This series includes correspondence, memoranda, promotional material, and production files. The documents cover not only dramatic performances, but film, dance, and music as well.
This series is arranged chronologically by season.
General, 1928-1929
Electrical Blueprint, 1930
General, 1930 July-1937 June
Production Files, 1937-1938
Correspondence, 1937-1938
General, 1937 July-1938 June
Skylark, 1939 August-September
Hamlet, 1939 August-September
Margin for Error, 1939 October
Kindred, 1939 November-December
The Male Animal, 1939 December
On Borrowed Time, 1940 February
Worth A Million, 1940 February-March
Heavenly Express, 1940 March
No Time For Comedy, 1940 March
Ruth Draper, 1940 April
To What Red Hell, 1940 May
The Gondoliers, 1940 May
The Emperor Jones, 1940 August
Kiss The Boys Goodbye, 1940 August
Here Today, 1940 August
Correspondence, 1940 May-August
Biography, 1940 July
The Bat, 1940 July
Green Grow The Lilacs, 1940 July
By Any Other Name, 1940 July
The School For Scandal, 1940 August
The Little Foxes, 1940 September
Suzanna and the Elders, 1940 October
Pygmalion, 1940 October
Glamour Preferred, 1940 November
Off The Record, 1940 November
Flight to the West, 1940 December
The Tally Method, 1940 December
Claudia, 1941 February
Time Of Your Life, 1941 February
Night Before Christmas, 1941 March
Correspondence, 1941-1942
Other Events, 1942
Gordon, Max, Contract, 1941 October
Play With Fire, 1942 November
Arsenic and Old Lace, 1941 November
Ballet Theatre, 1942 January
Without Love, 1942 March
Season 1942-1943, 1942-1944
Other Events, 1942-1943
Guest In The House, 1942 October
Her First Murder, 1942 October
The Merry Widow, 1942 November
Correspondence, 1942-1944
Correspondence, 1944-1945
Other Events, 1944-1945
Program, Lower North, 1944 August
Deep Are The Roots, 1945 September
The Next Half Hour, 1945 October
Dunnigan's Daughter, 1945 October
Brighten The Corner, 1945 November
The Apple of His Eye, 1946 January
He Who Gets Slapped, 1946 February
Woman Bites Dog, 1946 March
Correspondence, 1945-1946
Other Events, 1945-1946
Henry VIII, 1946 September
Loco, 1946 October
Duchess of Malfi, 1946 October
Blithe Spirit, 1946 October
Miss Julie, 1947 February
Bathsheba, 1947 March
Hamlet, 1947 April
Dream Girl, 1947 June
Other Events, 1946-1947
Correspondence, 1946-1947
Springtime for Henry, 1947 July
State Of The Union, 1947 July-August
The Front Page, 1947 August
Horace, 1947 August
The Glass Menagerie, 1947 August
Counsellor-At-Law, 1947 September
Command Decision, 1947 September
Medea, 1947 October
Eastward In Eden, 1947 October
Tonight At 8:30, 1947 November
There Goes The Bride, 1948 March
Other Events, 1947-1948
Princeton Drama Festival, 1948-1949
General, 1952-1953
Financial Report, 1952-1953
Other Events, 1952-1953
Study, 1952-1953
General, 1953-1954
Season 1955-1956, 1955-1956
Correspondence, 1955-1956
A Room Full of Roses, 1955 September
Deadfall, 1955 October
The Seven Year Itch, 1955 October
The Innkeepers, 1956 January
Debut, 1956 February
Little Glass Clock, 1956 February
Characters and Chicanery, 1956 June
Other Events, 1955-1956
General, 1958-1959
Bookings, 1958-1959
Correspondence, 1958-1959
Other Events, 1958-1959
Program, Miss Lonelyhearts, 1958
Survey, Milton Lyon, 1958
General, 1959-1960
Correspondence, 1959-1960
Media, 1959-1960
Other Events, 1959-1960
Season 1960-1961, 1958-1961
General, 1960-1961
Bookings and Programs, 1960-1961
Correspondence, 1960-1961
Concerts, 1960-1961
Other Events, 1960-1961
Renovation and Upkeep, 1958-1961
Scale of Prices, 1960-1961
Seating Charts, undated
Right You Are, 1960 October
Tavern, 1960 October
The Sea Gull, 1960 October
An Evening of Farce, 1960 November
King Lear, 1961 February-March
Hamlet, 1961 March
Twelfth Night, 1961 February-March
As You Like It, 1961 March
General, 1961-1962
Clippings, 1961-1962
Concerts, 1961-1962
Correspondence, General, 1961-1962
Education, 1961-1962
Film Series, 1961-1962
