Seven Nights-Three Matinees: Seventy Years of Dramatic Stock [Companies] in Portland, Oregon 1863-1933 ~Theater History ~ PNW ~ Cecil Matson

Title: Seven Nights - Three Matinees: Seventy Years of Dramatic Stock in Portland, Oregon 1863-1933
Author: Cecil Matson

Description: Inscribed by the author on the rear cover. No date (circa 1980). Minor toning to spine and outer margins of the rear cover. One spot of soiling and a spot of tape residue on rear cover. Interior is clean. B/w photos. Index. 112 pp.

This book presents a nostalgic look at Portland's "golden age of the theatre," when dramatic stock companies took "center stage" in the city's entertainment medium. Portland stock companies furnished an important training ground for numerous young actors who later became famous in professional theatre, among them Maude Adams, Verna Felton, and Mayo Methot. Stock companies were troupes of actors who would perform at particular theatres and who drew from their repertory to put on different plays nightly.

Contents:

Portland's Pioneer Stock Companies
Portland's Towing Stock Companies
Dramatic Stock in the New Century
Stock Companies at the Lyric
Stock Companies at the Star
The Allen Company at the Lyric
Personnel of an Average Stock Company
Baker Stock Company in the Bungalow Theatre
Izetta Jewel Story 1910-1978
The New Baker Theatre - 11th and Morrison Streets
Marquam Grand - Final Home of the Baker Stock Company
The Henry Duffy Players
The Dufwin Theatre Company
The New Dufwin Players
Stock Companies in the Studio Theatre
Final Curtain Call - 1933
Three Portland Tycoons [Calvin Heilig, John Cordray, George L. Baker]


Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good
Publisher: [published by author]
Place: No place indicated
Year: ca. 1980
Size: 10" x 7.25"

Keywords: local history, theatre, theater, Northwest, PNW, Pacific Northwest,