Description
Description
Consists of the records of Princeton’s Theatre Intime, from its beginning in 1919 to the present, including typescripts, production books, photographs, business records, playbills, posters, masks, costume and set designs, and miscellaneous material. The collection also contains a bound manuscript and recordings of interviews conducted for I ALSO SWEPT THE FLOOR (1974), a history of Theatre Intime written by John Kendall as his senior thesis.
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History
Theatre Intime was founded in 1919 by a small group of Princeton undergraduates interested in writing and producing original plays. Quickly growing in popularity, in the fall of 1921 it obtained the use of Murray Theater, which had theretofore served as a chapel, on the Princeton campus. Murray has been Intime's home ever since.
Throughout its history, Theatre Intime has remained a student-run organization. With a few notable exceptions, Intime has maintained itself without financial support from the university. Intime produces all manner of performances--dramas, tragedies, comedies, and musicals, as well as monologues, magic shows, and folk sings. Historically, its members have shown an interest in lesser-known or less-often performed works, as well as in student-written plays. Over the years, several plays have enjoyed their American or world premiers with Intime: in the spring of 1921, John Milton's Samson Agonistes was the first such debut. It was followed by such plays as Tolstoy's Tsar Fyodor Ivanovitch (1929), Jules Romains' Give the Earth a Little Longer (Spring 1942), Jean Cocteau's The Typewriter (Fall 1949), John O'Hara's Searching Sun (Spring 1952), and W.H. Auden's Age of Anxiety (Spring 1960).
For its first fifty years, the group experienced alternating periods of creativity and growth and times when membership and interest in the group sagged. The period before World War II saw the company's focus shift from encouraging student playwriting to acting and directing professional plays. This new focus was most visible in the years 1929-1933, when James Stewart, Joshua Logan, Myron McCormick, Norris Houghton, Bretaigne Windust, and others were student members. Originally set up as almost a private club for its members, whose audiences were admitted by invitation only, Intime quickly grew to become a more open stage company. Intime's relationship with the Triangle Club was especially reciprocal in this era.
During World War II, Intime's activities were suspended. After the war, club veterans returned to reorganize the group. During the years 1947-1954, the group began experimenting with new playwrights and artists: works by Sartre, Cocteau, and Giradoux appeared during these years, soon to be followed by Albee, Ionesco, Pirandello, Beckett, Camus, and Brecht. The years from 1955 to 1966 proved difficult for Intime, as student apathy discouraged and often foiled the troupe's efforts.
The greatest turning point in Intime's history occurred during the 1970s. Student enthusiasm about theatre in general increased markedly in these years, reflecting cultural changes of the times, and the beginning of coeducation provided a great deal of new talent. Membership rules were loosened, and an atmosphere of creativity and openness inspired not only experimental and avant-garde performances, but also an expanded season of up to ten plays, compared to the four-or-five-play seasons of the 1950's. Since this time, Intime has enjoyed consistent popularity and organizational good health.
Throughout Intime's history, its members often sought to run summer seasons. The early 1930's, late 1940's, 1950's, and the period since 1968 all saw successful summer efforts. Theatre Intime's members were often involved in summer theatre projects. This collection contains materials for summer seasons from 1928-1931 and 1968 onward. However, Intime members also succeeded in staging shows during the summers 1928 to 1931 (with students from Harvard and other universities in Falmouth, Massachusetts), 1948 to 1950, and 1953 to 1960, under the name University Players, in the summer of 1962 as the Princeton Players, and in the 1970s as Summer Intime.
For a more detailed account of Theatre Intime's development over the years, please see John P. Kendall '74's English Department senior thesis, I Also Swept the Floor: Theatre Intime from 1920 to 1974.