Guild, 1961-1962
Memorandum, A University Center for the Performing Arts, The McCarter Theatre Experiment, 1961-1962
Photographs, 1961-1962
Special Attractions, 1961-1962
St. Joan, 1961 October
Androcles of the Lion, 1961 October
Our Town, 1961 November
Macbeth, 1962 February-March
The Duchess of Malfi, 1962 March
The Merchant of Venice, 1962 March
The Alchemist, 1962 March
Season 1962-1963, 1962-1963
General, 1962-1963
Correspondence, 1962-1963
Concerts, 1962-1963
Education, 1962-1963
Guild, 1962-1963
Press Releases, 1962-1963
Special Attractions, 1962-1963
Schedules, 1962-1963
Tax and Insurance Data, 1962-1963
Clippings, 1962-1963
Under Milkwood, 1962 October
Caligula, 1962 November
The Comedy of Errors, 1962 November
Desire Under The Elms, 1962 November
Fantasticks, 1963 February
Julius Caesar, 1963 February-March
Galileo, 1963 March
Fuente Ovejuna, 1963 March
Gypsy, 1963 May
General, 1963-1964
Ballet, 1963-1964
Children's Theatre, 1963-1964
Company and Staff, 1963-1964
Concerts, 1963-1964
Correspondence, 1963-1964
Film Series, 1963-1964
Guild, 1963-1964
McCarter Theatre Day, 1963 October
Photographs, 1963-1964
Reviews and Clippings, 1963-1964
Schedules, 1963-1964
Hedda Gabler, 1963 October
Othello, 1964 February-April
Richard III, 1964 March-April
Much Ado About Nothing, 1964 April
Showboat, P.J. & B., 1964 April-May
Season 1964-1965, 1959-1965
Ballet and Dance, 1964-1965
Bookings, 1959-1965
Concerts, 1964-1965
Correspondence, 1964-1965
Film Series, 1964-1965
Foundation Support, 1961-1964
Reviews and Clippings, 1964-1965
Schedules, 1964-1965
Miscellaneous, 1964-1965
The Trojan Women, 1964 September
Spoon River, 1964 October
Death Of A Salesman, 1964 October
The Great God Brown, 1964 October
All In Good Time, 1965 January
The Rivals, 1965 February-March
As You Desire Me, 1965 March-April
The Birds, 1965 April
Macbeth, 1965 March-April
Wonderful Town, P.J. & B., 1965 May
Season 1965-1966, 1961-1966
General, 1965-1966
Ballet and Dance, 1965-1966
Concerts, 1965-1966
General, 1965-1966
Garden State Arts Center, 1965-1966
Personnel, 1961-1965
Film Series, 1965-1966
McCarter Story, 1965-1966
Reviews and Clippings, 1965-1966
Coriolanus, 1965 October
Major Barbara, 1965 October-November
Box and Cox, 1966 March
Miss Julie, 1966 March
Candida, 1966 March-April
Arrah-Na-Pogue, 1966 April
The King and I, P.J. & B., 1966 May
General, 1966-1967
Ballet, 1966-1967
Children's Theatre, 1966-1967
Concerts, 1966-1967
Correspondence, 1966-1967
Film Series, 1966-1967
Guild, 1964-1967
Reviews and Clippings, 1966-1967
Special Events, 1966-1967
Agamemnon, 1966 October
Hamlet, 1966 October-1967 March
Once In A Lifetime, 1966 November
The Emperor Jones, 1967 March
The Tempest, 1967 February-April
General, 1967-1968
Ballet and Dance, 1967-1968
Box Office Statements, 1967
Concerts, 1967-1968
Correspondence, 1967-1968
Film Series, 1967-1968
Reviews and Clippings, 1967-1968
Twelfth Night, 1967 October-November
The Crucible, 1968 January-March
Doctor Faustus, 1968 March-April
South Pacific, P.J. & B., 1968 May
Season 1968-1969, 1965-1969
General, 1968-1969
Ballet and Dance, 1968-1969
Concerts, 1968-1969
Film Series, 1968-1969
Press Releases, 1968-1969
Reviews and Clippings, 1968-1969
Triangle Relations, 1965-1968
Oedipus The King, 1969 January-April
The Scarecrow, 1969 February-April
The Music Man, P.J. & B., 1969 May
General, 1969-1970
Ballet, 1969-1970
Children's Theatre, 1969-1970
Concerts, 1969-1970
Film Series, 1969-1970
Mondays Off-Broadway, 1969-1970
Press Releases, 1969-1970
Reports, 1969-1970
Reviews, 1969-1970
Pygmalion, 1969 October-1970 January
Troilus and Cressida, 1969-1970
Ah, Wilderness!, 1970 January-April
Season 1970-1971, 1970-1971
General, 1970-1971
Children's Theatre, 1970-1971
Film Series, 1970-1971
Mondays Off-Broadway, 1970-1971
Music-At-McCarter, 1970-1971
Oddments, 1970-1971
P.J. & B, 1970-1971
Playgoers, 1970-1971
Press Releases, 1970-1971
Programs, 1970-1971
