1967 Theatre Archive

  • Dear Liar flyer

    • January 14-15, 1967
    • (Highlands Playhouse)

    A delightful examination of the correspondence between Mrs. Patrick Campbell and George Bernard Shaw. Readers Theatre.

  • The Birthday Party flyer

    • February 23-25, March 2-4, 1967
    • By Harold Pinter
    • Directed by James O. Costy
    • (Highlands Playhouse)

    A comedy of menace on man’s inability to escape from tradition and reality.

    • April 7-8, 1967
    • (Highlands Playhouse)
    • Reader’s Theatre

    The personalities of the Presidential families are portrayed in readings from interviews and observations.

  • Comrades flyer

    • May 18-20, 25-27, 1967
    • By August Stringdberg
    • Directed by Donald B. Muir
    • (Highlands Playhouse)

    Written in 1888, this "black comedy" presents an extremely modern view of the conflict between man and woman.

  • Androcles And The Lion flyer

    • May 20 & May 27, 1967
    • (Bret Harte Hayward)
    • (Barrett Jr. High San Lorenzo)
    • Children’s Theatre.

    Geoge Bernard Shaw has provided the basis for the adaptation about a Roman and his friendship with a Lion.

  • Ring Around the Moon flyer

    • August 10-12, 17-19, 1967
    • By Jean Anouilh
    • Translated by Christopher Fry
    • Directed by Alice Hatchell
    • (Highlands Playhouse)

    Set in France prior to World War I, the play mirrors the gay and playful air of a neo-romantic society. The humdrum of daily life was spiced with the frivolous games of courtship and social appearances.

    • November 1-3, 1967
    • By Howard Slatoff
    • (Highlands Playhouse)
    • Reader’s Theatre.
  • Songs from the Green Crow flyer

    • November 10-12, 17-19, 1967
    • By Sean O’Casey
    • Directed by Donald B. Muir
    • (Highlands Playhouse)
  • The Enchanted Prince or Niccolo and Nicollette flyer

    • December 2, 1967
    • By Alan Cullen
    • Directed by Jeanne Hull
    • (Chabot College Auditorium)
    • Children’s Theatre