English-language translations of French one act plays, principally by Mary Aldis.
The Grasshopper Smoldering Fire The Professor's Wife A Country Doctor The Red Inn Two Timid Ones Central 640 The Lord's Prayer The Recognition The Bachelor
Photograph, balck and white, in matboard. "Le Village by Octave Feuillet" "left to right Frances Shaw (Mrs. Howard Shaw) John Root, Mr. Baggot, Martha Atkinson, M. - - ?"
A Country Doctor (2 copies) The Red Inn Two Timid Ones Central 640 The Recognition (2 copies)
The Pocket Book The Helpmeet Brothers The Village Which One? The Wanderer Land The Miracle Lady Madeleine
The Helpmeet The Brothers The Village The Wanderer (2 copies) Land Lady Madeleine (3 copies)
The collection consists of three main series of materials that supplement other cataloged holdings relating to Mary Aldis, her family, her estate, her literary work, and her Lake Forest Players/Playhouse. The first series consists of a small group of five large format photographs, plus one smaller view, of plays at her playhouse. The second series is a collection of unpublished translations of French one-act plays, written for production and acting by amateurs. The third series is a reel of microfilm of two scrapbooks of the Aldis Playhouse, the originals held by the Chicago History Museum.
Aldis, Mary, b. 1872, 1872-1949