1880 New York City Booth's Theatre Cymbeline broadside Edwin & John Wilkes Booth

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Check it out...Here's a Unique ORIGINAL @ 5" wide by 11" long single-sided leaflet / program / broadside / playbill / poster from the production of "Cymbeline" at Booth's Theatre in New York City back in 1880. The theatre was opened by and named after Edwin Booth, the stage actor brother of Abraham Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth- (See info below) The playbill includes lengthy text about the production and actors / cast on front! Blank backed broadside has wear consistent with age and normal use and has been folded by original owner, but still, how many of these survived the scrap drives of World War II? What a great VINTAGE item ready for display. This is an ORIGINAL item, NOT A REPRODUCTION item! Postage information is listed at the bottom-$ 6.95 postage is required
1880 New York City Booth's Theatre Cymbeline broadside Edwin & John Wilkes Booth
1880 New York City Booth's Theatre Cymbeline broadside Edwin & John Wilkes Booth
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Description
Check it out...Here's a Unique ORIGINAL @ 5" wide by 11" long single-sided leaflet
/ program / broadside / playbill / poster from the production of "Cymbeline" at Booth's Theatre in New York City back in 1880. The theatre was opened by and named after Edwin Booth, the stage actor brother of Abraham Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth- (See info below) The playbill includes
lengthy text about the production and actors / cast on front! Blank backed broadside has wear consistent with age and normal use and has been folded by original owner, but still, how many of these survived the scrap drives of World War II? What a great VINTAGE item ready for display.
Here's some history on the theatre:
Booth's Theatre was a theatre in New York built by actor Edwin Booth. Located on the southeast corner of 23rd Street and Sixth Avenue, Booth's Theatre opened on February 3, 1869. The theatre featured a grand vestibule with Italian marble floors and a large statue of Edwin Booth's father, the Shakespearean actor, Junius Brutus Booth by the sculptor Thomas Ridgeway Gould. The auditorium was similarly elaborate in its decor, and featured a large chandelier, as well as a stage that incorporated the most modern machinery in use at the time, such as hydraulic rams to raise and lower scenery, and stage lights that could be completely extinguished during the performance, a first in the United States. Despite the appearances by important talent of the times, Booth could not make the theatre a financially viable enterprise. It was sold in December 1881, and was converted into McCreery & Co. department store until 1965, when it was demolished to make room for a parking lot. In 1869, Edwin Booth, then one of the world's most distinguished stage tragedians and arguably America's greatest Hamlet, opened his theatre, Booth's Theatre, in Manhattan on the southeast corner of 23rd Street and Sixth Avenue. Central to the identity of Booth's theatre was the stage background of Edwin Booth, who belonged to the Booth Family dynasty, which ruled the American stage in the 19th century. It was actually touring with his father, Junius Brutus Booth, that gave Edwin his first break, first appearing as Tressel in Richard II in Boston in 1849. After his father's death in 1852 Booth toured internationally, visiting Australia and Hawaii and briefly settling in California before returning to the east coast. Edwin is perhaps best known for his "hundred nights of Hamlet" in which he played Hamlet for 101 consecutive performances, a record held until 1922. Booth is also known for his relationship with his infamous brother, John Wilkes, who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. After the tragedy, Edwin publicly disowned his brother.
This is an ORIGINAL item, NOT A REPRODUCTION item!
Postage information is listed at the bottom-$ 6.95 postage is required.
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