Ashland, OR: Allen Elizabethan Theatre |
Country: United States of America State: Oregon City: Ashland Location: 15 South Pioneer Street / Lithia Park Open-air theatre, used by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. [First theatre on the site opened 2 July 1935 with William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night". Demolished during World War II. Second theatre built 1947, demolished 1958.] Third theatre built 1959 by Jack Edson after a design by Richard L. Hay, using the stage measurements mentioned in the contract of the 1599 Fortune Playhouse in London (England). Opened 1959 as "Elizabethan Theatre". 2013 renamed "Allen Elizabethan Theatre". Links: www.osfashland.org, Wikipedia |
Picture: aerial view (before the addition of the Angus Bwomer Theatre in 1970) Reverse Text: "Aerial view of America's first Elizabethan theatre. The Oregon Shakespearean Festival, Ashland, Oregon. This is the oldest theatre organization in the Western Hemisphere producing the plays of Shakespeare anually on the type of stage for which he wrote. It is located in 100-acre Lithia Park, nestled at the base of the Siskiyou Mountains." Publisher: Smith-Western Inc., Portland; K-2439 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent. |
Reverse Text: "Elizabethan Stagehouse of the Oregon Shakespearean Festival, Ashland, is patterned after the Fortune THeatre of 1599 London. Designed by Richard L. Hay, it features multiple playing areas with varying levels, allowing the production of Shakespeare's plays in one continuous flow of action. This is the home of America's First Elizabethan Theatre ... the oldest in the Western Hemisphere annualy producing the plays of Shakespeare on the type of stage for which they were written." Publisher: Canyon Publishing Co., Canyonville; C30530 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Tacoma WA to Port Angeles WA, 1976 |
Front Text: "Oregon Shakespearean Festival" Reverse Text: "Elizabethan Stagehouse at the Oregon Shakespearean Festival, Ashland. Designer Richard L. Hay. Architect: Jack Edson." Publisher: Canyon Publishing Co., Canyonville; C31977 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent. |
Front Text: "Shakespeare Summer '77 Ashland, Oregon [...]" Reverse Text: "Elizabethan Stagehouse at The Oregon Shakespearean Festival, Ashland. Designer: Richard L. Hay. Architect: Jack Edson." Publisher: Canyon Publishing Co., Canyonville; C31344 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Eugene OR to Galveston IN, 1977 |
Picture: aerial view (after the addition of the Angus Bwomer Theatre in 1970) Front Text: "Oregon Shakespearean Festival, Ashland" Reverse Text: "Oregon Shakespearean Festival, Ashland. Colorful gardens, wooded glens and brick courtyards greet visitors to the Oregon Shakespearean Festival's famous outdoor Elizabethan stagehouse (left) and the indoor Angus Bowmer Theater (right). Situated on the edge of Ahsland's Lithia Park, the Festival presents an annual summer repertory, as well as productions during other seasons in the Bowmer Theatre." Publisher: Smith-Western Inc., Portland; ICS-106252C; CT-3423 Size: Modern Not sent. |
Permanent link: https://www.andreas-praefcke.de/carthalia/id/4253 |