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Table of Contents

Collection Summary

History

Arrangement

Scope and Content

Restrictions

Preferred Citation

Processing Information

Separated Material

Related Archival Material

Subject Headings

Box and Folder List

SERIES 1: SCRIPTS 

Subseries 1: Play Scripts 

Subseries 2: Master Scripts 

Subseries 3: Miscellaneous Scripts 

Subseries 4: Books 

SERIES 2: DESIGN 

Subseries 1: Costumes 

Subseries 2: Sets 

SERIES 3: MUSIC 

Subseries 1: Sheet Music 

Subseries 2: Books 

SERIES 4: AUDIOVISUAL 

Subseries 1: Danny Griffith 

Subseries 2: Show Tapes 

Subseries 3: Miscellaneous Tapes 

Subseries 4: Videos 

SERIES 5: PAPERS 

Subseries 1: Play Files 

Subseries 2: Photos 

Subseries 3: Production Staff 

Subseries 4: Publicity/Promotion 

SERIES 6: MACKIN FAMILY 

SERIES 7: PRINTED MATTER 

Subseries 1: Programs – Imperial Hotel 

Subseries 2: Programs – Other Theaters 

Subseries 3: Posters 

Appendix: Plays


Inventory of the Imperial Hotel/Imperial Players, Records, 1948-1996

Pikes Peak Library District, Special Collections in the 1905 Carnegie Library

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Collection Summary

Title Imperial Hotel/Imperial Players, Records
Dates (Inclusive) 1948-1996
Abstract The Imperial Hotel/Imperial Players papers consist of approximately 15 cubic feet of materials, covering primarily the years 1948-1996. The vast majority of the material deals with the plays as produced at the Hotel, and includes photographs, notes, scripts (in various forms), programs, clippings and publicity for the Hotel and the Players. Supporting material includes sheet music, audiotapes and records, and costume and set sketches. Dorothy Mackin's input into the Players is shown by her notes on scripts and sets and various correspondence.
Collection Number MSS 0047
Size 26 boxes (15 cubic feet)
Repository Pikes Peak Library District, Special Collections in the 1905 Carnegie Library
Language(s) English

History

The Imperial Hotel was built in 1896, during the heyday of the Cripple Creek gold rush. It was an elegant building, originally named the Collins Hotel after the proprietor, Mrs. E.F. Collins, and boasted such luxuries as steam heat and baths and electric lights. It catered to newly-rich miners and gamblers as well as businessmen, geologists and potential investors.

The history of Cripple Creek includes many upswings and downturns. The hotel passed through several hands, eventually ending up in 1905 with Mr. and Mrs. George Long, British subjects living in Denver. They changed the name of the hotel to The Imperial Hotel, and managed to keep it through the economic chaos of two world wars, the closing of the mines and the virtual death of the town. Mr. Long died in 1925, but his widow kept the hotel open as long as possible. In 1944, she closed the hotel for good and returned to Denver.

In 1946, a young newlywed couple, Dorothy and Wayne Mackin, bought the Imperial Hotel, and reopened the hotel dining room which had been closed since 1925.

The first season was a moderate success, creating a local reputation for good food and hospitality. At the request of the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce for entertainment for a national convention in 1947, the Mackins contracted with a young actors group from Central City, the Piper Players, for two performances of a melodrama. The success of this venture led to the Players performing full summer seasons of melodrama at the Hotel in 1948 and 1949. In 1950, the Mackins began producing their own plays. That year, they also obtained the services of Max Morath, whose piano playing added a new dimension to the shows.

Using young actors from local theater groups across the west, they built up an impressive cast and crew which over the years has included such popular actors and singers as Craig T. Nelson, Tom Paxton, Johnny Horton, Waltons' co-star Ronnie Claire Edwards, Alan Fudge and Arlen Dean Snyder. Local artist Herman Raymond painted scenery and backdrops, and musicians such as Max Morath, and Felix Cavilleri performed.

Dorothy Mackin adapted nineteenth-century novels and little-known plays as well as writing original plays for the Players to perform.

In 1990, Colorado passed a law allowing limited stakes gambling in three old Colorado mining towns, including Cripple Creek. The influx of money and a new form of tourism was good for the economy of the once-ghost town, but these visitors were not nearly as interested in melodramas on stage as they were in the real-life melodrama of gambling. In 1992, Dorothy and Wayne Mackin sold the Imperial Hotel, which became the Imperial Hotel and Casino, and retired.

Dorothy Mackin died in March, 1996. Later that year, the Cripple Creek District Museum opened a series of rooms dedicated to the Mackins, showing the history of the Imperial Hotel.


