William O. Brasmer Papers
SPEC.TRI.WMB
Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
2.9 Cubic feet
circa 1880s, circa 1930s-1950s
William O. Brasmer (1921-2006) taught theatre at Denison University until his retirement in 1991. He was Managing Director of the Denison Summer Theatre from 1953 to 1963, and served as the Theatre Department chairman for many years. The collection contains playbills, newspaper and magazine clippings of production photos and reviews for various productions circa 1880s, circa 1930s-1950s.
(2) cartons; (1) 5" letter document box; (1) oversize folder
English
Brasmer, William, 1921-
Arrangement of Materials
This collection is arranged into 6 series as created by William O. Brasmer, which he filed by year. However, materials within each series date circa 1930s-1950s, and are arranged in the order in which they were received.
[Series 1: 1938](ref401)
[Series 2: 1939](ref402)
[Series 3: 1940](ref403)
[Series 4: 1941](ref404)
[Series 5: 1942](ref405)
[Series 6: 1943](ref406)
Acquisitions Information
Accession No. TRI.2019.0034: Carol B. Higgins, 2015 October; some accessions unknown.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], William O. Brasmer Papers, SPEC.TRI.WMB, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute, Ohio State University
Access to Materials
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Use of Materials
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Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed. Finding aid written by: Zoe MacLeod, 2017 April; Ashleigh Minor 2017 September; Courtney Bishop, 2019 April.
Biographical Note
William O. Brasmer (1921-2006) taught theatre at Denison University until his retirement in 1991. He was Managing Director of the Denison Summer Theatre from 1953 to 1963, and served as the Theatre Department chairman for many years. He directed more than 150 productions at Denison -- musicals, operettas, and plays -- including many of Shakespeare's works. In 1953, Brasmer formed the Denison University Players from seven members of the summer company.
Scope and Contents
The William O. Brasmer Papers contain playbills, newspaper and magazine clippings of production photos, a watercolor painting scene design, and reviews for various productions circa 1880s, circa 1930s-1950s.
Related Materials
William O. Brasmer Collection of Theatre Engravings and Print
Brasmer, William, 1921-
Performing arts--United States--20th century
Playbills
Reviews (documents)
Theater programs
1938
circa 1930s - 1950s
"Without Love"
1
1
"Early To Bed"
1
2
"The Pirate"
1
3
"Songs O' Fun", "Hellzapoppin"
1
4
"Janie"
1
5
"Jane Eyre"
1
6
"Dark Eyes"
1
7
"Harriet"
1
8
"Doughgirls"
1
9
"Private Lives"
1
10
"Cry Havoc"
1
11
"The Skin Of Our Teeth"
1
12
"Oklahoma"
1
13
"Kiss And Tell"
1
14
"Soldier Shows"
1
15
"This Is The Army"
1
16
"The Skin Of Our Teeth"
1
17
"Lady In The Dark"
1
18
"The Eve Of St. Mark"
1
19
"Mexican Hayride"
1
20
"Decision"
1
21
Various Productions
1
22
"Ten Little Indians"
1
23
"Embezzled Heaven"
1
24
"Rebecca"
1
25
"Uncle Harry"
1
26
"Voice of the Turtle"
1
27
"Something For The Boys"
1
28
"A Connecticut Yankee"
1
29
"Carmen Jones"
1
30
"Naked Genius"
1
31
"Lovers & Friends"
1
32
"One Touch Of Venus"
1
33
"Abie's Irish Rose"
1
34
"He Who Gets Slapped"
1
35
"State Of The Union"
1
36
"Jacobowsky And The Colonel"
1
37
"Sing Out, Sweet Land!"
