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Macondria theater ephemera : and related materials, approximately 1900-2002 (bulk 1928-1938).
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Macondria theater ephemera: and related materials, approximately 1900-2002 (bulk 1928-1938)Creator/Contributor:
Macondria (San Francisco, Calif.), creator, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Burkhardt, George (George Henry), 1883-1950Creator/Contributor:
Burkhardt, Kathryn Dodge, 1899-1994Creator/Contributor:
Beardsley, Marion Dodge, 1907-1993Creator/Contributor:
Dodge, Arthur Burnside, 1865-1952Creator/Contributor:
Dodge, David Francis, 1860-1952Abstract:
Scrapbook, compiled by Kathryn Dodge Burkhardt, of playbills, photographs, and other ephemera of the Macondray Lane Players'
performances at Macondria. Miscellaneous materials include additional copies of playbills and other printed ephemera (flyers,
tickets), the woodblock used to print tickets, newsclippings, material related to the Pine Street Players, and materials related
to other members of the Dodge family: Marion Dodge Beardsley, Arthur Burnside Dodge, and David Francis (D. Frank) Dodge.
Date:
1928 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caAmateur theater -- California -- San Francisco
Theater -- California -- San Francisco
Théâtre d'amateurs
Théâtre -- Californie -- San Francisco
Amateur theater
Theater
California -- San Francisco
Macondria (San Francisco, Calif.)
Macondray Lane Players.
Pine Street Players.
Burkhardt, George (George Henry) -- 1883-1950
Dodge, David -- 1910-1974
Dodge, David -- 1910-1974
Note:
Gift of David Schubert and Rebecca Smith; 20130321.
Related collection: David Dodge papers (BANC MSS 2012/220).
Etching of L.A. Chinatown scene by Arthur Burnside Dodge transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library
(BANC PIC 2013.114).
Macondria was a little theater that served as home to the Macondray Lane Players, a group of amateur playwrights, producers,
and actors founded in 1927 by George Henry Burkhardt, whose goal was to create theater purely for pleasure. Located in the
basement of Burkhardt's house at 56 Macondray Lane on San Francisco's Russian Hill, Macondria was home to 120 world premieres
of original plays in its ten years of existence. Three plays originally written for Macondria were honored with awards by
the Northern California Drama Association: Burkhardt's "Oriental Fragrance" won first prize in 1935, David Dodge's "A Certain
Man Had Two Sons" won first prize in 1936, and Frances Montgomery's "The Last Buffalo" won second prize in 1937. The theater
closed when a fire razed the Burkhardt house in 1938. Regular company members included Morris Shaw, Kathryn Dodge Burkhardt,
Frances Montgomery, Steve Broder, Harvey and Edith Muldoon, Whitney Henry, Enola Barker, Lettie Connell (Kathryn Dodge Burkhardt's
daughter), and Elva Keith (David Dodge's wife).
Macondria theater ephemera, BANC MSS 2013/119, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
Ephemera.Playbills-California-San Francisco-20th century.
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Language:
English