1919-1920Le Ballet IntimeGhostsMacbethHamletPippa PassesThe Glittering GateFame and the PoetSwineA Game of ChessSamson and DelilahInterludeThe Isle of Paradise1920-1921EurekaConigsby's ConscienceThe Glittering GateNell of Gray GulchThe Queen's EnemiesThe Girl Who Was DifferentDr. Smiley Dines OutBombarded by MoleculesThe Lost Silk HatThe Young Master's ArrivalThe MousetrapA Game of ChessDark Lady of the SonnetsIf Shakespeare Were Alive TodayCaroline's ChristmasWill o' the WispSpilled MilkSwan SongThe ShockThe Mystic and the MouseXV IdylIn His ImageMacbethAria de CapoIonnieThe Younger GenerationA Working ModelLiluliThe Little WreckRepressed EmotionsThe Great IdeaBehind the BeyondThe Eternal SerpentineThe Other CaliphBones and the ManThe PhotographerPolitics1921-1922AtlasHer FaceThe Life MachineLulu BattVognerThe Thirteenth FloorShades of HamletDuBarryThe OrchidPoetic JusticeThe Superman Crashes ThroughA Night at the InnWhile the Carriage WaitsThe D.T.'sSamson AgonistesIt's a Wise Child (Euripides Notwithstanding)Will O' the WispMy Unknown FriendAfter AllPatelin PaysThe Other FootThe Better ManPourquoi Chantent-Ils?Oedipus RexHidden TreasurePutting It AcrossMan of DestinyThe Shadow in the Dark1922-1923The Royal BreedThe Genesis of TimonThe Cold CountryHemlocke OakeHeresyThe Monkey's PawThe Bourgeois BohemianThe Pearl and the PistolLe French FarceBound East for CardiffThe SuicidesThe PhotographerA College EducationFlashes of Steel1923-1924The ClodThe Pot BoilerA Night at the InnGeneralissimoThe Judgement of PallasGafferThe Shadow in the DarkThe Better ManA Game of ChessThe Better AngelRetainers of the MoonOdd ProposalsThe Way AcrossFelipeSpume of the Sea1924-1925The Hero of Santa MariaNocturneThe Silent ProtectorMagicHow He Lied to Her HusbandSimon's HourBursting the BarriersFratricide PunishedRomio and JuliettaWhile the Carriage WaitsAmong the SandsSt. Patrick's Day or The Scheming LieutenantNassau Street Follies1925-1926Where the Cross Is MadeWurzelThe ProposalTwo Crooks and a LadyA Good WomanAugustus Does His BitCandidaThe Dover Road1926-1927Doctor FaustusShoreThe Lady in the ChairMake BelieveConfessionalSaint JoanOutward BoundHamlet1927-1928Caesar and CleopatraOpen CollarsThe Wild DuckThe Truth About BlaydsThe Devil's DiscipleSummer 1928The Dover RoadBeyond the HorizonThe TorchbearersThe JestIn the Next RoomThe New WayIs Zat SoThe Thirteenth Chair1928-1929Much Ado About NothingCrocodiles Are HappyTsar Fyodor IvanovitchThe TorchbearersThe Old TimerSummer 1929The Devil in the CheeseThe Donovan AffairThe Last of Mrs. CheyneyOutward BoundThe Last WarningMerton of the MoviesCrimeThe Bad ManThe CzarinaThe Constant Nymph1929-1930The BarkerTime Is a DreamAndrocles and the LionThe IntruderOthelloThe Right SortSummer 1930Murray HillThe Wooden KimonoThe Watched PotThunder on the LeftThe Makropoulos SecretThe Masque of VeniceThe FirebrandHell Bent for HeavenThe MarquiseA Kiss for Cinderella1930-1931The PigeonThe Lady and the SlaveOur Last RunThree Artists and a LadyMan and the MassesThe Play's the ThingSummer 1931Paris BoundInterferenceMr. Pim Passes ByCoquetteHer Cardboard LoverThe Trial of Mary DuganThe GuardsmanJuno and the PaycockThe Silent HouseThe Italian Straw Hat1931-1932Dr. KnockNever Mind the ScotchTribunalThe Hairy ApeThe Phoenix NestNerissa1932-1933Under the UndercurrentEntertaining Ginny SutherlandThe Thing a Man LovesJoeTime of Their LivesOutside Looking InFroth and Foam1933-1934Bird in HandTarneedThe Young and the MiserableTwitch Twaddle1934-1935Three Cornered MoonThe LawyerThe Pope's EndHoliday1935-1936Spread EagleChildren of DarknessPastoraleBitter TulipsJobTalk of the TownPeer Gynt1936-1937The Importance of Being EarnestAwhile to WorkThe Great God BrownThe FatherThe Tempest1937-1938Time of Their LivesVolponeThe Undiscovered CountryFalstaffThe Beaux