Bathhouse Theatre photograph collection, 1969-1990

Overview of the Collection

Collector
Bathhouse Theatre (Seattle, Wash.)
Title
Bathhouse Theatre photograph collection
Dates
1969-1990 (inclusive)
Quantity
720 photographic prints
Collection Number
PH0378
Summary
Photographs of Bathhouse Theater productions, 1969-1990
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

The collection is open to the public.

Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

A Seattle theatre company founded in 1980 when Arne Zaslove moved the Floating Theatre Company into the former bathhouse in Green Lake Park and changed the company's name to Bathhouse Theatre. Notable productions include holiday performances and versions of Shakespeare's plays set to modern music. The company ceased operations in 1999.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Collection consists of a few administrative/non-production related photographs including facilities, personnel, special events; Bumbershoot Productions; and identified and unidentified productions, 1969-1982, 1984, 1987, 1989-1990.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Processing Note

Minimally processed.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Administrative/non-production related photographsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Box/Folder
1/1
Facilities at Greenlake: exterior
1/2
Facilities at Greenlake: interior.
1/3
Personnel: women
1/4
Personnel: men
1/5
Personnel, unidentified portraits

Specific productions by dateReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
1/6
"I remember Mama"
May 1970
1/7
"Going to pot and measures taken"
Summer 1970
1/8
"The Death and life of Sneaky Fitch"
October 1970
1/9
"Ten little Indians"
February 1971
1/10
"Loot"
April 1971
1/11
"Ah, Wilderness"
April 1971
1/12
"The Man who came to dinner"
November 1971
1/13
"The Innocents"
January1972
1/14
"A Taste of honey"
March 1972
1/15
"The Thirteen clocks"
1/16
"The Importance of being earnest"
August 1972
1/17
"Guys and dolls"
Summer 1972
1/18
"Mademoiselle Colombre"
February 1973
1/19
"Schubert's last serenade"
March 1973
1/20
"Room service"
March 1973
21-22
"Tartuffe"
April 1973
1/23
"Dark of the moon"
October 1973
1/24
"Voice of the turtle"
December 1973
1/25
"Ladies in retirement"
February 1974
1/26
"Beauty part"
September 1974
1/27
"A Peculiar position; Glory in the daytime"
March 1975
1/28
"The 13 clocks"
May 1975
1/29
" The Tempest"
May 1975
1/30
"Out of the frying pan"
Fall 1975
31-32-33
"The Fool"; "The Miser"; "Beauty and the beast"
1976-1977
1/34
"What the butler saw"
February 1978
1/35
" Herringbone"
September 1978
1/36
"Les Belles soeurs"
March 1979
1/37
"Bay city blues"
June 1979
1/38
"Sherlock Holmes & the curse of the sign of the four"
October 1979
1/39
"The Ballad of Mary Reade"
June 1980
1/40
"The Coleen bawn"
1981
1/41
"A Midsummer's night's dream"
1981-1982
1/42
"The Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"
September 1981
1/43
"Leave it to Jane"
1984
1/44
"Waiting for Godot"
April 1987
1/45
"Twelfth night"
March 1989
1/46
"Anna Christie"
1989
1/47
"The Play's the thing"
March 1990
1/48
"Macbeth"
1990
1/49
"The Bells"; "The pit and the pendulum"
undated
50-51
"The Torch bearers"
undated

Unidentified and miscellaneous productionsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
1/52
"1970s"
1/53
"1970s?"
1/54
"1970s?"
1/55
"1970s?"
1/56
"1970s-1980s"
1/57
Miscellaneous unidentified
1/58
"Not fit for man or beast"; "Passion, poison and petrifaction or the fatal gazogene"
1969
1/59
Summer stage
1971
1/60
Summer stage: "The curse of the aching heart"
1973
1/61
Unidentified production
October 1974
1/62
Special events

35mm and 4x5 negativesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
4/1
"Dark of the moon"?
4/2
"The Innocents"
4/3
"Loot"?
4/4
"The Man who came to dinner"
4/5
"Merchant of Venice"
Summer 1971
4/6
"13 clocks"?
1972
4/7
"Fourth of July, encounter theater"
4/8
Summer stage
1971
4/9
Unidentified
1969
4/10
Unidentified

Oversize photographsReturn to Top

Container(s): Box-folder:oversize OS3

Container(s) Description
box-folder:oversize
OS3
"Something afoot"
OS3
"The Man Who Came to Dinner"
OS3
"Dark of the Moon"

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Theater--Performance--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
  • Theatrical companies--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)

Personal Names

  • Zaslove, Arne

Corporate Names

  • Bathhouse Theatre (Seattle, Wash.)--Archives