Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
Floyd and Edith Morgan papers
UUS_COLL MSS 222
16 boxes
2.5 linear feet
1935-1979
This collection consists of the prompt books for plays produced at the Old Main Auditorium, Lyric Theatre, Chase Fine Arts Center, Morgan Theatre, and U.S.U. Amphitheater in Logan, Utah.
Material in English
Processed in April of 1999.
Acquisition information is unknown.
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Initial Citation: Floyd and Edith Morgan papers USU_COLL MSS 222, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations: USU_COLL MSS 222, USUSCA.
Floyd Morgan was born in 1910 and earned an MA in theater from the University of Iowa in the 1930s. For over 40 years, Morgan was a professor and at one time department head of the Theater Arts Department at Utah State University. His wife, Edith, was employed as a journalist at Logan's Herald Journal, and she was also an active supporter of the theater.
This collection consists of the prompt books for plays produced at the Old Main Auditorium, Lyric Theatre, Chase Fine Arts Center, Morgan Theatre and USU amphitheater in Logan, Utah. The collection is arranged chronologically and consists of plays produced between 1935 and 1979.
Box 11 holds some realia and box 12 carries a letter to Edith Morgan from Daryl Chase, president of USU. It also holds a news clipping and materials for the play Look on the Land produced for Cache Valley's Centennial. These materials include programs, posters, scripts, and the prompt book for the production.
Arranged chronologically.
Lyric Theatre (Logan, Utah)
Theater--Utah--Logan.
Performing Arts
Promptbooks.
Theater programs.
Look on the land.
Prompt book - LE BOURGEOIS GENTILHOMME (The Nobody who Apes Nobility) by Moliere
1935 December 12-14
1
1
Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley (Old Main Auditorium).
Prompt Book - DISTANT DRUMS
1937 February 15-17
1
2
by Dan Totheroh (Old Main Auditorium)
Prompt Book - CALL IT A DAY
undated
1
3
by Dodie Smith
Prompt Book - FIRST LADY
undated
1
4
by Datharine Dayton and George S. Kauffman
Prompt Book - MAYR OF SCOTLAND
1940 May 1-4
1
5
by Maxwell Anderson (Old Main Auditorium)
Prompt Book - CLAUDIA
1946 February 14-20
2
1
by Rose Franken (Old Main Building-west wing, little theater, second floor)
Prompt Book - THE HASTY HEART
1947 January 6-8
2
2
by John Patrick (Old Main Auditorium)
Prompt Book - THE MALE ANIMAL
1948 October 27-30
2
3
by James Thurber Elliott Nugent (Old Main Auditorium)
Prompt Book - THE WINSLOW BOY
1949 November 2-5
2
4
by Terence Rattlgan (Old Main Auditorium)
Prompt Book - DEAR BRUTUS
1949 March 1-5
2
5
Prompt Book - PYGMALION
1950 January 25-28
3
1
by Bernard Shaw (Old Main Auditorium)
Prompt Book - THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
1950 July 10-13
3
2
Prompt Book - THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD
1950
3
3
by John M. Synge (Old Main Auditorium)
Prompt Book - PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
1951 November 28 - December 1
3
4
by Jane Austin ply by Helen Jerome (Old Main Auditorium)
Prompt Book - THE LADY'S NOT FOR BURNING
1952 July 8-11
3
5
by Christopher Fry (Old Main Auditorium)
Prompt Book - THE CORN IS GREEN
1953 July 13-16
3
6
by Emlyn Williams (Old Main Auditorium)
Prompt Book - JANE
1953 July 13-16
3
7
by S.N. Berhman (Old Main Auditorium)
Prompt Book - PEER GYNT
1954 January 20-23
4
1
by Henrik Ibsen (Old Main Auditorium)
Prompt Book - TRELAWNEY OF THE WELLS
1955 January 26-29
4
2
by Sir Arthor Wing Pinero (Old Main Auditorium)
Prompt Book - LE BOURGEOIS GENTILHOMME
1956 December 5-8
4
3
by Moliere, Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley (Old Main Auditorium)
Prompt Book - AH WILDERNESS
1957 January 30 - February 16
4
4
by Eugene O'Neill (Old Main Building-west wing, little theater)
Prompt Book - PEER GYNT
1958 August 11 - 15
4
5
by Henrik Ibsen (USU Amphitheater)
Prompt Book - JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK
1959 December 4-12
5
1
by Sean O'Casey (Old Main Auditorium)
Prompt Book - MARY STUART
1961 July 19-26
5
2
by Schiller translation by Sophie Wilkins (Lyric Theater)
Prompt Book - THE PERIODICAL
1962 January 16-20
5
3
by Jack Richardson (Lyric Theater)
Prompt Book - MAJOR BARBARA
1963 February 5-9
