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Padua Institute, Published 1961. Wraps, xiii, 80 pp.; 26 cm; illustrated with black-and-white photographs; endpaper map.
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Padua Institute, Published 1961. Wraps, xiii, 80 pp.; 26 cm; illustrated with black-and-white photographs; endpaper map.
In Very Good condition. Cream illustrated wrappers with a vignette of two Mexican dancers; mild shelf wear and toning along top edge and spine. Binding tight; pages clean and unmarked.History of the Padua Hills Theatre and its Mexican Players at Claremont, California, drawn from scrapbooks, programs, newspaper files, and personal interviews. From 1932 the Players staged plays of Mexican and early California life in Spanish and English, with regional songs, dances, and costumes. Photographs by Irene Welch Garner; endpaper map of the Padua Hills approach. With appendices listing the full repertoire of the Claremont Community Players and the Mexican Players, and an index.