SCOPE AND CONTENT:

Fr. Edward Keenan (1906 – 1966) was a professor of English at the College of St. Thomas from 1934 until 1960. One of his life-long passions was the theater. From his teenage years, he collected playbills and souvenir programs from the performances he attended. His collection was given to the Department of Special Collections in 1984 from his estate.

The collection contains items dating from 1920 – 1966 with the bulk of the programs from years 1932 – 1955. The majority of the playbills are from performances seen in St. Paul / Minneapolis theatres. However a good number are from theatres in New York City, London and Chicago, IL.

The collection is arranged alphabetically by title of the performance. The location(s) where the production was performed is noted in parentheses after the title if known.

Box/Folder

1/1 Abbey Theatre Irish Players (Martin Beck Theatre, St. Paul Auditorium, National Theatre, Abbey Theatre) nd, 1932,  1933, 1938, 1950

1/2 Abe Lincoln in Illinois (Plymouth Theatre, St. Paul Auditorium) 1939, 1940

1/3 Advise and Consent (Cort Theatre, Orpheum Theatre) 1961,1962

1/4 Aida (Academe Nationale de Musique et de Danse Metropolitan Opera House) 1929, 1933

1/5 Alice in Wonder Land (Civic Repertory Theatre, New Amsterdam Theatre) 1932, 1933

1/6 Alien Corn (Belasco Theatre) 1933

1/7 Allegro (St. Paul Auditorium, Lyceum Theatre, Theatre Guild) nd, 1949

1/8 American Shakespeare Festival 1956

1/9 American Way (Center Theatre) 1939

1/10 Amphityron 38 (National Theatre) 1937

1/11 Anderson, Marian Farewell Concert (Northrup Auditorium) 1964

1/12 Angel Street (Lyceum Theatre) nd, 1946

1/13 Animal Kingdom (Broadhurst Theatre) 1932

1/14 Anne of the Thousand Days (Shubert Theatre) 1948, 1949

1/15 Annie Get Your Gun (Imperial Theatre, Shubert Theatre) nd, 1946, 1947, 1948

1/16 Anthony and Cleopatra (Martin Beck Theatre) 1947

1/17 Auntie Mame (St. Paul Auditorium, Broadhurst Theatre) 1957, 1958

1/18 Anything Goes (Alvin Theatre) 1935

1/19 Around the World in 80 Days nd

1/20 Arsenic and Old Lace (Fulton Theatre, Lyceum Theatre) 1941, 1942

1/21 As the Girls Go (Winter Garden) 1949

1/22 As Thousands Cheer (Metropolitan Theatre) 1935

1/23 As You Like It (Metropolitan Theater, Lyceum Theatre, Theatre Guild) nd, 1929, 1951

1/24 At the Drop of a Hat (St. Paul Auditorium) 1961

1/24a  Autumn Garden (St. Paul Auditorium) 1951

1/25 Awake and Sing (Belasco Theatre) 1935

1/26 Babes in Arms (Sam Schubert Theatre) 1937

1/27 The Bad Seed (Lyceum Theatre) 1956

1/28 Ballet Folklorico de Mexico (New York City Center) 1965

1/29 Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 1940

1/30 The Band Wagon (New Amsterdam Theatre) 1931

1/31 The Barber of Seville (Minnesota Opera) 1982

1/32 Barefoot in the Park (Biltmore Theatre) nd, 1964

1/33 The Barretts of Wimpole Street (Empire Theatre) 1931

1/34 The Bat (St. Paul Civic Opera Association) 1943

1/35 Bell, Book and Candle (Lyceum Theatre) 1952

1/36 Bells Are Ringing (St. Paul Auditorium, St. Paul Civic Opera) nd, 1964

1/37 Ben Franklin in Paris (Shubert Theatre, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre) 1964, 1965