Reviews, 1970-1971
Student Tickets, 1970-1971
Subscriptions, 1970-1971
Triangle Club, 1970-1971
Schedules, 1970-1971
Noh and Kyogen, 1971
Mame, P.J. & B., 1970-1971
All My Sons, 1970-1971
A Raisin In The Sun, 1970-1971
The Show-Off, 1970-1971
Macbeth, 1970-1971
Caesar at the Rubicon, 1970-1971
Little Murders, 1970-1971
The Homecoming, 1970-1971
General, 1971-1972
Ballet, 1971-1972
Dance, 1971-1972
Film Series, 1971-1972
Music, 1971-1972
Schedules, 1971-1972
Student Tickets, 1971-1972
Subscriptions, 1971-1972
Playgoers' Series, 1971-1972
Triangle Club, 1971-1972
Season 1972-1973, 1972-1973
General, 1972-1973
Clippings, 1972-1973
Film Series, 1972-1973
Criss, Louis, 1972-1973
Children's Theatre, 1972-1973
Dance Series, 1972-1973
Exhibits, 1972-1973
Finances and Sales, 1972-1973
Folk Rock Series, 1972-1973
Music Series, 1972-1973
Oddments, 1972-1973
Playgoers Series, 1972-1973
Programs, 1972-1973
Press Releases, 1972-1973
Report, Mathmatica, 1972
Reviews, 1972-1973
Schedules, 1972-1973
Student Tickets, 1972-1973
Subscriptions, 1972-1973
Triangle Club, 1972-1973
Agamemnon, 1972
Loot, 1973
Oklahoma, 1972-1973
The Nutcracker, 1972-1973
Rosmersholm, 1973
Tempest, 1973
The Tooth of Crime, 1972
Season 1973-1974, 1973-1976
General, 1973-1974
Broadway-At-McCarter, 1973-1974
Concerts, 1973-1974
Critics, Reviews, 1973-1974
Child Care Centers, 1973-1974
Dance Series, 1973-1974
Davis, Bette, 1973
Film Series, 1973-1974
Harambee House, Prisoners, 1973-1974
Music-At-McCarter, 1973-1974
National Press, Clippings, 1973-1974
Press Releases, 1973-1974
Printing, 1973-1974
Rock Concert Series, 1973-1974
Special Events, 1973-1974
Student Matinee, Counts, 1973-1974
The Entertainer, 1973-1974
The Daughter-In-Law, 1973-1974
The Sea Gull, 1973-1974
You Never Can Tell, 1973-1974
Twelfth Night, 1973-1974
Season 1974-1975, 1972-1979
General, 1974-1975
Brochures, 1974-1975
Campaign Lists, 1974-1975
Class Letters, 1974-1975
Dance-At-McCarter, 1974-1975
Drama Subscription Tally, 1974-1975
Film-At-McCarter, 1974-1975
Methods of Distribution, 1974-1975
General, 1974-1975
Christopher, Milbourne, 1974-1975
Joffrey II Company, 1974-1975
Parkening, Christopher, 1974-1975
Perahia, Murray, 1974-1975
Pilobolus, 1974-1975
Rampal and Veyron-Lacroix, 1974-1975
P.J. & B., Hello Dolly, 1974-1975
Single Ticket Forms, 1974-1975
Special Performances, 1974-1975
Student Coupon Book, 1974-1975
Tech Calendar, 1974-1975
Production Files, 1974-1975
Photographs, 1974-1975
Reviews, 1974-1975
Study Guides, 1974-1975
WNET, General, 1974-1975
WNET, Reviews, 1974-1975
Miscellaneous, 1974-1975
Photographs, 1974-1975
Reviews, 1974-1975
Miscellaneous, 1974-1975
Photographs, 1974-1975
Reviews, 1974-1975
Slides, 1974-1975
Miscellaneous, 1974-1975
Photographs, 1974-1975
Preview Party, 1974-1975
Reviews, 1974-1975
Study Guides, 1974-1975
Miscellaneous, 1974-1975
Photographs, 1974-1975
Reviews, 1974-1975
Press Clippings, 1974-1975
Press Releases, 1974-1975
Kahn, Michael, 1972-1979
Season 1975-1976, 1972-1978
General, 1975-1976
Annenberg, 1975-1976
Calendar, 1975-1976
Campaign Advertisements, 1975-1976
Clippings, 1975-1976
Dance-At-McCarter, 1975-1976
Drama Campaign, 1975-1976
Drama Subscriptions Tally, 1975-1976
Film Notes, 1975-1976
Funding, 1975-1976
Lobby Displays, 1975-1976
Mailing Lists, 1975-1976
General, 1975-1976
Sales and Computerization, 1975-1976
Exchanges, 1975-1976
Music-At-McCarter, 1975-1976
P.B. & J., 1776, 1975-1976
Play Blurbs, 1975-1976
Pop-At-McCarter, 1975-1976
Press Releases, 1975-1976
Programs, 1975-1976
Specially For Kids, 1975-1976
Clippings, 1975-1976
Arrau, Claudio, 1975-1976
Brubeck, Dave, 1975-1976
Goodman and Waits, 1975-1976
Gospel Ensemble, 1975-1976
Martha Graham Company, 1975-1976
Schub, 1975-1976
Smith, Patti, 1975-1976
Von Stade, 1975-1976
Vermeer Quartet, 1975-1976
Jarrett, Keith, 1975-1976
Kingfish, 1975-1976
Newark Boys Choir, 1975-1976
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, 1975-1976
