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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-12-11 07:02:05 -0500.Description is in English George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center Theatre recordings collection George Mason University. Department of Theater C0170 /repositories/2/resources/101 1 Linear Feet 2 boxes 1960s Fourteen LP record albums of cast recordings. Some albums include pamphlets with descriptions of the plays as well as the text from the scripts. Many were created by the Theatre Recording Society and Columbia Records. English Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)

Preferred Citation

Theatre recordings collection, C0170, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Donated by the George Mason University Theatre Department in 2009.

Processing Information

Processed by Special Collections Research Center staff. EAD markup by Special Collections Research Center Staff. Finding aid updated by Amanda Brent in April 2020.

Historical Note

Theatre recordings became popular in the 1950s with the introduction of Long Playing (LP) records. This format allowed for longer musical compositions such as classical music and Broadway recordings. Columbia was one of the first record companies to sell LPs that featured the original cast recordings.

Scope and Content

Fourteen LP record albums of cast recordings. Some albums include pamphlets with descriptions of the plays as well as the text from the scripts. Many were created by the Theatre Recording Society and Columbia Records.

Related Material

The Special Collections Research Center holds many other theatre collections.

Arrangement

Arranged by title.

Live sound recordings Theater -- New York (State) -- New York Sound recordings Performing arts Theater Theater -- United States Series 1: Live Theatre Recordings/repositories/2/archival_objects/336721960sScope and Contents note

14 LP record albums of cast recordings.

Madea/repositories/2/archival_objects/336731960s1-2 Scope and Contents note

Written by: Euripides Directed by: Howard Sackler

Cyrano de Bergerac/repositories/2/archival_objects/336741960s1-2 Scope and Contents note

Written by: Edmond Rostand

The Old Glory Benito Cerano/repositories/2/archival_objects/336751960s1-2 Scope and Contents note

Written by: Robert Lowell

MARAT/SADE/repositories/2/archival_objects/336761960s1-2 Scope and Contents note

Written by: Peter Weiss; Royal Shakespeare Company

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf/repositories/2/archival_objects/336771960s1-2 Scope and Contents note

Written by: Edward Albee; Original Broadway Cast

Arthur Miller's After the Fall/repositories/2/archival_objects/336781960s1-2 Scope and Contents note

The Reparatory Theater of Lincoln Center; Original Cast Recording

The Hostage/repositories/2/archival_objects/336791960s1-2 Scope and Contents note

Written by: Brendan Behan; Starring Julie Harris and Geoff Garland

MACBIRD/repositories/2/archival_objects/336801960s1-2 Scope and Contents note

Written by: Barbara Garson; Original Cast Recording

Uncle Vanya/repositories/2/archival_objects/336811960s1-2 Scope and Contents note

Written by: Anton Chekhov; Chichester Festival Theatre; The Production by Lawrence Olivier

The Balcony/repositories/2/archival_objects/336821960s1-2 Scope and Contents note

Written by: Jean Genet

Cesar and Cleopatra/repositories/2/archival_objects/336831960s1-2 Scope and Contents note

Written by: Bernard Shaw; Directed by Anthony Quayle

King Richard III/repositories/2/archival_objects/336841960s1-2 Scope and Contents note

Written by: William Shakespeare; Directed by: Howard Sackler

The Glass Menagerie/repositories/2/archival_objects/336851960s1-2 Scope and Contents note

Written by: Tennessee Williams; Directed by: Howard Sackler

Death of a Salesman/repositories/2/archival_objects/336861960s1-2 Scope and Contents note

Written by: Arthur Miller; Directed by: Ulu Grosbard; Starring Lee J. Cobb and Mildred Dunnock