Bief Chronology Cripple Creek / Imperial Hotel


1891 Gold discovered in Cripple Creek

1892 Cripple Creek incorporated

1894 Victor platted

1896 Cripple Creek fire destroys most of town

1896 Imperial Hotel built; run by Mrs. M.E. Shoot

1899 Fire in Victor

1900 Gold output peaked: $18,199,736 in gold ore

1903-1904 Labor strikes at Cripple Creek

1904 Imperial Hotel bought by Mr. and Mrs. George Long

1917-1918 WWI: many miners left

ca. 1917 Influenza epidemic

1918 Gold mining falling off; many mines closed

1925 Mr. Long died

1942 Government ordered halt to gold mining as “nonessential industry”

1944 Mrs. Long closed Imperial Hotel and moved to Denver

1946 Wayne and Dorothy Mackin bought Imperial Hotel from Mrs. Long

1948 Piper Players produced first play at Imperial Hotel

1948 Gold Bar Room opened at Imperial Hotel

1950 The Mackins began producing their own plays

1950 Max Morath started at Imperial Hotel

1951 Carlton Mill opened

1958 Added new wing to Hotel; Gold Bar Room Theatre enlarged

1960 Added new employees dining room and more kitchen space to Hotel

1961 Last diggings at Cripple Creek closed

1966 Mackins restored Teller County Hospital and opened it as guest rooms

1990 Limited stakes gambling approved by voters in Colorado

1991 Casinos opened; gambling began in Cripple Creek

1992 Mackins sold Hotel to Imperial Casino Ltd.; became “Imperial Hotel and Casino”

1996 Dorothy Mackin died

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Arrangement


SERIES 1: SCRIPTS

Subseries 1: Play Scripts

Subseries 2: Master Scripts

Subseries 3: Miscellaneous Scripts

Subseries 4: Books


SERIES 2: DESIGN

Subseries 1: Costumes

Subseries 2: Sets


SERIES 3: MUSIC

Subseries 1: Sheet Music

Subseries 2: Books


SERIES 4: Audiovisual

Subseries 1: Danny Griffith

Subseries 2: Show Tapes

Subseries 3: Miscellaneous Tapes

Subseries 4: Videos


SERIES 5: PAPERS

Subseries 1: Play Files

Subseries 2: Photos

Subseries 3: Production Staff

Subseries 4: Publicity/Promotion


SERIES 6: MACKIN FAMILY


SERIES 7: PRINTED MATTER

Subseries 1: Programs – Imperial Hotel

Subseries 2: Programs – Other Theaters

Subseries 3: Posters

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Scope and Content

The papers are divided into seven series.

Series 1, Scripts, includes play scripts (all copyrighted by Dorothy Mackin except as noted), master scripts (scripts with notes as produced), and miscellaneous scripts, including mimeos and typescripts of plays as produced. These include stage manager's scripts (containing notes, thumbnail sketches, music, etc.) and Dorothy Mackin's copy of "In Old New York" with cue sheets, notes and music. This series also includes books of published plays which were being considered by Mrs. Mackin and her "play notebook" with notes on various plays under consideration.

Master Scripts are available for 1958-1981, except for 1963, 1979 and 1980.

Series 2, Design, covers costume and set design. It consists of one box with costume sketches, some with attached fabric, and several set sketches (including one by Herman Raymond from 1958).

Series 3, Music, includes sheet music and books of music, mostly for the olios. Audiotapes and LPs of both the shows and the music alone are in Series 4, Audiovisual.

Series 4, Audiovisual, includes music audiotapes (both cassette and reel-to-reel), LPs, and videotapes. Audiotapes include music, shows, and miscellaneous tracks for olio ideas or auditions. A separate subseries, Danny Griffith, includes the master tapes and LPs featuring Danny Griffith (ca. 1968-1984).

Many of the tapes had not been properly rewound or stored and may be damaged.

The collection includes several videotapes of performances; four of these videos, including 3 filmed by Steve Antonuccio in 1993, were returned to Wayne Mackin in August of 1994.

Series 5, Papers, is a rather broad series that contains mostly publicity material. The largest portion of this series consists of the play files: files gathered each year about the performance. These files may include snapshots of performances, articles and clippings, and some correspondence. Play files exist for all plays from 1948-1990 except for 1979, 1986, and 1987.

This series also includes some publicity photographs, mostly of the Hotel itself. The majority of the photos of performers and performances, except those included in the play files, have been transferred to the Photo Archives.

Other material in this series includes information on the production staff, and some miscellaneous brochures, articles and clippings about the Hotel and the Players. A book, America's Best 100, (published 1980), which includes a listing of the Imperial Hotel as America's best melodrama, is also included.

Series 6, Mackin Family, is the least complete of the series. It contains only a typescript of Dorothy Mackin's journal, Jeffrey Mackin's birth announcement (1956) and Dorothy's funeral service in 1996.

Series 7, Printed Matter, includes programs and posters for the plays at the Hotel. Programs run from 1953-1992 (except for 1973), and also include a subseries of programs from other theaters: several from the Colorado Springs Opera House, 1901-1903, and one from the Tabor Grand Opera House, 1905. There is also one file of playbills (cast listings, one folded sheet) for 1949-1967.

Posters cover the years 1956-1993, with many missing issues. They are oversize and are stored on the top shelf.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Copy Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection.

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Preferred Citation

Imperial Hotel/Imperial Players, Records, Special Collections in the 1905 Carnegie Library, Pikes Peak Library District.

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Processing Information

This collection was processed by Nancy Thaler.

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Separated Material

The majority of the photos of performers and performances, except those included in the play files, have been transferred to the Photo Archives.

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Related Archival Material

There are no related materials.

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Subject Headings

Imperial Hotel - Cripple Creek, Colorado

Imperial Hotel and Casino - Cripple Creek, Colorado

Imperial Players - Cripple Creek, Colorado

Long, George

Mackin, Dorothy

Mackin, Wayne

Shoot, M.E.

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Box and Folder List

SERIES 1: SCRIPTS 

Subseries 1: Play Scripts 

Description Container

After Dark 

Box 1  

The Count of Monte Cristo (1969)

Box 1  

Flying Scud 

Box 1  

A Four-Legged Fortune (1981, 1991)

Box 1  

Hazel Kirke (script #12) 

Box 1  

In Old New York (#8) 

Box 1  

Lady Audley’s Secret (#18) 

Box 1  

Mistress Nell (#4) 

Box 1  

My Partner (1992)

Box 1  

Mystery of the Manor (1) 

Box 1  

Ragpicker of Paris (#12) 

Box 1  

Rogue’s Revenge (1987) or Fear in the Forest (#7)

Box 2  

Royal Child of the Sun (1990)

Box 2  

The Spoilers (uncut version, 1959; copyright by Rex Beach and James MacArthur)

Box 2  

The Spoilers (work copy 1959)

Box 2  

The Spoilers (script #24) (1982)

Box 2  

The Star Crossing (#11) 

Box 2  

Ticket-of-Leave Man (1976) (10)

Box 2  

The Two Orphans (11) 

Box 2  

Under Two Flags (#3) 

Box 2  

White Slave (not copyrighted by Dorothy Mackin) 

Box 2  

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Subseries 2: Master Scripts 

Description Container

1958 “The Star Crossing”

Box 3  

1959 “The Spoilers”

Box 3  

1960 “The White Slave”

Box 3  

1961 “Under Two Flags”

Box 3  

1962 “Ragpicker of Paris”

Box 3  

1964 “Ticket of Leave Man”

