Information Sheet

 

 

R         Joplin High School (Joplin, Mo.).

907                  Program, 1918.

                                    One folder.

 

 

 

This is a program for a performance of “The Education of Mr. Pipp,” a theatrical comedy by Augustus Thomas, by the Senior Class of 1918 of Joplin High School at Joplin in Jasper County, Missouri.  Directed by Mrs. George F. Wolfe, the play was performed on 9-10 May 1918.

 

Based upon a series of illustrations by Charles Dana Gibson, Augustus Thomas’s “The Education of Mr. Pipp” premiered on Broadway on 20 February 1905 and ran for 78 perform­ances.  This production by the Joplin High School Senior Class of 1918 was presented at the “New High School Auditorium” on 9-10 May 1918.  Norvin H. Welch played the title role.

 

 

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