Description
This is a rare single page advertising handbill (flyer) promoting the Original Broadway production of the Pulitzer Prize winning ROBERT E. SHERWOOD play "ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS" at the Plymouth Theatre in New York City. (The production opened October 15th, 1938 and ran for 472 performances.) ..... The play starred RAYMOND MASSEY as "Abraham Lincoln" and featured GEORGE CHRISTIE, ARTHUR GRIFFIN, LEWIS MARTIN, HERBERT RUDLEY, CALVIN THOMAS, IRIS WHITNEY, GLENN COULTER, ELMER BROWWN, HOWARD Da SILVA, EVERETT CHARLTON, DAVID CLARKE, ROBERT FITZSIMMONS, KEVIN McCARTHY, LILLIAN FOSTER, WENDELL K. PHILLIPS, MAY COLLINS, MURIEL KIRKLAND, AUGUSTA DABNEY, LLOYD BARRY, MARION ROONEY, HUBERT BROWN, ALBERT PHILLIPS, LEX PARRISH, JOHN PAYNE, ANN STEVENSON, FRANK TWEDDELL, ALFRED JENKIN, THOMAS F. TRACEY and JOHN TRIGGS ..... CREDITS: Book by ROBERT E. SHERWOOD; Sets designed by JO MIELZINER; Cover illustration by NORMAN ROCKWELL; Directed by ELMER RICE; Produced by THE PLAYWRIGHTS' COMPANY (Maxwell Anderson, S. N. Behrman, Sidney Howard, Elmer Rice and Robert E. Sherwood) ..... DETAILS: Advertising handbills (heralds) were distributed or inserted into the playbills of other productions to help generate ticket sales for upcoming shows and events. This single page, two-sided handbill measures 5 5/8" X 8 3/4" inches and includes production credits and wonderful NORMAN ROCKWELL artwork on the front and two production photos and excerpts from several New York reviews on the backside ..... CONDITION: With the exception of light edge wear, this rare handbill is in excellent condition and 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.
