List of programs from the Theatre group directed by Margo Jones, which became the Margo Jones Theatre.

     The collection of programs was donated to the Rare Book & Texana Collections by the Estate of John Carver.   The theatre group was founded in part by Margo Jones, who acted as director or executive director for many years.  After her death, the Margo Jones Theatre was built at SMU.

1947-1954:  Theatre '47 to Theatre '54

• Farther off from Heaven by William Inge. June 3-8, 1947

• How Now, Hecate by Martyn Coleman. June 10-15, 1947

• Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen. June 24-29, 1947

• Summer and Smoke by Tennessee Williams. July 8-19, 1947

• Third Cousin by Vera Mathews. June 22-27, 1947

• The Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen. November 3-15, 1947

• Three Short Plays by Tennessee Williams. November 17-29, 1947

• The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare. December 15-27, 1947

• Throng O'Scarlet by Vivian Connell. March 8-10, 1948

• Lemple's Old Man by Manning Gurian. December 29,1947-January10,1948

• Leaf and Bough by Joseph Hayes. January 26-February 7, 1948

• Black John by Barton MacLane. February 9 -21, 1948

• The Learned Ladies by Moliere. November 8-27, 1948

• Here's to us by Shirland Quin. November 29-December 18, 1948

• The Importance of being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. May 9-14,1949

• Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. May 2-7, 1949

• Skaal by Vivian Johannes. January 10-29, 1949

• Sting in the Tail by Tom Purefoy. January 31-February 19,1949

• The Sea Gull by Anton Chekhov. February 21-March 12, 1949

• She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith. March 14-April 2, 1949

• The Coast of Illyria by Dorothy Parker and Ross Evans. April 4-23, 1949

• Heartbreak House by George Bernard Shaw. November 7-26, 1949

• An Old Beat-up Woman by Sari Scott. November 28-December 17, 1949

• Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. May 4-6, 1949

• My Granny Van by Loren Disney and George Sessions Perry. May 8-13, 1949

• Cock-a-Doodle Dandy by Sean O'Casey. January 30-February 18, 1949

• Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen. February 20-March 11, 1950

• The Golden Porcupine by Muriel Roy Bolton. March 13-April 1, 1950

• Southern Exposure by Owen Crump. April 24-29, 1950

• Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde. November 6-25, 1950

• A Play for Mary by William McCleery. November 27-December 16,1950

• The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. December 18, 1950 -January 6, 1951

• The Willow Tree by A. B. Shiffrin. January 8 -27, 1951

• An Innocent in Time by Edward Caulfield. January 29-February 17, 1951

• One Bright Day by Sigmund Miller. February 19-March 10, 1951

• Candida by George Bernard Shaw. March 12-31, 1951

• Walls Rise Up by Frank Duane. April 2-28, 1951

• The Sainted Sisters by Alden Nash. November 5-December1, 1951

• One Foot in Heaven by Irving Phillips. December 3-22, 1951

• A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare. December 23-January 12, 1951

• A Gift for Cathy by Ronald Alexander. January 21-February 9, 1952

• The Blind Spot by Edward Caulfield. February 11-March 1, 1952

• The Father by August Strindberg. March 10-29, 1952

• I am Laughing by Edwin Justus Mayer. March 31-April 19, 1952

• So in Love by Vera Marshall. April 28-May 17, 1952

• Goodbye, Your Majesty by Vivian Connell. November 3-22, 1952

• Hamlet by William Shakespeare. November 24-13, 1952

• The Rising Heifer by Robin Maugham. December 22, 1952-January 10, 1953

• The Last Island by Eugene Raskin. January 12-31, 1953

• Uncle Marston by John Briard Harding. February 9-28, 1953

• Late Love by Rosemary Casey. March 2-21, 1953

• The Day's Mischief by Lesley Storm. March 30-April 18, 1953

• The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. April 20-May 9, 1953

• The Footpath Way by Burgess Drake. November 2-21, 1953

• The Guilty by Harry Granick. November 23-December 12, 1953

• Happy we'll be by Alejandro Casona. December 14, 1953-January 2, 1954

• Oracle Junction by Sari Scott. January 4-23, 1954

• The Heel by Samson Raphaelson. January 25-February 15, 1954

• A Rainbow at Home by Milton Robertson. February 15-March 6, 1954

• Horatio by Ira Wallach. March 8-27, 1954

• The Purification by Tennessee Williams and The Apollo of Bellac by Jean Giraudoux. March 29-April 17, 1954

• The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare. April 19-May 8, 1954

