Missouri Repertory Theatre Program 1974

Title

Missouri Repertory Theatre Program 1974

Creator

(unknown)

Date

1974

Subject

Kansas City Repertory Theatre

Kansas City, Missouri

A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-the-Moon Marigolds (Paul Zindel)

The Rivals (Richard Brinsley Sheridan)

Peer Gynt (Henrik Ibsen)

That Championship Season (Jason Miller)

Peg O' My Heart (J. Hartley Manners)

Description

The program cover is decorated with illustrations of characters and objects from plays. In the front is an illustration of large marigold flowers, representing the play The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds. Behind the flowers are Titania and Bottom from A Midsummer Night's Dream. Titania wears a flowing purple dress and has flowers in her hair. Bottom has a human body and a donkey head. Behind and to the left of Bottom and Titania are a man and a woman from The Rivals. They are wearing white wigs and formal clothing from 1600s England. On the right side of the cover is Peg from Peg O' My Heart, holding a small dog. She is wearing a green dress and hat with a red ribbon. In the far back are five men from That Championship Season. They are standing behind a table which holds a trophy. Above the other characters is a more stylized illustration from Peer Gynt of two people riding a flying moose. They are surrounded by stars and the moon. At the top of the cover is a heading reading "Missouri Repertory Theatre." The bottom of the program reads "1974."

Publisher

Missouri Repertory Theatre (now Kansas City Repertory Theatre)

Type

Illustration

Coverage

Kansas City, Missouri

Source

n/a

Rights

Copyright Kansas City Repertory Theatre 1974