Stratagem1938-1939HamletThe Play's The ThingWe RileysMan of DestinyBury the DeadThe School for Scandal1939-1940The Front PageMacbethThere Was A Young ManRomeo and JulietRaise You Five1940-1941Our BoysTroilus and CressidaTime of Their LivesThe LawyerRaise You Six1941-1942Jim DandyThree White LeopardsThe Importance of Being EarnestGabbathaGive the Earth a Little LongerCome What April1945-1946Break the Ice!1946-1947Blithe SpiritThe CriticThe Scheming LieutenantTwilight BarMake Mine Sherry1947-1948High TorThe Imaginary InvalidRichard IIOne on the HouseSummer 1948No ExitHow He Lied to Her HusbandThe Beautiful PeopleYes Is for a Very Young Man1948-1949Yes Is for a Very Young ManThe CenciA Christmas CarolHeartbreak HouseThe Glass RoadblockHighway InterludeRenegadesBoy Meets GirlSummer 1949The VegetableCathleen Ni HoulihanPurgatoryThe End of the BeginningThe Streets of New YorkThe Spring Tree YokeSophocles' Oedipus RexEngagedThe Respectful ProstituteMaster Pierre PatelinArms and the ManMeasure for Measure1949-1950The School for ScandalThe TypewriterKing LearThe CrisisThe Gas ChamberThe Spring Tree YokeCaptain Brassbound's ConversionSummer 1950CoriolanusAn Inspector CallsToo Many ThumbsThe Family ReunionMajor BarbaraAnna ChristieShe Stoops to Conquer1950-1951The Importance of Being EarnestThe Petrified ForestHenry IVVolponeChildren of the WorldUp Running RiverThe Assassins1951-1952The Trojan War Will Not Take PlacePast ReasonThe CarnivalA Modern RomanceThe Searching SunAdam's Sons1952-1953AntigoneOthelloThe White RoosterGordiumCraylor SabbathWoman at the InnThe Drunkard/anonymousSummer 1953The Rose TattooThe Devil's DiscipleThe Infernal MachineHello Out ThereThe Apollo of BellacRed PeppersAn Italian Straw HatThe Tempest1953-1954Arms and the ManHenry IV, Part IThe Captain and the KingThe God WithinReflexionsOne Too ManyTartuffeSummer 1954Camino RealRight You ArePenny for a SongTheatre of the SoulQueens of FranceVillage WooingGhostsShe Loves Me NotAlice in WonderlandGeral Loves Sandra Loves PaxonTwelfth Night1954-55Murder in the CathedralThe VictorsThe Knight of the Burning PestleShark ReflectionsLa Joconde (Smiling Lady)At the GatesLove for Love1955-1956LiliomClash by NightNo Man Is an IslandThe Hearing or Trial by CommitteeThe TravelersThe Braggart WarriorSummer 1956Saint JoanCharley's AuntBlood WeddingThe Grass HarpThe FatherRing Round the MoonThe Happy Journey to Trenton and CamdenBedtime StoryAs You Like It1956-1957AlcestisAndrocles and the LionMeasure for MeasureBound East for CardiffReflexionsThe Second PrayerThe Golden Comedy of BelshazzarWhite LiesThe Caine MutinySummer 1957A Streetcar Named DesireSkin of Our TeethHeartbreak HouseThe EnchantedThe Love of Don Perlimplin for Belisa in the GardenThe WeddingThieves' CarnivalShadow of a GunmanLove's Labour LostLord Byron's Love Letter1957-1958Hello Out ThereSweeney AgonistesThe RainmakerThe AlchemistThe Glass MenagerieMother Loves Me: A Freudian FableRobertNovember AfternoonHis Brother's CompanySummer 1958A View from the BridgeThe Match MakerLegends of LoversThe Burnt Flower BedLight Up the SkyAuto-Da-FeThe Case of the Crushed PetuniasThe Unsatisfactory SupperMisalliancePurple DustThe Two Gentlemen of Verona1958-1959A Masque of ReasonWorld Without EndBeyond the HorizonThe Revenger's TragedyOndineMr. FirstThe King's BirthdayThe Second EclipseSummer 1959Playboy of the Western WorldThe Play's the ThingWaiting for GodotThe PhilandererRomeo and JulietThe Boyfriend1959-1960The Movie ManHands Across the SeaAll My SonsEscurialAge of AnxietyThe Nose on Your FaceGood FridayWormwood and SodaSummer 1960Epitaph for George DillionThe UnderpantsThe ProdigalMajor BarbaraAn Enemy of the PeopleTwo Gentlemen of SongThe LessonQueens of FranceSix Characters in Search of an AuthorKiss Me Kate1960-1961PurgatoryProfessor TaranneRecollectionsThe