Margo Jones Theatre Programs

Margo Jones theatre programs

• About
• 1947-1954 ("Theatre '47" to "Theatre '54")
• 1954-1955 ("Dallas Theatre '54" to "Dallas Theatre '55")
• 1955-1959 ("Margo Jones Theatre '55" to "Margo Jones Theatre '59")

About

This collection of programs was donated to the Rare Book & Texana Collections by the Estate of John Carver.   The theatre group was founded in part by Margo Jones, who acted as director or executive director for many years.  After her death, the Margo Jones Theatre was built at SMU.  The programs underwent several name changes.

1947-1954 ("Theatre '47" to "Theatre '54")

Farther off from Heaven by William Inge. June 3-8, 1947
How Now, Hecate by Martyn Coleman. June 10-15, 1947
Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen. June 24-29, 1947
Summer and Smoke by Tennessee Williams. July 8-19, 1947
Third Cousin by Vera Mathews. June 22-27, 1947
The Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen. November 3-15, 1947
Three Short Plays by Tennessee Williams. November 17-29, 1947
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare. December 15-27, 1947
Throng O'Scarlet by Vivian Connell. March 8-10, 1948
Lemple's Old Man by Manning Gurian. December 29,1947-January10,1948
Leaf and Bough by Joseph Hayes. January 26-February 7, 1948
Black John by Barton MacLane. February 9 -21, 1948
The Learned Ladies by Moliere. November 8-27, 1948
Here's to us by Shirland Quin. November 29-December 18, 1948
The Importance of being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. May 9-14,1949
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. May 2-7, 1949
Skaal by Vivian Johannes. January 10-29, 1949
Sting in the Tail by Tom Purefoy. January 31-February 19,1949
The Sea Gull by Anton Chekhov. February 21-March 12, 1949
She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith. March 14-April 2, 1949
The Coast of Illyria by Dorothy Parker and Ross Evans. April 4-23, 1949
Heartbreak House by George Bernard Shaw. November 7-26, 1949
An Old Beat-up Woman by Sari Scott. November 28-December 17, 1949
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. May 4-6, 1949
My Granny Van by Loren Disney and George Sessions Perry. May 8-13, 1949
Cock-a-Doodle Dandy by Sean O'Casey. January 30-February 18, 1949
Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen. February 20-March 11, 1950
The Golden Porcupine by Muriel Roy Bolton. March 13-April 1, 1950
Southern Exposure by Owen Crump. April 24-29, 1950
Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde. November 6-25, 1950
A Play for Mary by William McCleery. November 27-December 16,1950
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. December 18, 1950 -January 6, 1951
The Willow Tree by A. B. Shiffrin. January 8 -27, 1951
An Innocent in Time by Edward Caulfield. January 29-February 17, 1951
One Bright Day by Sigmund Miller. February 19-March 10, 1951
Candida by George Bernard Shaw. March 12-31, 1951
Walls Rise Up by Frank Duane. April 2-28, 1951
The Sainted Sisters by Alden Nash. November 5-December1, 1951
One Foot in Heaven by Irving Phillips. December 3-22, 1951
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare. December 23-January 12, 1951
A Gift for Cathy by Ronald Alexander. January 21-February 9, 1952
The Blind Spot by Edward Caulfield. February 11-March 1, 1952
The Father by August Strindberg. March 10-29, 1952
I am Laughing by Edwin Justus Mayer. March 31-April 19, 1952
So in Love by Vera Marshall. April 28-May 17, 1952
Goodbye, Your Majesty by Vivian Connell. November 3-22, 1952
Hamlet by William Shakespeare. November 24-13, 1952
The Rising Heifer by Robin Maugham. December 22, 1952-January 10, 1953
The Last Island by Eugene Raskin. January 12-31, 1953
Uncle Marston by John Briard Harding. February 9-28, 1953
Late Love by Rosemary Casey. March 2-21, 1953
The Day's Mischief by Lesley Storm. March 30-April 18, 1953
The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. April 20-May 9, 1953
The Footpath Way by Burgess Drake. November 2-21, 1953
The Guilty by Harry Granick. November 23-December 12, 1953
Happy we'll be by Alejandro Casona. December 14, 1953-January 2, 1954
Oracle Junction by Sari Scott. January 4-23, 1954
The Heel by Samson Raphaelson. January 25-February 15, 1954
A Rainbow at Home by Milton Robertson. February 15-March 6, 1954
Horatio by Ira Wallach. March 8-27, 1954
The Purification by Tennessee Williams and The Apollo of Bellac by Jean Giraudoux. March 29-April 17, 1954
The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare. April 19-May 8, 1954
The Inevitable Circle by Ronald Alexander. June 8, 1954
The Brothers by John S. Rodell. June 29, 1954
A Dash of Bitters by Reginald Denham and Conrad Sutton-Smith. July 20, 1954
Sea-Change by William Case. August 10, 1954
Volpone by Ben Johnson. August 31, 1954

