Revels Players Records, 1971-1991 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: Revels Players Records, 1971-1991

Series Number: 41/75/43

Acquired: 08/01/2007.

Volume: 0.5

Predominant Dates: 1971-91

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Service Location	Boxes
Room 146 Main Library, Prior Request Preferred	1-2
Room 146 Main Library, Prior Request Preferred	Map Folder 1

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Description:

Records of the Revels Players, a faculty, staff, and student organization for the performance of Renaissance literary and dramatic works include posters, flyers, programs, announcements, press releases, photographs, news-clippings, scripts, descriptions of selected productions by the founder, and administrative material such as space reservation forms, costume rental receipts, and student organization registration records.

Productions included are: The inaugural 'The Alchemist', 1971; 'The Knight of Burning Pestle', 1972; 'Volpone', 1973; 'Mandragola', 1974; 'A Chaste Maid in Cheapside', 1975; 'An Evening With Moliere', 1976; 'John John, His Wife Tyb, and Sir John the Priest', 1976; 'The Provok'd Wife', 1977; 'The Duchess of Malfi', 1978; 'Wild Oats', 1979; 'The Tempest', 1980; ''Tis Pity She's a Whore', 1981; 'Bartholomew Fair', 1982; 'The Play of Noah', 1984; 'Everyman', 1986; 'Mankind', ca. 1987; 'The Virtuoso', ca. 1988; 'Epicoene', ca. 1989; 'The Devil Is an Ass', ca. 1989-90; 'The Rover', 1990; and 'Fulgens and Lucres'.