1954/11 – Cover: Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne in “Quadrille”
THE PLAY:
It Rhymes With hit by Samuel Taylor
Sabrina Fair by Samuel Taylor
FEATURES:
The Child Barrie by Max Beerbohm is a reproduction of a piece Beerbohm originally wrote in 1905
Diary of a Designer: Setting the Stage for “Quadrille” by Cecil Beaton
The Human Side of the Theatre by [...]
1954/10 – Cover: Joshua Logan
THE PLAY:
The Traveling Hut
The Little Hut by Andre Roussin
FEATURES:
Sophocles at Stratford: “Oedipus” as Ancient Ritual
Josh-Of-All-Theatre-Trades by Maurice Zolotow
Genius Is Better Than Talent by Joseph Wood Krutch about the paradoxes of Eugene O’Neill
Odets’ Tale for Today … and Our Time by Robert Whitehead
Theatre Is Better than Ever by Louis K. [...]
1954/09 – Cover: Tallulah Bankhead
THE PLAY:
Draw Your Own Conclusions by Robert Anderson
Tea and Sympathy by Robert Anderson featuring photos of star Deborah Kerr
FEATURES:
Season’s Greetings by John S. Wilson
Caught With My Facts Down by Tallulah Bankhead – 2 pages
The Season at Stratford by Alice Griffin
Mad Dogs and Straw Hat Producers by Maurice Zolotow
Straw Hat … [...]
1954/07 – Cover: Playhouse-in-the-Park in Philadelphia by Gardner Leaver
THE PLAY:
Suited to the Season and Tailor-Made for a Star by Sylvia Regan
The Fifth Season by Sylvia Regan
SPECIAL SECTION:
Command Performance a condensation of a an article from the May 1954 issue of News From Behind the Iron Curtain
FEATURES:
Four of a Kind
The Musicals Take Over by George [...]
1954/06 – Cover: Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer in “Ondine”
THE PLAY:
In Praise of Fun
My 3 Angels by Sam and Bella Spewack featuring Walter Slezak, Jerome Cowan, and Darren McGavin
SPECIAL SECTION:
European Festivals of the Theatre Arts
FEATURES:
Why Not “Methuselah”? by Joseph Wood Krutch
A Last Performance by Ben Hecht is Hecht on the last days of John [...]
1954/05 – Cover: Shirley Booth in “By the Beautiful Sea”
THE PLAY:
My Most Interesting Work by Moss Hart
Climate of Eden by Moss Hart
FEATURES:
The Confidential Clerk
“A Good Play Will Always Find a Good Audience” by Katherine Cornell as told to Alice Griffin
45th Street to Okinawa in Fifteen Minutes – Story in pictures in Roderick MacArthur
The Monsters [...]
1954/04 – Cover: John Hodiak, Henry Fonda and Lloyd Nolan in Herman Wouk ’s “The Caine Mutiny Court Martial”
THE PLAY:
From “Front Porch” to Broadway by William Inge with photo of Inge
Picnic by William Inge featuring photos of cast members Ralph Meeker, Janice Rule and 3 including Paul Newman
SPECIAL SECTION:
The Plight of the Living [...]
1954/03 – Cover: Betsy von Furstenberg
THE PLAY:
Boys Will Be Boys by Mary Chase
Bernardine by Mary Chase
GEORGE SPELVIN:
Tale of Two Cities — Jealousy, Illinois and Underground, New York
BROADWAY (reviews):
Mademoiselle Colombe
His and Hers
Sing Till Tomorrow
Dead Pigeon
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
Charley’s Aunt
In the Summer House
The Remarkable Mr. Penny Packer
The Prescott Proposals
FEATURES:
Gin and Sympathy by Maurice Zolotow
Saroyan Speaks [...]
1954/02 – Cover: John Murray Anderson with Tina Louise on top; Doretta Morrow and Alfred Drake on bottom
THE PLAY:
It Needed Work by Ronald Alexander
Time Out for Ginger by Ronald Alexander with photos of cast members including Melvyn Douglas, Nancy Malone, and in 2 of the photos Steve McQueen
GEORGE SPELVIN:
All Dressed Up and No Place [...]
1952/02 – Cover: Audrey Hepburn as Gigi by Richard Avedon
THE PLAY:
Billy Budd by Louis O. Coxe and Robert Chapman
THEATRE:
Forecasts and Side Glances
I Am A Camera – Picture Story
The Lost Theatre by John Gasner
THEATRE CRITICISM:
Mr. Nathan Goes to the Play by George Jean Nathan
FEATURES:
Mr. Spelvin Criticizes the Critics by George Spelvin
The Foreman of [...]
1948/06-07 – Cover: Henry Fonda as Mister Roberts by Richard Avendon
CONTENTS
Inside “Inside U.S.A.” by Charles McArthur
The Broadway Story by Gilbrt W. Gabriel
Mencken on the Idiom of the Ham by H.L. Mencken
Recommended .. A Divorce by Rouben Mamoulian
Footlights in Korea by Larry Dabrow and Marion Locks
Report from Hollywood by David Greggory
Don Quixote at the Play [...]
1945/09 – Cover: Burgess Meredith in Story of G.I. Joe
NEW PLAYS BY NEW PLAYWRIGHTS
The World and the Theatre
Hope Is the Thing With Feathers – A One-Act Play by Richard Harrity
Story of G.I. Joe – An Excerpt from the Script
The Narrowest Street – A One-Act Play by Richard M. Morse
For an Actor in Tragedy — [...]
1942/09 – Cover drawing by Will Anderson
A SCRIPTWRITER’S SAMPLE BOOK
Frontispiece: Norman Corwin photograph
The World and the Theatre
Radio Drama
RADIO DRAMA:
Samson by Norman Corwin
DANCE LIBRETTO:
American Document by Martha Graham with Four Scenes from the Dance (picturing Graham)
SOLDIER REVUE:
Local Board Makes Good by Sylvia Fine and Max Liebman (Six Songs and Sketches) with [...]
1941/08 – Cover: There Shall Be No Night in rehearsal features Robert Sherwood and Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne
PLAYS AND PLAYERS, 1916-1941
The World and the Theatre
A Picture Book of Plays and Players, 1916-1941 with a Narrative by Rosamond Gilder — The bulk of the issue, most of the illustrations/photographs listed below comprise this section
All-Star [...]
1940/05 – THE WORLD AND THE THEATRE:
Theatre Takes Stock
Mr. Sherwood Reports
Long Run
A Lonely Owl
MURDER, SACRED AND PROFANE by Rosamond Gilder:
Broadway in Review
The Fifth Column
Ladies in Retirement
Lilliom
Lady in Waiting
Passenger to Bali
