| Title |
Author |
Academic Year |
Producation
Dates |
Location |
Troupe |
Director |
| Tragedy of Nan, The |
John Masefield |
1926/27 |
|
|
English Club |
Thomas B. Job |
| You and I |
Philip Barry |
1926/27 |
March
1, 2 |
Grand Theater |
Senior Class |
Ruth Kentzler |
| Behind a Watteau Picture |
Robert E. Rogers |
1926/27 |
June
11 |
Behind Skinner Memorial
Chapel (unless it rained; then inside) |
Commencement play |
Ruth P. Kentzler |
| Mrs. Partridge Presents |
|
1927/28 |
|
|
|
|
| Far Away Princess, The |
Herman Ludermann |
1927/28 |
October
21 |
Little Theater (? pre-Nourse) |
Cap and Dagger |
Elmond Hackleman |
| Spreading the News |
Lady Isabella Augusta Perse
Gregory |
1927/28 |
October
21 |
Little Theater (? pre-Nourse) |
Cap and Dagger |
Elmond Hackleman |
| Holy Night, The |
|
1927/28 |
December
14 |
Skinner Memorial Chapel |
|
|
| Giants in the Earth |
Thomas Job (adaptation
of O. E. Rolvaag novel) |
1927/28 |
December
17-19; February 16-18 |
Dec: Northfield Armory.
Feb:The Garrick Theatre, Minneapolis/ St. Paul |
Carleton Players |
Thomas Job |
| Fan, The |
Carlo Goldoni |
1927/28 |
March
21 |
Grand Theatre |
Senior Class |
Carol F. Derby |
| Edward |
Thomas Job |
1927/28 |
April |
|
Carleton Dramatic Department |
Carol F. Derby |
| Ship, The |
St. John G. Ervine |
1927/28 |
June
9 |
Grand Theatre |
College Play |
Carol Florence Derby |
| Good-Natured Man, The |
Oliver Goldsmith |
1928/29 |
March
25 |
Grand Theatre |
Senior Class |
Carol Florence Derby |
| Mikado, The |
W.S. Gilbert
and Arthur Sullivan |
1928/29 |
April
28 |
Grand Theatre |
Department
of Music |
Thomas Job
(drama) and Florence Hedstrum Morsbach (Music) |
| Alkestis, The |
Euripides |
1928/29 |
June
8 |
Carleton Stadium, Laird
Field |
Carleton Players |
Thomas Job |
| Alcestis |
|
1929/30 |
|
|
|
|
| Early Candlelight |
Phillips E. Osgood and
Thomas Job from the novel by Maud Hart Lovelace |
1929/30 |
|
|
Carleton Players |
Thomas Job and Lucille
Knutson |
| Anglais Tel Qu-On Le Parle,
L’ |
|
1929/30 |
March
6 |
Margaret Evans recreation
room |
First year French students |
Catherine M. Staudt |
| Prodigal Son, The |
|
1929/30 |
May
18 |
Congregational Church |
Comrades of the Way |
Ruth Moore |
| Antigone |
Sophocles; trans. Ian B.
S. Holbourn |
1929/30 |
June
1 |
Carleton Stadium, Laird
Field |
Carleton Players |
Thomas Job and Lucile
Knutson |
| Tobias and the Angel |
James Bridie |
1932/33 |
December
3, 5-9 |
Nourse Little Theater |
Department of Dramatic
Arts |
Thomas Job and Merece
Taralseth |
| Hedda Gabler |
Henrik Ibsen |
1932/33 |
March
30-April 3 |
Nourse Little Theater |
Department of Dramatic
Arts |
Thomas Job and Merece
Taralseth |
| Alice in Wonderland |
Alice Gerstenberg |
1932/33 |
May
31 |
Mai-Fete Island Theater |
Department of Dramatic
Arts |
Thomas Job and Merece
Taralseth |
| Menaechmi, The |
Plautus |
1933/34 |
November
23-28 |
Nourse Little Theater |
Department of Dramatic
Arts |
Thomas Job and Merece
Taralseth |
| Ice Bound |
Orven Davis |
1933/34 |
March
22-24 |
Nourse Little Theater |
Department of Dramatic
Arts |
Thomas Job and Merece
Taralseth |
| Insect Play, The |
Karl Capek and brother |
1933/34 |
June
2, 9 |
Lyman Lakes |
Department of Dramatic
Arts |
Thomas Job and Merece
Taralseth |
| Grumpy |
Horace Hodges and T. Wigney
