COLLECTION NAME:
Ward Morgan Collection
Record
Identifier:
exwaWMorgan_b04e1233_002.tif
Title:
Principle cast on stage during rehearsal of "H.M.S. Pinafore", Central High School, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Date:
1943-05-27
Description:
Black-and-white photograph of principle actors on stage during rehearsal of the comedic opera H.M.S. Pinafore at Kalamazoo Central High School, Kalamazoo, Michigan. View shows six actors standing on stairs and turned toward the actor for Dick Deadeye. All the actors are wearing period style costumes. The event was reported in the Kalamazoo Gazette, May 29, 1943, page 3 and includes the names of a few principle actors. Only a few of the names have been matched to the students pictured: John W. Batdorf (playing Captain Corcoran), second from top of stairs; Keith Dinda (playing Sir Joseph Porter), half standing on lowest stair, arm in arm with Patricia Westerberg (playing Hebe); Art Bland (playing Dick Deadeye), standing to the far left; Peyton Hibbitt (playing Ralph Rackstraw), second from the right; Louise Goss (playing Buttercup), standing to the far right. The photograph was taken for Miss Esther Nelson, director of choral music at the high school.
Client:
Nelson, Esther
Photographer:
Morgan, Ward C., 1907-1997
Person:
Kautenberg, Maralyn, 1927-1965
Person:
Hibbitt, Peyton Malleneax, 1925-2019
Person:
Batdorf, John Wesley, 1926-2012
Person:
Goss, Louise L., 1927-2014
Person:
Barton, Arthur, approximately 1926-
Person:
Westerberg, Patricia
Building:
Kalamazoo Central High School. Auditorium
Location:
Kalamazoo (Mich.)
Time Period:
1940 - 1949
Subject:
Kalamazoo Central High School--Students
Subject:
Theatrical productions
Subject:
Stages (Platforms)
Subject:
Costumes
Subject:
Actors
Subject:
Stage props
Keywords:
Negatives; Uniforms; Comedies
Source:
1233-02, Ward Morgan Collection, A-1755, Box 4, B & W, 4"x 5" negative
Rights Status:
In Copyright
Access Rights:
Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by the Zhang Legacy Collections Center, Western Michigan University.
Type:
Still Image
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Collection:
Ward Morgan Collection
Relation:
2 photos in event - 1233
Digitization Date:
2024
Principle cast on stage during rehearsal of "H.M.S. Pinafore", Central High School, Kalama...
