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Guide to the Blackfriars Guild Collection
1921-1997
Phillips Memorial Library, Special and Archival
Collections
1 Cunningham Square
Providence, RI 02918-0001
Tel: 401-865-2377
Fax: 401-865-1578
Special and Archival Collections
http://www.providence.edu/library/spcol
Published in 2009
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Collection overview
Title:
Blackfriars Guild Collection
Date range:
1921-1997
Creator:
Blackfriars Guild Corporation
Extent:
13 box(es)
Abstract:
The Blackfriars Guild Collection includes
correspondence, films and tapes, legal documents,
memorabilia, news clippings, photographs, publications,
scrapbooks, and scripts, which record the history and
legacy of the guild, giving particular attention to the
Blackfriars theatre in New York City.
Language of materials:
English
Repository:
Phillips Memorial Library, Special and Archival
Collections
Collection number:
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Scope & content
The Blackfriars Guild Collection documents the tenure of Blackfriars as a viable and prolific
off-Broadway theatre during the mid-twentieth century. Correspondence, legal articles,
news clippings, photographs, and publications, detail the inception and development of
the New York chapter. These materials reveal how the organization was established and
directed, in addition to showing the favorable reception it received from the public.
Also included within this collection are the applications of actors, copies of the scripts,
photographs of the cast and performances, play bills, reviews, memorabilia, and
scrapbooks created for many of the productions. Films, tapes, and transcripts give
additional insight into the performances themselves and the history of the corporation.
Furthermore, this collection contains the correspondence of Father Thomas Carey, one
of the founders and primary manager of Blackfriars Theatre in New York. Photographs,
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publications, and news clippings provide further information on the man who was a driving
force behind the creation and operation of the theatre.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into eight series.
• Applications
• Blackfriars Chapters
• Fr. Thomas Carey, O.P., papers
• History
• National Catholic Playwriting Contest
• New York Chapter Productions
• Publications
• Scrapbooks
Historical note
The Blackfriars Guild collection details the American Catholic theatre movement from
the 1940s into the early 1970s. The Catholic Church in the United States traditionally
discouraged its clergy and laity from attending or participating in theatre during the 19th
and early 20th centuries. Believed to have corrupting influences, theatre was seen to be
irreconcilable with religion. However, with a growing concern for the spiritual welfare of
those involved in this art, coupled with a public demand for plays of virtue, the Catholic
Actors Guild (1914) and the Catholic Dramatic Movement (1922) were established to repair
the rift between faith and theatre. These movements were the forerunners of the Blackfriars
Guild.
In 1931, two Dominicans, Father Urban Nagle, O.P., and Brother Fabian Carey, O.P,
decided to found their own Catholic theatre, reviving the name of the sixteenth century
private theatres in London. The group was based at Catholic University where the two
men were studying, but the organization would eventually extend to twenty-two chapters
across the country. However, it was the New York City branch, under the direction of Nagle
and Carey that was the most widely acclaimed and celebrated theatre of the guild. As a
viable off-Broadway theatre, it provided actors, playwrights, and directors both valuable
experience and publicity. Moreover, Blackfriars produced original works which were
spiritually and intellectually challenging. Although Blackfriars Theatre closed in 1972, the
experiment showed that theatre and religion were not mutually exclusive.
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The desire for a nation-wide Catholic theatre movement was not limited to Nagle and
Carey. In 1936, Fr. Nagle attended the National Catholic Theatre Conference, which was
formed for the purpose of bridging the divide between religion, philosophy, and theatre. The
Conference operated for thirty years from a permanent office at Catholic University, but in
1941, its official headquarters became the Blackfriars Theatre in New York City.
The Blackfriars Theatre in New York City was founded in 1940 by Fr. Nagle and Fr.
Carey. Earlier that year, Nagle had been commissioned to edit Holy Name Journal, which
was based in New York. Under the guise that he needed help editing the journal, Nagle
convinced his superiors to transfer Carey there as well. At the time, there was a growing
concern from the Catholic laity that current theatrical productions were immoral, and
they began to express a desire for more wholesome forms of entertainment. Due to this
favorable atmosphere, the two friends seized the opportunity to establish the Catholic
theatre that they had been dreaming about for over a decade. Nagle and Carey were able
to rent the auditorium of a former YMCA located on 320 West 57th Street. The space could
seat up to three-hundred and eighty-three people, but because of licensing restrictions, the
theatre would eventually reduce the number of seats to two-hundred and ninety-nine.
Fr. Nagle and Fr. Carey wanted plays rich in artistic, intellectual, and spiritual substance,
rather than works intentionally trying to avoid censorship. They turned to the Dramatists’
Guild of New York to recruit playwrights and used the Actors Equity Association to provide
performers. Since Blackfriars was unable to pay any of their staff, the actors were mostly
artists in between work who were willing to act in return for experience and publicity.
They also acquired the talents of director Dennis Gurney, who would head the majority of
Blackfriars’ plays over the next eighteen years.
The first play that Blackfriars produced was from fellow Dominican, Fr. Brendan Larnen,
O.P. The work, “Up the Rebels,” was about the Irish Civil War with historical relevance to
the current debate over Ireland’s involvement in the Second World War. The play received
rave reviews, commencing a successful first year. Unfortunately, the plays produced the
following season that were not as well received, and the theatre had to deal with union
strikes that were irresolvable. The conflict led to the blacklisting of Blackfriars by the Actors
Equity Association, although the group, unofficially, continued to provide the theatre with
actors.
The 1943-1944 seasons added greatly to the prestige of Blackfriars Theatre with the
release of critically acclaimed shows such as “Career Angels” and “Caukey”. “Career
Angels” became the first play to be picked up by Broadway, although that version did
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not do as well as the original, and “Caukey” was a socially progressive production which
employed the talents of the American Negro Theatre.
Blackfriars Theatre grew considerably from 1945-1952, ultimately conducting shows seven
nights a week for four week runs. In 1950, the theatre lost its lease and was forced to look
for other accommodations. Franklin Hauser of the School of Radio Technique approached
Nagle and offered the school’s auditorium for rent. Nagle agreed, but the move contributed
to widening a chasm that had formed between Nagle and Carey.
Beginning in 1950, conflicts over financial matters and management of the theatre arose
between Carey and Nagle. By 1952, their partnership had eroded to the point where their
superior, Fr. McDermott, was forced to mediate. McDermott ultimately ordered Nagle to
become the chaplain at the Dominican Sisters’ Motherhouse of St. Mary of the Spring in
Columbus, Ohio, leaving Carey in charge of Blackfriars Theatre.
During the Nagle-Cary conflict, there were no fall productions at Blackfriars. However, upon
reopening, it continued to produce at least two shows a year. The Guild began to make a
profit for the first time, and Fr. Robert Alan Morris and Fr. Dominic Rover, who had been
assigned to help Carey with productions, suggested that they begin to pay their actors and
stage hands. Carey was against this idea though because he wanted to save money and
eventually build a permanent theatre for Blackfriars. Disagreements between the men also
arose over the lack of substantial, and original, scripts. Carey wanted innovative works that
were didactic in nature; but, Morris and Rover reasoned that it was more practical to revive
old scripts until quality works could be produced. Although, Carey agreed to a trial run of
paying actors and using revivals, he ultimately ended both practices. Morris and Rover
decided to resign in the face of artistic differences and were sent to teach at Providence
College. Despite these problems, the 1950s saw a flourishing of Catholic theatre and
Catholic involvement in the arts.
The 1960s witnessed a notable shift in the nature of plays produced by Blackfriars Theatre.
Under the sole direction of Carey, the plays were explicitly religious dramas, focusing
on the lives of saints or issues of Catholic doctrine. Fr. Larnen continued to write for
Blackfriars but was mainly commissioned to generate works based on Carey’s ideas. Other
playwrights from this era included Fr. Edward A. Molloy, C.SS.R, Mary Dahos, and Rose
Crieco. Unfortunately, these plays never received the commendation that the theatre’s
earlier works had, and Blackfriars began to decline in prominence.
Besides the lack of original plays, many other factors led to the demise of Blackfriars
Theatre. First, the number of off-Broadway theatres increased considerably during the
1960s, diminishing the image of Blackfriars as a leading experimental theater. Also, in
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1968, Vatican II espoused a new role for the Catholic Church in the larger community,
effectively removing the need for a separate Catholic Theatre. The National Catholic
Theatre Conference subsequently was dissolved after this change. Finally, in 1971,
Blackfriars was notified that the auditorium was to be torn down, the same year Fr. Carey
was diagnosed with cancer. Long time supporter of Carey, Maureen Martin, formed
“Friends of Fr. Carey” with the aim to revive Blackfriars. However, by that time, the need for
a Catholic theatre was obsolete, and the attempt failed.
Blackfriars Guild provided valuable experience to producers, directors, and actors; created
original works that were theatrically and spiritually stimulating; and showed that theatre
and the Church could be reconciled. Moreover, Blackfriars Guild was viewed by the
Dominican Order as a source for financing their religious endeavors, and the corporation
made substantial endowments to the Province of St. Joseph. The corporation was an
instrumental tool in bridging the divide between theatre and faith.