Box 4  

1965 “Flying Scud”

Box 4  

1966 “Fear in the Forest”

Box 4  

1967 “Hazel Kirke”

Box 4  

1968 “The Two Orphans”

Box 5  

1969 “Count of Monte Cristo”

Box 5  

1970 “The Spoilers”

Box 6  

1971 “Under Two Flags”

Box 6  

1972 “After Dark”

Box 7  

1973 “Star Crossing”

Box 7  

1974 “Ragpicker of Paris”

Box 7  

1975 “Mistress Nell”

Box 7  

1976 “Ticket-of-Leave Man”

Box 8  

1977 “Rogue’s Revenge”

Box 8  

1978 “Flying Scud”

Box 8  

1981 “Under Two Flags”

Box 8  

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Subseries 3: Miscellaneous Scripts 

Description Container

Dorothy Mackin’s play notebook 

Box 9 Folder 1

In Old New York (Dorothy Mackin’s copy, with cue sheets, notes, music, etc.) 

Box 9 Folder 2

My Partner (mimeo copy) 

Box 9 Folder 3

Ragpicker of Paris (carbon copy) 

Box 9 Folder 4

The Spoilers (1982) (stage manager’s script)

Box 9 Folder 5

Star Crossing (photocopy) 

Box 9 Folder 6

The Star Crossing (stage manager’s script, with thumbnail sketches, ground plans, set construction plans, music, etc. 

Box 9 Folder 7

Ticket of Leave Man (Mimeo master) (adapted by D. Mackin) 

Box 9 Folder 8

Under Two Flags (1984) (stage manager’s script)

Box 10 Folder 1

White Slave (annotated) 

Box 10 Folder 2

White Slave (mimeo copy) 

Box 10 Folder 3

Baker’s Gay Nineties Scrapbook 

Box 10 Folder 4

Samuel French Inc. 1991 Basic Catalogue of Plays and Musicals

Box 10 Folder 5

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Subseries 4: Books 

Description Container

10-volume set, America’s Lost Plays (two volumes in each book) 

Box 11  

Vol. I: Forbidden Fruit and Other Plays by Dion Boucicault 

Box 11  

Vol. II: False Shame and Thirty Years by William Dunlap 

Box 11  

Vol. III: Glaucus and other plays by George Henry Boker 

Box 11  

Vol. IV: Davy Crockett and other plays by Frank Murdock, Jessop, et.al. 

Box 11  

Vol. V: Trial Without Jury and other plays by John Howard Payne 

Box 11  

Vol. VI: The Last Duel in Spain and other plays by John Howard Payne 

Box 11  

Vol. VII: The Early Plays of James A. Herne 

Box 11  

Vol. VIII: The Great Diamond Robbery and other recent melodramas by Edward Alfriend et.al. 

Box 11  

Vol. IX: Five Plays by Charles H. Hoyt 

Box 11  

Vol. X: The Banker’s Daughter and other plays by Bronson Howard 

Box 11  

Vol. XI: An Arrant Knave and other plays by Steele MacKaye 

Box 11  

Vol. XII: The Cowled Lover and other plays by Robert M. Bird 

Box 11  

Vol. XII: The Cowled Lover and other plays by Robert M. Bird 

Box 11  

Vol. XIII: The Sentinels and other plays by Richard Penn Smith 

Box 11  

Vol. XIV: Metamora and other plays by John Augustus Stone et.al 

Box 11  

Vol. XV: Four Plays by Royall Tyler 

Box 11  

Vol. XVI: Monte Cristo and other plays by Charles Fechter et.al. 

Box 11  

Vol. XVII: The Plays by H.C. DeMille and David Belasco 

Box 11  

Vol. XVIII: The Heart of Maryland and other plays by David Belasco 

Box 11  

Vol. XIX: The White Slave and other plays by Bartley Campbell 

Box 11  

Vol. XX: Man and Wife and other plays by Augustin Daly  

Box 11  

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SERIES 2: DESIGN 

Subseries 1: Costumes 

Description Container

1 book, “Costume Drawing” by Doten and Boulard (1947)

Box 12  

Costume Sketches/set design (color costume sketches include swatches of fabric and trim): 

 

“After Dark” (4 color) 

Box 12  

“After Dark” (1989) (3 b&w with swatches)

Box 12  

“Flying Scud” (3 color) 

Box 12  

“Four Legged Fortune” (1991) (4 b&w with swatches)

Box 12  

“Hazel Kirke” (2 color) 

Box 12  

“Hazel Kirke” (1983) (2 b&w with swatches)

Box 12  

“In Old New York” (“The Poor of New York”) (1985) (8 b&w with swatches)

Box 12  

“Lady Audley’s Secret” (3 color) 

Box 12  

“Lady Audley’s Secret” (1988) (4 b&w with swatches)

Box 12  

“My Partner” (3 b&w with swatches) 

Box 12  

Olio - Circus Closer (4 b&w, 2 color with no swatches)  

Box 12  

Olio - Circus Closer (4 b&w, 2 color with no swatches) (1981: 3 b&w, 2 color with no swatches)

Box 12  

Olio (1987) (1 b&w)

Box 12  

“Rogue’s Revenge” (1981) (9 b&w with swatches, 5 without swatches)

Box 12  

“Royal Child of the Sun” (1990) (12 b&w with swatches)

Box 12  

“The Spoilers” (5 color) 

Box 12  

“The Star Crossing” (1986) (2 b&w with swatches)

Box 12  

“Two Orphans” (1981) (2 color with no swatches, 6 b&w with swatches, 1 b&w without swatches)

Box 12  

“Under Two Flags” (2 color) 

Box 12  

“Under Two Flags” (1984) (6 b&w with swatches)

Box 12  

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Subseries 2: Sets 

Description Container

Set Design: “Star Crossing”- 1 color drawing (Herman Raymond) (1958); 1 color, 6 photocopies (“TB ‘86”)

Box 12  

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SERIES 3: MUSIC 

Subseries 1: Sheet Music 

Description Container

Sheet music: 

 

Always 

Box 13 Folder 1

Am I Blue? 