1/38 The Best Man (Morosco Theatre, Blackstone Theatre) 1961

1/39 Beyond the Fringe 1963

1/40 Biography (Avon Theatre) 1933

1/41 Blithe Spirit (Booth Theatre) (St. Paul Auditorium) nd, 1942 1944

1/42 Blossom Time (Metropolitan Theater, Lyceum Theatre) 1924, 1945

1/43 Born Yesterday (Lyceum Theatre) 1946, 1947

1/44 Both Your Houses (Ethel Barrymore Theatre) 1933

1/45 The Boy Friend (Lyceum Theatre) 1956

1/46 Boys and Girls Together (Broadhurst Theatre) 1940

1/47 Brigadoon nd

1/48 Burlesque (Belasco Theatre) 1947

1/49 Bye Bye Birdie (Erlanger Theatre, Circle Star Theatre) 1961,1962, 1965

1/50 Caine Mutiny Courtmartial (Plymouth Theatre, St. Paul Auditorium) nd, 1954

1/51 Camelot (St. Paul Auditorium, Orpheum Theatre) nd, 1963

1/52 Candida (Lyceum Theatre) 1939

1/53 Caponsacci (The Majestic) 1933

1/54 Career Angel (National Theatre) 1944

1/55 Carmen Jones (St. Paul Auditorium) 1946

1/56 Carnival (St. Paul Auditorium) nd, 1962

1/57 Carousel (St. Paul Auditorium) 1962

1/58 The Cat and the Fiddle (Globe Theatre) 1932

1/59 Ceiling Zero (Vanderbilt Theatre) 1935

1/60 Character Sketches of Ruth Draper (St. Paul Auditorium) 1937

1/61 Cherry Orchard (New Amsterdam Theatre) 1933

1/62 Children’s Hour (Maxine Elliot’s Theatre) 1935

1/63 Chloridia & Comus (Open Air Theatre) 1935

1/64 Claudia (Booth Theatre) 1941

1/65 The Cocktail Party (New Theatre, St. Paul Auditorium nd, 1950, 1951

1/66 Come Back, Little Sheba (Lyceum Theatre) 1950

1/67 The Constant Wife (Metropolitan Theatre) 1935

1/68 The Corn is Green (Lyceum Theatre, National Theatre) 1941

1/69 Counselor at Law (Plymouth Theatre, 46^th Street Theatre) 1932, 1933

1/70 The Country Girl (Lyceum Theatre) 1952

1/71 Crime and Punishment (National Theatre) 1947

1/72 Criminal At Large (Belasco Theatre, 46^th Street Theatre) 1932, 1933

1/73 Cyanara (Sam Schubert Theatre) 1932

1/74 Cyrano de Bergerac (The Majestic) nd, 1932

1/75 Damn Yankees (46^th Street Theatre) nd, 1957

1/76 Dead End (Belasco Theatre) 1936

1/77 Dear Me, The Sky Is Falling (St. Paul Auditorium) 1964

1/78 Dear Ruth (Lyceum Theatre) 1946

1/79 Death of a Salesman (Lyceum Theatre) nd, 1950

1/80 Design For Living (Ethel Barrymore Theatre) 1933

1/81 Detective Story (Hudson Theatre) 1949

1/82 Dinner At Eight (The Music Box) 1932

1/83 Diplomacy (Metropolitan Theater) 1928

1/84 The Doctor’s Dilemma (Shubert Theatre) nd, 1941

1/85 A Doll’s House (Lyceum Theatre) 1937

1/85a Don Juan in Hell (Lyceum Theatre) 1951

1/86 D’Oyly Carte Opera Company (New Century Theatre, Blackstone Theatre) 1948, 1951

1/87 Dracula (Metropolitan Theater) 1920

1/88 DuBarry Was a Lady (46^th Street Theatre) 1940

1/89 Dylan (Plymouth Theatre) 1964

1/90 Edward, My Son (Martin Beck Theatre) 1948

1/91 Elecktra (Lincoln Center) 1966

1/92 Elizabeth the Queen (Lyceum Theatre) 1931

1/93 English Singers (The Town Hall) 1930

1/94 Ethan Fromme (Lyceum Theatre) 1938

1/95 Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May (John Golden Theater) 1961

1/96 Face the Music (New Amsterdam Theatre) 1932

1/97 A Far Country (St. Paul Auditorium) 1962

1/98 The Far Off Hills (Ambassador Theatre, Lyceum Theatre) 1937, 1938

1/99 Faust (Metropolitan Opera House) 1932, 1933

1/100 Fiddler on the Roof (St. Paul Auditorium) 1967

1/101 Finian’s Rainbow (46^th Street Theatre, Lyceum Theatre) 1947, 1949

1/102 Fiorello (St. Paul Auditorium, Broadhurst Theatre) 1961

1/103 First Lady (St. Paul Auditorium) 1930, 1937

1/104 First Mrs. Fraser (Metropolitan Theater) 1931

1/105 The First Year (Metropolitan Theatre, The Bainbridge Players) 1923, 1929

1/106 Five Finger Exercise (St. Paul Auditorium) 1961

1/107 Flower Drum Song (St. Paul Auditorium) 1961

1/108 Foolish Notion (Lyceum Theatre, St. Paul Auditorium) 1945

1/109 The Fourposter (Lyceum Theatre) 1952

1/110 Funny Girl (Winter Garden) 1964

1/111 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to The Forum (St. Paul Auditorium) nd, 1964

1/112 The Gentle People (Belasco Theatre) 1939

1/113 The Gondoliers (Erlanger’s Theatre, Adelphi Theatre, Colleges of St. Catherine and St. Thomas)  1932, 1935, 1940

1/114 The Good Fairy (Henry Miller’s Theatre) 1932

1/115 Goodbye Again (Plymouth Theatre) 1933

1/116 Goodbye My Fancy (Fulton Theatre) 1949

1/117 Grand Hotel (National Theatre) 1931

1/118 Great Waltz (Center Theatre) 1935

1/119 The Green Pastures (Metropolitan Opera House) 1932, 1935

1/120 Guys and Dolls (Lyceum Theatre) nd, 1952

1/121 Gypsy (Shubert Theatre) 1961

1/122 Hamlet (Metropolitan Theater, Broadhurst Theatre, Empire Theatre, St. Paul Auditorium, Guthrie Theatre) nd, 1929, 1931, 1936, 1940, 1963

1/123 Happiest Millionaire (Lyceum Theatre) 1958

1/124 Happy Birthday (Broadhurst Theatre) 1947

1/125 Harriet (St. Paul Auditorium) 1945

2/1 Harvey (46^th Street Theatre, Lyceum Theatre) 1947, 1949

2/2 Having a Wonderful Time (Lyceum Theatre) 1937

2/3 The Heiress (Biltmore Theatre) 1948

2/4 Hello Dolly (St. Paul Auditorium, St. James Theatre) 1965, 1966

2/5 Hellz A Poppin (Winter Garden) 1939

2/6 Henry IV (St. James Theatre, Old Vic Theatre Company) 1939, 1946

2/7 Henry V (Guthrie Theatre) 1964

2/8 Higher and Higher (Shubert Theatre) 1940

2/9 How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (St. Paul Auditorium) 1964