Biographical outline
Date
Event
1904
Thomas Carey born
1905
Edward John Nagle born
1929
Fr. Nagle writes "Barter," wins first prize in playwriting contest
1930
Fr. Nagle and Fr. Carey work together to produce "Barter"
1931
Nagle and Carey found Blackfriars Guild
1934
Nagle assigned to teach psychology at Providence College
1936
Carey establishes the Blackfriars Institute of Dramatic Arts at Catholic
University National Catholic Theatre Conference is established
1940
Blackfriars Theatre established by Nagle and Carey
1941
"Up the Rebels" debuts as first play for Blackfriars Theatre, "Song Out
of Sorrow,"
1942
"The Years Between," "Savonarola," "Inside Story"
1943
"Tinker's Day," "A Man's House," "Moment Musical," "Career Angel,"
Blackfriars Theatre blacklisted by Actors Equity Association
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1944
"Caukey," "Earth Journey," "Don't George"
1945
"Home is the Hero," "Simon's Wife," "Slice it Thin" (musical), "Seven
Mirrors"
1946
"A Young American," "Mary of Magdala," "Come Marching Home,"
"Derryowen"
1947
Nagle writes book, Uncle George and Uncle Malachy, "If in the
Greenwood," "On the Seventh Day," "Respectfully Yours," "Hoboes in
Heaven," "Trial by Fire"
1948
"Lady of Fatima," "Minstrel Boy"
1949
"City of Kings," "Shake Hands with the Devil"
1950
"Armor of Light," "Angel with Red Hair," Blackfriars Theatre loses lease
to 320 W.57th Street auditorium Blackfriars Theatre rents auditorium
from School of Radio Technique
1951
"Open the Gates"
1952 Jan
Nagle assigned as chaplain to Dominican Sister's Motherhouse of St.
Mary Of the Springs
1952
"The Restless Flame," "Faith and Prudence,"
1953
"Angelic Doctor," "Late Arrival"
1954
"Praise of Folly," "Slightly Delinquent"
1955
"Bamboo Cross," "Song out of Sorrow"
1956
"Age of Grace," "The Comedian"
1957
"Two Tales of the Devil: Doctor Faustus and Parade at the Devil's
Bridge," "Truce of the Bear,"
1958
"The King's Standards," "Child of Morning," "Listen to the Quiet"
1959
"La Madre," "The Egotists"
1960
"Madame Lafayette," "Shepherds of the Shelf"
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1961
"Connelly vs. Connelly," "Anthony on Overtime"
1962
"My Beginning," "Lady of Mexico"
1963
"Decision at Tongo," "Daddy Comes Home," "Eternal Sabbath"
1964
"Finis for Oscar Wilde," "The Comforter"
1965
"Patrick the First," "Mackey of Appalachia"
1965 Mar 12
Fr. Nagle dies from a heart ailment
1966
"Consider the Lillies," "Go,Go,Go, God is Dead"
1967
"The Man Who Washed His Hands," "The Happy Faculty," "Guimpes
and Saddles"
1968
"Babes Don't Cry Anymore," "The Ballad of John Ogilvie"
1969
"The Priest in the Cellar," "Reunion of Sorts"
1970
"Five Star Saint," "Transfiguration", Fr. Carey diagnosed with cancer
1971
"And the Devil Makes Five," "Lib Comes High"
1972
"The Red Hat"
1972 May 8
Fr. Carey passes away
1975
Blackfriars Corporation officially dissolved
Access & use
Access to the collection:
There are no restrictions on access, however, certain
collections may have donor restrictions and may not be
available, nor may archival or manuscript materials be
removed from the Reading Room area or borrowed from
the collections.
Use of materials:
Researchers are advised that express written permission
to reproduce, quote, or otherwise publish any portion
or extract from this collection must be obtained from
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College has physical ownership of the collection and
the materials contained therein, it does not claim
literary rights. It is up to the researcher to determine the
owners of the literary rights and to obtain any necessary
permissions from them.
Preferred citation:
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Contact information:
Phillips Memorial Library, Special and Archival
Collections
1 Cunningham Square
Providence, RI 02918-0001
Tel: 401-865-2377
Fax: 401-865-1578
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http://www.providence.edu/library/spcol
Administrative information
About the collection
Aquisition:
In 1975, after the dissolution of Blackfriars Guild
Corporation, the collection was bequeathed to the
archives department of Providence College.
About the finding aid
Author:
Finding aid prepared by Providence College Archives
Staff.
Encoding:
Finding aid encoded by Shannon McNamara 2009
December 07
Descriptive rules:
Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content
Standard (DACS)
Search terms
Names:
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Larnen, Brendan
Heston, Charlton
Gazzara, Ben, 1930Morrow, Vic, 1931-1982
Subjects:
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Blackfriars’ Guild. New York Chapter
Blackfriars’ Guild
Catholic University of America
Providence College
Off-Broadway theater
Actors’ Equity Association
Dramatists Guild
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Inventory
Series I, Applications, 1946-1957
This series contains the applications and headshots of actors and actresses who
auditioned at Blackfriars Theatre in New York. Initially, Blackfriars hired their players
from the Actors Equity Association, but after being blacklisted, the theatre had a more
limited relationship with the union and had to recruit elsewhere. Due to the fact that
Blackfriars could not afford to pay their actors, most people who worked for the theatre
were professionals in between jobs or struggling actors willing to accept unpaid roles in
return for experience and publicity.
Container
Description
Date
Box 1, Folder 1
Aune, Georgia
Dec 28
Box 1, Folder 2
Barclay, Mary
1957 Feb 17
Box 1, Folder 3
Besman, Ilse
1953 Sep 8
Box 1, Folder 4
Bessell, Jo
1953 Sep
17
Box 1, Folder 5
Bradley, Virginia M.
Sep 6
Box 1, Folder 6
Brenlin, George
1953 Sep
11
Box 1, Folder 7
Camuti, Louis Jr.
undated
Box 1, Folder 8
Canfield, Mary Grace
1952 Sep
13
Box 1, Folder 9
Carroll, Pat
1949 Oct 19
Box 1, Folder
10
Cohan, Mary Anne
Sep 7
Box 1, Folder
11
Colon, Miriam
1954 Dec 3
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Box 1, Folder
12
Crosley, Chase
1953 Nov
23
Box 1, Folder
13
Daneel, Sylvia
1952 Nov
12
Box 1, Folder
14
Davis, Patsy
1952 Nov
19
Box 1, Folder
15
Dooley, Muriel
Feb 27
Box 1, Folder
16
Duhaime, Terry
1952 Sep 9
Box 1, Folder
17
Emmett, Robert
1948 Sep
12
Box 1, Folder
18
Fallon, Sheila
1953 Sep
10
Box 1, Folder
19
Franciosa, Anthony
Jan 13
Box 1, Folder
20
Gazzara, Ben
Sep 5
Box 1, Folder
21
Heston, Charlton L.
Sep 26
Box 1, Folder
22
Higgins, Michael
1950 Sep 7
Box 1, Folder
23
Joyce, Toni
Mar 12
Box 1, Folder
24
Kidd, Robert
undated
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Box 1, Folder
25
Kenneally, Phillip
1949 Sep 7
Box 1, Folder
26
Leighton, Jan
1952 Nov
26
Box 1, Folder
27
Lodge, Lily
1952 Sep
17
Box 1, Folder
28
McCarthy, Lois
1950 Jan 13
Box 1, Folder
29
McGhee, Gloria
1949 Sep
21
Box 1, Folder
30
Meer, Cassie
1950 Sep 6
Box 1, Folder
31
Millhollin, James A.
1952 Nov
19
Box 1, Folder
32
Morrow, Vic
Sep 7
Box 1, Folder
33
O'Connell, Patricia
Sep 17
Box 1, Folder
34
Page, Geraldine Sue
1950 Jan 17
Box 1, Folder
35
Price, Gerald
1954 Jan 12
Box 1, Folder
36
Steinert, Jean and June
undated
Box 1, Folder
37
Sterne, Gordon
1952 Nov
12
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Box 1, Folder
38
Taylor, Helen
1955 Sep 7
Box 1, Folder
39
Tolley, June
1952 Oct 1
Box 1, Folder
40
Van Dreelen, John
1951 Feb 13
Box 1, Folder
41
Williams, Grant
1953 Sep
17
Box 1, Folder
42
unidentified head shot
undated
Series II, Blackfriars Guild Chapters, 1937-1954
Blackfriars Guild is a national organization of dramatic groups that was established by
Fr. Urban Nagle, O.P., and Fr. Thomas Carey, O.P., in 1931. Originally based at the
Catholic University of America, the Blackfriars Guild eventually spread to twenty-two
cities. Although the New York City theatre was the most well known of the branches, other
notable chapters included Grand Rapids (MI), Minneapolis-St. Paul (MN), Springfield
(Il), Cleveland (OH), Dayton (OH), Philadelphia (PA), Madison (WI), Louisville (MO), San
Antonio (TX), Rochester (NY), Albany (NY), New Haven (CT), Providence (RI), and Lowell
(MA).
This series contains materials from productions put on by the chapters of Fall River (MA),
Greenwood (R.I), Jersey City (NJ), Milwaukee (WI), Nabnasset (MA), Pittsburg (PA), San
Pedro (TX), Washington D.C., and Immaculate Conception Boy's High School in Trenton
(NJ). Many of these plays were original works of Nagle and Brendan Larnen, O.P. Today,
several chapters are still in existence.