Percyval |
1934/35 |
October
18 |
Skinner Memorial Chapel |
|
I.M. Cochran |
| Beggar on Horseback |
George S. Kaufman and Marc
Connelly |
1934/35 |
February |
Nourse Little Theater |
Department of Dramatic
Arts |
Thomas Job and Merece
Taralseth |
| Moor Born |
Dan Totheroh |
1934/35 |
April
4-6, 8 |
Nourse Little Theater |
Department of Dramatic
Arts |
Thomas Job and Merece
Taralseth |
| Weavers, The |
G. Hauptmann |
1935/36 |
|
|
|
|
| Barchester Towers |
Thomas Job (adapted from
book by Anthony Trollope) |
1935/36 |
March
30-April 1 |
Nourse Little Theater |
Department of Dramatic
Arts |
Thomas Job and Merece
Taralseth |
| Crock of Gold, The |
James Stephens Dramatized
by Meyer Levin |
1935/36 |
May
28, June 6 |
Island Theatre |
Department of Dramatic
Arts |
Thomas Job and Merece
Taralseth |
| Caste |
Tom Robertson |
1936/37 |
December
7-12 |
Nourse Little Theater |
Department of Dramatic
Arts |
Merece Taralseth |
| Craig’s Wife |
George Kelly |
1936/37 |
April
19,20, 22, 23 |
Nourse Little Theater |
Department of Dramatic
Arts |
Merece Taralseth |
| Chantecler |
Edmond Rostand |
1936/37 |
May
29, June 5 |
Island Theater |
Department of Dramatic
Arts |
Merece Taralseth |
| Good and Obedient Young
Man, |
|
1937/38 |
|
|
|
|
| Stage Door |
Edna Ferber and George
S. Kaufman |
1937/38 |
March
15-18 |
Nourse Little Theater |
Department of Dramatic
Arts |
Merece Taralseth and Margaret
Pegg |
| Candida |
George Bernard Shaw |
1937/38 |
November
24-27 |
Nourse Little Theater |
Department of Dramatic
Arts |
Merece Taralseth |
| Twelve Pound Look, The |
|
1938/39 |
|
|
|
|
| Time and the Conways |
J.B. Priestly |
1938/39 |
December
6, 7, 8, 9 |
Nourse Little Theater |
Department of Dramatic
Arts |
Merece Taralseth |
| Our Town |
Thornton Wilder |
1938/39 |
24-Apr
|
Northfield High School
Auditorium |
Department of Dramatic
Arts |
Merece Taralseth |
| M-G-M |
|
1938/39 |
24-May
|
Northfield High School
Auditorium |
|
|
| Pursuit of Happiness,
The |
Laurence and Armina Langner |
1940/41 |
December
11-14 |
Nourse Little Theater |
Department of Dramatic
Arts |
Merece Taralseth Postlethwait |
| Cavalcade |
Noel Coward |
1940/41 |
05-Apr
|
Northfield High School
Auditorium |
Department of Dramatic
Arts |
Merece Taralseth Postlethwait |
| Alice in Wonderland |
Alice Gerstenberg |
1940/41 |
28-May
|
Island Theatre |
Department of Dramatic
Arts |
Merece Taralseth Postlethwait |
| Ladies in Retirement |
E. P. Smith & R. Denham |
1941/42 |
|
Nourse Little Theater |
|
|
| George and Margaret |
Gerald Savory |
1941/42 |
April
28-May 2 |
Nourse Little Theater |
Department of Dramatic
Arts |
Margaret Thomson |
| Thunder Rock |
Robert Ardrey |
1942/43 |
November
4-7 |
Nourse Little Theater |
Department of Speech and
Dramatic Arts |
Margaret Thomson |
| Streets of New York, The
or Poverty is no Crime |
Dion Boucicault |
1942/43 |
March
3-6 & 10-12 |
Nourse Little Theater |
Department of Speech and
Dramatic Arts |
Margaret Thomson |
| Claudia |
Rose Franken |
1942/43 |
May
4-8 |
Nourse Little Theater |
Department of Speech and
Dramatic Arts |
Margaret Thomson |
| Torch-Bearers, The |
George Kelly |
1943/44 |
December
8-11 |
Nourse Little Theater |
Department of Dramatic
Arts |
Oza Cunningham |
| Lady Precious Stream |
S. I. Hsiung |
1943/44 |
March
15-18 |