Jew of MaltaWoyzeckTwenty-Seven Wagons Full of CottonThe PurificationLa RondeLullabyWith Malice Towards SomeSuch an Ostrich1961-1962The FishermanPassion, Poison, and PetrificationCharley's AuntHenry IVLook Back in AngerCalvaryA Night of the Trojan WarSummer 1962The EntertainerPots of MoneyTonight We ImproviseArms and the ManThe WidowArticle 330Uncle VanyaThe Exception and the RuleThe Beggar's Opera1962-1963Hello Out ThereBedtime StoryA Streetcar Named DesireThe Devil's Disciple1963-1964The PotboilerThe Skin of Our TeethKindThe Zoo StoryThe American DreamBilly Budd1964-1965Inherit the WindPassion, Poison, and PetrificationMister RobertsEscurialThe DumbwaiterA Man's a Man1965-1966The White DevilSophocles' King OedipusThe Bespoke OvercoatYou Can't Take It With YouThe Romanticks1966-1967The Gas HeartThe Private Life of the Master RaceSalomeLittle Mary SunshineThe CaretakerThe Taming of the ShrewThose That I FightThe Body of an AmericanThe Cat and the CanaryCat on a Hot Tin RoofThurber Carnival1967-1968A Thurber CarnivalUnder MilkwoodThe BalconyMan and DaemonIncident at VichyThe MisanthropeThe DumbwaiterHamletLuvOnce Upon a MattressMiracleSummer 1968Night of the IguanaAmphitryonThe TrialArms and the Man1968-1969The DumbwaiterThe LessonThe CloudsThe KillerThe World of Carl SandburgLong Day's Journey Into NightSlow Dance on the Killing GroundThe AlchemistAn Irish FaustusMoby Dick RehearsedThe Madness of Lady BrightSummer 1969Little FoxesA Shot in the DarkAnne of a Thousand DaysHeartbreak HouseThe Knave of Hearts1969-1970The Red Eye of LoveA Man for All SeasonsThe Happy TimeMaratStrike TheatreSummer 1970The Eccentricities of a NightingaleThe Playboy of the Western WorldThe HomecomingMisallianceWinnie the Pooh1970-1971Zoo StorySwan SongThe Threepenny OperaThe PhysicistsEndgameBeyond the FringeHenry IV, Part 1Summer 1971The RainmakerTwelfth NightJoe EggUncle VanyaAndrocles and the Lion1971-1972Beyond the FringeDraculaRosencrantz and Guildenstern are DeadFrogs!PhaedraThe Two ExecutionersThe HostageWoyzeckThe PhilandererSummer 1972Billy LiarHappy BirthdayA Flea in Her EarWhat the Butler SawAdventures in Prooland1972-1973The Hundred and FirstAs You Like ItElectraTen Little IndiansSquantoHay FeverSummer 1973The PhilanthropistThe Birthday PartyThe Beaux' StratagemTangoGeorge Washington Crossing the DelawareThe Knave of Hearts1973-1974The LoverAdaptationNextPallsThe Successful Life of 3Measure for MeasureSlow Dance on the Killing GroundThe American DreamThe SandboxCitizen Kong'Tis Pity She's a WhoreSummer 1974Arms and the ManLuvBaby Want a KissLion in Winter1974-1975The TypistsThe Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon MarigoldsThe Real Inspector HoundAfter MagritteLoversUbu the CuckoldThe Puppet ShowThe Caucasian Chalk CircleThe Glass MenagerieSummer 1975Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So SadCharley's AuntVoice of the TurtleGolden GooseUnhealthy to Be Unpleasant (U.T.B.U.)1975-1976The Golden FleeceThe Public EyeThe Private EarAll's Well that Ends WellLysistrataWe're on the One RoadThe Marriage of Bette and BooSummer 1976Fallen AngelsThe Imaginary InvalidTwo for the SeesawPicnic1976-1977How He Lied to Her HusbandOld TimesThe TempestDon JuanA Sea FantasyTonight at 8:30The ViseBirdbathRing Round the MoonEndgameSummer 1977Cox and BoxCandidaThe Creation of the World and Other BusinessAlice Through the Looking-Glass110 in the ShadeMoonchildren1977-1978Anyone Can WhistleWhen You Comin' Back, Red Rider?House of Blue LeavesAn Evening of Anton Chekhov and Tennessee Williams (One Acts)LootSummer 1978TartuffeHolidayMatch PlayThe Mousetrap1978-1979Romeo and JulietThe Typists27 Wagons Full of CottonPatienceAeneas in FlamesThe Children's HourTroilus and CressidaSummer 1979The Last of the Red Hot LoversTowards ZeroThe MatchmakerAfter the Fall1979-1980Welcome