US-RNSRU-SP09Casinofinal Guide to the Casino Theatre Photographs1948-1977 Finding aid prepared by Genna Duplisea Salve Regina University 2014
McKillop Library 100 Ochre Point Ave. Newport, RI 02840 Tel: 401-341-2276 Fax: 401-341-2951 email: archives@salve.edu
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2014-06-06 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Newport Casino Theatre Photographs SP.09 Salve Regina University Archives
McKillop Library100 Ochre Point Ave.Newport, RI 02840Tel: 401-341-2276Fax: 401-341-2951email: archives@salve.edu
 English 0.1 Linear feet 1948-1977 Materials are in English. Cast and performance photographs from theatrical productions at the Newport Casino Theatre. Hopf, John T. Historical Note

Built in 1880-1881 by architectural firm McKim, Mead & White, the Newport Casino was one of the first resort country clubs in a social environment beginning to embrace such establishments. The Casino Theatre, on the east side of the complex, opened in 1881 to host a variety of theatrical and, later, both silent and sound films. Beginning in 1927, the cotillion-theatre of Newport became a professional theatre, attracting professional actors from New York and Hollywood. Under the management of producer-director Sara Stamm from 1943 to 1960, the Casino Theatre became a popular and professional summer stock theatre. However, financial troubles and Stamm's illness kept the Theatre from producing any shows from 1957 to 1958, and it closed in 1960.

A gift from Newport socialite Mrs. Margaret Van Alen Bruguiére, the owner of Wakehurst, in 1963 allowed the theatre to reopen, named after Mrs. Bruguiére's son, James Van Alen. The Theatre operated mostly as a community theatre until it closed again in 1987. After restoration in 2010, the Theatre reopened once more.

 Collection information

Contains cast and performance photographs from theatrical productions at the Newport Casino Theatre. These photographs depict performances from periods of professional and community theatre there, but are not related to Salve Regina University Department of Music, Theatre, & Dance productions.

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[Identification of item], in SP.09 Newport Casino Theatre Photographs, [Box #, Folder #], Salve Regina University Special Collections, McKillop Library, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI.

Series I: Photographs. Includes both black-and-white and color photographs of casts and performances from theatrical productions. Materials are arranged alphabetically by production title, then chronologically.

 Administrative information

Photographs were donated to Salve Regina University by Thomas Goff in 2013 and transferred to Special Collections.

Genna Duplisea, University Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, removed photographs from the plastic bag containing them and arranged them. Finding aid produced in 2014 by Genna Duplisea, University Archivist and Special Collections Librarian.

 Names Goff, Thomas Office of University Relations and Advancement. Subjects Newport (R.I.)--Social life and customs. Types of Materials Photographs RIAMCO Browsing Term Performing Arts Performance Photographs 0.1 Linear feet 1948-1977 Scope and Contents

Includes 18 photographs from Casino Theatre performances.

 10 Little Indians 1.0 Pieces 1973 Barefoot in the Park 1.0 Pieces 1975 Dark of the Moon 1.0 1955 Double Door 2.0 Pieces 1952 Finian's Rainbow 1.0 Pieces Deed of gift includes note: "I am in Finian's Rainbow picture (age 26 now 71) a few years ago. Tom." 1971 A Flea in Her Ear 1.0 Pieces 1976 Goodbye, My Fancy 1.0 Pieces 1953 Hansel and Gretel 1.0 Pieces 1973 I am a Camera 1.0 Pieces 1970 The Little Foxes 2.0 Pieces 1948 The Little Foxes 2.0 Pieces 1969 The Madwoman of Chaillot 1.0 Pieces 1951 Romeo and Juliet 1.0 Pieces 1974 Three Men on a Horse 1.0 Pieces 1977 Turn Back the Years 1.0 Pieces ca. 1948