Series V: Oversized

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unitdate

{"value"=>"1952 - 1983", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1952/1983"}

{"value"=>"undated", "type"=>"inclusive"}

{"value"=>"1964", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1964"}

{"value"=>"ca. 1956", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"approximate", "normal"=>"1956"}

{"value"=>"1956", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1956"}

{"value"=>"1980", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1980"}

{"value"=>"1982", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1982"}

{"value"=>"1959", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1959"}

{"value"=>"1979", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1979"}

{"value"=>"1967", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1967"}

{"value"=>"1966", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1966"}

{"value"=>"1973", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1973"}

{"value"=>"1972", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1972"}

{"value"=>"1968", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1968"}

date_inclusive_start

1952

date_inclusive_end

1983

unittitle

{"value"=>"Series V: Oversized"}

physdesc

{"value"=>"5 boxes", "format"=>"simple"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>This series contains photos and contact sheets, costume and set sketches (many by Rabb), ground plans and blueprints, a few publicity materials, and window cards relating to both Rabb and APA. There are also music scores for <span class=\"title\">The Hostage</span> (probably for the APA production at University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, 1964), a print of a Russel [sic] Redmond drawing of Rabb in the Old Globe Theatre production of <span class=\"title\">The Tempest</span>, 1982, and a hand-printed humorous “definition” of “The Rabb” (undated).</p> <p>Photos include productions in which Rabb acted or directed, such as <span class=\"title\">Hamlet</span> (ca. 1956), <span class=\"title\">The Misanthrope</span> (Theatre East, 1956), <span class=\"title\">The Philadelphia Story</span>(contact sheets) (Vivian Beaumont Theater, 1980), <span class=\"title\">King Lear</span> (Antioch Shakespeare Festival, 1956), and contact sheets for <span class=\"title\">The Importance of Being Earnest</span>(Old Globe Theatre, 1982). Many of the costume and set sketches found in Scrapbook #IV were done by Rabb for Antioch Shakespeare Festival productions, including <span class=\"title\">A Midsummer Night’s Dream</span> (1956), <span class=\"title\">Othello</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Romeo and Juliet</span>. However, other productions such as <span class=\"title\">Philoctetes</span> (Theatre de Lys, 1959) and a proposed production of <span class=\"title\">The Tempest</span> (for Missouri Repertory Theatre, 1979) are also represented. Of particular note is a costume design possibly by Nancy Potts, possibly for <span class=\"title\">The Philadelphia Story</span> at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, 1980.</p> <p>Ground plans and blueprints include those for Hamilton City Hall (1959); APA’s first repertory engagement was in Hamilton, Bermuda in 1960. Other ground plans and blueprints for APA and APA-Phoenix include two for the Phoenix Theatre (one by Esther Scott), ca. 1964, and James Tilton’s blueprints for <span class=\"title\">The Cherry Orchard</span>(1967), <span class=\"title\">Three Mysteries for Two Clowns</span>(1966), and <span class=\"title\">Right You Are</span> (1966 and 1967). Ground plans and blueprints for Rabb’s productions outside of APA include Douglas W. Schmidt’s blueprint for <span class=\"title\">Veronica’s Room</span> (1973), and Oliver Smith’s blueprints for the Performing Arts Foundation of Kansas City, Missouri production of the opera <span class=\"title\">Dido and Aeneas</span> (1966). There are posters for <span class=\"title\">Enemies</span> (Vivian Beaumont Theater, 1972) and <span class=\"title\">The Merchant of Venice</span>(Vivian Beaumont Theater, 1973), and window cards for the APA-Phoenix productions of <span class=\"title\">Exit the King</span> and <span class=\"title\">The Show-Off</span> (Lyceum Theatre, 1968).</p>"}

arrangement

{"value"=>"<p>By Format</p>"}

unitid

{"type"=>"local_mss", "value"=>"788267"}

date_start

1952

date_end

1983

keydate

1952

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1. Photos [4/1]
2. Costume Sketches by Ellis Rabb [3/2]
3. Set Sketches by Ellis Rabb [2/1]
4. "The Rabb,"
5. Photos [2/1]
6. Costume Sketches [4/1]
7. Set Sketches and Blueprints [2/2]
8. Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center [2/1]
9. Clap Your Hands, (San Diego, Calif.)
10. "Shakespeare and Friends: A Folio of Drawings by Russel [sic] Redmond,"
11. Costume Sketches by Ellis Rabb [3/1]
12. Ground Plans and Blueprints [5/1]
13. Window Cards - Exit the King and The Show-Off - APA-Phoenix, Lyceum Theatre
14. Right You Are Blueprints