Raitt, Bonnie, 1975-1976
Loggins and Messina, 1975-1976
Ian, Janis, 1975-1976
Hopkins, Linda, 1975-1976
Chicago, 1975-1976
Chapin, Harry, 1975-1976
Cliff, Jimmy, 1975-1976
Fournier, Pierre, 1975-1976
Technical Calendars, 1975-1976
Preface and Chapter 1, undated
Chapter 2, undated
Chapter 3, undated
Chapter 4, undated
Chapter 5, undated
Production Files, 1975-1976
A Grave Undertaking, 1975-1976
Masked Ball, 1975-1976
The Royal Family, 1975-1976
The Heiress, 1975-1976
Section Nine, 1975-1976
The Winter's Tale, 1975-1976
Awake and Sing, 1975-1976
Section Nine, 1975-1976
Season 1976-1977, 1976-1977
Accounts, 1976-1977
Box Office Envelopes, 1976-1977
Brochures, 1976-1977
Budget Projections, 1976-1977
Campaign Ads, 1976-1977
Cooder and Wainwright, 1976-1977
Clippings, 1976-1977
Doobie Brothers, 1976-1977
Drama Campaign, 1976-1977
Extra, Publication, 1976-1977
Film Series, 1976-1977
Library Correspondence, 1976-1977
Mailing Lists, 1976-1977
Notices, 1976-1977
The Night of the Tribades, 1976-1977
The Physicists, 1976-1977
A Streetcar Named Desire, 1976-1977
Angel City, 1976-1977
Design for Living, 1976-1977
Major Barbara, 1976-1977
Music-at-McCarter, 1976-1977
Press Releases, 1976-1977
P.J. & B., Miscellaneous, 1976-1977
Play Blurbs, 1976-1977
Printing Bids, 1976
Programs, 1976-1977
Prospect Dinners, 1976-1977
Public Relations Budget, 1976-1977
Reports and Proposals, 1976-1977
Special Promotions, 1976-1977
Student Coupon Book, 1976-1977
Ashkenazy, 1976-1977
Average White Band, 1976-1977
Belle of Amherst, 1976-1977
Bream, Julian, 1976-1977
Bromberg, 1976-1977
Brubeck, Dave, 1976-1977
Clarke, Stanley, 1976-1977
Collins, Judy, 1976-1977
Comden and Green, 1976-1977
Corea, Chick, 1976-1977
De Larrochia, Alicia, 1976-1977
Ferrell and Martins, 1976-1977
Fodor, Eugene, 1976-1977
Hopkins, Linda, 1976-1977
Newman and Harrell, 1976-1977
Pilobolus, 1976-1977
Ronstadt, Linda, 1976-1977
Shankar, Ravi, 1976-1977
Snow, Phoebe, 1976-1977
Tashi, 1976-1977
Tokyo Quartet, 1976-1977
Varga Fashion Show, 1976-1977
Williams, Emlyn, 1976-1977
Wilson, Robert, 1976-1977
Season 1977-1978, 1977-1978
Advertisements, 1977-1978
Annenberg Center, 1977-1978
Barnes, Clive, 1977-1978
Budget, 1977-1978
Casual Labor, 1977-1978
Children's Series, 1977-1978
Cinema-at-McCarter, 1977-1978
Clippings, General, 1977-1978
Clippings, Miscellaneous, 1978
Coding, 1977-1978
Connecticut Press List, 1977-1978
Dance-at-McCarter, 1977-1978
Graphics, 1977-1978
Group Sales Promotion, 1977-1978
Kelly, Grace, Appearance, 1977-1978
The Confirmation, 1977-1978
Much Ado About Nothing, 1977-1978
The Torch Bearers, 1977-1978
3 by Thornton Wilder, 1977-1978
Toys in the Attic, 1977-1978
Romeo and Juliet, 1977-1978
Nassau Inn, 1977-1978
P.J. & B., Brigadoon, 1977-1978
Phone Campaign, 1977-1978
Playwrights-at-McCarter, 1977-1978
Play Blurbs, 1977-1978
Poster Distribution, 1977-1978
Music-at-McCarter, 1977-1978
Press Releases, 1977-1978
Princeton Art Association, 1977-1978
Specially for Kids, 1977-1978
Radio, Focus on McCarter, 1977-1978
Marceau, Marcel, 1977-1978
The Nutcracker, 1977-1978
The Play of Daniel, 1977-1978
Subscriptions Processing, 1977-1978
Season 1978-1979, 1978-1979
Meeting Minutes, 1978-1979
Programs, 1978-1979
The Comedy of Errors Tour, 1978-1979
Grants, 1978-1979
Drama Subscriptions, 1978-1979
Philadelphia Drama Guild, 1978-1979
Movies-at-McCarter, 1978-1979
Music-at-McCarter, 1978-1979
Box Office Proposals, 1978-1979
Calendar News, 1978-1979
Press Releases, 1978-1979
Summer Cinema, 1979
P.J. & B., My Fair Lady, 1978-1979
Playwrights-at-McCarter, 1978-1979
Special Events, 1978-1979
General, 1978-1979
Photographs, 1978-1979
Clippings, Reviews, 1978-1979
Color Slides, 1978-1979
Contact Sheets, 1978-1979
Review Packets, 1978-1979
General, 1978-1979
Photographs, 1978-1979
Color Slides, 1978-1979
Contact Sheets, 1978-1979
Reviews, 1978-1979
Miscellaneous, 1978-1979
General, 1978-1979
Reviews, 1978-1979
Photographs, 1978-1979
Color Slides, 1978-1979
Contact Sheets, 1978-1979
General, 1978-1979
Photographs, 1978-1979
Color Slides, 1978-1979
Contact Sheets, 1978-1979
Reviews, 1978-1979
General, 1978-1979
Complete Packets, 1978-1979
Color Slides, 1978-1979
Contact Sheets, 1978-1979
Photographs, 1978-1979
Reviews, 1978-1979
Miscellaneous, 1978-1979
General, 1978-1979
Reviews, 1978-1979
Photographs, 1978-1979
Contact Sheets, 1978-1979
Color Slides, 1978-1979
Season 1979-1980, 1979-1980
General, 1979-1980
Anniversary, 1979
Dance-at-McCarter, 1979-1980
All the Way Home, 1979-1980
Jumpers, 1979-1980
1959 Pink Thunderbird, 1979-1980
Hay Fever, 1979-1980
Jackson, Nagle, Clippings, 1979-1980
Movies-from-McCarter, 1979-1980
Music-at-McCarter, 1979-1980
The Nutcracker, General, 1979-1980
P.B. & J., Can-Can, 1979-1980
Playwrights-at-McCarter, 1979-1980
Reviews, 1979-1980
Stationery, Orders, 1979-1980
Season 1980-1981, 1980-1981
General, 1980-1981
Advertisements, 1980-1981
Appointment Announcement, 1980
Dance, 1980-1981
Music, 1980-1981
Paper Bag Players, 1980-1981
Production Files, 1980-1981
Custer, 1980-1981
A Day At Bloomingdales, 1980-1981
Eminent Domain, 1980-1981
Judevine, 1980-1981
Moby Dick Rehearsed, 1980-1981
Mummenshanz, 1980-1981
The Play's the Thing, 1980-1981
Putting on the Dog, 1980-1981
Taming of the Shrew, 1980-1981
P.B. & J., Kiss Me Kate, 1980-1981
Press Releases, 1980
Press Releases, 1981
Reviews, 1980-1981
Schedules, 1980-1981
Miscellaneous, 1980-1981
General, 1981-1982
Cinema, 1981-1982
Dance, 1981-1982
Donated Tickets, 1981-1982
Music, 1981-1982
Just Between Ourselves, 1981-1982
A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1981-1982
Arms and the Man, 1981-1982
Iphegenia At Avlis, 1981-1982
A Christmas Carol, 1981-1982
Keystone, 1981-1982
The Night of the Iguana, 1981-1982
One Night Specials, 1981-1982
Opera Theater, 1981-1982
Press Releases, 1981-1982
Schedules, 1981-1982
Miscellaneous, 1981-1982
Season 1982-1983, 1982-1983
Cinema, 1982-1983
Clippings, Miscellaneous, 1982-1983
Dance, 1982-1983
Donation Letters, 1982-1983
Music-at-McCarter, 1982-1983
The Three Sisters, 1982-1983
Hamlet, 1982-1983
Blithe Spirit, 1982-1983
A Christmas Carol, 1982-1983
A Delicate Balance, 1982-1983
P.B. & J., Camelot, 1982-1983
Press Releases, 1982-1983
Miscellaneous, 1982-1983
Season 1983-1984, 1981-1984
Cinema, 1983-1984
Dance-at-McCarter, 1983-1984
Music-at-McCarter, 1983-1984
Production Files, 1983-1984
Acting Shakespeare, 1983-1984
Ah, Wilderness!, 1983-1984
A Christmas Carol, 1983-1984
The Dining Room, 1983-1984
The Nutcracker, 1983-1984
Play Memory, 1983-1984
P.J. & B., Camelot, 1983-1984
Saint Joan, 1983-1984
Where's Charley?, 1983-1984
Miscellaneous, 1983-1984
Playwrights-at-McCarter, 1981-1984
Press Releases, 1983-1984
Work Shops, 1983-1984
Miscellaneous, 1983-1984
Season 1984-1985, 1977-1985
General, 1977-1985
Cinema, 1984-1985
Dance-at-McCarter, 1984-1985
Ed and Watson Photograph, 1985
Music-at-McCarter, 1984-1985
Press Releases, 1984-1985
Summer Shakespeare, 1984-1985
Summer Theatre, 1984
Production Files, 1984-1985
The Dawns Are Quiet Here, 1984-1985
The Nutcracker, 1984-1985
The Shoestring Players, 1984-1985
School For Wives, 1984-1985
Under Milkwood, 1984-1985
A Raisin In The Sun, 1984-1985
A Christmas Carol, 1984-1985
Faustus In Hell, 1984-1985
Faustus In Hell, 1984-1985
Miscellaneous, 1984-1985
Capital Campaign, 1985-1986
Cartoon Exhibit, 1985-1986
Cinema, 1985-1986
Crackerjacks Series, 1985-1986
Dance-at-McCarter, 1985-1986
Music-at-McCarter, 1985-1986
Opening Night, 1985-1986
Press Releases, 1985-1986
Miscellaneous, 1985-1986
Season 1986-1987, 1986-1987
Cinema, 1986-1987
Dance-at-McCarter, 1986-1987
Music-at-McCarter, 1986-1987
Press Releases, 1986-1987
Production Files, 1986-1987
A Christmas Carol, 1986-1987
Debut, 1986-1987
Don't Trifle With Love, 1986-1987
Little Murders, 1986-1987
Napoleon Nightdreams, 1986-1987
Out Town, 1986-1987
Uncle Vanya, 1986-1987
Miscellaneous, 1986-1987
Theaterlab, 1986
Season 1987-1988, 1987-1988
Advertisements, 1987-1988
Clippings, 1987-1988
Dance-at-McCarter, 1987-1988
Music-at-McCarter, 1987-1988
Open House, 1987
Press Releases, 1987-1988
Princeton Ballet, 1987-1988
Production Files, 1987-1988
A Christmas Carol, 1987-1988
Coriolanus, 1987-1988
The Glass Menagerie, 1987-1988
The Middle Ages, 1987-1988
Miss Firecracker Contest, 1987-1988
Promises, Promises, 1987-1988
Smoke on the Mountain, 1987-1988
Stepping Out, 1987-1988
Summer Theater, 1987
Three Ways Home, 1987-1988
Theaterlab, 1987
General, 1988-1989
Clippings, 1988-1989
Crackerjack Series, 1988-1989
Dance Series, 1988-1989
Press Releases, 1988-1989
Princeton Ballet, 1988-1989
Born Yesterday, 1988-1989
A Christmas Carol, 1988-1989
Dividing the Estate, 1988-1989
Extra Change, 1988-1989
Sarcophagus, 1988-1989
Tartuffe, 1988-1989
Special Events, 1988-1989
War of the Worlds, 1988
Wingate, William, 1988-1989
Season 1989-1990, 1989-1990
Crackerjack Series, 1989-1990
Dance, 1989-1990
Music-at-McCarter, 1989-1990
Press Releases, 1989-1990
Princeton Ballet, 1989-1990
Production Files, 1989-1990
A Christmas Carol, 1989-1990
An Enemy of the People, 1989-1990
Just Jazz, 1989-1990
Man of La Mancha, 1989-1990
Private Wars, 1989-1990
Smoke on the Mountain, 1989-1990
A Tale of Two Cities, 1989-1990
Two Good Boys, 1989-1990
Woman In Mind, 1989-1990
Special Events, 1989-1990
Summer Cinema, 1989-1990
Miscellaneous, 1989-1990
Crackerjack Series, 1990-1991
Dance Series, 1990-1991
Music-at-McCarter, 1990-1991
Princeton Ballet, 1990-1991
Betsy Brown, 1990-1991
A Christmas Carol, 1990-1991
The Film Society, 1990-1991
The Glass Menagerie, 1990-1991
Those the River Keeps, 1990-1991
Special Events, 1990-1991
Summer Cinema, 1990-1991
Miscellaneous, 1990-1991
Crackerjack Series, 1991-1992
Dance Series, 1991-1992
Funding, 1991-1992
Music, 1991-1992
A Christmas Carol, 1991-1992
Indians, 1991-1992
Marriage Play, 1991-1992
Merlin, Myths and Magic, 1991-1992
The Nutcracker, 1991-1992
A Room of One's Own, 1991-1992
Three Sisters, 1991-1992
The Triumph of Love, 1991-1992
Two by Joyce Carol Oates, 1991-1992
Special Events, 1991-1992
Summer Cinema Series, 1991-1992
Miscellaneous, 1991-1992
Series 2: Production Files, 1931-1981 contains a variety of production materials, including scripts, programs, photographs, and designs relating to specific McCarter productions. Additional production files may be found in Series 1: Chronological Series, 1928-1992, and in Series 3C: Arthur Lithgow Files, 1970-1972, which contains annotated production scripts.
Series 2 consists of two subseries, arranged in alphabetical and chronological order, respectively.
Agamemnon, 1966, 1972
The Alchemist, 1962
All My Sons, 1970-1971
Angel City, 1977
Antigone, undated
As You Desire Me, 1964
Beyond the Horizon, 1974
Caligula, 1962-1963
Coriolanus, 1965
The Crucible, 1967-1968
Design for Living, 1977
The Emperor Jones, 1967
Enrico IV, 1967-1968
Fantasticks, 1962-1963
The Firebugs, 1969-1970
Fuente Ovejuna, 1963
Galileo, 1963
Guys and Dolls, undated
Gypsy, undated
Hamlet, 1966
Hansel and Gretel, 1964
Hedda Gabler, 1963
The Heiress, 1976
The Homecoming, 1971
Julius Caesar, 1963
Julius Caesar, 1978
The King and I, 1966
King To Be, 1968
Little Murders, 1971
Loot, 1973
Macbeth, 1965-1971
Major Barbara, 1976
Once in a Lifetime, 1966
Othello, undated
Our Town, 1961
The Physicists, 1977
Pygmalion, 1969-1970
Richard III, 1964
Romeo and Juliet, 1966
Rosmersholm, 1973
Saint Joan, 1961
Samson Agonistes, 1964
The Scarecrow, 1969
Section Nine, 1975
Showboat, undated
The Show-Off, 1970
The Tempest, 1967
The Three Sisters, 1969
The Torch-Bearers, 1978
Toys in the Attic, 1978
Twelfth Night, 1967-1968
Waiting for Godot, 1967
The Winter's Tale, 1976
Series 3 consists of three subseries: Financial Materials, 1931-1981; Reports, 1950-1969; and Arthur Lithgow Files, 1970-1972.
