The Journal of San Diego History
SAN DIEGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY
Spring 1985, Volume 31, Number 2
Thomas L. Scharf, Editor
Back to the Article ~ Toast to the Memories
Title Page
The Old Globe Theatre.
Highlights from Fifty Years
Page 88
Thomas Wood Stevens, founder and designer of San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre, about 1935.
Page 89
Stevens surveys the Old Globe’s construction.
Page 91
The theatre in 1935. Left to right: Everett Gray, Rhys Williams and Thomas Wood Stevens
Page 92
Joe Pinto and John Clark perform in “The Drunkard” a melodrama at The Globe in 1948.
Page 93
Grace Frederick, Sadie Lou Tieri and Beula Fair in the 1951 production of “The Madwoman of Chaillot.”
Page 94
Interior of the former Old Globe Theatre, 1955.
Page 95
Richard Edelman as Oberon and Robert Baker as Puck in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” 1956.
Page 97
Michael Byers and Lillie Mae Barr in “The Hostage” at Falstaff Tavern in 1965.
Page 98
Members of the original 1935 Old Globe acting company were photographed in 1975.
Page 101
Construction of the new Old Globe Theatre with a view looking toward the stage.
PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS:
The title page drawing is from Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue A Book of Architectural and Decorative Drawings. New York: The Architectural Book Publishing Co., 1914. Photographs on the following pages are by Bill Reid: 95, 97, 98, 108 (bottom), 109 (top and bottom), 110 (top and bottom), 111 (top and bottom), 112, 113 (top and bottom), 114 (bottom), 116 (bottom), 118 (top). The view of the new Old Globe under construction on page 101 is by Cliff Baker. “Mr. Roberts” and “Death of a Salesman” on page 107 are by Charles Waterman. David Ogden Stiers in “King Lear” is by Sealy. Queen Elizabeth II and Lowell Davies on page 119 is courtesy of Robert Burroughs. All other photographs were provided by the Old Globe Theatre, Simon Edison Centre For The Performing Arts.
