagon Club from 1945. Also sheet music for Shoot if You Must, 1949, and Maid to Order, 1947. Collection also contains 3 photographs from productions. Also, a casting call flyer and promotional poster for the 1973 performance of "The Round Heads and Pointed Heads," as well the script, stage directions, and clippings associated with the performance. The Bertolt Brecht play was translated by Leonard Lehrman and Gesa Valk, adapted by Lehrman and Bill Castleman.
Dates
- 1951-1952.
Creator
- Cornell University. Octagon Club (Organization)
Language of Material
In English.
Biographical / Historical
The Octagon Club was a theater group founded in 1945 to produce original musicals.
Extent
1 folders. (1 folders.)
1 mapcase folders. (1 mapcase folders.)
2 phonographic records. (2 phonographic records.)
1 CDs. (1 CDs)
Reproduction Note
Type of reproduction--CD copy available.
- Cornell University -- : Students.
- Musicals -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu