Roy Bowen Papers
SPEC.TRI.RHB
Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
10.5 Cubic feet
1919-1998
Roy Bowen was a Professor Emeritus in the Theatre Department and Director of Theatre at Ohio State University. The Roy Bowen Papers contain scripts, playbills, and clippings. The materials date from 1919 to 1998.
(21) boxes
English
Bowen, Roy H.
Arrangement of Materials
Materials are arranged in the order received.
Acquisitions Information
Donation: Roy Bowen, date unknown
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Roy Bowen Papers, SPEC.TRI.RHB, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute, Ohio State University
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Biographical Note
Roy Bowen (1912-2006) was a Professor Emeritus in the Theatre Department and Director of Theatre at Ohio State University. Bowen began his career at OSU in 1946 as an assistant instructor and eventually retired in 1977. Bowen also helped establish the American Playwrights Theatre.
Scope and Contents
The Roy Bowen Papers contain promptbooks, director's scripts, production reviews, photographs, playbills, correspondence, manuscripts, and awards. The materials date from 1919 to 1998.
Bowen, Roy H.
Ohio State University. Department of Theatre.
College teachers--Ohio--Columbus--20th century
College theater--Ohio--Columbus--20th century
Scripts (documents)
Theatrical producers and directors--Ohio--Columbus--20th century
Affairs of State by Louis Verneuil
1
1
undated
All the Way Home by Tad Mosel
1
2
undated
Anything Goes (music by Cole Porter; book by Guy Bolton and P.G. Woodehouse)
1
3
undated
The Corn is Green by Emlyn Williams
1
4
undated
Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand (1 of 3)
1
5
undated
Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand (2 of 3)
1
6
undated
Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand (3 of 3)
1
7
undated
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
2
1
undated
Gigi by Anita Loos
2
2
undated
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
2
3
undated
Hay Fever: A Play in Three Acts by Noel Coward
2
4
undated
The Homecoming by Harold Pinter
2
5
undated
The Iceman Cometh by Eugene O'Neill (1 of 3)
2
6
1968 February 26-March 2
The Iceman Cometh by Eugene O'Neill (2 of 3)
2
7
1968 February 26-March 2
The Iceman Cometh by Eugene O'Neill (3 of 3)
2
8
1968 February 26-March 2
La Perichole by Jacques Offenbach (1 of 2)
2
9
1966
La Perichole by Jacques Offenbach (2 of 2)
2
10
1966
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee (1 of 2)
3
1
undated
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee (2 of 2)
3
2
undated
The Six O'Clock Call by Laurence Housman
3
3
undated
Summer Tree by Ron Cowen
3
4
1968
The Teahouse of the August Moon by John Patrick
3
5
1953 October 15
The Ticket-of-Leave Man by Tom Taylor
3
6
undated
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Arthur Schwartz
3
7
undated
Walls Rise Up by George Sessions Perry
3
8
undated
Who's Happy Now? by Oliver Hailey
3
9
undated
The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux
4
1
undated
Paint Your Wagon by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
4
2
1958
The Philadelphia Story by Philip Barry
4
3
undated
The Rainmaker by Richard N. Nash
4
4
undated
The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet by Bernard Shaw
4
5
undated
Androcles and the Lion by Bernard Shaw
4
6
undated
The Skin of Our Teeth by Thorton Wilder
4
7
undated
Program for Six Degrees of Separation
5
1
1990
Program for For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf
5
2
1976
Program for Morning's At Seven
5
3
1980
Program for Into the Woods
5
4
1989
Program for Breaking the Code
5
5
1987
Program for Grand Hotel: The Musical
5
6
1989
Program for Tru
5
7
1989
Program for Shogun: The Musical
5
8
1990
Program for Someone Who'll Watch Over Me
5
9
1992
Program for Dreamgirls
5
10
1984
Program for The Goodbye Girl
5
11
1993
Program for Angels in America
5
12
1994
Program for The Sisters Rosensweig
5
13
1993
Program for Wild Men
5
14
1993
Program for Fool Moon
5
15
1993
Program for M.
5
16
1989
Program for Crimes of the Heart
5
17
1981
Program for Sherlock Holmes
5
18
1974
Program for Candide
5
19
1974
Program for Music Is
5
20
1976
Program for Pippin
5
21
1976
Program for Porgy and Bess
5
22
1976
Program for Social Security
5
23
1986
Program for Lend Me a Tenor
6
1
1989
Program for The House of Blue Leaves
6
2
1986
Program for Poor Murderer
6
3
1976
Program for California Suite
6
4
1976
Program for J.B.
6
5
1959
Program for The Front Page
6
6
1986
Program for The Rink
6
7
1984
Program for Nunsense
6
8
1986
Program for The Disenchanted
6
9
1959
Program for City of Angels
6
10
1989
Program for Eastern Standard
6
11
1989
Program for Coastal Disturbances
6
12
1987
Program for Romance
6
13
1988
Program for Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
6
14
1987
Program for I'm Not Rappaport
6
15
1985
Program for The Who's Tommy
6
16
1994
Program for Three Tall Women
6
17
1995
Program for A Chorus Line
6
18
1986
Program for An Inspector Calls
6
19
1995
Program for My One and Only
6
20
1984
Program for The O'Neill Plays
6
21
1988
Program for You Never Can Tell
6
22
1986
Program for The Music Man
6
23
1959
Program for Billy Barnes Revue
6
24
1959
Program for The Rose Tattoo
7
1
1966
Program for Beyond the Fringe
7
2
1964
Program for Too True To Be Good
7
3
1963
Program for The Actors Studio Theatre: Strange Interlude
7
4
1963
Program for Love! Valour! Compassion!
