Margaret Webster "POUND ON DEMAND" Ernest Truex / Sean O'Casey 1947 Playbill

Description

This is a rare February 10th, 1947 playbill from the Original Broadway production of the SEAN O'CASEY play "POUND ON DEMAND" performed in repertory with the BERNARD SHAW play "ANDROCLES AND THE LION" at New York's International Theatre. (The productions opened December 19th, 1946 and closed February 22nd, 1947 after forty performances.) .....
"POUND ON DEMAND"
starred CAVADA HUMPHREY, PHILIP BOURNEUF, ERNEST TRUEX, MARGARET WEBSTER and EUGENE STUCKMANN .....
CREDITS: Book by SEAN O'CASEY; Sets and Costumes designed by WOLFGANG ROTH; Directed by VICTOR JORY; Produced by the AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE ..... The cast of "ANDROCLES AND THE LION" included JOHN BECHER, MARION EVENSEN, ERNEST TRUEX, ARTHUR KEEGAN, JOHN STRAUB, RICHARD WARING, JUNE DUPREZ, EUGENE STUCKMANN, ANGUS CAIRS, VICTOR JORY, ELI WALLACH, ROBERT RAWLINGS, EFREM ZIMBALIST, Jr., WILLIAM WINDOM, RAYMOND GREENLEAF, ED WOODHEAD, PHILIP BOURNEUF, EMERY BATTIS, CAVADA HUMPHREY, ANNE JACKSON, DONALD KEYES, MARY ALICE MOORE, THEODORE TENLEY, GLORIA VALBORG, DON ALLEN, JOHN BEHNEY, MICHEL CORHAN, THOMAS GRACE, BART HENDERSON, FREDERIC HUNTER, ROBERT LESER and GERALD McCORMACK
..... CREDITS: Book by BERNARD SHAW; Music composed by MARC BLITZSTEIN;
Sets and Costumes designed by WOLFGANG ROTH; Directed by MARGARET WEBSTER; Produced by the AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE
..... DETAILS: The 44 page playbill measures 6 1/2" X 9" inches and includes full production credits, cast lists, synopsis of scenes and individual photos and bios of each of the leading actors. Also includes the credits for the remaining productions in the season's repertoire: William Shakespeare's "Henry VIII", J. M. Barrie's "What Every Woman Knows" and Henrik Ibsen's "John Gabriel Borkman" ..... CONDITION: (Please Note!) There are seam splits at both the top and bottom, several tiny tears to the outside edge of the cover, the titles are written at the top of the front cover and there is moderate edge wear. Despite these flaws, this rare playbill will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.