Container
Description
Date
Box 1, Folder
43
Fall River, Massachusetts: "City of
Kings," Urban Nagle, O.P - news
clippings
1954 Dec
12
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Box 1, Folder
44
Greenwood, Rhode Island: "Eat Honey
My Son," Keefe Burbage - program
1940 Aug 8
Box 1, Folder
45
Greenwood, Rhode Island: "The Far Off
Hills," Lennox Robinson - program
1940 Aug
15
Box 1, Folder
46
Greenwood, Rhode Island: "Fog Over
Mars," Urban Nagle, O.P. - program
1940 Aug
29
Box 1, Folder
47
Greenwood, Rhode Island: "The
Torchbearers," George Kelly - program
1940 Aug
22
Box 1, Folder
48
Greenwood - summer theatre flier
1940 Aug
Box 1, Folder
49
Immaculate Conception Boy's High
School - correspondence
1937 Apr 18
Box 1, Folder
50
Immaculate Conception Boy's High
School : "The Golden Wave" - school
newspaper
1937 Apr
Box 1, Folder
51
Immaculate Conception Boy's High
School: "The First Legion" - invitation
1937 May 2
Box 1, Folder
52
Immaculate Conception Boy's High
School: "The First Legion," Emmet
Lavery - programs
1937 May 3
Box 1, Folder
53
Jersey City, New Jersey: "The Gifts of
St. Patrick," J.C. Mullen - program
1937 Mar 17
Box 1, Folder
54
Milwaukee, Wisconsin: "The First
Legion," Emmet Lavery - news clipping
1937 Jan
Box 1, Folder
55
Nabnasset, Massachusetts - news
clipping
1939 Aug 7
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Box 1, Folder
56
Nabnasset, Massachusetts: "Night
Must Fall," Emlyn Williams - program
1939
Summer
Box 1, Folder
57
Nabnasset, Massachusetts: "Stage
Door," George Kaufman and Edna
Ferber - program
undated
Box 1, Folder
58
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania correspondence
1937 Apr 7
Box 1, Folder
59
San Pedro, Texas: "Whistling in the
Dark," Laurence Gross and Edward
Childs Carpenter - programs
1937 Apr 18
Box 1, Folder
60
Washington, D.C. - news clippings
1950, 1962
Box 1, Folder
61
Washington, D.C: "Brother Orchid," Leo
Brady - correspondence
1939 Nov
11
Box 1, Folder
62
Washington, D.C: "Safe Crossing,"
Courtenay Savage
1940 Apr 28
Box 1, Folder
63
Washington, D.C: "Nothing Begins,"
Brendan Larnen, O.P. - program
1940 Dec 3
Box 1, Folder
64
Washington, D.C: "Fog Over Mars,"
Urban Nagle, O.P. - program
1941 Feb 18
Series III, Blackfriars Guild History, 1933-1997
This series includes a variety of materials that document the history of the Blackfriars Guild
from its establishment in 1931 until its dissolution in 1974. Fr. Urban Nagle, O.P., and Fr.
Thomas Carey, O.P., founded this network of Catholic theatres with the intent that it would
become an innovative and viable alternative to the secular productions being offered. The
incorporation certificates, by-laws, and constitutions of Blackfriars Theatre in New York,
as well as those of the local chapters, lend insight into the organization and mission of the
Guild.
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The series mainly centers on the Blackfriars Theatre in New York, and provides details
on the institute's financial arrangements, property agreements, and Father Carey's
unrealized aspirations for a permanent theatre. In addition, the series records the daily
responsibilities involved in running the theatre as well as the progress and reception of
Blackfriar productions. Of interest, there are also materials from an interview with Fr.
Robert Allan Morris regarding his experience working at the theatre. As an advisor of Fr.
Carey during the 1950s, Morris' account provides valuable information on the history of
Blackfriars Guild.
Container
Description
Date
Box 1, Folder
>65
Incorporation Certificate of Washington
D.C. Chapter
1933
Box 1, Folder
66
news clippings
1934-1997
Box 1, Folder
67
correspondence
1936 Aug 1936 Dec
Box 1, Folder
68
correspondence
1936 Sep
22 - 1936
Nov 1
Box 1, Folder
69
correspondence
1936
Box 1, Folder
70
Non-guild conferences, drama
schools, theatre groups - brochures,
correspondence, reports
1936-1937
Box 1, Folder
71
correspondence
1937 Jan
Box 1, Folder
72
correspondence
1937 Feb 1937 Mar
Box 1, Folder
73
correspondence
1937 Mar
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Box 1, Folder
74
correspondence
1937 Apr
Box 1, Folder
75
correspondence
1937 May
Box 1, Folder
76
correspondence
1937 Jun
Box 1, Folder
72
Blackfriars Dramatic Institute - news
bulletins, reports, course descriptions
1937
Box 1, Folder
78
clippings
1937
Box 1, Folder
79
correspondence
1937
Box 1, Folder
80
correspondence
1937
Box 1, Folder
81
Productions rejected: "Marie
Antoinette," by Richard Hallahan correspondence
1937
Box 1, Folder
82
Productions rejected: "The Way of
the Prince," by E. Francis McDevitt correspondence
1937
Box 1, Folder
83
Productions rejected: untitled play, by
Roger Toucher - correspondence
1937
Box 1, Folder
84
correspondence
1938 Jun
Box 1, Folder
85
correspondence
1939
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Box 1, Folder
86
untitled production - correspondence
1939
Box 1, Folder
87
clippings, correspondence
1939 - 1973
Box 1, Folder
88
correspondence
1940
Box 1, Folder
89
clippings
1941
Box 1, Folder
90
correspondence
1941
Box 1, Folder
91
lease
1941 - 1942
Box 1, Folder
92
Incorporation Certificate of New York
Chapter
1941, 1944
Box 1, Folder
93
correspondence, reports
1941 - 1951
Box 1, Folder
94
Board of Directors Meetings correspondence, reports
1941 - 1976
Box 1, Folder
95
Incorporation Certificate of New York
Chapter and Internal Revenue Service
1942, 1944
Box 1, Folder
96
Financial information - checks, deposit
slips
1943 - 1976
Box 1, Folder
97
clippings
1945
Box 1, Folder
98
New York City building permits
1945 - 1972
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Box 1, Folder
99
clippings
1946
Box 1, Folder
100
biographical features: Urban Nagle,
O.P., and Thomas Carey, O.P.
1947 -1958
Box 1, Folder
101
Contribution Certificate
1947 Jun
Box 1, Folder
102
clippings
1948
Box 1, Folder
103
correspondence
1948
Box 1, Folder
104
clippings
1949
Box 1, Folder
105
clippings
1950
Box 1, Folder
106
clippings
1953
Box 1, Folder
107
correspondence
1953
Box 1, Folder
108
correspondence
1956
Box 1, Folder
109
clippings
1966
Box 1, Folder
110
correspondence
1971
Box 1, Folder
111
correspondence
1972
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Box 1, Folder
112
Provincial Council - correspondence
1973 - 1976
Box 1, Folder
113
Financial information - reports
1974 - 1976
Box 1, Folder
114
Interviews with Robert Allan Morris,
O.P., - tapes
1975 Mar 17
Box 1, Folder
114-A
"The Way to Go": Interview with Fr.
Thomas Carey, produced by New York
University - film
See oversized.
1963
Box 1, Folder
114-B
Biography of Fr. Carey, produced by
Thaddeus Productions - film
See oversized.
1965-1966
Box 1, Folder
115
Interviews with Robert Allan Morris,
O.P., - transcripts
1975 Mar 17
Box 1, Folder
116
Financial information - passbooks and
statements
1975 - 1976
Box 1, Folder
117
correspondence
1982, 1984
Box 1, Folder
118
Blackfriars Guild brochures
undated
Box 1, Folder
119
Blackfriars Guild bylaws
undated
Box 1, Folder
120
Blackfriars New York Chapter bylaws
undated
Box 1, Folder
121
clippings
undated
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Box 1, Folder
122-A
Framed mission statement of
Blackfriars Guild New York Theatre
See oversized box 3.
undated
Box 1, Folder
122
Constitution of Blackfriars Guild
undated
Box 1, Folder
123
Constitution of Local Chapters
undated
Box 1, Folder
124
Constitution of Washington, D.C.
Chapter
undated
Box 1, Folder
125
Correspondence
undated
Box 1, Folder
126
Incorporation Certificate of Blackfriars
Guild
undated
Box 1, Folder
127
List of Blackfriar productions
undated
Box 1, Folder
128
Memorabilia - framed sign
undated
Box 1, Folder
129
Memorabilia - "Information" sign, key
undated
Box 1, Folder
129-A
Memorabilia - Blackfriars Guild seal
See oversized box 3.
undated
Box 1, Folder
130
photographs - miscellaneous
undated
Box 1, Folder
131
photographs - productions
undated
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Box 1, Folder
132
Productions rejected: "The Drawnests
of Mercy," by Patricia O'Neal correspondence
undated
Box 1, Folder
133
Theatre in London - news clippings,
photographs
undated
Box 1, Folder
133-A
Theatre in London - framed news
clipping
See oversized box 3.
c. 1950 Feb
16
Box 1, Folder
134
Theatre in New York - blueprints,
drawings
undated
Box 1, Folder
134-A
Theatre in New York building proposal drawings
See oversized box 1.
undated
Box 1, Folder
135
Theatre in New York - pictures of
auditorium
undated
Box 1, Folder
136
Theatre in New York - seating plan
undated
Box 1, Folder
137
sheet music
undated
Series IV, Fr. Thomas Carey, O.P., 1937-1972
Thomas Carey was born in Chicago in 1904. He was orphaned at the age of twelve and left
in the care of a local parish priest. Carey was sent to study at Campion Academy, a Jesuit
run school in Wisconsin, and then later joined the Dominican Order where he was given
the name Brother Fabian. In 1930, while studying at Catholic University of America, Carey
designed the set for an original work, “Barter, written by fellow seminarian, Fr. Urban Nagel,
O.P. From this initial partnership, the two men wrote and produced a number of plays and
together they dreamed of one day establishing a nationwide Catholic theatre group.