• The Inevitable Circle by Ronald Alexander. June 8, 1954

• The Brothers by John S. Rodell. June 29, 1954

• A Dash of Bitters by Reginald Denham and Conrad Sutton-Smith. July 20, 1954

• Sea-Change by William Case. August 10, 1954

• Volpone by Ben Johnson. August 31, 1954

1954-1955: Dallas Theatre's 54 to Dallas Theatre's 55

• Merry-go-round by Albert Dickason. November 8-27, 1954

• As you like it by William Shakespeare. November 29-December 18, 1954

• The Hemlock Cup by Edward Hunt. December 20, 1954-January 8, 1955

• Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. January 10-29, 1955

• The Feathered Fauna by Charles Robinson and Jean Dalrymple. January 31-February 19, 1955

• The Summer of Fancy Dress by Bernard C. Schoenfeld. February 21-March 12, 1955

• Misalliance by George Bernard Shaw. March 14-April 2, 1955

• Ghost of a Chance by Stephen Grey . April 4-23, 1955

• La Belle Lulu by Fredrick Jackson and Irving Phillips. April 25-May 14, 1955

• Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw. June 13-25, 1955

• Whisper to Me by Greer Johnson. June 27-July 9, 1955

• The Girl from Boston by Joseph Hayes. July 11-23, 1955

• Cold Christmas by Anna Marie Barlow. July 25-August 6, 1955

• Farewell, Farewell, Eugene by John Vari. August 8-20, 1955

1955-1959: Margo Jones Theatre'55 to Margo Jones Theatre'59

• Somebody by Ferenc Molnar. November 7-26, 1955

• The World is Yours by Gene Radano. November 28-December 17, 1955

• An evening of short Shaw: The Dark Lady of the Sonnets and the Man of Destiny by Bernard Shaw. December 19-January 7, 1955

• Love in a Tutu by Neal Roper. January 9-28, 1956

• Tolka Row by Maura Laverty. January 30-February 18, 1956

• The School for Wives by Moliere. February 20-March 10, 1956

• Mr. Gille by James Bridle. March 12-31, 1956

• The Sand Castle by Patricia Joudry. April 2-21, 1956

• The Spring Affair by Violet Welles. April 23-May 12, 1956

• The Third Best Sport by Eleanor and Leo Bayer. May 14-June 2, 1956

• The Marriage Wheel by Joel Climenhaga. June 4-16, 1956

• Love Goes to School by Jacinto Benavente. June 18-June 30, 1956

• The Prisoner by Bridget Boland. July 2-14, 1956

• Stalin Allee by Albert Mannheimer and Federick Kohner. November 5-25, 1956

• Macbeth by William Shakespeare. November 27-December 16, 1956

• The Small Servant by S. I. Abelow and Robert Cenedella. December 18, 1956-January 6, 1957

• Woman is my Idea by Don Liljenquist. January 8-27, 1957

• The Tin Cup by Richard Reich. January 29-February 17, 1957

• The Circle by Somerset Maugham. February 19-March10, 1957

• Second Wind by Hall Shelton. March 12-31,1957

• The Most Fashionable Crime by Samuel R. Golding and Norbert Faulkner. April 2-21,1957

• Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov. April 23-May 12, 1957

• The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. May 14-June 2, 1957

• The Devil came from Dublin by Paul Vincent Carroll. October 29-November 17, 1957

• Roadside by Lynn Riggs. November 19-December 8, 1957

• Androcles and the Lion by George Bernard Shaw. December 10-29, 1957

• Heat of Noontide by Kate Farness. December 31, 1957-January 19, 1958

• And so, Farewell by Katherine Morrill. January 21-February 9, 1958

• The Doctor in Spite of Himself by Moliere. February 11-March 2, 1958

• Season of the Beast by Carl Oglesby. March 4-23, 1958

• The Hooper Law by Harry Granick. March 25-April 13, 1958

• A Waiter not named Julius by William Walden. April 15-May 4, 1958

• Penelope's Web by Sheridan Gibney. November 3-23, 1958

• Willie Stark: His rise and fall by Robert Penn Warren. November 25-December 14, 1958

• Legends and fables:  Down in the Valley by Kurt Weill and Fables for our Time by James Thurber. December 16, 1958-January 4, 1959

• The Millionairess by George Bernard Shaw. January 6-25, 1959

• The Heiress by Ruth and Augustus Goetz. January 27-February 15, 1959

• The Contrast by Royall Tyler. February 17-March 8, 1959

• A Moon for the Misbegotten by Eugene O'Neill. March 3-22, 1959

• The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie. March 24-April12, 1959

• Triangle: The Tridget of Greva by Ring Lardner,  Overruled by George Bernard Shaw, and The Browning Version by Terence Rattigan. April 14-May 3, 1959

• Othello by William Shakespeare. 1959

• Physican for Fools by Kenneth Cameron. October 6-25, 1959

• Leave it to me by Bella and Samuel Spewak. October 27-November 15, 1959

• A few days in Greece by Warren Tute. November 17-Decmber 6, 1959