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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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
