Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
List of Productions
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| 1937 | The Pastime Players 1937 summer season, Oak Park, Illinois
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| 1938 | The Pastime Players 1938 summer season, Oak Park, Illinois
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| 1939 | The Pastime Players 1939 summer season, Oak Park, Illinois
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| 1940 | The Pastime Players 1940 summer season, Oak Park, Illinois
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| 1941 | Little Theatre of Lafayette College 1941 spring season, Easton, Pennsylvania
The Pastime Players 1941 summer season, Oak Park, Illinois
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| 1942 | The Pastime Players 1942 summer season, Oak Park, Illinois
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| 1942-1945 | During the Second World War, George Schaefer serves with the U.S. Army Special Services in the Central Pacific Base Command, directing soldier actors in numerous plays under producer Maurice Evans for the entertainment of troops, including:
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| 1945-1946 | Directs William Shakespeare's Hamlet for Columbus Circle Theatre, New York City (131 performances) |
| 1946 | Directs touring company of William Shakespeare's Hamlet Directs Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit for Cragsmoor Theatre (2 performances) The County Theatre 1946 summer season, Suffern, N.Y.
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| 1946-1947 | Directs Patricia Coleman's Darling, Darling, Darling! for McCarter Theatre, Princeton, and Wilbur Theatre, Boston |
| 1947-1948 | Directs Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman for Alvin Theatre and Hudson Theatre, New York City (295 performances) |
| 1948 | Directs J. B. Priestley's The Linden Tree for Music Box Theatre, New York City (6 performances) |
| 1948-1949 | Directs touring company of Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman |
| 1949 | Hilltop Theatre 1949 summer season, Emerson Farms, Towson, Md.
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| 1949-1950 | New York City Center 1949-1950 winter season
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| 1950 | Directs Robert S. Scott and John Gerstad's When the Bough Breaks for Master Theatre (4 performances) Hilltop Theatre 1950 summer season, Emerson Farms, Towson, Md.
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| 1950-1951 | New York City Center 1950-1951 winter season
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| 1951 | New York City Center 1951 spring season
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| 1951-1952 | New York City Center 1951-1952 winter season
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| 1951-1952 | New York City Center 1951-1952 winter season
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| 1952 | Directs James Thurber and Elliott Nugent's The Male Animal for New Gayety Theatre, Washington, D.C. New York City Center 1952 spring season
Dallas State Fair Musicals 1952 season
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| 1952-1953 | Directs James Thurber and Elliott Nugent's The Male Animal for Music Box Theatre, N.Y.C. (317 performances) |
| 1953 | Directs William Shakespeare's Hamlet for Hallmark Hall of Fame television program Dallas State Fair Musicals 1953 season
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| 1953-1956 | Produces John Patrick's The Teahouse of the August Moon for Martin Beck Theatre, N.Y.C. (1,129 performances) |
| 1954 | Directs William Shakespeare's King Richard II for Hallmark Hall of Fame television program |
| 1954-1956 | Produces John Patrick's The Teahouse of the August Moon for Her Majesty's Theatre, London (964 performances) |
| 1954-1955 | Dallas State Fair Musicals 1954 and 1955 seasons
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| 1954 | Directs William Shakespeare's Macbeth for Hallmark Hall of Fame television program |
| 1955 | Directs John Cecil Holm's The Southwest Corner for Holiday Theatre, N.Y.C. (36 performances) Directs Cole Porter, Samuel Spewack, and Bella Spewack's Kiss Me, Kate for Los Angeles Philharmonic Auditorium Dallas State Fair Musicals 1955 season
Directs Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash, and S. J. Perelman's One Touch of Venus for NBC television |
| 1955-1956 | Hallmark Hall of Fame 1955-1956 television season
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| 1956 | Dallas State Fair Musicals 1956 season
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| 1956-1957 | Directs Bernard Shaw's The Apple Cart for Plymouth Theatre, N.Y.C. (124 performances) Hallmark Hall of Fame 1956-1957 television season
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| 1957-1958 | Hallmark Hall of Fame 1957-1958 television season
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| 1958 | Directs Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, Joseph Stein, and Will Glickman's The Body Beautiful for Broadway Theatre, N.Y.C. (60 performances) Dallas State Fair Musicals 1958 season
Directs Mary Chase's Harvey for CBS television Directs O. Henry's The Gift of the Magi for CBS television |
| 1958-1959 | Hallmark Hall of Fame 1958-1959 television season
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| 1959 | Directs Sally Benson's Meet Me in St. Louis for CBS television |
| 1959-1960 | Hallmark Hall of Fame 1959-1960 television season
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| 1960 | Directs Alfred Bester's Turn the Key Deftly for NBC television |
| 1960-1961 | Hallmark Hall of Fame 1960-1961 television season
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| 1961-1962 | Directs Frederick Knott's Write Me a Murder for Belasco Theatre, N.Y.C. (196 performances) Hallmark Hall of Fame 1961-1962 television season
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| 1962 | Directs Don Stanford's The Hour of the Bath for Alcoa Premiere Theatre television program Directs Frederick Knott's Write Me a Murder for Lyric Theatre, London Directs Larr Marcus's The Hands of Danofrio for Alcoa Premiere Theatre television program |
