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St. Raphael's PTA Playcast

Date: 03 19 1932
Description: The cast in costume on stage of "The Emerson Club" presented by the St. Raphael's School PTA. Six women in Victorian costumes.
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Sherman PTA Play Cast

Date: 01 23 1932
Description: Sherman PTA Players, winners of the 4th Dane Co. Drama Preliminary Contest at DeForest, in the fainting scene in "Bills."
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Mazomanie Rural Club Play Cast

Date: 01 20 1932
Description: Mazomanie Rural Club play cast, winner of the Dane County rural drama contest, on stage at the Mt. Horeb High School.
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Play Scene from "Uncle Jimmy" by Zona Gale

Date: 02 06 1932
Description: Badger Social Center (Badger School ?) Rt. 5 home talent players "Uncle Jimmy" by Zona Gale play scene. Winner of Dane County State Tournament at Bascom Th...
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Pierceville Mothers' Club Players

Date: 01 18 1932
Description: Pierceville Mothers' Club players in costume for the play "Sons of Soil," taken on the stage of the Sun Prairie parish hall after the group won the first D...
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Cast of a French Playlet

Date: 05 14 1929
Description: University of Wisconsin student cast in costume and on stage for one of two French playlets.
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Central High School Play

Date: 05 13 1931
Description: Scene from act III of Central high school play "Admirable Crighton."
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Central High School Play

Date: 05 13 1931
Description: Scene from act II of Central high school play "Admirable Crighton," showing Barrie's castaways on their desert island.
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East High School Play Cast

Date: 03 26 1931
Description: Group portrait of East High School play cast for "Sherwood" in costume on stage.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Spanish Play Cast

Date: 01 15 1931
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison Spanish Department students performing the play Un Neuvo, on stage at Bascom Hall.
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East High School Dramatic Class Practice

Date: 11 28 1930
Description: Action view of East High School dramatics class students rehearsing on stage.
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University of Wisconsin Theater Play

Date: 02 06 1930
Description: University of Wisconsin, theater play, "Locked Windows."
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Cast of a French Playlet

Date: 05 15 1929
Description: University of Wisconsin student cast in costume and on stage for one of two French playlets.
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Crater Players at Blue Mounds

Date: 06 25 1948
Description: Performers Olaf Ussing, leaning on a cane, and Carole Branley rehearsing for the presentation of "The Drunkard", a Crater Players production. They are in f...
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Wisconsin Union Theater Centennial Play, "River Boat"

Date: 02 02 1949
Description: The Wisconsin Players presented "River Boat, an original centennial drama written by Robert Gard of Madison and Dore Reich of Milwaukee at the Memorial Uni...
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Wisconsin Union Theater Centennial Play, "River Boat"

Date: 03 02 1949
Description: The Wisconsin Players presented "River Boat," an original centennial drama written by Robert Gard of Madison and Dore Reich of Milwaukee at the Memorial Un...
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"Citizen Kane" Production Still

Date: 1941
Description: Production still during the filming of "Citizen Kane." Orson Wells smokes a pipe and directs Dorothy Comingore (playing Susan Alexander Kane) from a wheel...
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Theater Guild Opens Season

Date: 09 1959
Description: Carol Bryant, Robert Rancourt and Nancy Fowlkes act out a scene from "The Cold Wind and the Warm", the opening play of the Madison Theater Guild season pre...
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Set of "Congress Dances"

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Description: Elevated view of the set of the film "Congress Dances." Everyone, including many musicians wearing large brimmed hats, is gathered outside of a building.
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Play Scene from "Hamlet"

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Description: Elevated view of the cast and crew filming the play scene from the 1949 film "Hamlet." The movie camera is on a semicircular track around the stage. Lights...

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