In 1931, Nagel and Carey founded Blackfriars Guild. The organization was first located in
Washington, D.C., but eventually included chapters in Rochester, Minneapolis-St. Paul,
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Philadelphia, Dayton, Albany, Madison, Louisville, San Antonio, New Haven, Providence,
and New York City. In total, there were twenty-two branches nation-wide.
Fr. Nagel was sent to teach psychology at Providence College in 1934. There, he
founded a Blackfriars chapter, which continues to remain active. Carey remained at the
Catholic University, and in 1936, he convinced Dean Deferrari that there was a demand
on campus for quality theatrical productions. Deferrari subsequently allowed Carey to
establish a summer drama program, the Blackfriars Institute of Dramatic Arts. Under the
recommendation of Carey, Fr. Nagel was asked to head the summer program. The institute
was a success and is a permanent fixture at the school.
In 1940, the two friends found themselves together again in New York City. Fr. Nagel had
been assigned to edit the Holy Name Journal, and was able to secure a position there
for Carey. The men seized the opportunity of being in New York and quickly established
a Blackfriars Theatre at 320 W. 57th Street. Over the next few years, both Carey and
Nagel were actively involved in managing and producing original plays that reflected their
shared belief that theatre should be spiritually, artistically, and intellectually challenging.
Carey put his design talents to use once again when he created the entire set for the highly
acclaimed, “Caukey”.
Carey was of the firm opinion that Catholic theatre should be didactic in nature and, in
order to secure the future of Blackfriars, a permanent theatre needed to be built. Nagel
on the other hand believed that Catholic theatre should be inspirational rather than
instructional, and did not feel the same urgency to build their own theatre. In addition,
tensions arose between the two men over financial matters and Nagel’s involvement in
outside projects. The final break in their friendship occurred when Carey accused Nagel of
being inept at handling Blackfriars’ business affairs, and for hiring a financial manager who,
Carey believed, was stealing from the corporation. Although this latter accusation proved
unfounded, the conflict led to the intervention of their superior, Fr. McDermott. In 1952,
McDermott reassigned Nagel to serve as chaplain at a Dominican Sister Motherhouse, St.
Mary of the Springs, in Columbus, Ohio, leaving Carey in charge of Blackfriars.
Blackfriars Theatre prospered under Carey’s direction in the 1950s, generally producing at
least two plays each year. For the first time, the theatre began to make a profit and Carey
believed that he would soon have the funds to build a permanent theatre. However, due
to a lack of original scripts, Carey began producing plays that had overt religious themes.
While some plays were well received, Blackfriars’ reputation as an innovative theatre
began to wane, and consequently, so did funds to build a theatre. In 1971, when Carey
was diagnosed with terminal cancer, it marked the beginning of the end of Blackfriars in
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New York. With the passing of Carey, Blackfriars Guild lost its staunchest advocate and the
corporation was dissolved in 1975.
Container
Description
Date
Box 1, Folder
138
Correspondence
1937 - 1972
Box 1, Folder
139
Father Carey's obituary
1972 May 8
Box 1, Folder
140
Eulogy for Father Carey - by Brendan
Larnen, O.P.
1972 May
10
Box 1, Folder
141
photographs
See oversized.
undated
Box 1, Folder
142
photographs
undated
Box 1, Folder
143
photographs
undated
Box 1, Folder
144
photographs
undated
Box 1, Folder
145
photographs
undated
Series V, National Catholic Playwriting Contest, 1935-1937
The National Catholic Playwriting Contest was established by the Blackfriars Guild and
sponsored by the Knights of Columbus National Office. As an organization intent on
fostering a Catholic theatre network, Blackfriars Guild sought to promote the creation of
spiritually and intellectually rich plays. This series contains information on the official rules,
regulations, and prizes awarded in this competition, such as the Golden Quill, an honor
given in the sum of one-thousand dollars. This contest was directed by Fr. Urban Nagle,
O.P., and Fr. Thomas Carey, O.P, during their time at the Catholic University of America.
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Container
Description
Date
Box 1, Folder
146
National Catholic Playwriting Contest
- sample playwriting and contest
programs
1935-1936
Box 1, Folder
147
National Catholic Playwriting Contest correspondence
1936
Box 1, Folder
148
National Catholic Playwriting Contest correspondence
1937
Box 1, Folder
149
National Catholic Playwriting Contest:
The Golden Quill - rules
undated
Box 1, Folder
150
National Catholic Playwriting Contest official contract
undated
Box 1, Folder
151
National Catholic Playwriting Contest official rules and regulations
undated
Box 1, Folder
152
National Catholic Playwriting Contest reports on the contest
undated
Series VI, Productions , 1941-1972
This series contains materials from plays produced by the Blackfriars Theatre of New
York. Blackfriars Guild employed the talents of playwrights, many who were members
of the Dramatists' Guild of New York, to create original works that were artistically rich,
intellectually engaging, and spiritually provoking. Fr. Brendan Larnen, O.P., also lent his
playwriting talents to the theatre for over thirty years, and Fr. Urban Nagle penned several
works as well.
Blackfriars became known as an innovative alternative to Broadway, and received
immense praise for many of its works, especially, "Up the Rebels," "Career Angels," and
"Caukey."
During the late 1950s and early 1960s, there was a shortage of original works that met the
high standards Blackfriars was used to, and subsequently was forced to revive some older
productions. However, Carey was against this trend and strove to run only new plays.
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In the 1960s, under the sole direction of Carey, the productions became more didactic in
nature, and revolved around religious themes. Carey commissioned playwrights to create
works that either featured the lives of religious figures or centered on a theological issue.
These works received mediocre reviews, and with a rise in the number of off-Broadway
theatres, Blackfriars' reputations as an innovative artistic center slowly diminished.
Nevertheless, the theatre enjoyed over thirty-years of commendation, demonstrating that
the Catholic faith and drama were not mutually exclusive.
Container
Description
Date
Box 2, Folder 1
Production No. 1: "Up the Rebels" program, script
1941 Oct 30
Box 2, Folder 2
Production No. 1: "Up the Rebels" photographs
1941 Oct 30
Box 2, Folder 3
Production No. 1: "Up the Rebels" correspondence
1941 Oct 30
Box 2, Folder 4
Production No. 1: "Up the Rebels" script
1941 Oct 30
Box 2, Folder 5
Production No. 2: "Song of Sorrows" published script
1941 Dec
11
Box 2, Folder 6
Production No. 2: "Song of Sorrows" programs
1941 Dec
11
Box 2, Folder 7
Production No. 2: "Song of Sorrows" script
1941 Dec
11
Box 2, Folder 8
Production No. 2: "Song of Sorrows" photographs
1941 Dec
11
Box 2, Folder 9
Production No. 3: "The Years Between"
- programs, script
1942 Feb 5
Box 2, Folder
10
Production No. 3: "The Years Between"
- photographs
1942 Feb 5
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Box 2, Folder
11
Production No. 3: "The Years Between"
- script
1942 Feb 5
Box 2, Folder
12
Production No. 4: "Savonarola" programs
1942 Apr 23
Box 2, Folder
13
Production No. 4: "Savonarola" photographs
1942 Apr 23
Box 2, Folder
14
Production No. 4: "Savonarola" - scripts
1942 Apr 23
Box 2, Folder
15
Production No. 5: "Inside Story" programs
1942 Oct 29
Box 2, Folder
16
Production No. 5: "Inside Story" - script
1942 Oct 29
Box 2, Folder
17
Production No. 5: "Inside Story" photographs
1942 Oct 29
Box 2, Folder
18
Production No. 5: "Inside Story" correspondence
1942 Oct 29
Box 2, Folder
19
Production No. 6: "Tinker's Dam" programs
1943 Jan 28
Box 2, Folder
20
Production No. 6: "Tinker's Dam" script
1943 Jan 28
Box 2, Folder
20-A
Production No. 6: "Tinker's Dam" photographs
See oversized box 1.
1943 Jan 28
Box 2, Folder
21
Production No. 7: "A Man's House" programs
1943 Apr 1
Box 2, Folder
22
Production No. 7: "A Man's House" photographs
1943 Apr 1
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Box 2, Folder
23
Production No. 8: "Moment Musical" programs
1942 Feb 5
Box 2, Folder
24
Production No. 8: "Moment Musical" script
1942 Feb 5
Box 2, Folder
25
Production No. 8: "Moment Musical" photographs
1942 Feb 5
Box 2, Folder
26
Production No. 9: "Career Angel" programs
1943 Nov
18
Box 2, Folder
27
Production No. 9: "Career Angel" script
1943 Nov
18
Box 2, Folder
28
Production No. 9: "Career Angel" photographs
1943 Nov
18
Box 2, Folder
29
Production No. 10: "Caukey" programs
1944 Feb 17
Box 2, Folder
30
Production No. 10: "Caukey" photographs
1944 Feb 17
Box 2, Folder
30-A
Production No. 10: "Caukey" photographs
See oversized box 1.