| 1962-1963 | Hallmark Hall of Fame 1962-1963 television season
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| 1963 | Directs Anthony Hope's Zenda for Curran Theatre, San Francisco (also Los Angeles and Pasadena) |
| 1963-1964 | Hallmark Hall of Fame 1963-1964 television season
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| 1964 | Produces Philip J. Lang's To Broadway with Love for Music Hall at Texas Pavillions, New York World's Fair (240 performances) |
| 1964-1965 | Hallmark Hall of Fame 1964-1965 television season
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| 1965-1966 | Hallmark Hall of Fame 1965-1966 television season
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| 1966 | Directs Irene Kamp's The Great Indoors for Eugene O'Neill Theatre, N.Y.C. (7 performances |
| 1966-1967 | Hallmark Hall of Fame 1966-1967 television season
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| 1967 | Directs Loring Mandel's Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night for CBS Playhouse television program |
| 1967-1968 | Hallmark Hall of Fame 1967-1968 television season
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| 1968 | Directs Robert Crean's My Father and My Mother for CBS Playhouse television program Directs David Mark's A Punt, a Pass and a Prayer for Hallmark Hall of Fame television program |
| 1969 | Directs Stanley Niss's Pendulum feature film Directs Michael Dyne's The File on Devlin for Hallmark Hall of Fame television program Directs William Goodhart's Generation feature film |
| 1970 | Directs Daniel Taradash's Doctors' Wives feature film |
| 1971 | Directs Paddy Chayefsky's Gideon for Hallmark Hall of Fame television program Directs Paul Shyre and John Dos Passos's USA for PBS's Hollywood Television Theatre television program |
| 1972 | Directs James Costigan's A War of Children for CBS television |
| 1972-1973 | Directs James Prideaux's The Last of Mrs. Lincoln for ANTA Theatre, N.Y.C. (63 performances) |
| 1973 | Directs Sterling Silliphant's A Time for Love for NBC television Directs touring company of Sigmund Romberg and Dorothy Donnelly's The Student Prince Executive producer for Love Story television program
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| 1974 | Directs James Costigan's F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Last of the Belles' for ABC television Directs Norman Graham Spencer's Once Upon a Scoundrel feature film |
| 1974-1976 | Produces Carl Sandburg's Lincoln television mini-series
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| 1975 | Directs James Costigan's In This House of Brede for CBS television Directs Eugene O'Neill's Ah, Wilderness for Academy Festival Theatre, Lake Forest, Illinois Directs James Prideaux's The Last of Mrs. Lincoln for PBS's Hollywood Television Theatre television program |
| 1976 | Directs Sidney Carroll's Truman at Potsdam for Hallmark Hall of Fame television program Directs Rose Leiman Goldemberg's David's Uncle, pilot episode for Land of Hope television program Directs Carol Sobieski's Amelia Earhart television film |
| 1977 | Directs Thornton Wilder's Our Town for NBC television Directs Darryl Ponicsan's The Girl Called Hatter Fox for CBS television |
| 1978 | Directs Barry Manilow and Ernest Chambers's The Second Barry Manilow Special for ABC television Directs Alexander Jacobs's An Enemy of the People feature film Directs Carmen Culver's First You Cry for CBS television Directs William Hanley's Who'll Save Our Children? for CBS television |
| 1979 | Directs Stanley R. Greenberg's Blind Ambition mini-series for CBS television Directs James Prideaux's Slightly Delayed for Ogunquit Playhouse and Falmouth Playhouse Directs James Lee Barrett's Here There Be Dragons--The Voyage of the Mayflower for CBS television |
| 1980 | Directs Ernest Thompson's On Golden Pond for Ahamson Theatre, Los Angeles Directs Ernest Chambers and Barry Manilow's Barry Manilow--One Voice for ABC television Directs James Prideaux's Mixed Couples for Brooks Atkinson Theatre |
| 1981 | Directs John Gay's The Bunker for CBS television Directs George Lefferts's People vs. Jean Harris for CBS television |
| 1982 | Directs John Gay's A Piano for Mrs. Cimino for CBS television Directs Lillian Hellman's Another Part of the Forest for Ahamson Theatre, Los Angeles Directs James Yaffe's The Deadly Game for HBO television Directs Ernest Thompson's Answers, three short television plays
Directs Richard Lees's Right of Way for ABC television |
| 1983 | Directs Barbara Robinson's The Best Christmas Pageant Ever for ABC television |
| 1984 | Directs James Prideaux's Lyndon for Playhouse, Wilmington, and Eisenhower Theatre, Washington, D.C. Directs Lionel Chetwynd's Children in the Crossfire for NBC television |
| 1985 | The Booth, three short television plays for PBS television
Directs Rose Leiman Goldenberg's Stone Pillow for CBS television |
| 1986 | Directs James Prideaux's Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry for CBS television |
| 1987 | Artistic director for Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, and George Abbott's The Boys from Syracuse for Doolittle Theatre, Los Angeles Directs Jerome Kern, Guy Bolton, and P. G. Wodehouse's Leave It to Jane for Doolittle Theatre, Los Angeles |
| 1988 | Directs James Prideaux's Laura Lansing Slept Here for NBC television Directs Maxwell Anderson's Winterset for Ralph Freud Playhouse, UCLA School of Theatre, Film and Television Directs James Prideaux's Tusitala (Teller of Tales) for Berkshire Theatre Festival |
| 1989 | Directs James M. Barrie's The Admirable Crichton for Ralph Freud Playhouse, UCLA School of Theatre, Film and Television Directs Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's Me and Juliet for Ralph Freud Playhouse, UCLA School of Theatre, Film and Television |
| 1990 | Directs Paul Zindel's Let Me Hear You Whisper for A&E television |
| 1992 | Directs James Prideaux's The Man Upstairs for CBS television |
| 1996 | Directs Joseph Dougherty's Harvey for CBS television |