to AndromedaHome FreeThe Birthday PartyThe Norman ConquestsHedda GablerA Day in the Death of Joe EggAntigoneHave Trouble, Will CallSummer 1980The Devil's DiscipleThe SorcererThe Mound BuildersNight Watch1980-1981No ExitThe LessonThe Importance of Being EarnestThe Fifth ColumnHarveyMan Is ManThe ImpressarioLoversZoo StoryHow We Got to Be So Great1981-1982The Lovliest Afternoon of the YearThe DumbwaiterCamino RealThe MisanthropeGodspellBlack ComedyLysistrataStage DirectionsAria da CapoScenes from American LifeSummer 1982ScapinoThe Belle of AmherstHappy EndThe Freedom of the City1982-1983Jack, or The SubmissionAn Evening of ChekhovAs You Like ItThey Are Dying OutAdaptationPlants and WaitersBrussels!The Rimers of EldritchBorn YesterdayA Soldier's TaleThe Odd CoupleSummer 1983Bus StopTalking WithMarch of the FalsettosThe Betrayal1983-1984The American DreamMiss JulieSilenceThe House of Blue LeavesCurculio the WeevilPippinThe Cocktail PartyNutsDead Give-AwaySummer 1984Sly FoxAngels FallSay Goodnight, GracieSide by Side by Sondheim1984-1985Lone StarA Nite OutPerformingThe DivinersThe Lion in WinterRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are DeadWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Sexual Perversity in ChicagoSuddenly Last SummerJulius CaesarSummer 1985Beyond TherapyThe Skin of Our TeethA Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around TalkingStarting Here, Starting Now1985-1986Home FreeThe MaidsShivareeBlue WindowTwelfth NightThe VampyreAgnes of GodSagittariusOf Mice and Men1986-1987CondemnedThe DutchmanSound of a VoiceDeathtrapHappy Birthday, Wanda JuneThe Real ThingCrimes of the HeartExtremitiesSummer 1987Noises OffDon JuanArms and the ManA Midsummer Night's Dream1987-1988Private ScenesPlayCome & GoWhat WhereEquusThe PromiseThe Prisoner of Second AvenueThe SerpentAunt Dan and LemonAmerica, Five A.M.She Was Asking for ItThe Redemption of Steven AllbrightThe Mousetrap1988-1989Brilliant TracesSister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for YouBenefactorsIn the Jungle of the CitiesHairBlood RelationsOld TimesImperfect AffairsDeckbuildingAntigoneThe Day Room1989-1990LuvNo ExitUncommon WomenA Lesson from AloesBurn ThisOrphansFool for LoveDivorsosaurusA Roommate's StoryDusa, Fish, Stas, and Vi1990-1991White StonesLaundry and BourbonLone StarTalk RadioHurlyburlyRhinocerosAmadeusWaiting for GodotBiloxi Blues1991-1992Here Lies Jeremy TroyDrinking in AmericaThe ForeignerDeathtrapAs You Like ItThe Gospel of LukeBodyhypeThe RehearsalFind MeCyrano de BergeracThe Cherry OrchardHelter ShelterCainBodyhypeThe Foreigner1992-1993Little Footsteps“Master Harold”...and the BoysThe Importance of Being EarnestThe House of Blue LeavesBodyhypeNoises OffAnother AntigoneSuddenly, Last SummerBodyhypeSolitary Confinement“Master Harold”...and the Boys1993-1994Vampire Lesbians of SodomThe Shadow BoxWhat the Butler SawQuipfire!Hamlet (an improvised version)BodyhypeFrankie and Johnny in the Clair de LuneBuried ChildThe TempestSteel MagnoliasQuipfire!BodyhypeIn a SenseNighthawks at the DinerThe Doppler EffectGreater Tuna1994-1995Quipfire!Lips Together, Teeth ApartSexual Perversity in ChicagoThe Duck VariationsAcross the JordanLes Liasons DangereusesBodyhypeThe Marriage of Bette and BooGrotesque LovesongsB.A.C. at Ya!Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are DeadOur Country's GoodDime Store ZenThe MaidsQuipfire!BodyhypeWinfrey and the Four Dimensional VegetariansDavid and JulieLast Train to Alpha CentauriRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are DeadQuipfire!1995-1996Quipfire!Six Degrees of SeparationGatsbyBurn ThisThe BacchaeDime Store ZenBentDaughters of SurvivalTrue WestQuipfire! BodyhypeWastedEven NightengalesEugenicaSix Degrees of SeparationQuipfire!
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