1944 Feb 17
Box 2, Folder
31
Production No. 10: "Caukey" - script
1944 Feb 17
Box 2, Folder
32
Production No. 10: "Caukey" - script
1944 Feb 17
Box 2, Folder
33
Production No. 11: "Earth Journey" programs
1944 Apr 27
Box 2, Folder
34
Production No. 11: "Earth Journey" photographs
1944 Apr 27
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Box 2, Folder
35
Production No. 12: "Don't George!" programs
1944 Nov 2
Box 2, Folder
36
Production No. 12: "Don't George!" script
1944 Nov 2
Box 2, Folder
37
Production No. 13: "Home is the Hero" programs
1945 Jan 18
Box 2, Folder
38
Production No. 13: "Home is the Hero" script
1945 Jan 18
Box 2, Folder
39
Production No. 14: "Simon's Wife" programs
1945 Mar 8
Box 2, Folder
40
Production No. 14: "Simon's Wife" script
1945 Mar 8
Box 2, Folder
41
Production No. 14: "Simon's Wife" script
1945 Mar 8
Box 2, Folder
42
Production No. 15: "Slice it Thin" programs
1945 May
10
Box 2, Folder
43
Production No. 15: "Slice it Thin" script
1945 May
10
Box 2, Folder
44
Production No. 15: "Slice it Thin" photographs
1945 May
10
Box 2, Folder
45
Production No. 15: "Slice it Thin" notes
1945 May
10
Box 2, Folder
46
Production No. 16: "Seven Mirrors" programs
1945 Nov
26
Box 2, Folder
47
Production No. 16: "Seven Mirrors" script
1945 Nov
26
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Box 2, Folder
48
Production No. 16: "Seven Mirrors" photographs
1945 Nov
26
Box 2, Folder
49
Production No. 17: "A Young American"
- programs
1946 Jan 17
Box 2, Folder
50
Production No. 17: "A Young American"
- script
1946 Jan 17
Box 2, Folder
51
Production No. 17: "A Young American"
- photographs
1946 Jan 17
Box 2, Folder
51-A
Production No. 17: "A Young American"
- photographs
See oversized box 1.
1946 Jan 17
Box 2, Folder
52
Production No. 18: "Mary of Magdala" programs
1946 Mar 25
Box 2, Folder
53
Production No. 18: "Mary of Magdala" script
1946 Mar 25
Box 2, Folder
54
Production No. 18: "Mary of Magdala" photographs
1946 Mar 25
Box 2, Folder
55
Production No. 19: "Come Marching
Home" - programs
1946 May 5
Box 2, Folder
56
Production No. 19: "Come Marching
Home" - script
1946 May 5
Box 2, Folder
57
Production No. 19: "Come Marching
Home" - photographs
1946 May 5
Box 2, Folder
58
Production No. 20: "Derryowen" programs
1946 Oct 24
Box 2, Folder
59
Production No. 20: "Derryowen" photographs
1946 Oct 24
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Box 2, Folder
60
Production No. 20: "Derryowen" Blackfriars Guild newsletter
1946 Sep
30
Box 2, Folder
61
Production No. 21: "If in the
Greenwood" - programs
1947 Jan 16
Box 2, Folder
62
Production No. 21: "If in the
Greenwood" - script
1947 Jan 16
Box 2, Folder
63
Production No. 21: "If in the
Greenwood" - photographs
1947 Jan 16
Box 2, Folder
64
Production No. 22: "On the Seventh
Day" - programs
1947 Mar 6
Box 2, Folder
64-A
Production No. 22: "On the Seventh
Day" - photographs
See oversized box 1.
1947 Mar 6
Box 2, Folder
65
Production No. 23: "Respectfully Yours"
- programs
1947 May
13
Box 2, Folder
66
Production No. 23: "Respectfully Yours"
- photographs
1947 May
13
Box 2, Folder
67
Production No. 24: "Hoboes in Heaven"
- programs
1947 Oct 23
Box 2, Folder
68
Production No. 24: "Hoboes in Heaven"
- script
1947 Oct 23
Box 2, Folder
69
Production No. 24: "Hoboes in Heaven"
- photographs
1947 Oct 23
Box 2, Folder
70
Production No. 24: "Hoboes in Heaven"
- delivery receipt
1947 Oct 23
Box 2, Folder
71
Production No. 25: "Trial by Fire" programs
1947 Dec 4
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Box 2, Folder
72
Production No. 25: "Trial by Fire" script
1947 Dec 4
Box 2, Folder
73
Production No. 25: "Trial by Fire" photographs
1947 Dec 4
Box 2, Folder
74
Production No. 26: "Lady of Fatima" programs
1948 Feb 12
Box 2, Folder
75
Production No. 26: "Lady of Fatima" sheet music
1948 Feb 12
Box 2, Folder
76
Production No. 26: "Lady of Fatima" photographs
1948 Feb 12
Box 2, Folder
77
Production No. 26: "Lady of Fatima" script
1948 Feb 12
Box 2, Folder
78
Production No. 27: "Minstrel Boy" program
1948 Oct 14
Box 2, Folder
79
Production No. 27: "Minstrel Boy" script
1948 Oct 14
Box 2, Folder
80
Production No. 27: "Minstrel Boy" photographs
1948 Oct 14
Box 2, Folder
81
Production No. 27: "Minstrel Boy" correspondence
1948 Oct 14
Box 2, Folder
82
Production No. 28: "City of Kings" photographs
1949 Feb 17
Box 2, Folder
82-A
Production No. 28: "City of Kings" photographs
See oversized box 1.
1949 Feb 17
Box 2, Folder
83
Production No. 28: "City of Kings" announcements
1949 Feb 17
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Box 2, Folder
84
Production No. 28: "City of Kings" script
1949 Feb 17
Box 2, Folder
85
Production No. 29: "Shake Hands with
the Devil" - programs
1949 Oct 20
Box 2, Folder
86
Production No. 29: "Shake Hands with
the Devil" - script
1949 Oct 20
Box 2, Folder
87
Production No. 29: "Shake Hands with
the Devil" - script
1949 Oct 20
Box 2, Folder
88
Production No. 29: "Shake Hands with
the Devil" - photographs
1949 Oct 20
Box 2, Folder
89
Production No. 29: "Shake Hands with
the Devil" - correspondence
1949 Oct 20
Box 2, Folder
90
Production No. 29: "Shake Hands with
the Devil" - correspondence
1949 Oct 20
Box 3, Folder 1
Production No. 30: "Armor of Light" programs
1950 Feb 23
Box 3, Folder 2
Production No. 30: "Armor of Light" photographs
1950 Feb 23
Box 3, Folder 2A
Production No. 30: "Armor of Light" photographs
See oversized box 1.
1950 Feb 23
Box 3, Folder 3
Production No. 30: "Armor of Light" news clippings
1950 Feb 23
Box 3, Folder 4
Production No. 30: "Armor of Light" script
1950 Feb 23
Box 3, Folder 5
Production No. 31: "Angel with Red
Hair" - programs
1950 Oct 19
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Box 3, Folder 6
Production No. 31: "Angel with Red
Hair" - script
1950 Oct 19
Box 3, Folder 7
Production No. 31: "Angel with Red
Hair" - photographs
1950 Oct 19
Box 3, Folder 8
Production No. 31: "Angel with Red
Hair" - news clippings
1950 Oct 19
Box 3, Folder 9
Production No. 32: "Open the Gates" programs
1951 Feb 20
Box 3, Folder
10
Production No. 32: "Open the Gates" photographs
1951 Feb 20
Box 3, Folder
10-A
Production No. 32: "Open the Gates" news clippings
See oversized box 2.
1951 Feb 20
Box 3, Folder
11
Production No. 32: "Open the Gates" summary of play
1951 Feb 20
Box 3, Folder
12
Production No. 33: "The Restless
Flames" - programs
1951 Apr 14
Box 3, Folder
13
Production No. 33: "The Restless
Flames" - script
1951 Apr 14
Box 3, Folder
14
Production No. 33: "The Restless
Flames" - photographs
1951 Apr 14
Box 3, Folder
15
Production No. 33: "The Restless
Flames" - news clippings
1951 Apr 14
Box 3, Folder
16
Production No. 34: "Faith and
Prudence" - programs
1952 Oct 13
Box 3, Folder
17
Production No. 34: "Faith and
Prudence" - script
1952 Oct 13
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Box 3, Folder
18
Production No. 34: "Faith and
Prudence" - photographs
1952 Oct 13
Box 3, Folder
19
Production No. 34: "Faith and
Prudence" - news clippings
1952 Oct 13
Box 3, Folder
20
Production No. 35: "Angelic Doctor" programs
1953 Feb 2
Box 3, Folder
21
Production No. 35: "Angelic Doctor" photographs
1953 Feb 2
Box 3, Folder
22
Production No. 35: "Angelic Doctor" news clippings
1953 Feb 2
Box 3, Folder
23
Production No. 35: "Angelic Doctor" script
1953 Feb 2
Box 3, Folder
24
Production No. 36: "Late Arrival" programs
1953 Oct 19
Box 3, Folder
25
Production No. 36: "Late Arrival" - script
1951
Box 3, Folder
26
Production No. 36: "Late Arrival" published script
1953 Oct 19
Box 3, Folder
27
Production No. 36: "Late Arrival" photographs
1953 Oct 19
Box 3, Folder
27-A
Production No. 36: "Late Arrival" photographs
See oversized box 1.