1
38
"Dear Ruth"
1
39
"Ramshackle Inn"
1
40
"Catherine Was Great"
1
41
"The Searching Wind"
1
42
"Chicken Every Sunday"
1
43
"Clare B. Luce", "Candida"
1
44
"Harvey"
1
45
"Obsession"
1
46
"Mae West Come On Up"
1
47
"Antigone"
1
48
"Up In Central Park"
1
49
"The Day Before Spring"
1
50
"On The Town"
1
51
"Winged Victory"
1
52
"Bloomer Girl"
1
53
"Foolish Notion"
1
54
"The Two Mrs. Carrolls"
1
55
"3 Is A Family"
1
56
"The Windy Hill"
1
57
"Anna Lucasta"
1
58
"Kiss Me Kate"
1
59
"Mamba's Daughters"
1
60
"Miss Liberty"
1
61
"The Barretts Of Wimpole Street"
1
62
"Leave It To Me"
1
63
"Papa Is All"
1
64
"Too Many Girls"
1
65
1939
circa 1930s - 1950s
"Papa Is All"
1
66
"Cabin In The Sky"
1
67
"Boys And Girls Together"
1
68
"Panama Hattie"
1
69
"Claudia"
1
70
"The Little Foxes"
1
71
"Louisiana Purchase"
1
72
"My Sister Eileen"
1
73
"Accent On Youth"
1
74
1940
circa 1930s - 1950s
Various Productions
1
75
"Ladies In Retirement"
1
76
"George Washington Slept Here"
1
77
"Lady In Waiting"
1
78
"There Shall Be No Night"
1
79
"The Male Animal"
1
80
"Du Barney Was A Lady"
1
81
"Meet The People"
1
82
"The Time Of Your Life"
1
83
"Here Today"
1
84
"No Time For Comedy"
1
85
"Key Largo"
1
86
"Journey To Jerusalem"
1
87
"Margin For Error"
1
88
"Abe Lincoln In Illinois"
1
89
"Ladies And Gentlemen"
1
90
"Hold On To Your Hats"
1
91
"Life With Father"
1
92
"The Philadelphia Story"
1
93
"Noel Coward"
1
94
"Orson Welles"
1
95
"Peter Pan"
1
96
1941
circa 1930s - 1950s
"Allegro"
1
97
"Skipper Next To God"
1
98
"O' Mistress Mine"
1
99
"This Time Tomorrow"
1
100
"Zasu Pitts And Guy Kibbee"
1
101
Various Productions
1
102
"My 3 Angels"
1
103
"Fanny"
1
104
"The Golden Apple"
1
105
"The Pajama Game"
1
106
"Kabuki Dancers"
1
107
"Can-Can"
1
108
"Take A Giant Step"
1
109
"Picnic"
1
110
"Wish You Were Here"
1
111
"Saint John"
1
112
"The 5th Season"
1
113
"Mrs. Patterson"
1
114
"Me And Juliet"
1
115
"An Evening With Beau Lillie"
1
116
"The King And I"
1
117
"The Prescott Proposals"
1
118
"Confidential Clerk"
1
119
"Oh Men, Oh Women"
1
120
"Almanac"
1
121
"Ondine"
1
122
"The Solid Gold Cadillac"
1
123
"Mademoiselle Colombe"
1
124
"Bullfight"
1
125
"Kismet"
1
126
"The Girl On The Via Flaminia"
1
127
"Phaedra"
1
128
"The 7 Year Itch"
1
129
"Gilbert And Sullivan"
1
130
"Danny Kaye And His All-Star International Show"
1
131
"Middle Of The Night"
1
132
"The Most Happy Fella"
1
133
"The Boyfriend"
1
134
"Mr. Wonderful"
1
135
"Chaplin (Articles On Early Comedy)"
1
136
"Good Night Ladies!"
1
137
"Apple Of His Eye"
1
138
"Years Ago"
1
139
"Hamlet"
1
140
"W. C. Fields"
1
141
"Linday And Crouse"
1
142
"Bert Lahr And Bobby Clark"
1
143
"W. Saroyun"
1
144
"Three To Make Ready"
1
145
"A.R.T."
1
146
"Call Me Mister"
1
147
"The Magnificent Yankee"
1
148
"Christopher Blake"
1
149
"Happy Birthday"
1
150
"Another Part Of The Forest"
1
151
"Carousel"
1
152
"Born Yesterday'
1
153
"The Member Of The Wedding"
1
154
Various Productions
1
155
"White Steed"
1
156
"I Know My Love"
1
157
"Mister Roberts"
1
158
"Mr. Adam"
1
160
"The Winslow Boy"
1
161
"High Button Shoes"
1
162
"Goodbye, My Fancy"
1
163
"South Pacific"
1
164
"Julius Caesar"
2
1
"Light Up The Sky"
2
2
"Pawnshop"
2
3
"The Lady's Not For Burning"
2
4
"Two Blind Mice"
2
5
"Ti-Coq"
2
6
"Command Decision"
2
7
"Top Banana", "Paint Your Wagon", "Guys And Dolls"
2
8
"Don Juan in Hell", "John Brown's Body"
2
9
"Point of No Return"
2
10
"Wonderful"
2
11
"Stalag 17"
2
12
"Angel In The Wings"
2
13
"Inside U.S.A."
