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The Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute

Caroline Beasley-Baker's dance floor for Bebe Miller's The Hendrix Project

Click on the video to see Nena Couch, Curator for The Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute, and Mary Tarantino, Associate Professor in Theatre, The College of the Arts at at The Ohio State University, discuss the use of light and pigment to create changes in a set design during a performance.

Curtiss Show Print Digital Exhibit

The Curtiss Show Print collection, donated to Ohio State University Libraries' Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute by Nyle Stateler, is a remarkable compilation documenting the beautiful letterpress work done by the company for its show business clients. Curtiss Show Print began in Kalida, Ohio, in 1905, but founder Bill Curtiss moved his printing business to nearby Continental, Ohio, to take advantage of its location and access to the railroad. The shop specialized in turning orders around very quickly, and gained a reputation among its show business clients for fast and excellent work.

Elsie Janis Digital Exhibit

This online exhibition is an extension of "Some Sort of Somebody": Ohioan Elsie Janis on the Stage and in the Trenches, drawn primarily from the Elsie Janis Collection of the Laura M. Mueller British and American Theatre and Film Collections, which was shown in the Philip Sills Exhibit Hall of the William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library, The Ohio State University Libraries, 6 January - 14 April 2003. The contents are drawn from collections of The Ohio State University Libraries' Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute and Cartoon Research Library.

Scenic Drops for the Harmount UTC Company

Images of 12 canvas drops that the Harmount UTC Company carried with them as they toured the midwest during the early 20th century.

Daphne Dare Digital Exhibit

Daphne Dare's costume designs for La casa de Bernarda Alba ('The House of Bernarda Alba') by the Spanish playwright Federico Garcia Lorca. This was Lorca's last play, written in 1936, several months before his death, and first performed in 1945. The play centers on the events of an Andalusian household during a period of mourning, in which the title character (age 60) wields total control over her five daughters Angustias (39 years old), Magdalena (30), Amelia (27), Martirio, (24), and Adela (20). The housekeeper (La Poncia) and Bernarda's mother (Maria Josefa) also live there.

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