Passengers arrive at Mill Valley via the Northwestern Pacific Railroad, and prepare for the six-mile hike to the Mountain Theater, site of the Mountain Play, atop Mount Tamalpais [photograph]
Creator
unknown
Contributor
Mountain Play Association Cain, Marion Hayes, 1905-1991
Date Created and/or Issued
1937
Publication Information
Marin County Free Library. Anne T. Kent California Room
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Description
Passengers arrive at Mill Valley in 1937, via the Northwestern Pacific Railroad, and prepare for the six-mile hike to the Mountain Theater, site of the Mountain Play, atop Mount Tamalpais. The play at this time was Thunder of Paradise, written for the Mountain Play Association by Cecil James Cook, and set in Hawaii during the time the playwright's' ancestor, Captain James Cook, explored the island. The Mountain Play Association began its annual production in an outdoor amphitheater on top of Mount Tamalpais, Marin County, in 1913. Shows run for several weekends, beginning each May. This image is from a collection of scrapbooks, deposited with the California Room in 1975, by Mountain Play Association Director, Marion Hayes Cain.
Railroads--California--Marin County Railroad stations Tamalpais, Mount (Calif.)--Mountain Play Marin County (Calif.)--Mountain Play Theater--California--Marin County Mountain Play Association (Mill Valley, Calif.) Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company
Place
Marin County (Calif.) Tamalpais, Mount (Calif.) Mount Tamalpais State Park (Calif.) Mill Valley (Calif.)
Source
Item from Mountain Play Association Scrapbook v. 3, Anne T. Kent California Room, Marin County Free Library
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