Description
This is a rare advertising handbill (flyer) promoting the Original Broadway production of the ELMER RICE play "A NEW LIFE" at the Royale Theatre in New York City. (The production opened September 15th, 1943 and ran for only 70 performances.) ..... The play starred BETTY FIELD and featured SANFORD McCAULEY, ALICE THOMSON, COLLEEN WARD, ANN DRISCOLL, SARA PEYTON, KENNETH TOBEY, TIMMIE HYLER, DOROTHY DARLING, DORA WEISSMAN, ANN THOMAS, JOHN IRELAND, BLAINE CORDNER, FREDERICA GOING, WALTER N. GREAZA, MERLE MADDERN, JOAN WETMORE, ARTHUR GRIFFIN, TERRY HARRIS, GEORGE LAMBERT, HELEN KINGSTEAD, SHIRLEY GALE, ELIZABETH DEWING and NICHOLAS SAUNDERS. (Please Note: BETTY FIELD is the only cast member mentioned by name in the text of the handbill.) ..... CREDITS: Book by ELMER RICE; Sets designed by HOWARD BAY; Directed by ELMER RICE; Produced by THE PLAYWRIGHTS' COMPANY (Maxwell Anderson, S. N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood and John F. Wharton) ..... 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, one-sided handbill measures 6" X 9" inches and includes a wonderful rendering of BETTY FIELD and excerpts from several reviews on the front. The backside is blank ..... CONDITION: With the exception of a tiny tear on the right edge, 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.