2
14
Various Productions
2
15
"Crucible"
2
16
"Janus"
2
17
"Fanny Brice"
2
18
"Four Colonels"
2
19
"Josephine"
2
20
"The Time Of The Cuckoo"
2
21
"Mid-Summer"
2
22
"New Faces"
2
23
"John Loves Mary"
2
24
"The Medium And The Telephone"
2
25
"A Streetcar Named Desire"
2
26
"The Apple Cart"
2
27
"The Immoralist"
2
28
"Separate Tables"
2
29
"Auntie Mame"
2
30
"Long Day's Journey Into Night"
2
31
"Happy Hunting"
2
32
"The Lovers"
2
33
"The Diary Of Ann Frank"
2
34
"My Fair Lady"
2
35
"La Perichole"
2
36
"Le Bourgeois Gentil-Homme"
2
37
"King Lear"
2
38
"Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter"
2
39
"A View From The Bridge"
2
40
"Tamburlane The Great"
2
41
"The Happiest Millionaire"
2
42
"Bells Are Ringing"
2
43
"Candide"
2
44
"Pipe Dream"
2
45
"The Young And Beautiful"
2
46
"Pal Joey"
2
48
"The Male Animal"
2
49
"Call Me Madam"
2
50
"Mrs. McThing"
2
51
"The Deep Blue Sea"
2
52
"Children's Hour"
2
53
"Dial 'M' For Murder"
2
54
"Cornelia Otis Skinner, Paris '90"
2
55
"Country Girl"
2
56
"Damn Yankees"
2
57
"Tonight In Samarkand"
2
58
"The Vamp"
2
59
"The Chalk Garden"
2
60
"Desk Set"
2
61
"Tiger At The Gates"
2
62
"Emlyn Williams As Charles Dickens"
2
63
"The Shrike"
2
64
"The Emperor's Clothes"
2
65
"Counsellor at Law '43"
2
66
"The Vagabond King", "Student Prince", "Merry Widow"
2
67
1942
circa 1930s - 1950s
Various Productions
2
68
"Best Foot Forward"
2
69
"Mr. and Mrs. North"
2
70
"The Wookey"
2
71
"Guest In The House"
2
72
"Spring Again"
2
73
"Cafe Crown"
2
75
"Candle In The Wind"
2
75
"Blithe Spirit"
2
76
"Angel Street"
2
77
"The Corn Is Green"
2
78
"Pal Joey"
2
79
"The Rivals"
2
80
"Watch On The Rhine"
2
81
"Waiting For Godot"
2
82
"The Damask Cheek"
2
83
"The Great Sebastians"
2
84
"The Ponder Heart"
2
85
"A Hatful of Rain"
2
86
"Marcel Marceau"
2
87
"Song of Norway"
2
88
"Follow The Girls"
2
89
"No Time For Sergeants"
2
90
"Li'l Abner"
2
91
"Roomful of Roses"
2
92
"The Matchmaker"
2
93
"Anastasia"
2
94
"Lute Song"
2
95
Various Productions
2
96
"Over Twenty-One"
2
97
"Time Limit!"
