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King Henry Wives Play Reading

Date: 03 19 1961
Description: Six women are sitting with their legs crossed on either side of a man who is wearing a bow tie. The original caption states "King Henry VIII and his wives ...
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Beth Israel Sisterhood Membership Tea

Date: 08 23 1961
Description: Phyllis Kaufman (left), Ruth Levey (center), and Mrs. Michael Sherman are shown rehearsing for a play to be presented at the Beth Israel sisterhood members...
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Institute for Local History Annual Meeting

Date: 10 20 1961
Description: Three people in a skit written by Forest A. Johnson, of Mt. Horeb, who wrote skits to be presented by the Mt. Horeb Centennial Pageant committee at the ban...
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Stage Rehearsal

Date: 10 02 1961
Description: Four members of the St. James Players rehearsing for their play, "Lo and Behold!" Shown in profile in the foreground looking at a script is the prompter Do...
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Scene from "The Beautiful People," A Village Playhouse Presentation

Date: 11 08 1961
Description: Clare Sampley, 5006 Buckeye Road, and Rebecca Jorgensen, 5505 Pheasant Hill, working together on a scene from "The Beautiful People," a presentation by the...
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English Accent Tutoring

Date: 11 15 1963
Description: Katrina Jones, a graduate nurse from London, drilling Madison Theater guild cast member Robert O'Grady in the English accent. The guild is rehearsing the p...
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Empty Stocking Fund Television Benefit Show

Date: 11 30 1963
Description: Charles Thompson and Richard Pahmeier support Robert Connors doing a hand balancing stunt to be performed at the long television benefit for the Empty Stoc...
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Talent Show Aids AFS Program

Date: 02 28 1964
Description: Pat McDermott of Monona Grove does a hula dance. Ticket money from the talent show will go to support the American Field Service (AFS) program, which provi...
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Indian Puppet Show

Date: 07 15 1964
Description: The Indian puppet show "Sakuntala" or " The Lost Ring" will be presented at the Madison World Affairs Center, 613 University Avenue, to benefit the Center ...
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Governor's Council on the Arts Honors Individuals at Governor's Executive Residence Dinner

Date: 10 08 1964
Description: Fourteen individuals, or schools, are honored by the Governor's Council of the Arts at a Governor's Executive Residence dinner. The recipients are honored ...
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Madison Civic Opera Presents "Falstaff"

Date: 02 06 1965
Description: In the Madison Civic Opera's production of "Falstaff". Sir John ends up in a hamper filled with dirty laundry. At right, Paul Balshaw, one Falstaff in the ...
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Madison Civic Opera Presents "Falstaff

Date: 02 06 1965
Description: Jerry Hjert, director and John Custer, technical director of the Madison Theater Guild, foreground, survey the ruins of the Madison Civic Opera's scenery a...
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Madison Recreation Department Junior High School Puppet Theater Class

Date: 03 13 1965
Description: Some members of the Madison Recreation Department's Junior High School puppet theater class preparing for a show at Cherokee School. Puppeteers shown (L-R)...
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Stagecoach Players Production

Date: 07 01 1965
Description: Ray Burns is portraying the witch in a production of "Hansel and Gretel" by the Stagecoach Players in Madison parks during the summer.
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Drums on Parade Held at Breese Stevens Field

Date: 07 10 1965
Description: The annual Madison Drums on Parade is held at Breese Stevens Field after a parade around the Capitol Square. Shown are members of the Argonne Rebel drum an...
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Jerry (Deane) Druckenbrod Family Performing with the Theater-Go-Round

Date: 08 25 1965
Description: The Jerry (Deane-TV name) Druckenbrod family performing together in the Theater-Go-Round production of "Babes in Arms." Dave Bruckenbrod is shown during re...
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"Happening" — New Avant Garde Theater Experience

Date: 09 02 1965
Description: Lloyd Besant, author of a "Happening" and president of the Village Playhouse that will produce it, is shown discussing his script with Donna Zegarowicz (le...

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