When I grow up I want to act in community theatre with the Medicine Hat Amateur Operatic Society of Alberta, Canada. 1920s images from an Alberta archive.

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Photographic still of the Medicine Hat Amateur Operatic Society’s rendition of the Edwardian musical comedy “Floradora” which includes tambourines and gauzy costumes. In the Back row, left to right, are: Gertrude Burton, Margie Roxborough, and Jean Harper. Middle row, left to right, are: Channis Irwin, Mary Schutte, and Myrtle Purdy. Front row, left to right, are: Phyllis Clements and Nita Herbert. The production was on stage at the Empress Theatre, December 6-8, 1923, and included a chorus of over 100 voices, 16-piece orchestra of live musicians, and tickets were on sale for $1.50 – or 50 cents for a matinee! Medicine Hat Amateur Operatic Society, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. December 6, 2023 image. Photographer not given. From a scrapbook in the Esplanade Arts and Heritage Center Collections. Accession #0065-0004. Fair use license. The photograph itself being in the public domain due to age. via Esplanade Arts and Heritage @medhatesplanade on Instagram. Taken from their Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/medhatesplanade/p/DR2dM22j4yX/

 Chris Robertson in “A Country Girl,” from a 1921 production staged by the Medicine Hat Amateur Operatic Society, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Photographer not given. From a scrapbook in the Esplanade Arts and Heritage Center Collections. Esplanade Arts and Heritage Center Accession Number #0521.0040. Image itself in the public domain due to age. https://collections.esplanade.ca/list?q=Medicine+Hat+Amateur+Operatic+Society&p=1&ps=20
A man and two women dressed in oriental costume for the play “San Toy”. The man is probably Chris (Robertson) MacDonald. No exact date but ca. 1920. Still from a production staged by the Medicine Hat Amateur Operatic Society, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. From a scrapbook in the Esplanade Arts and Heritage Center Collections. Cooke Studio, Medicine Hat, photographers. Esplanade Arts and Heritage Center Accession Number #0521.0040. Image itself in the public domain due to age. https://collections.esplanade.ca/list?q=Medicine+Hat+Amateur+Operatic+Society&p=1&ps=20

Six young women dressed for their parts as “peasant” girls in the Medicine Hat Amateur Operatic Society production “Chimes of Normandy” which took place at the Empress Theatre December 31, 1920 and January 1, 1921. Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Photographer not given. From a scrapbook in the Esplanade Arts and Heritage Center Collections. Esplanade Arts and Heritage Center Accession Number #0521.0028. Image itself in the public domain due to age. https://collections.esplanade.ca/list?q=Medicine+Hat+Amateur+Operatic+Society&p=2&ps=20

Unidentified young woman in oriental dress holding a fan – production in Medicine Hat Amateur Operatic Society of ‘San Toy.’ Character undetermined. ca. 1920. Still from a production staged by the Medicine Hat Amateur Operatic Society, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Cooke Studio, Medicine Hat, photographers. Esplanade Arts and Heritage Center Accession Number #0521.0005. Image itself in the public domain due to age. https://collections.esplanade.ca/list?q=Medicine+Hat+Amateur+Operatic+Society&p=2&ps=20
View of the entire cast in costume of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Mikado” on stage at the Empress Theatre in Medicine Hat for its December 17th and 19th 1914 production by the Medicine Hat Amateur Operatic Society, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. E. G. Macdonald, photographer for Royal Studios. Esplanade Arts and Heritage Center Accession Number #0525.0256. Image itself in the public domain due to age. https://collections.esplanade.ca/list?q=Medicine+Hat+Amateur+Operatic+Society&p=3&ps=20

Myrtle Purdy, in a theatrical costume from the play “Florodora,” put on by Medicine Hat Amateur Operatic Society, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, on December 6-8, 1923. Gainsborough Studio, Medicine Hat, photographers. Esplanade Arts and Heritage Center Accession Number #0065.0003 Image itself in the public domain due to age. https://collections.esplanade.ca/list?q=Medicine+Hat+Amateur+Operatic+Society&p=3&ps=20

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