Nourse Little Theater |
Department of Dramatic
Arts |
Oza Cunningham |
| Cradle Song, The |
Gregorio Martinez Sierra |
1944/45 |
November
29-Dec 2 |
Nourse Little Theater |
Department of Dramatic
Arts |
Margaret Thomson |
| Decision |
Edward Chodorov |
1944/45 |
March
2, 3 |
Severance Great Hall |
Department of Dramatic
Arts |
Margaret Thomson |
| Dona Rosita |
Federico Garcia Lorca |
1944/45 |
May
2-5 |
Nourse Little Theater |
Department of Dramatic
Arts |
Margaret Thomson |
| Three Sisters, The |
Anton Chekhov |
1945/46 |
|
Nourse Little Theater |
Carleton Players |
|
| Trial by Jury |
W.S. Gilbert and Arthur
Sullivan |
1945/46 |
|
Skinner Memorial Chapel |
Glee Club |
|
| Arms and the Man |
George Bernard Shaw |
1945/46 |
November
7-10 |
Nourse Little Theater |
Departement of Dramatic
Arts |
Margaret Thomson |
| Blithe Spirit |
Noel Coward |
1945/46 |
May
8-11 |
Nourse Little Theater |
Department of English,
Speech, and Dramatic Arts |
Margaret Thomson |
| Skin of Our Teeth, The |
Thornton Wilder |
1946/47 |
November
18-23 |
Nourse Little Theater |
Carleton Players |
Oliver Flanders |
| Hands Across the Sea |
Noel Coward |
1946/47 |
December
16-18 |
Nourse Little Theater |
Carleton Players |
Dotty Kayes |
| Man in the Bowler Hat,
The |
A. A. Milne |
1946/47 |
December
16-18 |
Nourse Little Theater |
Carleton Players |
Francis Heim |
| Riders to the Sea |
John Millington Synge |
1946/47 |
December
16-18 |
Nourse Little Theater |
Carleton Players |
Ann Downing |
| Curse You, Jack Dalton |
|
1946/47 |
March
1 |
Nourse Little Theater |
Heim ‘n’ Hiller
(Inc) Co-op/ Carleton Players |
Wally Hiller and Fran
Heim |
| H.M.S. Pinafore |
William S. Gilbert &
Arthur Sullivan |
1946/47 |
March 7 & May 19 -20 |
Concert Hall on 3/7 / Mai
Fete Island on 5/19-20 |
Carleton Chamber Singers
(Glee Club/Players) |
Enid Woodward in March
/ Oliver Flanders in May |
| Ghosts |
Henrik Ibsen |
1946/47 |
March
17-22 |
Nourse Little Theater |
Carleton Players |
Ann Downing |
| Antigone |
Sophocles |
1947/48 |
|
Nourse Little Theater |
Carleton Players |
Henry Goodman |
| Inspector General, The |
Nikolai Gogl |
1947/48 |
|
Nourse Little Theater |
Carleton Players |
Henry Goodman |
| Candida |
George Bernard Shaw |
1947/48 |
March
2-6 |
Nourse Little Theater |
Carleton Players |
Frances Heim |
| Caucasian Chalk Circle |
Bertolt Brecht |
1947/48 |
May
4-8 |
Nourse Little Theater |
Carleton Players |
Henry Goodman |
| Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet,
The |
George Bernard Shaw |
1948/49 |
Nov
30 - Dec 4 |
Nourse Little Theater |
Carleton Players |
Edwin Burr Pettet |
| Heartbreak House |
G. B. Shaw |
1948/49 |
March
8, 9, 16, 17, 18 |
Nourse Little Theater |
Carleton Players |
Edwin Burr Pettet |
| Man and Superman |
George Bernard Shaw |
1948/49 |
May
12, 13, 19-21 |
Nourse Little Theater |
Carleton Players |
Edwin Burr Pettet |
| Great God Brown, The |
Eugene O’Neill |
1949/50 |
November
29-December 3 |
Nourse Little Theater |
Carleton Players |
Edwin Burr Pettet |
| American Tragedy, An |
Erwin Piscator (from novel
by Theodore Dreiser) |
1949/50 |
March
14-18 |
Nourse Little Theater |
Carleton Players |
Edwin Burr Pettet |
| Antigone |
Jean Anouilh |
1949/50 |
May
16-20 |
Nourse Little
Theater |
Carleton Players |
Edwin Burr
Pettet & Voyle Besse |
