Scope and Contents
Contains programs and season announcements for the Mark Twain Masquers.
Dates
- 1935, 1939-41, 1947-48, 1953, 1955-60, 1962, 1964-69, 1971-77, 1979-82
Creator
- Mark Twain Masquers (Organization)
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Biographical / Historical
The Mark Twain Masquers was a community theater group founded in 1933. Performances were held primarily at the Avery Memorial Theater at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford until 1972, when the Roberts Theatre at Kingswood-Oxford School in West Hartford was constructed in part to provide a permanent home for the Mark Twain Masquers. The group is notable for helping to launch the acting career of Emmy Award winner Peter Falk. In 2001, after sixty-nine seasons and over 300 shows, the organization disbanded.
Extent
0.42 Linear Feet (1 closed pamphlet box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Programs from the Mark Twain Masquers, a community theater company that operated in the Greater Hartford Area from 1933 to 2001.
Arrangement
Programs are arranged in chronological order.
Creator
- Mark Twain Masquers (Organization)
- Author
- Katie Bushman
- Date
- August 2026
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Hartford History Center Repository
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Hartford Public Library
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Hartford CT 06103 USA
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