2/10 I Know My Love (St. Paul Auditorium) nd, 1949

2/11 I Married an Angel (Schubert Theatre) nd, 1939

2/12 I’d Rather Be Right (The Music Box, Lyceum Theatre) 1938, 1939

2/13 Idiot’s Delight (Sam S. Schubert Theatre, St. Paul Auditorium) 1936, 1937

2/14 The Importance of Being Earnest (Angel Playhouse) 1953

2/15 The Innocents (Her Majesty’s Theatre) 1952

2/16 Inside USA (Shubert Theatre) 1949

2/17 Iolanthe (Erlanger’s Theatre) 1932

2/18 Irma La Douce (Circle Star Theatre) nd

2/19 Jane Eyre (Lyceum Theatre) 1941

2/20 Joan of Arc 1948

2/21 Joan of Lorraine (Alvin Theatre) 1947

2/22 John Brown’s Body (Lyceum Theatre) nd

2/23 Journey’s End (Metropolitan Theater) 1930

2/24 The King and I (St. Paul Auditorium) 1966

2/25 King Henry VI (Old Vic Theatre) 1952

2/26 King John (American Shakespeare Festival Theatre) 1956

2/26a King Lear (Metropolitan Theatre) nd

2/27 King Richard II (St. James Theatre, Lyceum Theatre) 1937, 1939

2/28 Kismet (St. Paul Auditorium) 1965

2/29 Kiss Me Kate (Shubert Theatre, New Century Theatre) 1949

2/30 La Boehme (Metropolitan Opera House) 1933

2/31 La Plume de Ma Tante (St. Paul Auditorium) 1961

2/32 Lady Windermere’s Fan (Lyceum Theatre) 1948

2/33 The Lady’s Not for Burning (Royale Theatre) 1950

2/34 Ladies of the Jury (Lyceum Theatre) 1930

2/35 Late Christopher Bean (Henry Miller’s Theatre) 1933

2/36 Late George Apley (Erlanger Theatre) 1946

2/37 Laugh Parade (Imperial Theatre) 1932

2/38 Laura (Cort Theatre) 1947

2/39 Lawrence of Arabia (Cinestage Theatre) 1963

2/40 Leave It To Me (Imperial Theatre) 1939

2/41 Lend an Ear (Lyceum Theatre) 1950

2/42 Les Contes de Hoffman (Metropolitan Opera House) 1932

2/43 Let Us Be Gay (Studebaker Theatre) 1930

2/44 Let’s face It (Imperial Theatre) 1942

2/45 Life With Father (Empire Theatre) 1940,1941

2/46 Life with Mother (Empire Theatre) 1949

2/47 Lightnin nd

2/48 The Little Foxes (National Theatre) 1939

2/49 Lohengrin (Metropolitan Opera House) 1932

2/50 Long Day’s Journey Into Night (Helen Hayes Theatre) 1957

2/51 Louisiana Purchase (Imperial Theatre) 1940, 1941

2/52 Lute Song (St. Paul Auditorium) 1946

2/52a Luther (Orpheum Theatre) 1964

2/53 Macbeth (St. Thomas Literary Society, Metropolitan Theater, St. Paul Auditorium, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre) 1928, 1929, 1942, 1952

2/54 The Madwoman of Chaillot (Erlanger Theatre) 1950

2/55 Magda (Metropolitan Theater) 1926

2/56 Magnificent Yankee (St. Paul Auditorium) 1947

2/56a  Major Barbara (Morosco Theatre) 1957

2/57 A Majority of One (St. Paul Auditorium) 1961

2/58 The Male Animal (St. Paul Auditorium) 1941

2/59 Man and Superman (Alvin Theatre, St. Paul Auditorium, Lyceum Theatre) 1948, 1949

2/60 Man for All Seasons (St. Paul Auditorium, Fisher Theatre) 1963, 1964

2/61 The Man Who Came to Dinner (Harris Theatre, St. Paul Auditorium) 1939, 1940

2/62 Man Who Reclaimed His Head (Broadhurst Theatre) 1932

2/63 Mansion on the Hudson (Metropolitan Theatre) 1935

2/64 Mary of Scotland (Metropolitan Opera House) 1934

2/65 Mary Mary (St. Paul Auditorium) 1963

2/66 Medea (Royale Theatre, Blackstone Theatre, St. Paul Auditorium) 1947, 1948,1949

2/66a The Member of the Wedding (Lyceum Theatre) nd

2/67 Merchant of Venice (Metropolitan Theater, Royale Theatre) 1928,1929,1931

2/68 The Merry Widow (St. Paul Auditorium) 1963

2/69 Merton Of the Movies (Metropolitan Theater) 1924

2/70 Metropolitan Opera of Minneapolis (Northrup Memorial Auditorium) 1949, 1951

2/70a Metropolitan Opera (New York City) 1964-1965

2/71 Metropolitan Opera Ballet Studio (St. Paul Auditorium) 1964

2/72 Michael and Mary (Metropolitan Theater) 1931

2/73 Middle of the Night (ANTA Theatre) 1957

2/74 Midsummer Night’s Dream (Open Air Theatre, Northrup Auditorium, St. Paul Auditorium) 1935, 1954, 1960

2/75 The Mikado (Erlanger’s Theatre, St. James Theatre,Northrup Auditorium) 1931, 1933, 1937, 1962

2/76 The Miracle (Shubert Theatre) 1926

2/77 Mr. President (Civic Arena) 1964

2/78 Mister Roberts (Erlanger Theatre, Alvin Theatre) 1949

2/79 Mourning Becomes Elecktra (Alvin Theatre) 1932

2/80 Music in the Air (Alvin Theatre) 1933

2/80a  My Dear Children (Selwyn Theatre) 1939

2/81 My Fair Lady (Shubert Theatre, St. Paul Auditorium, Orpheum Theatre, Civic Arena, Circle Star Theatre) 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959,1963, 1964

