Oliver (Barbara) Collection of Theatre Materials

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Oliver (Barbara) Collection of Theatre Materials

BANC MSS 2023/253

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Reviews and press for television production of The People v. Inez Garcia 1977

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Scripts, programs, reviews, photographs and other production materials for Berkeley Repertory Theatre performances 1979-1990

Scope and Contents

The plays Heartbreak House; A Delicate Balance; Shadow Box; Life of Galileo; Diary of Anne Frank; Tonight at 8:30; The Show Off; Filumena; The Way of the World; A Touch of the Past; Tartuffe; Misalliance; The Diary of a Scoundrel; The Sea; The Good Person of Szechuan; The Night of the Iguana; The Birthday Party; The Road to Mecca; The Hairy Ape; The Rivals; Hedda Gabler; Man and Superman are represented.

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Scripts, programs, reviews, photographs and other production materials for Berkeley Repertory Theatre performances 1991-2001

Scope and Contents

The plays Dragonwings; McTeague; An Ideal Husband; The Magic Fire; The Oresteia are represented.

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Scripts, programs, reviews, photographs and other production materials for Berkeley One Act Theatre performances approximately 1984

Scope and Contents

The plays Ex-Miss Copper Queen on a Set of Pills; The Gloaming, Oh My Darling; Halloween; Bedtime Story; The 75th are represented.

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Scripts, programs, reviews, photographs and other production materials for various theatres approximately 1980-1990

Scope and Contents

The plays Willa and Marie; The Women of My Father's House; Dear Master are represented.

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Scripts, programs, reviews, photographs and other production materials for Aurora Theatre Company. 1991-1996

Scope and Contents

The plays The Gin Game; Holiday Memoirs; How He Lied to Her Husband and Box and Cox; Ghosts; Mrs. Warren's Profession; Bailegangaire; Ayckbourne play; A Kind of Alaska; The Panel; Intimate Exchanges; La Castrata; Seascape are represented.

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Scripts, programs, reviews, photographs and other production materials for Aurora Theatre Company. 1996-2003

Scope and Contents

The plays The Mystery of Irma Vep; The Aspern Papers; Gun Play; Nora; Posing for Gauguin; Abagail's Party; Dear Master; Widower's Houses; Dance of Death; A Flea In Her Ear; The Belle of Amherst; The Second Man; Death Defying Acts; Two; The Glass Menagerie; The Homecoming; Comedy of Errors; Split; The Philanderer; Tough; The Weir; Hedda Gabler; A Life in the Theatre; St. Joan; The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek; Alarms and Excursions; The Shape of Things; Therese Raquin; Partition; The Man of Destiny; Betrayal; Mama Don't Allow are represented.

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Scripts, programs, reviews, photographs and other production materials for Aurora Theatre Company. 2003-2012

Scope and Contents

The plays The Chairs; Ludus Danielis; Antigone Falun Gong; The Persians; Wilder Times; Bacchae are represented.

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Theatre programs approximately 1980-2005

Scope and Contents

Theatre programs of productions Oliver has either acted in or directed.

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Clippings

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Berkeley Repertory 10th Anniversay Program approximately 1978

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Correspondence approximately 1979-2005

Scope and Contents

Two folders; the first contains cards and letters addressed to Oliver, the second contains letters regarding obtaining rights and permissions for theatre productions.

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Photographs approximately 1978-2010

Scope and Contents

UCB, Woodstock, Fargo, and miscellaneous photographs of performances and personal photographs.

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Writings 1980-2006

Scope and Contents

Includes drafts, unsorted material, and the titles The Betrayal; Let the Lower Lights Be Burning; One White Counterpane; Getting Away; 38 Geary; Elephants; and The Pink Sock.

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Various scripts

Scope and Contents

In binder.

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Early career approximately 1950-1970

Scope and Contents

Clippings, correspondence, photographs, theatre programs from Oliver's early career in theatre.

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Personal documents

Scope and Contents

Oliver's birth certificate, obituary, and other personal documents.

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Oral history transcript 2007

Scope and Contents

Transcript of Oliver's oral history conducted by the San Francisco Performing Arts LIbrary and Museum.

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