1953 Oct 19
Box 3, Folder
28
Production No. 36: "Late Arrival" - news
clippings
1953 Oct 19
Box 3, Folder
29
Production No. 37: "Praise and Folly" programs
1954 Feb 23
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Box 3, Folder
30
Production No. 37: "Praise and Folly" Fr. Morris, O.P., interview tape
1975 Jun 2
Box 3, Folder
31
Production No. 37: "Praise and Folly" photographs
1954 Feb 23
Box 3, Folder
32
Production No. 37: "Praise and Folly" photographs
1954 Feb 23
Box 3, Folder
32-A
Production No. 37: "Praise and Folly" photographs, news clippings
See oversized box 2.
1954 Feb 23
Box 3, Folder
33
Production No. 37: "Praise and Folly" The Sign: National Catholic Magazine
1954 Jun
Box 3, Folder
34
Production No. 37: "Praise and Folly" news clippings
1954 Feb 23
Box 3, Folder
35
Production No. 37: "Praise and Folly" script
1954 Feb 23
Box 3, Folder
36
Production No. 38: "Slightly Delinquent"
- programs
1954 Oct 18
Box 3, Folder
37
Production No. 38: "Slightly Delinquent"
- photographs
1954 Oct 18
Box 3, Folder
37-A
Production No. 38: "Slightly Delinquent"
- photographs
See oversized box 1.
1954 Oct 18
Box 3, Folder
38
Production No. 38: "Slightly Delinquent"
- correspondence
1954 Oct 18
Box 3, Folder
39
Production No. 38: "Slightly Delinquent"
- news clippings
1954 Oct 18
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Box 3, Folder
40
Production No. 38: "Slightly Delinquent"
- script
1954 Oct 18
Box 3, Folder
41
Production No. 39: "Bamboo Cross" programs
1955 Feb 14
Box 3, Folder
42
Production No. 39: "Bamboo Cross" photographs
1955 Feb 14
Box 3, Folder
43
Production No. 39: "Bamboo Cross" news clippings
1955 Feb 14
Box 3, Folder
44
Production No. 39: "Bamboo Cross" script
1955 Feb 14
Box 3, Folder
45
Production No. 41: "Age of Grace" programs
1956 Feb 20
Box 3, Folder
46
Production No. 41: "Age of Grace" photographs
1956 Feb 20
Box 3, Folder
47
Production No. 41: "Age of Grace" news clippings
1956 Feb 20
Box 3, Folder
48
Production No. 42: "The Comedian" programs
1956 Oct 18
Box 3, Folder
49
Production No. 42: "The Comedian" photographs
1956 Oct 18
Box 3, Folder
50
Production No. 42: "The Comedian" photographs
1956 Oct 18
Box 3, Folder
51
Production No. 43: "Two Tales of the
Devil" - programs
1957 Feb 27
Box 3, Folder
52
Production No. 43: "St. Anne and the
Gouty Rector and Other Plays"
1950
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Box 3, Folder
53
Production No. 43: "Two Tales of the
Devil" - news clippings
1957 Feb 27
Box 3, Folder
54
Production No. 44: "Truce of the Bear" programs
1957 Oct 12
Box 3, Folder
55
Production No. 44: "Truce of the Bear" script
1957 Oct 12
Box 3, Folder
56
Production No. 44: "Truce of the Bear" photographs
1957 Oct 12
Box 3, Folder
57
Production No. 44: "Truce of the Bear" news clippings
1957 Oct 12
Box 3, Folder
58
Production No. 45: "The King's
Standards" - programs
1958 Feb 22
Box 3, Folder
59
Production No. 45: "The King's
Standards" - original script
1956
Box 3, Folder
60
Production No. 45: "The King's
Standards" - script
1958 Feb 22
Box 3, Folder
61
Production No. 45: "The King's
Standards" - photographs
1958 Feb 22
Box 3, Folder
62
Production No. 45: "The King's
Standards" - news clippings
1958 Feb 22
Box 3, Folder
63
Production No. 46: "Child of the
Morning" - programs
1958 Apr 20
Box 3, Folder
64
Production No. 46: "Child of the
Morning" - script
1958 Apr 20
Box 3, Folder
65
Production No. 46: "Child of the
Morning" - script
1958 Apr 20
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Box 3, Folder
66
Production No. 46: "Child of the
Morning" - photographs
1958 Apr 20
Box 3, Folder
66-A
Production No. 46: "Child of the
Morning" - photographs
See oversized box 1.
1958 Apr 20
Box 3, Folder
67
Production No. 46: "Child of the
Morning" - news clippings
1958 Apr 20
Box 3, Folder
68
Production No. 47: "Listen to the Quiet"
- programs
1958 Oct 20
Box 3, Folder
69
Production No. 47: "Listen to the Quiet"
- script
1958 Oct 20
Box 3, Folder
70
Production No. 47: "Listen to the Quiet"
- script
1958 Oct 20
Box 3, Folder
71
Production No. 47: "Listen to the Quiet"
- photographs
1958 Oct 20
Box 3, Folder
71-A
Production No. 47: "Listen to the Quiet"
- photographs
See oversized box 1.
1958 Oct 20
Box 3, Folder
72
Production No. 47: "Listen to the Quiet"
- news clippings
1958 Oct 20
Box 4, Folder 1
Production No. 48: "La Madre" programs
1959 Feb 11
Box 4, Folder 2
Production No. 48: "La Madre" - script
1959 Feb 11
Box 4, Folder 3
Production No. 48: "La Madre" - script
1959 Feb 11
Box 4, Folder 4
Production No. 48: "La Madre" - sheet
music
1959 Feb 11
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Box 4, Folder 5
Production No. 48: "La Madre" photographs
1959 Feb 11
Box 4, Folder 6
Production No. 48: "La Madre" - news
clippings
1959 Feb 11
Box 4, Folder 7
Production No. 49: "The Egotists" programs
1959 Oct 13
Box 4, Folder 8
Production No. 49: "The Egotists" script
1959 Oct 13
Box 4, Folder 9
Production No. 49: "The Egotists" photographs
1959 Oct 13
Box 4, Folder
10
Production No. 49: "The Egotists" news clippings
1959 Oct 13
Box 4, Folder
11
Production No. 50: "Madame Lafayette"
- programs
1960 Mar 1
Box 4, Folder
12
Production No. 50: "Madame Lafayette"
- script
1960 Mar 1
Box 4, Folder
13
Production No. 50: "Madame Lafayette"
- news clippings
1960 Mar 1
Box 4, Folder
14
Production No. 51: "Shepherds on the
Shelf" - programs
1960 Oct 11
Box 4, Folder
15
Production No. 51: "Shepherds on the
Shelf" - script
1960 Oct 11
Box 4, Folder
16
Production No. 51: "Shepherds on the
Shelf" - photographs
1960 Oct 11
Box 4, Folder
17
Production No. 51: "Shepherds on the
Shelf" - press release
1960 Oct 11
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Box 4, Folder
18
Production No. 52: "Connelly v.
Connelly" - programs
1961 Feb 7
Box 4, Folder
19
Production No. 52: "Connelly v.
Connelly" - photographs
1961 Feb 7
Box 4, Folder
19-A
Production No. 52: "Connelly v.
Connelly" - photographs
See oversized box 1.
1961 Feb 7
Box 4, Folder
20
Production No. 52: "Connelly v.
Connelly" - press release
1961 Feb 7
Box 4, Folder
21
Production No. 52: "Connelly v.
Connelly" - news clippings
1961 Feb 7
Box 4, Folder
22
Production No. 52: "Connelly v.
Connelly" - script
1961 Feb 7
Box 4, Folder
23
Production No. 53: "Anthony on
Overtime" - programs
1961 Oct 17
Box 4, Folder
24
Production No. 53: "Anthony on
Overtime" - script
1961 Oct 17
Box 4, Folder
25
Production No. 53: "Anthony on
Overtime" - script
1961 Oct 17
Box 4, Folder
26
Production No. 53: "Anthony on
Overtime" - photographs
1961 Oct 17
Box 4, Folder
27
Production No. 53: "Anthony on
Overtime" - correspondence
1968 Jan 3
Box 4, Folder
28
Production No. 54: "My Beginning" programs
1962 Jan 23
Box 4, Folder
29
Production No. 54: "My Beginning" photographs
1962 Jan 23
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Box 4, Folder
30
Production No. 54: "My Beginning" news clippings
1962 Jan 23
Box 4, Folder
31
Production No. 54: "My Beginning" script
1962 Jan 23
Box 4, Folder
32
Production No. 55: "Lady of Mexico" programs
1962 Oct 16
Box 4, Folder
33
Production No. 55: "Lady of Mexico" script
1962 Oct 16
Box 4, Folder
34
Production No. 55: "Counted as Mine:
The Story of Our Lady of Guadalupe" published operetta
1961
Box 4, Folder
35
Production No. 55: "Lady of Mexico" photographs
1962 Oct 16
Box 4, Folder
36
Production No. 55: "Lady of Mexico" news clippings
1962 Oct
Box 4, Folder
37
Production No. 56: "Decision at Tongo"
- programs
1963 Feb 5
Box 4, Folder
38
Production No. 56: "Decision at Tongo"
- script
1963 Feb 5
Box 4, Folder
39
Production No. 56: "Decision at Tongo"
- photographs
1963 Feb 5
Box 4, Folder
40
Production No. 57: "Daddy Come
Home" - programs
1963 Apr 16
Box 4, Folder
41
Production No. 57: "Daddy Come
Home" - script
1963 Apr 16
Box 4, Folder
42
Production No. 57: "Daddy Come
Home" - photographs
1963 Apr 16
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Box 4, Folder
43
Production No. 58: "Eternal Sabbath" programs
1963 Oct 15
Box 4, Folder
44
Production No. 58: "Eternal Sabbath" script
1963 Oct 15
Box 4, Folder
45
Production No. 58: "Eternal Sabbath" photographs
1963 Oct 15
Box 4, Folder
46
Production No. 58: "Eternal Sabbath" news clippings
1963 Oct
Box 4, Folder
47
Production No. 59: "Finis for Oscar
Wilde" - programs
1964 Feb 14
Box 4, Folder
48
Production No. 59: "Finis for Oscar
Wilde" - news clippings
1964 Feb 14
Box 4, Folder
49
Production No. 59: "Finis for Oscar
Wilde" - photographs
1964 Feb 14
Box 4, Folder
50
Production No. 59: "Finis for Oscar
Wilde" - script
1964 Feb 14
Box 4, Folder
51
Production No. 60: "The Comforter" programs
1964 Oct 13
Box 4, Folder
52
Production No. 60: "The Comforter" script
1964 Oct 13
Box 4, Folder
53
Production No. 60: "The Comforter" photographs
1964 Oct 13
Box 4, Folder
53-A
Production No. 60: "The Comforter" news clippings
See oversized box 2.