The series is arranged by subseries in chronological order.
1935-1936, 1935-1936
1947, 1947
1948, 1948
1949, 1949
1950, 1950
1950, 1950
1951, 1951
1952-1953, 1952-1953
1958-1959, 1958-1959
1960-1961, 1960-1961
1961-1963, 1961-1963
1963-1965, 1963-1965
1965-1966, 1965-1966
1973-1981, 1973-1981
1931-1934, 1931-1934, 1949-1951
1954-1956, 1954-1956
1956-1958, 1956-1958
1958-1960, 1958-1960
Reports and Statements, 1963-1968
Miscellaneous, 1960-1964
Correspondence, 1970-1972
Accounts, dates not examined
Adult Education, dates not examined
Agendas, Minutes, dates not examined
Arts Forum, dates not examined
Babcox-Baumol, dates not examined
Bayer-Blakely, dates not examined
Blichler-Brady, dates not examined
Brakeley-Bristol, dates not examined
Brock-Byrd, dates not examined
Budgets, dates not examined
Cahill-Clum, dates not examined
Coble-Curtis, dates not examined
Conference, dates not examined
Contracts, dates not examined
D, dates not examined
Director's Notes, dates not examined
Dewey-Dwining, dates not examined
E, Eule, dates not examined
Evans-Ewing, dates not examined
F, Fagles, dates not examined
Fahs-Farrington, dates not examined
Fatherec-Fobert, dates not examined
Folta-Funke, dates not examined
Ga, Godolphin, dates not examined
Golding-Guthrie, dates not examined
Goheen, dates not examined
Hemsley-Hill, dates not examined
Hirsch-Husa, dates not examined
I, dates not examined
J, dates not examined
K, Kelly, dates not examined
Kendall-Kutrzeba, dates not examined
L, Leech, dates not examined
Lef-Liverwright, dates not examined
Lloyd-Lyon, dates not examined
McCarter Staff, dates not examined
McCarter Theatre, dates not examined
MacRostie, James, dates not examined
Mihalas-Myles, dates not examined
MacDowell-Markus, dates not examined
N, dates not examined
Newsletters, dates not examined
O, dates not examined
"Our Schools" Conference, 1970
P, Phillips, dates not examined
Q, dates not examined
Rendall-Robinson, dates not examined
Rockefeller-Ryan, dates not examined
R-Reiss, dates not examined
Reports, dates not examined
Resumes, dates not examined
Schenk, John, dates not examined
Schenk-Scott, dates not examined
Seltzer, Daniel, dates not examined
Senich-Shane, dates not examined
Shannon, Nancy, dates not examined
Share-Slane, dates not examined
Slane, Stephen, dates not examined
Slavet-State, dates not examined
Stavis, Barrie, dates not examined
Staw-Szogyi, dates not examined
Tape, dates not examined
T, Townley, dates not examined
Thomas-Twitchell, dates not examined
U, dates not examined
V, dates not examined
Wade, Munroe, dates not examined
Wagner-White, dates not examined
White, Theodore, dates not examined
Whitman-Wray, dates not examined
Yocum-Yusem, dates not examined
Z, dates not examined
Correspondence, undated
Series 4: Clippings and Scrapbooks contains scrapbooks in bindera or classical scrapbook format as well as loose clippings of press coverage about McCarter Theatre, including advertisements.
The series is arranged into three subseries: Scrapbooks, 1961-1981; Oversize Scrapbooks, 1981-1989; and Clippings, 1926-1995.
General, 1922-1958
General, 1960-1970
General, 1969-1975
General, 1971-1972
General, 1972-1974
General, 1975-1979
General, 1984-1987
General, 1992-1995
Series 5: Publicity Materials and Publications, 1933-2007 includes outgoing publicity materials. To help date individual materials (which often contain performance dates without years) performances may be dated by seaching the local newspaper Town Topics, part of which is <a href="https://archive.org/details/towntopicscollection?tab=collection">digitally available on the Internet Archive.</a>
The Publicity Material and Publications series is arranged into five subseries: Seasonal Publications, 1933-2007; Histories of McCarter Theatre, 1958-1986; Newsletters and Bulletins, 1960-1970; Advertising and Press Releases, 1960-1978; and Production Posters and Oversize Materials, 1959-2004..
"The Heiress", 1971-1977
February 1975, 1975
March 1975, 1975
PJ&B "Oaklahoma", 1973
PJ&B "Carousel", 1973
PJ&B "Hello Dolly", 1974
Poster for 1975-1976 Season, 1975
Series 6: Photographs, 1929-1990
Subseries 6: Photographs, 1929-1990 consists of photographs and slides, including buildings, people, rehearsals, and performances.
The photographs are arranged by four subseries, in which groups of photographs from previous arrangements are kept together. They include Subseries 6A: Buildings, People, and Publicity, 1929-1990; Subseries 6B: Productions and Performances, 1931-1990; Subseries 6C: Performances, 1948-1966, and Subseries 6D: Slides.
