Guide to the Collection of theater performances in Newport, 1980-1995

(bulk 1980-1989)


Redwood Library and Athenaeum
50 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840
Tel: (401) 847-0292
Fax: (401) 841-5680
email: redwood@redwoodlibrary.org

Published in 2013

Collection Overview

Title: Collection of theater performances in Newport
Date range: 1980-1995, (bulk 1980-1989)
Creator: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Extent: 0.42 linear feet (1 document case)
Abstract: This collection consists of newspaper clippings and playbills for various community theater productions performed primarily in Newport, Rhode Island, from 1980-1995.
Language of materials: English
Repository: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection number: RLC.Ms.010

Scope & content

This collection consists of newspaper clippings and playbills for various community theater productions performed primarily in Newport, Rhode Island, from 1980-1995. Also included are clippings and playbills for theater productions in Albany, New York, and a few for community theaters throughout New England and one in Lynchburg, Virginia. Newspaper clippings contain advertisements and reviews for many of the productions included in this collection. The contents of each folder are listed on the outside of the folder.

Access Points

Subject Topics Subject Topics Document Types

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in alphabetical order by folder title.

Historical note

The main theater companies that performed regularly in Newport, Rhode Island, throughout the 1980s were The Rhode Island Shakespeare Theatre (TRIST), founded in 1971, and The Incredibly Far Off-Broadway Ensemble Theatre (TIFOBET), founded in 1977. For a time, these two non-profit theater companies shared performance space at the Swanhurst Theatre in Newport. Other Newport community theaters operating during this time were the Blauhaus Theater and the Second Story Theatre (which later relocated to Warren, Rhode Island).

Access & Use

Access to the collection: Access is open to members and researchers at the Redwood Library and Athenaeum.
Use of the materials: This collection is owned by the Redwood Library and Athenaeum. Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the Special Collections Librarian of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum.
Preferred citation: Collection of theater performances in Newport, RLC.Ms.010, Redwood Library and Athenaeum.
Contact information: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
50 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840
Tel: (401) 847-0292
Fax: (401) 841-5680
email: redwood@redwoodlibrary.org

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION  
Acquisition: Acquisition information is unknown.
Processing information: This collection was previously processed at an unknown date. In November 2013, folder numbers were added and the finding aid was created.
ABOUT THE FINDING AID  
Author: Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Delmage.
Encoding: Finding aid encoded by Elizabeth Delmage 2013 December 12
Descriptive rules: Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)
Sponsor: Funding for processing and cataloging this collection was provided by the van Beuren Charitable Foundation.

Additional Information

Inventory

Box 1, Folder 1 Actors
 1982-1986
Box 1, Folder 2 Albany Academy for Girls
1988 Nov 5
Box 1, Folder 3 The Alchemist - The Rhode Island Shakespeare Theatre (TRIST)
 1980
Box 1, Folder 4 Alice - The Incredibly Far Off-Broadway Ensemble Theatre (TIFOBET)
 1985 Aug 9-25
Box 1, Folder 5 The American Dream - Adams House Productions
 1982 Nov 18
Box 1, Folder 6 Awake and Sing - Albany Civic Theater
 1983 Dec 7-18
Box 1, Folder 7 The Ballad of the Sad Café - TIFOBET
 1982 Aug 25
Box 1, Folder 8 Barefoot in Athens - Theater Voices
 1989 Dec 13-15
Box 1, Folder 9 Billy Bishop Goes to War - TRIST
 1983 Aug 11
Box 1, Folder 10 Born Yesterday - Albany Civic Theater
 1988 Mar 11-27
Box 1, Folder 11 Bottom's Dream - Albany Academy for Girls
 1987 Feb 2-7
Box 1, Folder 12 Butterflies are Free - Newport Summer Theater
 1980
Box 1, Folder 13 The Contrast - Theater Newport
 1986 Jul 24
Box 1, Folder 14 Desire Under the Elms - TIFOBET
 1983 Jul 26-Sep 1
Box 1, Folder 15 The Doctor in Spite of Himself - TIFOBET
 1984 Aug 9
Box 1, Folder 16 Equus - Albany Civic Theater
 1988 May 6-22
Box 1, Folder 17 The Fifth of July - Albany Civic Theater
 1988 Jan
Box 1, Folder 18 The Glamour of Evil - TRIST
 1987 Sep 10-Oct 4
Box 1, Folder 19 Hamlet - TRIST
1982 Jul 8-Aug 1
Box 1, Folder 20 The Happy Journey - Albany Academy for Girls
1986 Nov 22
Box 1, Folder 21 Heritage Theater
 1980 Aug 17
Box 1, Folder 22 The Hounds of Baskervilles - TRIST
 1984 Mar 4
Box 1, Folder 23 Hughie: Three one-act plays - Blauhaus Theatre
 1987 Jul 28-Aug 30
Box 1, Folder 24 Jessie and the Bandit Queen - Second Story Theatre
 undated
Box 1, Folder 25 The Little Foxes - Theater Voices
 1989 Mar 30
Box 1, Folder 26 Measure for Measure - TRIST
 1985 May 30-Jul 7
Box 1, Folder 27 Medea - TRIST
 1984 Jul 25-Sep 2
Box 1, Folder 28 Murder at the Howard Johnson's - Second Story Theater
 1980
Box 1, Folder 29 The Miser - TRIST
 1989 May 25-Jul 2
Box 1, Folder 30 Newport local theater miscellany
 undated
Box 1, Folder 31 The Outcasts of Poker Flat - TRIST
 1988 Aug 4-Sep 4
Box 1, Folder 32 Private Lives - Albany Civic Theater
 1988 Oct 27
Box 1, Folder 33 Richard the III - TIFOBET
 1982
Box 1, Folder 34 The Rimers of Eldritch - TIFOBET
 1981 Aug 7-21
Box 1, Folder 35 The Servant of Two Masters - TRIST
 1986 Jul 24-Aug 31
Box 1, Folder 36 Silent Night, Lonely Night - TIFOBET
 1981 Dec 30
Box 1, Folder 37 Spoon River Anthology - TIFOBET
 1980 Aug 1-Sep 3
Box 1, Folder 38 Stevie - Swanhurst Theatre
undated
Box 1, Folder 39 The Taming of the Shrew - The Lynchburg Fine Arts Center
 1980 Nov 9-22
Box 1, Folder 40 The Tempest - TRIST
1989 Jul 25-Aug 27
Box 1, Folder 41 Theatre Newport
 undated
Box 1, Folder 42 The Incredibly Far Off Broadway Ensemble Theatre
 1980-1995
Box 1, Folder 43 Tom and Viv - Swanhurst Theater
 undated
Box 1, Folder 44 The Rhode Island Shakespeare Theatre
 1981
Box 1, Folder 45 The Visit - The Charlestown Working Theater
 1982 Mar 17