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1941 Booth Theatre Playbill NYC Claudia Broadway Edwin Rose Franken New York

$ 6.85

Availability: 77 in stock
  • Industry: Theater
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Year: 1940-49
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Condition: good condition, slight creases
  • Modified Item: No
  • Object Type: Playbill

    Description

    The Booth Theatre was named to honor the renowned 19th-century American actor, Edwin Booth, brother of John Wilkes Booth.
    The Booth Theatre was the first, and to this day is the oldest, Broadway theatre to be named after an actor.
    Claudia
    , based on Rose Franken's 1939 novel, it premiered as a play on
    Broadway
    in 1941. The play was written and directed by Rose Franken and produced by
    John Golden
    . The show starred
    Dorothy McGuire
    as Claudia Naughton and
    Donald Cook
    as David Naughton. When it closed in 1943, it had run for a total of 722 performances.
    Play Bill dimensions - 6 3/4" x 9 1/4"