2/82 My Sister Eileen (Biltmore Theatre) 1941

2/83 National Ballet of Canada 1964-1965

2/84 Naughty Marietta (Erlanger’s Theatre) 1931

2/85 Never Too Late (St. Paul Auditorium) 1964

2/86 New English Singers (The Town Hall) 1932

2/87 No Time for Comedy (Lyceum Theatre, Ethel Barrymore Theatre) 1939

2/88 No Time for Sergeants 1957

2/89 Of Thee I Sing (Music Box) 1932

2/90 Oklahoma (Erlanger Theatre, Lyceum Theatre, St. Paul Auditorium) 1943, 1948, 1952, 1963

2/91 Old English (Metropolitan Theater) 1926

2/92 Oliver nd

2/93 On Borrowed Time (Longacre Theatre) 1938

2/94 Once Upon a Mattress (St. Paul Auditorium) 1960

2/95 110 in the Shade (St. Paul Auditorium) 1965

2/96 One Sunday Afternoon (46^th Street Theatre) 1933

2/97 One Touch of Venus (46^th Street Theatre) 1944

2/98 Orpheus Descending (Martin Beck Theatre) 1957

2/99 Oscar Wilde (Fulton Theatre) 1939

2/100 Othello (St. Paul Auditorium, Shubert Theatre, Erlanger Theatre, Lyceum Theatre, Minneapolis Auditorium) 1944, 1945, 1946

2/101 Pajama Game (St. Paul Auditorium) 1964

2/102 Pal Joey (Ethel Barrymore Theatre) 1941

2/103 Panama Hattie (46^th Street Theatre) 1941

2/104 Paul Robeson Performance (Minneapolis Auditorium) 1946

2/105 Patience (St. James Theatre, New York City Center) 1933, 1966

2/106 Personal Appearance (Henry Miller’s Theatre) 1935

2/107 The Philadelphia Story (Schubert Theatre) 1939

2/108 Pirates of Penzance (Erlanger’s Theatre, Adelphi Theatre,Colleges of St. Catherine and St. Thomas) 1931, 1935,1950

2/109 Plain and Fancy (St. Paul Auditorium) 1955

2/110 The Plough and the Stars (Abbey Theatre) 1966

2/111 Point of No Return (Lyceum Theatre) 1953

2/112 Porgy (Lyceum Theatre) 1929

2/113 Porgy and Bess (Majestic Theatre, St. Paul Auditorium, Ziegfeld Theatre) 1942, 1943,1953

2/114 Poor Richard (Helen Hayes Theatre) 1964

2/115 Prescription Murder (Orpheum Theatre) 1962

2/116 Program for 1965 (St. Louis Municipal Opera) 1965

3/1 Raisin in the Sun (St. Paul Auditorium) 1961

3/2 The Rape of Lucretia (Ziegfeld Theatre) 1948

3/3 Reunion in Vienna (Guild Theatre) 1932

3/4 Richard III (Copley Theatre, Guthrie Theatre) 1949, 1965

3/4a Richelieu (Metropolitan Theatre) nd

3/5 Rigoletto (Metropolitan Opera House) 1932

3/6 Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey Circus 1939, 1940, 1945, 1948, 1951

3/7 The Rivalry (St. Paul Auditorium) 1958

3/8 The Rivals (Metropolitan Theater) 1925

3/9 Robin Hood (Erlanger’s Theatre) 1932

3/10 Rosalie (Ziegfeld Theatre) 1929

3/10a Royal Carl Rosa Opera Company (Lyceum Theatre) nd

3/11 San Carlo Opera Company (Lyceum Theatre) 1934, 1935

3/12 The Sea Gull (Lyceum Theatre) nd

3/13 Searching Wind (Fulton Theatre) 1944

3/14 Shadow and Substance (John Golden Theatre) 1938

3/15 A Shot in the Dark (St. Paul Auditorium) 1963

3/16 Showboat (Casino Theatre, Ziegfeld Theatre, Lyceum Theatre) 1932, 1946, 1948