Box 13 Folder 2

Andalucia  

Box 13 Folder 3

Be Thou Faithful Unto Death 

Box 13 Folder 4

Because I Were Shy 

Box 13 Folder 5

Blame it on the Two Black Crows 

Box 13 Folder 6

Break the News to Mother 

Box 13 Folder 7

Cake Walkin’ Tonight 

Box 13 Folder 8

Daisies Won’t Tell 

Box 13 Folder 9

Della Vita in Sull’aurora 

Box 13 Folder 10

Desert Song 

Box 13 Folder 11

Do Not Mistake Asthma for Passion 

Box 13 Folder 12

Down the Lane With You Again 

Box 13 Folder 13

Fedora 

Box 13 Folder 14

“Flower Song” by Gustave Lange Op. 39 No. 217 

Box 13 Folder 15

Georgia Lullaby 

Box 13 Folder 16

Granada 

Box 13 Folder 17

The Heart Worships/Sheep May Safely Graze 

Box 13 Folder 18

How I Love to Skylark 

Box 13 Folder 19

I Don’t Know How I Do It But I Do 

Box 13 Folder 20

I’ll Get By 

Box 13 Folder 21

“I’m Just Wild About Harry” by Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake (missing first two pages) 

Box 13 Folder 22

I’m Still Caring 

Box 13 Folder 23

In a Haunted Cave 

Box 13 Folder 24

In the Heart of Dear Old Italy 

Box 13 Folder 25

In the Middle of the Night 

Box 13 Folder 26

In this Solemn Hour 

Box 13 Folder 27

I’ve Got the Time, I’ve Got the Place But It’s Hard to Find the Girl 

Box 13 Folder 28

Just a Little Lonesome 

Box 13 Folder 29

Just A Little Love Song 

Box 13 Folder 30

Kiss Me Again 

Box 13 Folder 31

Le Reve de Des Grieux (partial) 

Box 13 Folder 32

Life (partial) 

Box 13 Folder 33

Mazurka 

Box 13 Folder 34

The Melody that Made You Mine 

Box 13 Folder 35

Mighty Blue 

Box 13 Folder 36

Moon Song That Wasn’t meant for Me 

Box 13 Folder 37

More Than Words Can Tell 

Box 13 Folder 38

Morning (Won’t You Ever Come ‘Round) 

Box 13 Folder 39

My Lady Walks in Loveliness 

Box 13 Folder 40

Next Week…East Lynne 

Box 13 Folder 41

No No Nora 

Box 13 Folder 42

Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal 

Box 13 Folder 43

“O Mio Babbino Caro (Oh! My Beloved Daddy)” by Puccini 

Box 13 Folder 44

“Old Timer” by Billy Rose and Louis Silvers  

Box 13 Folder 45

People Will Say We’re In Love 

Box 13 Folder 46

“The Prisoner’s Song” by Guy Massey  

Box 13 Folder 47

Ramona 

Box 13 Folder 48

Ramona Waltz  

Box 13 Folder 49

Remember 

Box 13 Folder 50

“Rememb’ring” by the Duncan Sisters (in Topsy and Eva)  

Box 13 Folder 51

“The Right Kind of Man” by L. Wolfe Gilbert and Abel Baer  

Box 13 Folder 52

Serenade 

Box 13 Folder 53

Singin’ A Pickninny Song 

Box 13 Folder 54

Sorry and Blue 

Box 13 Folder 55

Summertime Waltz 

Box 13 Folder 56

Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-Der-E/Daisies Won’ Tell 

Box 13 Folder 57

Tarantella 

Box 13 Folder 58

That’s How Shanghai Mamie Got Her Name 

Box 13 Folder 59

Then You’ll Remember Me 

Box 13 Folder 60

To A Ghost Flower 

Box 13 Folder 61

Tosca 

Box 13 Folder 62

Velvet Shoes 

Box 13 Folder 63

Wake With the Dawn 

Box 13 Folder 64

We Never Speak As We Pass By 

Box 13 Folder 65

What Did I Do To You 

Box 13 Folder 66

What Every Boy Should Know 

Box 13 Folder 67

What’s the Use of Crying 

Box 13 Folder 68

When My Dream Boat Comes Home 

Box 13 Folder 69

When the Stars Were Brightly Shining 

Box 13 Folder 70

When Your Heart Says Love 

Box 13 Folder 71

Whisp’ring Trees Memories and You 

Box 13 Folder 72

Who Needs A Man 

Box 13 Folder 73

You’re a Real Sweetheart 

Box 13 Folder 74

You’re the Cream in my Coffee 

Box 13 Folder 75

Unidentified 

Box 13 Folder 76

Loose pages – Miscellaneous – Unidentified  

Box 13 Folder 77

Sheet Music (oversize):  

 

Abide With Me 

Box 14 Folder 1

“I Want to be a Merry, Merry Widow” by Edward Madden and Theodore Morse (1907)

Box 14 Folder 2

“If I Only Had Home, Sweet Home” (1906)

Box 14 Folder 3

I’m Falling in Love With Some One 

Box 14 Folder 4

It’s a Way That They Have in Chicago 

Box 14 Folder 5

“Just Help Yourself” by Andrew Sterling and Harry Von Tilzer (1907)

Box 14 Folder 6

Love’s Dream After the Ball 

Box 14 Folder 7

Nearer 

Box 14 Folder 8

“Tickle Toes” by Eleta Spencer and Herbert Spencer (1910)

Box 14 Folder 9

“When That Midnight Choo Choo Leaves for Alabam’” by Irving Berlin (1912)

Box 14 Folder 10

Books (oversize):  

 

Songs of the Gilded Age (1960)

Box 14  

A Treasury of Grand Opera (pap.; slipcased in broken case) (1946)

Box 14  

Disbound volume, no cover, no title, no date 

Box 14  

Magazines (oversize): 

 

The Etude Music Magazine (March-May 1937; September 1926)

Box 14  

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Subseries 2: Books 

Description Container

Scores: 

 