1954-1955 ("Dallas Theatre '54" to "Dallas Theatre '55")

Merry-go-round by Albert Dickason. November 8-27, 1954
As you like it by William Shakespeare. November 29-December 18, 1954
The Hemlock Cup by Edward Hunt. December 20, 1954-January 8, 1955
Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. January 10-29, 1955
The Feathered Fauna by Charles Robinson and Jean Dalrymple. January 31-February 19, 1955
The Summer of Fancy Dress by Bernard C. Schoenfeld. February 21-March 12, 1955
Misalliance by George Bernard Shaw. March 14-April 2, 1955
Ghost of a Chance by Stephen Grey . April 4-23, 1955
La Belle Lulu by Fredrick Jackson and Irving Phillips. April 25-May 14, 1955
Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw. June 13-25, 1955
Whisper to Me by Greer Johnson. June 27-July 9, 1955
The Girl from Boston by Joseph Hayes. July 11-23, 1955
Cold Christmas by Anna Marie Barlow. July 25-August 6, 1955
Farewell, Farewell, Eugene by John Vari. August 8-20, 1955

1955-1959 ("Margo Jones Theatre '55" to "Margo Jones Theatre '59")

Somebody by Ferenc Molnar. November 7-26, 1955
The World is Yours by Gene Radano. November 28-December 17, 1955
An evening of short Shaw: The Dark Lady of the Sonnets and the Man of Destiny by Bernard Shaw. December 19-January 7, 1955
Love in a Tutu by Neal Roper. January 9-28, 1956
Tolka Row by Maura Laverty. January 30-February 18, 1956
The School for Wives by Moliere. February 20-March 10, 1956
Mr. Gille by James Bridle. March 12-31, 1956
The Sand Castle by Patricia Joudry. April 2-21, 1956
The Spring Affair by Violet Welles. April 23-May 12, 1956
The Third Best Sport by Eleanor and Leo Bayer. May 14-June 2, 1956
The Marriage Wheel by Joel Climenhaga. June 4-16, 1956
Love Goes to School by Jacinto Benavente. June 18-June 30, 1956
The Prisoner by Bridget Boland. July 2-14, 1956
Stalin Allee by Albert Mannheimer and Federick Kohner. November 5-25, 1956
Macbeth by William Shakespeare. November 27-December 16, 1956
The Small Servant by S. I. Abelow and Robert Cenedella. December 18, 1956-January 6, 1957
Woman is my Idea by Don Liljenquist. January 8-27, 1957
The Tin Cup by Richard Reich. January 29-February 17, 1957
The Circle by Somerset Maugham. February 19-March10, 1957
Second Wind by Hall Shelton. March 12-31,1957
The Most Fashionable Crime by Samuel R. Golding and Norbert Faulkner. April 2-21,1957
Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov. April 23-May 12, 1957
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. May 14-June 2, 1957
The Devil came from Dublin by Paul Vincent Carroll. October 29-November 17, 1957
Roadside by Lynn Riggs. November 19-December 8, 1957
Androcles and the Lion by George Bernard Shaw. December 10-29, 1957
Heat of Noontide by Kate Farness. December 31, 1957-January 19, 1958
And so, Farewell by Katherine Morrill. January 21-February 9, 1958
The Doctor in Spite of Himself by Moliere. February 11-March 2, 1958
Season of the Beast by Carl Oglesby. March 4-23, 1958
The Hooper Law by Harry Granick. March 25-April 13, 1958
A Waiter not named Julius by William Walden. April 15-May 4, 1958
Penelope's Web by Sheridan Gibney. November 3-23, 1958
Willie Stark: His rise and fall by Robert Penn Warren. November 25-December 14, 1958
Legends and fables:  Down in the Valley by Kurt Weill and Fables for our Time by James Thurber. December 16, 1958-January 4, 1959
The Millionairess by George Bernard Shaw. January 6-25, 1959
The Heiress by Ruth and Augustus Goetz. January 27-February 15, 1959
The Contrast by Royall Tyler. February 17-March 8, 1959
A Moon for the Misbegotten by Eugene O'Neill. March 3-22, 1959
The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie. March 24-April12, 1959
Triangle: The Tridget of Greva by Ring Lardner,  Overruled by George Bernard Shaw, and The Browning Version by Terence Rattigan. April 14-May 3, 1959
Othello by William Shakespeare. 1959
Physican for Fools by Kenneth Cameron. October 6-25, 1959
Leave it to me by Bella and Samuel Spewak. October 27-November 15, 1959
A few days in Greece by Warren Tute. November 17-Decmber 6, 1959