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Twentieth century programs
- Title
- Twentieth century programs, 1932-1940.
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Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Supervised use | MWEZ+ n.c. 5976 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 bound volume : illustrations, some in color; 24 cm
- Donor/Sponsor
- In honor of George Freedley
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Theater programs.
- Playbills.
- Note
- Programs (1932 - 1940) for Twentieth century by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, based on a play by Charles Bruce Millholland, documenting the Broadway production at the Broadhurst Theatre starring Moffat Johnston and Eugenie Leontovich, with cast changes. Includes subsequent tours, revivals, and amateur productions. Of note are a number of productions starring Lenore Ulric and a 1934 production at the Lakewood Theatre (Me.) starring Groucho Marx, with Leona Maricle, John Drew Devereaux, and Harold Gould.
- Item 23, a program for the Peabody Playhouse (Boston), utilizes the theatrical pseudonym George Spelvin.
- Compiled and bound by The New York Public Library.
- Call Number
- MWEZ+ n.c. 5976
- OCLC
- 1005227702
- Title
- Twentieth century programs, 1932-1940.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
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- Added Author
- Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964.MacArthur, Charles, 1895-1956.Millholland, Charles Bruce. Napoleon of Broadway.Ulric, Lenore, 1892-1970, actor.Marx, Groucho, 1890-1977, actor.Maricle, Leona, actor.Devereaux, John Drew, actor.Gould, Harold, 1923-2010, actor.Leontovich, Eugenie, actor.Johnston, Moffat, actor.
- Research Call Number
- MWEZ+ n.c. 5976