Best Little Whorehouse in Texas 

Box 15 Folder 1

Cowardy Custard 

Box 15 Folder 2

The Drunkard 

Box 15 Folder 3

Foxfire 

Box 15 Folder 4

Lady Audley’s Secret 

Box 15 Folder 5

Music Books: 

 

Bach Short Preludes and Fugues for the Piano (1895)

Box 15  

Chopin Complete Works for the Pianoforte 

Box 15  

Choral Pops (ca. 1955)

Box 15  

Fun Songs: Hits Through the Years (ca. 1960)

Box 15  

Gilbert and Sullivan (©1938)

Box 15  

Rodgers and Hart Songs (© 1936)

Box 15  

Robbins Collection of Gilbert and Sullivan Songs (© 1942)

Box 15  

Royal Collection of Ballads (1892)

Box 15  

Weavers Song Book (1960)

Box 15  

Unidentified book, disbound (loose signatures and pages) 

Box 15  

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SERIES 4: AUDIOVISUAL 

Subseries 1: Danny Griffith 

Description Container

Danny Griffith LP Records: 

 

Imperial Ragtime/Danny Griffith 

Box 16  

Danny Griffith in Cripple Creek (1980)

Box 16  

Sounds of the Gold Bar Room XII (1979)

Box 16  

Cripple Creek Gold/Danny Griffith (1978)

Box 16  

30th Anniversary Album/Danny Griffith in the Gold Bar Room (1977)

Box 16  

Goin’ Up to Cripple Creek/Danny Griffith (1975, 1976)

Box 16  

Danny Griffith in the Gold Bar Room (1974)

Box 16  

Sounds of the Gold Bar Room - 25th anniversary album/Danny Griffith (1972)

Box 16  

Sounds of the Gold Bar Room IV/The Glad Rags (1971)

Box 16  

The Glad Rags in the Gold Bar Room (1970)

Box 16  

Danny & Jim - The Glad Rags/Sounds of the Gold Bar Room Vol. 2 (1969)

Box 16  

Sounds of the Gold Bar Room/The Glad Rags (1968)

Box 16  

Danny Griffith Master Tapes (15 ips, 2-track stereo): 

 

Imperial Ragtime (1979)

Box 17  

Danny Griffith in Cripple Creek (October 1981) Side 1 (40000)

Box 17  

Danny Griffith in Cripple Creek (October 1981) Side 2 (40000)

Box 17  

Imperial Hotel Side 1 (38451) 

Box 17  

Imperial Hotel Side 2 (38451) 

Box 17  

Encore Danny Griffith Imperial Hotel 1984 Side 1 (43192)

Box 17  

Encore Danny Griffith Imperial Hotel 1984 Side 2 (43192)

Box 17  

Imperial Hotel #12 Sides 1 & 2 (36844) 

Box 17  

Danny Griffith 1979 Sides 1 & 2 (34429)

Box 17  

Danny Griffith 1977 Side 1 (30th Anniversary) (30330)

Box 17  

Danny Griffith 1977 Side 2 (30th Anniversary) (30330)

Box 17  

Goin’ Up to Cripple Creek 1976 Side 1 (27348)

Box 17  

Goin’ Up to Cripple Creek 1976 Side 2 (27348)

Box 17  

Danny Griffith The Gold Bar I 1972 Side 1 (74-1)

Box 17  

?? Side 2 (74-2) 

Box 17  

?? Lewis Records Side 2 

Box 17  

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Subseries 2: Show Tapes 

Description Container

Audiotapes: Show tapes (7 ½ ips, reel-to-reel) 

 

1954: “Hazel Kirke” (1 tape)

Box 18  

1954: “Hazel Kirke” (1 tape)

Box 18  

1955: “Flying Scud” (3 tapes)

Box 18  

1956: “After Dark” (1 tape)

Box 18  

1956: “After Dark” (1 tape)

Box 18  

1958: “Star Crossing” (2 tapes)

Box 18  

1959: “The Spoilers” (2 tapes)

Box 18  

1960: “White Slave” (3 tapes)

Box 18  

1961: “Under Two Flags” (2 tapes)

Box 18  

1962: “Ragpicker” (3 tapes)

Box 18  

1963: “My Partner” (1 tape)

Box 18  

1965: “Flying Scud” (4 tapes)

Box 18  

1966: “Fear in the Forest” (5 tapes)

Box 18  

1967: “Hazel Kirke” (4 tapes)

Box 18  

1968: “Two Orphans” (3 tapes)

Box 18  

1971: “Under Two Flags” (3 tapes)

Box 18  

Audiotapes: Miscellaneous tapes (7” reel-to-reel; 5” reel-to-reel; mini tapes; cassette tapes): 

 

1972: “After Dark” (4 tapes)

Box 19  

1974: “Ragpicker” (1 tape)

Box 19  

1975: “Mistress Nell” (4 tapes)

Box 19  

1978: “Flying Scud” (2 tapes)

Box 19  

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Subseries 3: Miscellaneous Tapes 

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Music Tapes: 

 

Danny Griffith (2 tapes) 

Box 19  

Sounds of the Gold Bar Room 

Box 19  

Sounds of the Gold Bar Room Side 1 

Box 19  

Sounds of the Gold Bar Room Side 2 

Box 19  

Wes Anderson’s “3 Swedes and a Pollock” Side 1 

Box 19  

Wes Anderson’s “3 Swedes and a Pollock” Side 2 

Box 19  

Minstrel tapes (2 tapes) 

Box 19  

Xmas 1954 

Box 19  

Spanish Rhapsody/Rigoletto - Concerto in F 

Box 19  

8 Babies - JP Morgan/Kid French 

Box 19  

CC 1969 Record

Box 19  

CC 1970 Record

Box 19  

CC 1975 Record

Box 19  

Miscellaneous Tapes: 

 

Bob Burroughs’ Olio Ideas 

Box 19  

Godfrey Show (2 tapes) 

Box 19  

1 unidentified tape 

Box 19  

5” reels: 

 

2 unidentified 

Box 19  

Marty Babusa - Banjo 

Box 19  

Godfrey broadcast, 1967

Box 19  

2 mini tapes: 

 

Audition tape 

Box 19  

“Hey Mr. Banjo” and “Zoom Zoom Zoom” 

Box 19  

4 cassette tapes: 

 

“Flying Scud” (1978) (3 tapes)

Box 19  

Lowell Thomas 1981

Box 19  

2 empty boxes: 

 

The Glad Rags 

Box 19  

Audition tape (Lu Marshall?) 