Season 1973-1974, 1973-1974
Season 1974-1975, 1974-1975
Season 1975-1976, 1975-1976
Season 1978-1979, 1978-1979
Along the Road, 1948
Liliom, 1955 November
Miss Lonely Hearts, 1957
Saint Joan, undated
Iolanthe, undated
Hansel and Gretel, 1964
Color Photographs, 1964
Miss Julie, 1966 Spring
Shakespeare, 1963-1964
This series includes film and audio tapes. The contents have not been determined.
The series is arranged chronologically.
Subseries 8: Artifacts, 1930-1974 contains a swatch of the original McCarter Theatre curtain, a button from May 1963, printing plates for "French Love Poetry Through The Ages", and three silver New Jersey Drama Critics Awards from 1974.
No arrangement scheme has been imposed on Subseries 6A: Artifacts, 1930-1974.
Series 9 consists of donations by four donors, including an 1924 elevation design, set designs, and programs.
This series has been arranged chonologically by accesion.
- Scope and Contents
The McCarter Theatre records document the history of the McCarter Theatre, including administration, performances and productions, and the building itself. Documents related to productions include annotated scripts, programs, set and costume designs, drafts, sheet music, photographs of performances, and promotional material. Documents related to McCarter Theatre administration include memoranda, correspondence, reports, and financial material. Blueprints, plans, reports, and photographs document the construction and maintenance of the building. Also included are numerous documents related to the Lake Carnegie construction project. The records cover the administrations of Benjamin Franklin Bunn, Richard Pleasant and Isadora Bennett, Milton Lyon, Marguerite McAneny, Arthur Lithgow, Louis Criss, Michael Kahn, and Nagle Jackson. Also included are records of events presented at the theater, such as Music-at-McCarter, Princeton University Concerts, and Dance-at-McCarter.
- Collection Creator Biography:
McCarter Theatre Center (Princeton, N.J.)
The McCarter Theatre was conceived as a permanent home for the Princeton University Triangle Club. It opened on February 21, 1930.
McCarter began as a booking theater. The McCarter Theatre did not produce its own shows, rather they booked touring shows and performers. During the 1930s, McCarter was often used by Broadway producers as a venue for previews of shows yet to debut on Broadway. The theatre also hosted Princeton University Concerts prior to their moving to Richardson Auditorium.
Following World War II, many Broadway producers reduced the number of non-Broadway previews virtually eliminating one of McCarter's main revenue generators. Mounting debt forced the theater to transfer the title and the building and the reasonability of its operating costs to Princeton University. Now a University entity, Princeton hired Milton Lyon as Executive Director of the newly McCarter Theatre Company in 1960 McCarter. Lyon immediately transformed McCarter, turning it from a booking theater into a producing theater. McCarter Theatre flourished under Lyon and his successors Arthur Lithgow, Michael Kahn, Nagle Jackson, and most recently, Emily Mann. McCarter significantly increased its music and dance bookings in the 1960s and remains known for offering a wide variety of quality performances in the arts.
Today, the McCarter Theatre Company continues to produce its own shows and serves as the home for Princeton University theater.
- Acquisition:
The McCarter Theatre records have been transferred in numerous installments over the past several decades.
- Custodial History
Much of the McCarter Theatre records were previously held within the Theater Division of the Special Collections. Some materials were directly received by the Mudd Manuscript Library from donors in known acquisitions; whenever this is the case, the material is identified by an accession number beginning with "AR".
- Accruals
Periodic transfers of records are expected from the McCarter Theatre indefinitely.
- Appraisal
Carbons, invoices, and receipts were removed during processing in 2008. An oversize photograph print of parked bicycles, posters for non-McCarter productions dating from McCarter's time as a booking theatre, poster-size enlargements of newspaper articles, and posters that did not identify McCarter Theatre were removed from the accessions processed in 2011. Detailed information about items removed is available upon request.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Casey Babcock in August 2008. Finding aid written by Casey Babcock in August 2008. Additions were processed and the finding aid was updated by Christie Peterson with assistance from Suchi Mandavilli '14 in April 2011. To facilitate access the collection was intellectually rearranged by Helene van Rossum in 2019.
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. The Trustees of Princeton University hold copyright to all materials generated by Princeton University employees in the course of their work. For instances beyond Fair Use, if copyright is held by Princeton University, researchers do not need to obtain permission, complete any forms, or receive a letter to move forward with use of materials from the Princeton University Archives.
For instances beyond Fair Use where the copyright is not held by the University, while permission from the Library is not required, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
- Credit this material:
McCarter Theatre Records; Princeton University Archives, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/p2676v61z
- Location:
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Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript LibrarySeeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library65 Olden StreetPrinceton, NJ 08540, USA
- Storage Note:
- Mudd Manuscript Library (scamudd): Box 1-209
- Subject Terms:
- Actors -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- 20th century -- Photographs.
Actresses -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- 20th century -- Photographs.
Community plays, etc. -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- 20th century.
Costume designers -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- 20th century -- Drawings. - Genre Terms:
- Clippings.
Correspondence
Photographs, Original.
Playbills.
Scrapbooks.
Scripts.