1964 Oct 13
Box 4, Folder
54
Production No. 61: "Patrick the First" programs
1965 Feb 16
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Box 4, Folder
55
Production No. 61: "Patrick the First" photographs
1965 Feb 16
Box 4, Folder
56
Production No. 61: "Patrick the First" news clippings
1965 Feb 16
Box 4, Folder
57
Production No. 61: "Patrick the First" script
1965 Feb 16
Box 4, Folder
58
Production No. 62: "Mackey of
Appalachia" - programs
1965 Sep
28
Box 4, Folder
59
Production No. 62: "Mackey of
Appalachia" - script
1965 Sep
28
Box 4, Folder
60
Production No. 62: "Mackey of
Appalachia" - script
1965 Sep
28
Box 4, Folder
61
Production No. 62: "Mackey of
Appalachia" - music score
1965 Sep
28
Box 4, Folder
62
Production No. 62: "Mackey of
Appalachia" - photographs
1965 Sep
28
Box 4, Folder
63
Production No. 62: "Mackey of
Appalachia" - news clippings
1965 Sep
28
Box 4, Folder
64
Production No. 63: "Consider the Lilies"
- programs
1966 Feb 1
Box 4, Folder
65
Production No. 63: "Consider the Lilies"
- press release
1966 Jan 12
Box 4, Folder
66
Production No. 63: "Consider the Lilies"
- photographs
1966 Feb 1
Box 4, Folder
67
Production No. 63: "Consider the Lilies"
- script
1966 Feb 1
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Box 4, Folder
68
Production No. 64: "Go, Go, Go, God is
Dead!" - programs
1966 Nov
11
Box 4, Folder
69
Production No. 64: "Go, Go, Go, God is
Dead!" - script
1966 Nov
11
Box 4, Folder
70
Production No. 64: "Go, Go, Go, God is
Dead!" - script
1966 Nov
11
Box 4, Folder
71
Production No. 64: "Go, Go, Go, God is
Dead!" - photographs
1966 Nov
11
Box 4, Folder
72
Production No. 64: "Go, Go, Go, God is
Dead!" - news clippings
1966 Nov
11
Box 5, Folder 1
Production No. 65: "The Man Who
Washed His Hands" - programs
1967 Feb 9
Box 5, Folder 2
Production No. 65: "The Man Who
Washed His Hands" - script
1967 Feb 9
Box 5, Folder 3
Production No. 65: "The Man Who
Washed His Hands" - script
1967 Feb 9
Box 5, Folder 4
Production No. 65: "The Man Who
Washed His Hands" - photographs
1967 Feb 9
Box 5, Folder 5
Production No. 66: "The Happy Faculty"
- programs
1967 Apr 18
Box 5, Folder 6
Production No. 66: "The Happy Faculty"
- script
1967 Apr 18
Box 5, Folder 7
Production No. 67: "Guimpes and
Saddles" - programs
1967 Oct 10
Box 5, Folder 8
Production No. 67: "Guimpes and
Saddles" - script
1967 Oct 10
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Box 5, Folder 9
Production No. 67: "Guimpes and
Saddles" - script
1967 Oct 10
Box 5, Folder
10
Production No. 67: "Guimpes and
Saddles" - photographs
1967 Oct 10
Box 5, Folder
11
Production No. 68: "Babes Don't Cry
Anymore" - programs
1968 Feb 20
Box 5, Folder
12
Production No. 68: "Babes Don't Cry
Anymore" - script
1968 Feb 20
Box 5, Folder
13
Production No. 68: "Babes Don't Cry
Anymore" - photographs
1968 Feb 20
Box 5, Folder
14
Production No. 68: "Babes Don't Cry
Anymore" - news clippings
1968 Feb 20
Box 5, Folder
15
Production No. 69: "The Ballad of John
Ogilvie" - programs
1968 Oct 8
Box 5, Folder
16
Production No. 69: "The Ballad of John
Ogilvie" - script
1968 Oct 8
Box 5, Folder
17
Production No. 69: "The Ballad of John
Ogilvie" - script
1968 Oct 8
Box 5, Folder
18
Production No. 69: "The Ballad of John
Ogilvie" - sheet music
1968 Oct 8
Box 5, Folder
19
Production No. 69: "The Ballad of John
Ogilvie" - photographs
1968 Oct 8
Box 5, Folder
19-A
Production No. 69: "The Ballad of John
Ogilvie" - photographs
See oversized box 1.
1968 Oct 8
Box 5, Folder
20
Production No. 69: "The Ballad of John
Ogilvie" - head shots, press releases
1968 Oct 8
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Box 5, Folder
21
Production No. 69: "The Ballad of John
Ogilvie" - news clippings
1968 Oct 8
Box 5, Folder
22
Production No. 70: "The Priest in the
Cellar" - programs
1969 Feb 18
Box 5, Folder
23
Production No. 70: "The Priest in the
Cellar" - script
1969 Feb 18
Box 5, Folder
24
Production No. 70: "The Priest in the
Cellar" - photographs
1969 Feb 18
Box 5, Folder
25
Production No. 71: "Reunion of Sorts" programs
1969 Oct 14
Box 5, Folder
26
Production No. 71: "Reunion of Sorts" script
1969 Oct 14
Box 5, Folder
27
Production No. 71: "Reunion of Sorts" photographs
1969 Oct 14
Box 5, Folder
28
Production No. 71: "Reunion of Sorts" news clippings
1969 Oct 14
Box 5, Folder
29
Production No. 72: "Five Star Saint" programs
1970 Feb 10
Box 5, Folder
30
Production No. 72: "Five Star Saint" script
1970 Feb 10
Box 5, Folder
31
Production No. 72: "Five Star Saint" photographs
1970 Feb 10
Box 5, Folder
32
Production No. 72: "Five Star Saint" news clippings
1970 Feb 10
Box 5, Folder
33
Production No. 73: "Transfiguration" programs
1970 Oct 13
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Box 5, Folder
34
Production No. 73: "Transfiguration" photographs
1970 Oct 13
Box 5, Folder
35
Production No. 73: "Transfiguration" script
1970 Oct 13
Box 5, Folder
36
Production No. 74: "And the Devil
Makes Five" - programs
1971 Feb 25
Box 5, Folder
37
Production No. 74: "And the Devil
Makes Five" - script
1971 Feb 25
Box 5, Folder
38
Production No. 74: "And the Devil
Makes Five" - photographs
1971 Feb 25
Box 5, Folder
39
Production No. 74: "And the Devil
Makes Five" - news clippings
1971 Feb 25
Box 5, Folder
40
Production No. 75: "'Lib' Comes High" script
1971 Oct
Box 5, Folder
41
Production No. 75: "'Lib' Comes High" photographs
1971 Oct
Box 5, Folder
42
Production No. 76: "The Red Hat" script
1972 Feb
Box 5, Folder
43
Production No. 76: "The Red Hat" photographs
1972 Feb
Box 5, Folder
44
Production No. 76: "The Red Hat" news clippings
1972 Feb
Series VII, Publications, 1921-1970
This series contains published plays, a variety of publications, and excerpts from
periodicals that pertain to the history of Blackfriars Theatre and the overall development
of drama. In addition, there are several pamphlets and periodicals that center on antiSemitism and the threat of Communism: Cold War issues that were addressed in several
of Blackfriars' productions. This series provides contextual information on the theatrical,
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political, and religious factors which shaped the Catholic Theatre movement and the
direction taken by Blackfriars Guild.