5
4
by G.B. Shaw (Lyric Theater)
Prompt Book - GEORGE WASHINGTON SLEPT HERE
1963 November 11-16
5
5
by Kaufman and Hart (Lyric Theater)
Prompt Book - THE IMAGINARY INVALID
undated
6
1
Prompt Book - THE CEREMONY
undated
6
2
Prompt Book - BLITHE SPIRET
1965 April 15-24
6
3
by Noel Coward (Lyric Theater)
Prompt Book - THE THREE SISTERS
1966 February 3-12
6
4
by Anton Chekhov (Lyric Theater)
Prompt Book - THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
1966 July 14-23
6
5
by Oscar Wilde (Lyric Theater)
Prompt Book - A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
1966 July 28 - August 6
6
6
by Robert Bolt (Lyric Theater)
Prompt Book - THE BARRETS OF WIMPOLE STREET
1967 January 26 - February 4
6
7
by Rudolf Besier (Lyric Theater)
Prompt Book - CYRANO de BERGERAC
undated
7
1
by Edmond Rostand
Prompt Book - CYRANO de BERGERAC (continued)
undated
7
2
by Edmond Rostand
Prompt Book - ANTIGONE
1968 May 8-11
7
3
by Jean Anouilh (Chase Fine Art Center, Morgan Theater)
Prompt Book - CHARLEY'S AUNT
1968 July-October
7
4
Prompt Book - THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD
undated
7
5
by John Synge
Prompt Book - THE CHERRY ORCHARDS
1969 November 17-21
7
6
by Anton Chekhov (Chase Fine Art Center Theater)
Prompt Book - ROOM SERVICE
1970 July-August
8
1
by John Murray (Lyric Theater)
Prompt Book - HAY FEVER
1971 July-October
8
2
by Noel Coward (Lyric Theater)
Prompt Book - TANGO
1971 November 17-22
8
3
by Slawamir Mrozek (Chase Fine Art Center, Morgan Theater)
Prompt Book - LE MALADE IMAGINAIRE by Moliere (Lyric Theater)
undated
8
4
Prompt Book - BROWN PELICAN
undated
8
5
Script-?
undated
8
6
Prompt Book - A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
1973 April 21-28
9
1
by Robert Bolt (Morgan Theater)
Prompt Book - STRAW HAT
undated
9
2
Prompt Book - THE RIVALS
undated
9
3
by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Lyric Theater)
Prompt Book - DEAR BRUTUS
undated
9
4
J.M. Barrie (Lyric Theater)
Prompt Book - AH WILDERNESS
1976 March 4-13
9
5
Prompt Book - THE PRODIGAL
1979 April
10
1
by Jack Richardson
Prompt Book - THE TORCH-BEARERS
1979 July-August
10
2
by George Kelly (Lyric Theater)
Prompt Book - OUR TOWN
undated
10
3
by Thornton Wilder (Amphitheater)
Prompt Book - OUR TOWN
undated
11
1
by Thornton Wilder
Realia
undated
11
2
Letters to Mrs. Edith Morgan from Daryl Chase, President of USU
1955 October 17
12
1
News clippings
1956 July 17
12
2
Program for LOOK ON THE LAND
undated
12
3
(for Cache Valley's Centennial)
Posters for LOOK ON THE LAND
undated
12
4
Script for LOOK ON THE LAND
undated
12
5
Script for LOOK ON THE LAND
undated
12
6
Script for LOOK ON THE LAND
undated
12
7
Script for LOOK ON THE LAND
undated
12
8
Side for role of ? LOOK ON THE LAND
undated
12
9
Prompt Book - LOOK ON THE LAND
1956 July 2-14
12
10
by Edith Morgan, Moyle Q. Rice, Veneta Nielsen Music by John Philip Dalby (USU Amphitheater)
Script - LOOK ON THE LAND
undated
12
11
Prompt Book - THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
1949 April 28-30
13
1
by Shakespeare (Old Main Auditorium)
Prompt Book - ROMEO AND JULIET
1952 April 23-26
13
2
by Shakespeare (Old Main Auditorium)
Prompt Book - MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
undated
13
3
by Shakespeare
Prompt Book - OTHELLO
undated
13
4
by Shakespeare
Prompt Book - TWELFTH NIGHT
1959 April 22-25
13
5
by Shakespeare (Old Main Auditorium)
Prompt Book - RICHARD III
1960 April 27-30
14
1
by Shakespeare (Old Main Auditorium)
Prompt Book - AS YOU LIKE IT
1963 April 23-27
14
2
by Shakespeare (Lyric Theater)
Prompt Book - THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
1966 April 21-30
14
3
by Shakespeare (Lyric Theater)
Prompt Book - TWELFTH NIGHT
undated
14
4
by Shakespeare
Prompt Book - A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
undated
15
1
by Shakespeare
Prompt Book - TWELFTH NIGHT
undated
15
2
by Shakespeare
Prompt Book - TWELFTH NIGHT(continued)
undated
15
3
Prompt Book - AS YOU LIKE IT
undated
15
4
by Shakespeare (Morgan Theater)
Prompt Book - HAMLET
1955 April 20-23
16
1
by Shakespeare (Old Auditorium)
Prompt Book - OTHELLO
1958 April 23-26
16
2
by Shakespeare (Old Main Auditorium)
Prompt Book - THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
1964 April 16-25
16
3
by Shakespeare (Lyric Theater)