2
98
"Remains To Be Seen"
2
99
"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", "Two On The Aisle"
2
100
Various Productions
2
101
"Billy Budd"
2
102
"The Cocktail Party"
2
103
"Toplitzky of Notre Dame"
2
104
"Brigadoon"
2
105
"Annie Get Your Gun"
2
106
"Accidentally Yours"
2
107
"Street Scene"
2
108
Various Productions
2
109
"Red Mill"
2
110
"The Heiress"
2
111
"Porgy And Bess"
2
112
"Junior Miss"
2
113
"Fourposter"
2
114
"Witness For The Prosecution"
2
115
"The Greatest Of These"
2
116
"Deep are the Roots"
2
117
"The Late George Apley"
2
118
"The Joyous Season"
2
119
"St. Lazare's Pharmacy"
2
120
Various Productions
2
121
"I Remember Mama"
2
122
"Seven Lively Arts"
2
123
"The Rugged Path"
2
124
"Laffing Room Only"
2
126
"Springtime For Henry"
2
127
"Yes, M'Lord"
2
128
"The Browning Version"
2
129
"Detective Story"
2
130
Various Productions
2
131
"Death of a Salesman"
2
132
"Red Gloves"
2
133
"Edward, My Son"
2
134
"The Silver Whistle"
2
135
"The Happy Time"
2
136
"The Grass Harp"
2
137
"Darkness At Noon"
2
138
"I Am A Camera"
2
139
"Gigi"
2
140
"Lady Windermere's Fan"
2
141
"Anne Of The Thousand Days"
2
142
"The Constant Wife"
2
143
"Jose Greco And His Spanish Ballet"
2
144
"The Autumn Garden"
2
145
"The Rose Tattoo"
2
146
"The Respectful Prostitute"
2
147
"Joan Of Lorraine"
2
148
"Lost In The Stars"
2
149
"Lend An Ear"
2
150
"Moon For The Misbegotten"
2
151
Various Productions
2
152
"Bell, Book And Candle"
2
153
"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"
2
154
"Come Back, Little Sheba"
2
155
"That Lady"
2
156
"All My Sons"
2
157
"All Gaul Is Divided"
2
158
"Chevalier"
2
159
"The Chocolate Soldier"
2
160
"The Innocents"
2
161
"Show Boat"
2
162
"Two's Company"
2
163
"Make A Wish"
2
164
"I've Got Six Pence"
2
165
"The Leading Lady"
2
166
"A Sleep of Prisoners"
2
167
"Peter Pan"
2
168
"The Wisteria Trees"
2
169
"An Enemy Of The People"
2
170
"The Man Who Came To Dinner"
2
171
"Glass Menagerie"
2
172
Various Productions
2
173
"Sweethearts"
2
174
"Dream Girl"
2
175
"Hasty Heart"
3
1
"My Romance"
3
2
"Around The World"
3
3
"Beggar's Holiday"
3
4
"Finian's Rainbow"
3
5
"Barefoot Boy With Cheek"
3
6
"Laura"
3
7
"Moon Is Blue"
3
8
"Love And Let Love"
3
9
"A Tree Grows In Brooklyn"
3
10
"Amahl And The Night Visitors"
3
11
"Bernardine"
3
12
"The Fatal Weakness"
3
13
"The Importance of Being Earnest"
3
14
"Life With Mother"
3
15
"The Mad Woman Of Chaillot"
3
16
"Where's Charley"
3
17
"Harry Belafonte, Sing, Man, Sing"
3
18
"Caine Trial"
3
19
"The Bad Seed"
3
20
"Time Out For Ginger"
3
21
"Tea And Sympathy"
3
22
"Quadrille"
3
23
"Silk Stockings"
3
24
"A Month In The Country"
3
25
"Studebaker Theatre Company"
3
26
"The Rainmaker"
3
27
"Plain And Fang"
3
28
"Lunatics And Lovers"
3
29
"Summer And Smoke"
3
30
"The Dark Is Light Enough"
3
31
"Dear Charles"
3
32
"Teahouse of The August Moon"
3
33
"3 For Tonight"
3
34
"Bus Stop"
3
35
"Cat On A Hot Tin Roof"
3
36
"In Time To Come
3
37
"The Tender Trap"
3
38
"Native Son"
3
39
"Lady Windermere's Fan"
3
40
"Burlesque"
3
41
"The Family Carnausky"
3
42
"A Goose For The Gander"
3
43
"Personal Apperance"
3
44
"School For Brides"
3
45
"The Lady And The Clown"
3
46
"Katherine Dunham"
3
47
"Dream With Music"
3
48
1943
circa 1930s - 1950s
Various Productions
3
49
"The Patriots"
3
50
"Tomorrow The World"
3
51
"The Army Play By Play"
3
52
"Inherit The Wind"
3
53
"Arsenic and Old Lace"
3
54
"Theatre"
3
55
Accession No. TRI.2019.0034
0.1 Cubic feet
circa 1880s
Watercolor scene design of woodland area for back cloth by Matthew Sommerville Morgan
Accession No. TRI.2019.0034.001
circa 1880s