7
5
1995
Program for The Devils
7
6
1965
Program for Twigs
7
7
1971
Program for Flower Drum Song
7
8
1959
Program for Lenny
7
9
1971
Program for Any Wednesday
7
10
1964
Program for Hello, Dolly!
7
11
1964
Program for the New York City Ballet Company
7
12
1959
The Ohio Light Opera
8
1
1995-1996
The Chorus: University of Colorado Theatre Arts Program
8
2
1960
The National Thespian Society publication "Communication"
8
3
1962-1963
Articles, Papers, and Letters by Walter Kerr
8
4
1964,1968
Articles by Walter Kerr
8
5
1968
Roy Bowen's Lecture Notes and Collected Articles
8
6
1964
Reviews of Harold Pinter's "The Homecoming" and "The Birthday Party"
8
7
undated
Articles on Sir Laurence Olivier
8
8
1948 October 18, 1964 May 1
Articles, Papers, and Handwritten Notes
8
9
undated
Various Articles and Clippings
8
10
undated
Articles and Promotional Flyer for Roy Bowen's Productions
8
11
1990 October 18
Miscellaneous Articles and Clippings
8
12
1969, 1981
"A Study of Arena Staging Based on Audience Response to the First Season of the Stadium Theatre" by Roy H. Bowen
8
13
1957, 1993
Articles on OSU Shows
8
14
1970-1977
"This Time Bowen's Going to the Theater In Russia" by Gene Gerrard
8
15
1972 May 31
Clippings from the Ohio State Lantern and the Columbus Dispatch on the Stadium Theater
8
16
undated
Articles on the Players Club
8
17
undated
Theatre Arts Magazine
8
18
1959 October
Materials related to the closing of the Players Theatre
8
19
1993
Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee - Correspondence and Articles
8
20
undated
Papers by Terence Heffernan
8
21
undated
Correpondence and articles regarding Eileen Heckart
8
22
1964
Letters and press release from the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Theatre Arts
8
23
1966
Materials from various theatre tours
8
24
undated
Stratford Festival Programs
9
1
1982, 1991 October 11-13
Otterbein College Theatre Program
9
2
1985
Playbills, cards, and church programs
9
3
crica 1978
OSU Playbills
9
4
1957-1978
OSU Newsletters
9
5
1959-1991
OSU Alumni Newsletter Vol. 3 No. 1
9
6
1986 Winter
"The Theatre" and "Theatre Arts" Magazines
9
7
April 1951, April-December 1959
Various magazines including OSU Alumni Artists in New York
9
8
1952-1989
Photographs of productions
9
9
undated
The Happy Journey to Camden and Trenton by Thorton Wilder
10
1
1931
Songs from "Paint Your Wagon"
10
2
1951
Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian-Carlo Menotti
10
3
19521-1952
Aaron Slick From Punkin Crick by Lieut. Beale Cormack - Script
10
4
1919
Hannah: A Parable in Music by Helen Kromer and Frederick Silver - script and program
10
5
1965 May 21-22
The Visit by Friedrich Duerrenmatt - Script
10
6
1956, 1959 December
Ladies of the Jury by Fred Ballard - Script
10
7
1929,1931
Coup/Clucks by Jane Martin - Script
10
8
1982, 1984
Zozobra: A Comedy in Two Acts by Jim Klass - Script
10
9
1983
Stadium Theatre Programs
11
1
1958, 1959, 1969, 1972
Contemporary American Theatre Company Programs
11
2
1959, 1994-1995
Players Club - Programs and Correspondence
11
3
undated
Programs from International Productions
11
4
1975-1976
Programs from International Productions
11
5
1985-1989
Programs from International Productions
11
6
1968, 1981, 1990
Electra
12
1998
Little Me
12
1998
Side Man
12
1998
The Alvin Ailey 40th Anniversary Season
12
1998
Stage Door
13
1947
The Hasty Heart
13
1947
Yes, My Darling Daughter
13
1947
Years Ago
13
1947
Portrait in Black
13
1947
Miranda
13
1950
I Remember Mama
13
1950
Two Blind Mice
13
1950
The Land is Bright
14
1943
Snafu
14
1945
A Bell for Adano
14
1945
Papa is All
14
1946
Soldier's Wife
14
1946
Pride and Prejudice
14
1946
The Late George Apley
14
1946
Laura
14
1946
The Constant Wife
15
1951
The Member of the Wedding
15
1952
Valley Forge
15
1952
Oklahoma!
16
1951
The Country Girl
16
1953
Guys and Dolls
16
1952
The Autumn Garden
17
1952
Picnic
17
1953
Point of No Return
18
1953
Bloomer Girl
18
1947
The Fourposter
18
1953
Players Club Files
19
1953-1972
Statue
20
undated