| Title: |
Marion Hayes Cain
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Marin County Free Library. Civic Center Branch. Anne T. Kent California Room
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| Collection: |
Carla Ehat Oral History Program for the Anne T. Kent California Room
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| Description: |
The former Director of the Mountain Play Association, Marion discusses plays performed in the amphitheatre on Mount Tamalpais. She shares stories about the founders, including John D. Catlin, Garnet Holme, Dad O’Rourke, Mrs. D.F. Easton, William Kent, and Dan Totheroh. Marion talks about the early directors, actors and playwrights and the struggles to put on the plays from 1913 through the time of the interview. Marion was a director for eight years and shares a wealth of personal knowledge of this unique experience.
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| URL: |
http://www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/lb/main/crm/oralhistories/mhcainft.html
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1975 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Cain, Marion Hayes, 1905(?)-1991
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1905
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| Speaker occupation: |
Director
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| Age at speaking: |
70
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| Document date: |
17-Oct-1975
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| Interviewer: |
Ehat, Carla; Kent, Anne
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| Locations discussed: |
California; Marin County, CA; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
California; California--History; Community; Local history; Marin County (Calif.)--History; Marin County, CA; North America; Oral history; United States
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0029590-32816
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