3/17 The Silver Whistle (Biltmore Theatre) 1948

3/18 Simple Simon (Ziegfeld Theatre) 1930

3/19 Sinbad (Metropolitan Theater) 1921

3/20 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Radio City Music Hall) 1938

3/21 Son O’ Guns (Imperial Theatre) 1930

3/22 Song of Norway (Shubert Theatre) 1947

3/23 Sound of Music (St. Paul Auditorium Civic Arena) 1962, 1964,1965

3/24 South Pacific (Shubert Theatre) nd, 1950, 1965

3/25 The Star-Wagon (Empire Theatre) 1938

3/26 State of the Union (Hunson Theatre, Lyceum Theatre) 1946, 1947

3/27 Street Scene (Metropolitan Theater) 1930

3/28 Strictly Dishonorable (Avon Theatre) 1930

3/29 Strike Up the Band (Times Square Theatre) 1930

3/30 The Student Prince (Lyceum Theatre, St. Paul Auditorium) 1943, 1944

3/31 The Subject Was Roses (St. Paul Auditorium) 1966

3/32 Sunrise at Campobello (Cort Theatre) 1958

3/33 Susan And God (Harris Theatre) 1938

3/34 Take Her She’s Mine nd, 1963

3/35 The Taming of the Shrew 1939

3/35a Tannhauser (Metropolitan Opera House) 1932

3/36 Tartuffe (Lincoln Center) 1965

3/37 Teahouse of the August Moon nd

3/38 Ten Little Indians (Broadhurst Theatre, St. Paul Auditorium) 1944, 1945

3/39 That Lady nd

3/40 Three Men on a Horse (The Playhouse) 1935

3/41 Trelawny of the Wells 1927

3/42 There Shall Be No Night 1941

3/43 There’s Always Juliet (Henry Miller’s Theatre) 1932

3/44 A Thurber Carnival (Orpheum Theatre) 1962

3/45 Tobacco Road (Forrest Theatre) 1935

3/46 Tonight at Eight-Thirty (National Theatre) 1937

3/47 Too True to be Good (Guild Theatre) 1932

3/48 A Thousand Clowns (St. Paul Auditorium) 1964

3/49 Top Bananna (Civic Arena) 1964

3/50 Tovarich (St. Paul Auditorium) 1937

3/51 Tragedy of Hamlet (Alvin Theatre) 1935

3/52 Trial By Jury and HMS Pinafore (St. James Theatre) 1933

3/53 Treasure Hunt (St. Martin’s Theatre) 1950

3/54 Tristan und Isolde (Metropolitan Opera House) 1932

3/55 Tunes of Glory (Little Carnegie Theatre) 1960

3/56 Twelfth Night (St. James Theatre, Great Northern Theatre) 1940,1941, 1958

3/57 The Two Mrs. Carrolls (Shubert Great Northern Theatre) 1945

3/58 Unsinkable Molly Brown (Winter Garden, St. Paul Auditorium) 1961, 1963

3/59 Up In Central Park (St. Paul Auditorium) 1946

3/59a Venus Observed (St. James Theatre) 1950

3/60 Victoria Regina (Broadhurst Theatre, St. Paul Auditorium) 1936, 1938

3/60a Volpone (Shakespeare Memorial Theatre) 1952

3/61 Wait Until Dark (Shubert Theatre) 1966

3/62 Walk a Little Faster (St. James Theatre) 1933

3/63 Watch on the Rhine (Martin Beck Theatre) 1941

3/63a What a Life (RKO Orpheum) nd

3/64 When Ladies Meet (Royale Theatre) 1932

3/65 Whistling in the Dark (Ethel Barrymore Theatre) 1932

3/66 The White Steed (Cort Theatre) 1939

3/67 Wildcat (St. Paul Auditorium) 1964

3/68 The Winslow Boy (St. Paul Auditorium, Lyceum Theatre) 1948

3/69 The Women (Ethel Barrymore Theatre) 1937

3/70 Wonderful Town nd

3/71 Yeoman of the Guard (St. James Theatre, Adelphi Theatre,Martin Beck Theatre)   1933, 1935,1936

3/72 Yokel Boy (Majestic Theatre) 1939

3/73 You Can’t Take it With You (Booth Theatre) 1937

3/74 Ziegfeld Follies (New Amsterdam Theatre) 1925