Box 19  

3 loose, unidentified 7” tapes 

Box 19  

1 loose, unidentified 5” tape  

Box 19  

Audiotapes: Misc. tapes (mostly 7½ ips, reel-to-reel): 

 

Cripple Creek Reel 3 September 4, 1969

Box 20  

Cripple Creek 1968

Box 20  

Cripple Creek Master October 30, 1968 #1

Box 20  

Cripple Creek Complete 1968

Box 20  

Cripple Creek Master February 15, 1969

Box 20  

Jim Tracy - Banjo 

Box 20  

Cripple Creek Ready II Master February 17, 1969

Box 20  

Cripple Creek Reel 1 September 4, 1969

Box 20  

Cripple Creek Reel 2 September 4, 1969

Box 20  

Cripple Creek leftover master 1969-1970

Box 20  

Master 1969-1970 Reel 1 December 22, 1969

Box 20  

Master 1969-1970 Reel 2December 22, 1969

Box 20  

Cripple Creek Reels 1-5 September 7, 1970 (5 tapes)

Box 20  

Cripple Creek Reel 4 September 4, 1969

Box 20  

Cripple Creek Master #2 1st Session July 1968

Box 20  

2 track dub of Cripple Creek Master March 31, 1969

Box 20  

¼ track dub of Cripple Creek Master March 31, 1969

Box 20  

Cripple Creek Master #2 15 ips March 31, 1969

Box 20  

Glad Rags (2 tapes) 

Box 20  

Glad Rags (2 tapes) 

Box 20  

Imperial Hotel Side #1 dub (1968)

Box 20  

9 unidentified tapes 

Box 20  

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Subseries 4: Videos 

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Video, “The Star Crossing” 

Box 21  

3 videos, raw footage of performances, filmed by Steve Antonuccio, PPLD June 1993

Box 21  

“Four Legged Fortune” (1991)

Box 21  

“In Old New York” (3 tapes) 

Box 21  

1 unidentified video (probably “Four Legged Fortune”) 

Box 21  

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SERIES 5: PAPERS 

Subseries 1: Play Files 

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1948-1949 “Curse You Villain”—Clippings

Box 22  

1948-1949 “Curse You Villain”—Photographs

Box 22  

1950 “Lily, the Felon’s Daughter”—Clippings

Box 22  

1950 “Lily, the Felon’s Daughter”—Photographs

Box 22  

1951 “Love Rides the Rails”—Clippings

Box 22  

1951 “Love Rides the Rails”—Photographs

Box 22  

1952 “Sally Kathleen Claim”—Clippings

Box 22  

1952 “Sally Kathleen Claim”—Articles

Box 22  

1952 “Sally Kathleen Claim”—Photographs

Box 22  

1953 “My Partner”—Clippings

Box 22  

1953 “My Partner”—Photographs

Box 22  

1954 “Hazel Kirke”—Clippings

Box 22  

1954 “Hazel Kirke”—Sets and Properties

Box 22  

1954 “Hazel Kirke”—Photographs

Box 22  

1955 “Flying Scud”—Clippings

Box 22  

1955 “Flying Scud”—Photographs

Box 22  

1956 “After Dark”—Clippings

Box 22  

1956 “After Dark”—Photographs

Box 22  

1957 “The Two Orphans”—Clippings

Box 22  

1957 “The Two Orphans”—Photographs

Box 22  

1958 “The Star Crossing”—Clippings

Box 22  

1958 “The Star Crossing”—Photographs

Box 22  

1958 “The Star Crossing”—Negatives

Box 22  

1959 “The Spoilers”—Clippings

Box 22  

1959 “The Spoilers”—Photographs

Box 22  

1960 “The White Slave”—Clippings

Box 22  

1960 “The White Slave”—Photographs

Box 22  

1961 “Under Two Flags”—Photographs

Box 22  

1961 “Under Two Flags”—Negatives

Box 22  

1962 “Ragpicker of Paris”—Clippings

Box 22  

1962 “Ragpicker of Paris”—Photographs

Box 22  

1963 “My Partner”—Clippings

Box 22  

1963 “My Partner”—Photographs

Box 22  

1964 “Ticket of Leave Man”—Clippings

Box 22  

1964 “Ticket of Leave Man”—Photographs

Box 22  

1965 “Flying Scud”—Clippings

Box 22  

1965 “Flying Scud”—Clippings

Box 22  

1965 “Flying Scud”—Photographs

Box 22  

1966 “Fear in the Forest”—Clippings

Box 22  

1966 “Fear in the Forest”—Photographs, Folder 1

Box 22  

1966 “Fear in the Forest”—Photographs, Folder 2

Box 22  

1967 “Hazel Kirke”—Clippings

Box 22  

1967 “Hazel Kirke”—Photographs

Box 22  

1968 “The Two Orphans”—Clippings

Box 22  

1968 “The Two Orphans”—Photographs

Box 22  

1969 “Count of Monte Cristo”—Clippings

Box 22  

1969 “Count of Monte Cristo”—Photographs

Box 22  

1970 “The Spoilers”—Clippings

Box 22  

1970 “The Spoilers”—Photographs

Box 22  

1971 “Under Two Flags”—Clippings

Box 22  

1971 “Under Two Flags”—Photographs

Box 22  

1972 “After Dark”—Photographs

Box 22  

1973 “Star Crossing”—Photographs

Box 22  

1974 “Ragpicker of Paris”—Photographs

Box 22  

1975 Music—Correspondence

Box 22  

1975 “Mistress Nell”—Clippings

Box 22  

1975 “Mistress Nell”—Photographs

Box 22  

1976 “Ticket-of-Leave Man”—Clippings

Box 22  

1976 “Ticket-of-Leave Man”—Photographs

Box 22  

1977 “Rogue’s Revenge”—Clippings

Box 22  

1977 “Rogue’s Revenge”—Photographs

Box 22  

1978 “Flying Scud”—Clippings

Box 22  

1978 “Flying Scud”—Photographs

Box 22  

1978 “Flying Scud”—Transparencies (color)

