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Title

The Imaginary Invalid

Date
1943
Century
20th century
Medium & Support
Ink on paper
Object Type
Archival Documents
Credit Line
Black Mountain College Collection, gift of Barbara Beate Dreier and Theodore Dreier, Jr. on behalf of all generations of Dreier family
Accession Number
2017.40.268
Copyright
In Copyright, Educational Use Permitted
Description

Theater production program, mimeograph on paper. 1 page one-sided.

The Black Mountain College Dramatic Department presents “THE IMAGINARY INVALID”
Tuesday, March 16, 1943
Overture: “Pantomime” by Ph. Rameau
Played by Gretel Lowinsky, Ilse Hoffmann, and E Lowinsky
Cast: in order of appearance
Argan: the imaginary invalid William McLaughlin
Toinette: a servant Nancy Clark West
Angelique: Argan;s elder daughter Junelaine Smith
Monasieur de Bonniefoi: a notary Bruno Piscitello
Cleante: in love with Angelique William Berry
Monaieur Diafoirus: a physician Henry Adams
Thomas Diafoirus: his son Otis Levy
Louison: Argan’s younger daughter Aurora Cassotta
Beralde: Argan’s brother Richard Brown
Monsieur Purgon: a physician Thomas Wentworth

Th private sitting room in Argan’s suite, Paris, France 1673 AD
ACT ONE Afternoon ACT TWO Next morning ACT THREE Next evening
The setting was designed and created by Anatole Kopp and his students in Stage Technique; Aurora Cassotta, Dora Harrison, Bruno Piscitello, and Jane Slater. Also Molly Gregory and Francis Foster for furniture and properties construction. The costumes and wigs were designed by Jane Slater and Marilyn Bauer and created by them and Mrs Helen Lounsbury and Mrs Herbert A Miller.
Executive Staff
Stage Manager Anatole Kopp
Assistant Jack Swackhamer
Electrician Bruno Piscitello
House Manager Robert Marden
Property Manager Jaqueline Tankersley
Director Robert Wunsch
Ushers: Dora Harrison, Marianne Kopp, Patsy Lynch, Suzanne Smith

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