Container
Description
Date
Box 6, Folder 1
Adams, Joseph Quincy - "The
Conventional Buildings of Blackfriars,
London, and the Playhouses
Constructed Therein"
undated
Box 6, Folder 2
Barton, Lucy - "Historic Costume of the
Stage"
1935
Box 6, Folder 3
Bass, Cyrus - "Joe McCarthy Apostle of
Communism"
1954
Box 6, Folder 4
Bernanos, Georges - "The Fearless
Heart"
1952
Box 6, Folder 5
Brady, Charles A. - "Stage of Fools: A
Novel of Sir Thomas More"
1953
Box 6, Folder 6
Burns, Anne - "Robert Burns: An
Historical Play in Six Episodes"
1932
Box 6, Folder 7
Cullen, W.T, C.SS.R - "Matt Talbot: The
Alcoholic of Dublin"
1960
Box 6, Folder 8
Curran, Robert E. - "The Big Race"
1969
Box 6, Folder 9
De Marguerite, James - "In Our Time"
1970
Box 6, Folder
10
Dolan, Rev. Albert H. - "We Knew Matt
Talbot: Visits with His Relatives and
Friends"
1948
Box 6, Folder
11
Dolan, Rev. Albert H. - "The Life of Matt
Talbot: The Story of a Slave to Alcohol
Who Became a Comrade of Christ's"
1947
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Box 6, Folder
12
"The Epistle: A Quarterly Review" - vol.
XXIII, no. 1
1957
Box 6, Folder
13
Fagan, Myron C. - "Reds in the AntiDefamation League", no. 9
1950 May
Box 6, Folder
14
Fagan, Myron C. - "'Crusade for
Freedom' is a Whodunit", no. 12
1950 Oct
Box 6, Folder
15
Fagan, Myron C. - "What is this Thing
Called: Anti-Semitism?", no. 20
1951 Nov 1951 Dec
Box 6, Folder
16
Fagan, Myron C. - "U.N. Is U.S.
Cancer", no. 27
1952 Nov
Box 6, Folder
17
Feely, Raymond T., S.J. - "Communism
Today or Red Fascism"
1945
Box 6, Folder
18
Francis, Sister Mary, P.C. - "Christmas
at Greccio: A Christmas Play in One
Act"
1959
Box 6, Folder
19
de Ghelderode, Michel - "Seven Plays"
1960
Box 6, Folder
20
Gheon, Henri - "The Marriage of St.
Francis"
1952
Box 6, Folder
21
Goff, Kenneth - "One World a Red
World"
1952
Box 6, Folder
22
Grant, Cecily - "Edith Stein"
1959 Jul
Box 6, Folder
23
Grieco, Rose - "The Listening Heart:
Life of John Baptist Scalabrini Father to
the Immigrants"
1956
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Box 6, Folder
24
Gruber, Hermann - "Masonry," a
summary of Catholic Encyclopedia
article
undated
Box 6, Folder
25
Haldman-Julius Company - "Popular
Joke Book"
undated
Box 6, Folder
26
Hartke, Rev. Gilbert V., O.P. - "The
Little World of Don Camillo"
1950
Box 6, Folder
27
Herman, George - "A Smell of
Cinnamon: a melodrama in two acts"
1958
Box 6, Folder
28
Hochhuth, Rolf - "The Deputy"
1964
Box 6, Folder
29
Hogan, Stanislaus M., O.P. - "France's
House of Adversity"
undated
Box 6, Folder
30
Hogan, Stanislaus M., O.P. "A Freemason Takes a Critic of
Freemasonry to Task: the Critic's
Reply, I"
undated
Box 6, Folder
31
Langton, Stephen (ed.) - "The New
Patriot: An International Quarterly
Magazine, vol. 8 no. 1"
1966 Mar
Box 6, Folder
32
Langton, Stephen (ed.) - "The New
Patriot: An International Quarterly
Magazine, vol. 8 no. 2"
1966 Jun
Box 6, Folder
33
Langton, Stephen (ed.) - "The New
Patriot: An International Quarterly
Magazine, vol. 8 no. 1"
1966 Sep
Box 6, Folder
34
Langton, Stephen (ed.) - "The New
Patriot: An International Quarterly
Magazine, vol. 8 no. 1"
1966 Dec
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Box 6, Folder
35
Leese, Arnold - "Gentile Folly: the
Rothschilds"
1940
Box 6, Folder
36
Pope Leo XIII, "Humanum Genus:
Freemasonry"
1944
Box 6, Folder
37
Linsley and Hawkins - "How to Draw
Technical Illustrations"
1948
Box 6, Folder
38
Loggins, Vernon - "3 Great French
Plays"
1961
Box 7, Folder 1
Marsden, Victor E. - "Protocols of the
Learned Elders of Zion"
undated
Box 7, Folder 2
McLaughlin, Janet S. - "The Communist
Threat From Within: An Answer to
Father Cronin"
1962
Box 7, Folder 3
Nugent, Elliott - "Events Leading Up to
the Comedy"
1965
Box 7, Folder 4
Paul, Leon - "What is the 'Edith Stein
Guild?'"
undated
Box 7, Folder 5
Pope Pius XI - "Motion Pictures:
Encyclical Letter"
1936
Box 7, Folder 6
Rockefeller Panel Report - "The
Performing Arts: Problems and
Prospects"
1965
Box 7, Folder 7
Nugent, Elliott - "Events Leading Up to
the Comedy"
1965
Box 7, Folder 8
Suassuna, Ariano - "The Rogues' Trial"
1963
Box 7, Folder 9
Tenney, Senator Jack B. - "Zionist's
Fifth Column"
1965
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Box 7, Folder
10
Tenney, Senator Jack B. - "Zionist
Network"
1953
Box 7, Folder
11
Tomelty, Joseph - "All Souls' Night"
1955
Box 7, Folder
12
Watkins, Ronald - "On Producing
Shakespeare"
1965
Box 7, Folder
13
Willis, John - "Theatre
World:1966-1967 season, vol. 23"
1967
Box 7, Folder
14
"'Black Power' War Cry of
Insurrectionists!" - pamphlet
1966
Box 7, Folder
15
"Communism is Jewish, " Letter to the
Editor, map of Germany
undated
Box 7, Folder
16
"How I Answered Joe McCarthy"
1953
Box 7, Folder
17
"Jewish Influences in American Life:
vol. III of The International Jew"
1921 Nov
Box 7, Folder
18
"Kol Nidre: A Jewish Prayer to Absolve
All Vows" - pamphlet
undated
Box 7, Folder
19
"New Program of the Communist Party
U.S.A." -draft
1953
Box 7, Folder
20
Eighty-Fourth Congress, Second
Session: "Scope of Soviet Activity in the
United States" Part 47
1956 Dec
18 - 1956
Dec 19
Series VIII, Scrapbooks, 1941-1949
The scrapbooks that encompass this series feature the unbound materials that were
collected from the first twenty-nine plays produced by Blackfriars Theatre in New York.
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Container
Description
Date
Box 8,
Production no. 1: "Up the Rebels" news clippings, programs, promotional
posters
1941 Oct 30
Box 8,
Production no. 2: "Song of Sorrows" news clippings, promotional posters,
reviews
1942
Box 8,
Production no. 3: "The Years Between"
- news clippings, programs, reviews
1942
Box 8,
Production no. 4: "Savonarola" - news
clippings, programs
1942 Apr
Box 8,
Production no. 5: "Inside Story" - news
bulletins, news clippings, programs
1942 Oct
Box 8,
Production no. 6: "Tinker's Dam" - news
clippings, programs
1943 Jan 28
Box 8,
Production no. 7: "A Man's House" news clippings, reviews
1943
Box 8,
Production no. 8: "Moment Musical" news clippings, programs
1943
Box 9,
Production no. 9: "Career Angel" - news
clippings
1943 Nov
Box 9,
Production no. 10: "Caukey" - news
clippings, programs
1944 Feb
Box 9,
Production no. 11: "Earth Journey" programs
1944 Apr
Box 9,
Production no. 12: "Don't George!" programs
1944
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Box 9,
Production no. 13: "Home is the Hero" news clippings, programs
1945 Jan
Box 9,
Production no. 14: "Simon's Wife" news clippings, programs
1945 Apr
Box 9,
Production no. 16: "Seven Mirrors" news clippings, programs
1945
Box 9,
Production no. 16 and 17: "Seven
Mirrors," "A Young American" - news
clippings, programs, promotional
posters
1945 - 1946
Box 10,
Production no. 17: "A Young American"
-
1946
Box 10,
Production no. 18 and no. 19: "Mary
of Magdala," "Come Marching Home"
- news bulletins, news clippings,
programs, reviews
1946
Box 10,
Production no. 20: "Derryowen" - news
clippings, telegrams
1946 Oct 24
Box 10,
Production no. 20 and no. 21:
"Derryowen," "If in the Greenwood"
- biography, correspondence, news
clippings, programs, review
1946 - 1947
Box 10,
Production no. 21 and no. 22: "If in the
Greenwood," "On the Seventh Day" news clippings, programs, telegrams
1947
Box 10,
Production no. 22: "On the Seventh
Day" - articles, news clippings,
programs
1947 Apr
Box 10,
Production no. 23 and no. 26:
"Respectfully Yours," "Lady of Fatima"
1947 - 1948
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- correspondence, news clippings,
programs, reviews
Box 10,
Production no. 24: "Trial by Fire" - news
clippings
1947 Dec
Box 10,
Production no. 24, no. 25, no. 26: "Trial
by Fire," "Hoboes in Heaven," "Lady of
Fatima" - news clippings, telegrams
1947 - 1948
Box 11,
Production no. 26: "Lady of Fatima"
- announcements, contract,
correspondence, invitations
1948
Box 11,
Production no. 27: "The Minstrel Boy" news clippings, programs, seating chart
1948 Oct
Box 11,
Production no. 28: "City of Kings" news clippings, programs
1949 Apr
Box 11,
Production no. 29: "Shake Hands with
the Devil" - news clippings
1949 Oct 20
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