Finding Aid to the Barbara Oliver Collection of Theatre Materials
Jaime Henderson, Lara Michels
The Bancroft Library
2023
The Bancroft Library
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
bancref@library.berkeley.edu
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Barbara Oliver collection of theatre materials
Creator:
Oliver, Barbara, 1927-2013
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 2023/253
Physical Description:
5 linear feet
(4 cartons)
Date (inclusive): approximately 1945-2012
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language of Material:
English
.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Jennifer Oliver, 2021.
Preferred Citation
Barbara Oliver collection of theatre materials, BANC MSS 2023/253, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Content Description
Contains theatre materials collected by Barbara Oliver, actor, director, and co-founder and Artistic Director of the Aurora
Theatre. Collection contains scripts, programs, reviews, photographs and other production materials for the Berkeley Repertory
Theatre, the Aurora Theatre Company and a few other theatre companies. Programs, correspondence, photographs and personalia
document Oliver's career as an actor and director, primarily in Berkeley Repertory Theatre and Aurora Theatre productions.
Also includes drafts of some of Oliver's short story manuscripts and scripts.
Conditions Governing Use
Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction
of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions,
privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond
that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
For additional information about the University of California, Berkeley Library's permissions policy please see: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/about/permissions-policies.
Processing Information
Collection is processed at Level 2. Level 2 processing results in a collection-level record with box and file listing. Folders
within boxes are not listing in the finding aid.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Theater -- Production and direction
Theater programs
Aurora Theater Company (Berkeley, Calif.)
Berkeley Repertory Theatre (Berkeley, Calif.)
carton 1
Reviews and press for television production of The People v. Inez Garcia
1977
carton 1
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.
carton 2
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.
carton 2
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.
carton 2
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.
carton 2
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.
carton 3
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.
carton 4
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.
carton 4
Theatre programs
approximately 1980-2005
Scope and Contents
Theatre programs of productions Oliver has either acted in or directed.
carton 4
Berkeley Repertory 10th Anniversay Program
approximately 1978
carton 4
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.
carton 4
Photographs
approximately 1978-2010
Scope and Contents
UCB, Woodstock, Fargo, and miscellaneous photographs of performances and personal photographs.
carton 4
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.
carton 4
Various scripts
Scope and Contents
In binder.
carton 4
Early career
approximately 1950-1970
Scope and Contents
Clippings, correspondence, photographs, theatre programs from Oliver's early career in theatre.
carton 4
Personal documents
Scope and Contents
Oliver's birth certificate, obituary, and other personal documents.
carton 4
Oral history transcript
2007
Scope and Contents
Transcript of Oliver's oral history conducted by the San Francisco Performing Arts LIbrary and Museum.