Box 22  

1980 “My Partner”—Clippings

Box 22  

1981 “Two Orphans”—Clippings

Box 23  

1981 “Two Orphans”—Photographs

Box 23  

1982 “The Spoilers”—Clippings

Box 23  

1982 “The Spoilers”—Correspondence

Box 23  

1982 “The Spoilers”—Photographs

Box 23  

1982 “The Spoilers”—Negatives

Box 23  

1983 “Hazel Kirke”—Clippings

Box 23  

1983 “Hazel Kirke”—Photographs

Box 23  

1984 “Under Two Flags”—Clippings

Box 23  

1984 “Under Two Flags”—Photographs

Box 23  

1985 “In Old New York”—Clippings

Box 23  

1985 “In Old New York”—Correspondence

Box 23  

1985 “In Old New York”—Photographs

Box 23  

1985 “In Old New York”—Transparencies (color)

Box 23  

1988 “Mystery of the Manor”—Contact sheets and negatives

Box 23  

1989 “After Dark” — Scene breakdowns (time, costumes)

Box 23  

1989 “After Dark” — Photographs

Box 23  

1990 “Royal Child of the Sun”—Photographs

Box 23  

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Subseries 2: Photos 

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Photographs—Cast signs on wall 

Box 24  

Photographs—Unidentified 

Box 24  

Photographs—undated

Box 24  

Negatives—Unidentified 

Box 24  

Copy Negatives 

Box 24  

Imperial Hotel—Photographs (1950s)

Box 24  

Imperial Hotel—Photographs undated

Box 24  

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Subseries 3: Production Staff 

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Chronology—Production Staff (compiled by William Damron, Jr.) 

Box 24  

Biographical Info—Production Staff (compiled by William Damron, Jr.) 

Box 24  

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Subseries 4: Publicity/Promotion 

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Cripple Creek—Brochures and ads  

Box 24  

Imperial Hotel—Brochures and pamphlets 

Box 24  

Imperial Hotel—Clippings (1955, including Life Magazine)

Box 24  

Imperial Hotel—Clippings—1974, 1976

Box 24  

Imperial Hotel—Clippings—1985, 1988

Box 24  

Imperial Hotel—Clippings—1993

Box 24  

Book – America’s Best 100 (1980)

Box 24  

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SERIES 6: MACKIN FAMILY 

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Dorothy Mackin Journal (typescript) 

Box 24  

Jeffrey Mackin – Birth announcement (1954)

Box 24  

Dorothy Mackin – Funeral service (1996)

Box 24  

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SERIES 7: PRINTED MATTER 

Subseries 1: Programs – Imperial Hotel 

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Playbills – 1949-1967

Box 25  

Imperial Players Programs: 

 

1953 “My Partner”

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1954 “Hazel Kirke”

Box 25  

1955 “Flying Scud”

Box 25  

1956 “After Dark”

Box 25  

1957 “Two Orphans”

Box 25  

1958 “The Star Crossing”

Box 25  

1959 “The Spoilers”

Box 25  

1960 “The White Slave”

Box 25  

1961 “Under Two Flags”

Box 25  

1961 “Under Two Flags”

Box 25  

1962 “The Ragpicker of Paris”

Box 25  

1963 “My Partner”

Box 25  

1964 “Ticket-of-Leave Man”

Box 25  

1965 “Flying Scud”

Box 25  

1966 “Fear in the Forest”

Box 25  

1967 “Hazel Kirke”

Box 25  

1968 “Two Orphans”

Box 25  

1969 “The Count of Monte Cristo”

Box 25  

1970 “The Spoilers”

Box 25  

1971 “Under Two Flags”

Box 25  

1972 “After Dark”

Box 25  

1974 “Ragpicker of Paris”

Box 25  

1975 “Mistress Nell”

Box 25  

1976 “Ticket-of-Leave Man”

Box 25  

1977 “Rogue’s Revenge”

Box 25  

1978 “Flying Scud”

Box 25  

1979 “Lady Audley’s Secret”

Box 25  

1980 “My Partner”

Box 25  

1981 “Two Orphans”

Box 25  

1982 “The Spoilers”

Box 25  

1983 “Hazel Kirke”

Box 25  

1984 “Under Two Flags”

Box 25  

1985 “In Old New York”

Box 25  

1986 “The Star Crossing”

Box 25  

1987 “Rogue’s Revenge”

Box 25  

1988 “Mystery of the Manor”

Box 25  

1989 “After Dark”

Box 25  

1990 “Royal Child of the Sun”

Box 25  

1991 “Four Legged Fortune”

Box 25  

1992 “My Partner”

Box 25  

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Subseries 2: Programs – Other Theaters 

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Colorado Springs Opera House – 1901

Box 25  

Colorado Springs Opera House – September-October 1902

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Colorado Springs Opera House – December 1902

Box 25  

Colorado Springs Opera House – 1903

Box 25  

Tabor Grand Opera House – 1905

Box 25  

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Subseries 3: Posters 

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Season 46 (1993) “The Star Crossing”

Box 26 (oversize)  

Fall 1992 “The Passion of Dracula”

Box 26 (oversize)  

Season 45 (1992) “My Partner”

Box 26 (oversize)  

Season 44 (1991) “The Four Legged Fortune”

Box 26 (oversize)  

Season 43 (1990) “Royal Child of the Sun”

Box 26 (oversize)  

Season 42 (1989) “After Dark”

Box 26 (oversize)  

Season 41 (1988) “Mystery of the Manor”

Box 26 (oversize)  

Season 40 (1987) “Rogue’s Revenge”

Box 26 (oversize)  

Season 39 (1986) “The Star Crossing”

Box 26 (oversize)  

Season 37 (1984) “Under Two Flags”

Box 26 (oversize)  

