1946 Cincinnati Ohio Cox Theatre All Black Cast Anna Lucasta 2 Program set RARE!

Description

Here's a Unique ORIGINAL 9" wide by 12" long multi-paged program & 5" wide by 10 1/2" long single-sided insert from the legendary Cox Theatre in Cincinnati, Ohio for the week of November 3, 1946 for the ALL BLACK CAST production of "Anna Lucasta" by the American Negro Theatre (ANT) starring Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis and a large African American ensemble cast. The program is full of lengthy text about the production & great vintage photos inside and comes with a separate insert info sheet too! Program has some minor spine wear consistent with age and normal use, but still, how many of these survived at all? What a great VINTAGE 2 piece set ready for display. These are ORIGINAL items, NOT REPRODUCTION items! Postage information is listed at the bottom-$ 7.95 postage is required.
1946 Cincinnati Ohio Cox Theatre All Black Cast Anna Lucasta 2 Program set RARE!
1946 Cincinnati Ohio Cox Theatre All Black Cast Anna Lucasta 2 Program set RARE!
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Description
Check it out...Here's a Unique ORIGINAL 9" wide by 12" long multi-paged program & 5" wide by 10 1/2" long single-sided insert from the legendary Cox Theatre in Cincinnati, Ohio for the week of November 3, 1946 for the ALL BLACK CAST production of "Anna Lucasta" by the American Negro Theatre (ANT) starring Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis and a large African American ensemble cast. The program is full of lengthy text about the production & great vintage photos inside and comes with a separate insert info sheet too! Program has some minor spine wear consistent with age and normal use, but still, how many of these survived at all? What a great VINTAGE 2 piece set ready for display.
Here's some info on the play:
Anna Lucasta is a 1944 American play by Philip Yordan. Inspired by Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie, the play was originally written about a Polish American family. The American Negro Theatre director Abram Hill and director Harry Wagstaff Gribble adapted the script for an all African American cast, and presented the first performance on June 16, 1944. The play moved from Harlem to Broadway's Mansfield Theatre, running August 30, 1944 – November 30, 1946. The Broadway cast included Hilda Simms, Canada Lee, and Alice Childress. The 1944 production was critically acclaimed particularly for presenting a story that does not condescend African-Americans and performances from an all African-American cast. The Daily News wrote, “Anna Lucasta is a first rate drama. Acted by a company of colored actors players who are a joy to watch… it had first nighters cheering.” The Baltimore wrote, “It is not only a first rate drama, top-notch theatre, with some of the finest acting, both dramatic and comedic, that has ever been seen on Broadway. But it is the first American play designed for an all colored cast to treat of colored life without a certain amused condescension… the first play of colored life to recognize the fact that colored person are individuals with the same problems, ways of living, speech, and point of views as the whites….” The New York Times and The New York Sun praised the performances of Hilda Simms, who plays Anna, and Canada Lee, who plays Danny. The New York Times writes, “Hilda Simms is a wonderful young lady who also understands what to do with the part...in a small role, Canada Lee, normally a star in his own right, but helping out his friends at this time and acting in a way that made him a star." The New York Sun wrote, "Canada Lee, an asset to any play, brings his vigorous playing to any scene..." The one critical remark about the production was that the acting surpassed the script. Variety wrote, “Play was spotty but the performances are excellent." The Herald Tribune also wrote, “The acting warrants better material…” and The New York Sun also wrote, "Put 'Anna Lucasta' down as a credible presentation of a spotty and uncertain play." Even the director of the production, Harry Wagstaff Gribble, felt like it was not a perfect play but the forefront of what the future could hold for African-American actors in the theatre and it accomplished some of the ideas that he wanted to do with black theatre and how to represent African Americans as individuals.
These are ORIGINAL items, NOT REPRODUCTION items!
Postage information is listed at the bottom-$ 7.95 postage is required.
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