Eugene O'Neill "MARCO MILLIONS" Du Bose Heyward "PORGY" 1928 Theatre Guild Flyer

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This is a rare fold-open advertising herald (flyer) promoting four Theatre Guild productions playing in April 1928 in New York City ..... The four plays are the EUGENE O'NEILL classics
"MARCO MILLIONS" and
"STRANGE INTERLUDE", the BEN JONSON comedy "VOLPONE" and the DOROTHY and DU BOSE HEYWARD Folk Play "PORGY" .....
"MARCO MILLIONS" opened January 9th, 1928 at the Guild Theatre in New York City and ran for 92 performances. The play starred ALFRED LUNT as "Marco Polo" and the cast included PHILIP LEIGH, MARK SCHWEID, CHARLES ROMANO, ROBERT BARRAT, ALBERT VAN DEKKER, MARGALO GILLMORE, NATALIE BROWNING, MORRIS CARNOVSKY, HENRY TRAVERS, ERNEST COSSART, GEORGE COTTON, SANFORD MEISNER, H. H. McCOLLUM, MARY BLAIR, JOHN HENRY, BALIOL HOLLOWAY, DUDLY DIGGES and LOUIS VEDA ..... CREDITS: Book by EUGENE O'NEILL; Sets and Costumes designed by LEE SIMONSON; Directed by ROUBEN MAMOULIAN; Produced by THE THEATRE GUILD .....
The Pulitzer Prize winning "STRANGE INTERLUDE" opened January 30th, 1928 at the John Golden Theatre in New York City and ran for 426 performances. The play starred LYNN FONTANNE as "Nina Leeds" and the cast included GLENN ANDERS, JOHN J. BURNS, EARLE LARIMOE, PHILIP LEIGH, TOM POWERS, CHARLES WALTERS, ETHEL WESTLEY and HELEN WESTLEY ..... CREDITS: Book by EUGENE O'NEILL; Sets designed by JO MIELZINER; Directed by PHILIP MOELLER; Produced by THE THEATRE GUILD ..... "VOLPONE" opened April 9th, 1928 at the Guild Theatre in New York City and ran for 46 performances. The play starred ALFRED LUNT and LYNN FONTANNE and featured LUCIAN TRANTO, VINCENT SHERMAN, WILLIAM EDMONSON, GEORGE BALLARD, LOUIS VEDA, MARK SCHWEID, DUDLEY DIGGES, JOHN HENRY, PHILIP LEIGH, ERNEST COSSART, HENRY TRAVERS, RUTH CHORPENING, MARGALO GILLMORE, MARY BELL, JOHN C. DAVIS, ALAN JOSLYN, ALBERT VAN DEKKER, MORRIS CARNOVSKY, SANFORD MEISNER and LEONARD PERRY ..... CREDITS: Book by BEN JONSON and STEFAN ZWEIG; Translated by RUTH LANGER; Sets and Costumes designed by LEE SIMONSON; Directed by PHILIP MOELLER; Produced by THE THEATRE GUILD ..... "PORGY" opened October 10th, 1927 at the Guild Theatre in New York City and ran for 367 performances. Best known today as the basis of the DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin masterwork "PORGY and BESS", the play starred FRANK WILSON as "Porgy", EVELYN ELLIS as "Bess", PERCY VERWAYNE as "Sporting Life" and JACK CARTER as "Crown". Others in the cast included GEORGETTE HARVEY (also a member of the Original Broadway Cast of "Porgy and Bess"), WESLEY HILL, DOROTHY PAUL, RICHARD HUEY, ELLA MADISON, ROSE MacCLENDON, LLOYD GRAY, PETER CLARK, MARIE YOUNG, HAYES PRYOR, STANLEY de WOLFE, HUGH RENNIE, MAURICE McRAE, LEIGH WHIPPER, MELVILLE GREENE, A. B. COMATHIERE, G. EDWARD BROWN, EDWARD FIELDING, GARRETT MINTURN and the Residents of Catfish Row ..... CREDITS: Book by DOROTHY and DU BOSE HEYWARD; Sets designed by CLEON THROCKMORTON; Directed by ROUBEN MAMOULIAN; Produced by THE THEATRE GUILD ..... DETAILS: Advertising handbills and heralds were distributed or inserted into the playbills of other productions to help generate ticket sales for upcoming shows and events. This six panel, bi-fold herald measures 6" X 9 1/8" inches and includes wonderful graphics, performance schedule, promotional text and excerpts from a number of New York reviews ..... CONDITION: With the exception of a light vertical crease, this rare flyer 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.
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