Season 36 (1983) “Hazel Kirke”

Box 26 (oversize)  

Season 36 (1983) “Hazel Kirke”

Box 26 (oversize)  

Season 35 (1982) “The Spoilers”

Box 26 (oversize)  

Season 34 (1981) “The Two Orphans”

Box 26 (oversize)  

Season 33 (1980) “My Partner”

Box 26 (oversize)  

Season 32 (1979) “Lady Audley’s Secret”

Box 26 (oversize)  

Season 30 (1977) “Rogue’s Revenge”

Box 26 (oversize)  

Season 29 (1976) “Ticket-of-Leave Man”

Box 26 (oversize)  

Season 27 (1974) “Ragpicker of Paris”

Box 26 (oversize)  

Season 26 (1973) “The Star Crossing”

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Season 25 (1972) “After Dark”

Box 26 (oversize)  

Season 24 (1971) “Under Two Flags” (small)

Box 26 (oversize)  

Season 23 (1970) “The Spoilers”

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Season 22 (1969) “The Count of Monte Cristo” (small)

Box 26 (oversize)  

Season 21 (1968) “The Two Orphans”

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Season 16 (1963) “My Partner”

Box 26 (oversize)  

Season 15 (1962) “Ragpicker of Paris”

Box 26 (oversize)  

Season 13 (1960) “White Slave”

Box 26 (oversize)  

Season 12 (1959) “The Spoilers” (small)

Box 26 (oversize)  

Season 10 (1957) “The Two Orphans”

Box 26 (oversize)  

Season 9 (1956) “After Dark”

Box 26 (oversize)  

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Appendix: Plays

Title Of Play Year Premiered
LILY THE FELON’S DAUGHTER 1950
LOVE RIDES THE RAILS 1951
THE SALLY KATHLEEN CLAIM 1952
MY PARTNER 1953
HAZEL KIRKE 1954
FLYING SCUD 1955
AFTER DARK 1956
THE TWO ORPHANS 1957
THE STAR CROSSING 1958
THE SPOILERS 1959
THE WHITE SLAVE 1960
UNDER TWO FLAGS 1961
RAGPICKER OF PARIS 1962
TICKET-OF-LEAVE MAN 1964
FEAR IN THE FOREST 1966
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO 1969
MISTRESS NELL 1975
LADY AUDLEY’S SECRET 1979
IN OLD NEW YORK 1985
ROYAL CHILD OF THE SUN 1990

YEAR TITLE/SUBTITLE/AUTHOR/YEAR WRITTEN
1948-1949 “Curse You, Villain, or, I’ll be Glad When You’re Dad, You Rascal You”
1950 “Lily the Felon’s Daughter, or, Who Purloined the Bustle?, or, It’s All Right in the End!”
1951 “Love Rides the Rails, or, Will the Mail Train Run Tonight?”
1952 “The Sally Kathleen Claim, or, All That Glitters Is Not Gold” by Lillian de la Torre
1953 “My Partner, or, A Rose With A Broken Stem” by Bartley Campbell (1879)
1954 “Hazel Kirke, or, Adrift From Her Father’s Love” by Steele MacKaye (1880)
1955 “Flying Scud, or, A Four-Legged Fortune” by Dion Boucicault (1866)
1956 “After Dark, or, Pardon For A Price” by Dion Boucicault (1868)
1957 “The Two Orphans, or, In The Hands of Heaven” by D’Ennery and Corman (1874)
1958 “The Star Crossing, or, What’s Done Cannot Be Undone” by Dion Boucicault (1863)
1959 “The Spoilers, or, There’s Never A Law of God Nor Man Runs North of 53” by Rex Beach (1906)
1960 “The White Slave” by Bartley Campbell (1882)
1961 “Under Two Flags” adapted from a novel by Maria Louisa de la Ramee (1872)
1962 “Ragpicker of Paris and The Dressmaker of Saint Antoine” by Edward Sterling, Esq. (1874)
1963 “My Partner, or, A Rose With a Broken Stem” (2)
1964 “Ticket-of-Leave Man” by Tom Taylor (1863)
1965 “Flying Scud, or, A Four Legged Fortune” (2)
1966 “Fear in the Forest, or, A Fox in Petticoats” by Steele MacKaye (1899)
1967 “Hazel Kirke, or, Adrift From Her Father’s Love” (2)
1968 “The Two Orphans, or In The Hands of Heaven” (2)
1969 “Count of Monte Cristo” adapted from the Alexander Dumas novel by Charles Fechter (1868)
1970 “The Spoilers, or, There’s Never A Law of God Nor Man Runs North of 53” (2)
1971 “Under Two Flags” (2)
1972 “After Dark, or, Pardon For A Price” (2)
1973 “Star Crossing, or, What’s Done Cannot Be Undone” (2)
1974 “Ragpicker of Paris and The Dressmaker of Saint Antoine” (2)
1975 “Mistress Nell” by George C. Hazelton (1900)
1976 “Ticket-of-Leave Man” (2)
1977 “Rogue’s Revenge, or, A Fox in Petticoats” (2)
1978 “Flying Scud, or, A Four Legged Fortune” (3)
1979 “Lady Audley’s Secret, or, The Mystery of the Manor” adapted from Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s novel by C.H. Hazlewood (1863)
1980 “My Partner, or, A Rose With a Broken Stem” (3)
1981 “The Two Orphans, or, In The Hands of Heaven” (3)
1982 “The Spoilers, or, There’s Never A Law of God Nor Man Runs North of 53” (3)
1983 “Hazel Kirke, or, Adrift From Her Father’s Love” (3)
1984 “Under Two Flags” (3)
1985 “In Old New York, or, The Panic of ‘57” by Dion Boucicault (1858)
1986 “Star Crossing” (3)
1987 “Rogue’s Revenge” (Arrant Knave) (3)
1988 “Mystery of the Manor” (Lady Audley) (2)
1989 “After Dark” (3)
1990 “Royal Child of the Sun” by Clarence Bennett (mid-1880s)
1991 “A Four-Legged Fortune” (Flying Scud) (4)
1992 “My Partner” (4)

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