George Gershwin "GOOD MORNING JUDGE" Lionel Monckton 1920 Musical Tour Flyer

Description

This is a rare eight panel advertising herald (flyer) promoting the one-night, Post-Broadway engagement of the FRED THOMPSON, LIONEL MONCKTON, HOWARD TALBOT, ADRIAN ROSS and PERCY GREENBANK
musical comedy "GOOD MORNING, JUDGE" at the Rajah Theatre in Reading, Pennsylvania on August 27th, 1920. (The production opened February 6th, 1919 at the Shubert Theatre in New York City and ran for 140 performances before going on the road.) ..... The cast of the Original Broadway production included KATHERINE ALEXANDER, FREDERICK ANNERLEY, GEORGINE BAKER, SHEP CAMP, CECIL CLOVELLY, EILEEN COTTY, HAROLD CRANE, CUNNINGHAM and CLEMENTS, MARGARET DALE, GRACE DANIELS, JEAN DE LA VALLE, ALETA DORE, NELLIE GRAHAM-DENT, ELLYN HARCOURT, GEORGE HASSELL, ALFRED HESSE, CHARLES M. HINTON, CHARLES KING, MOLLY KING, NELLIE KING, EMILIE LEA, EDWARD MARTINDEL, ROBERT McCLELLAN, RAYMOND OAKES, BETTY PIERCE, HELENE SHAW, ASHTON TONGE, HELEN TRAINOR and ROBERT VIVIAN ..... Side note: GEORGE GERSHWIN wrote the music for two of the show's songs; "I Was So Young" and "
There's More To the Kiss than the X X X" ..... CREDITS: Book by FRED THOMPSON based on the comedy "The Magistrate" by ARTHUR WING PINERO; Music by LIONEL MONCKTON and HOWARD TALBOT; Lyrics by ADRIAN ROSS and PERCY GREENBANK; Additional Music by BERT GRANT, GEORGE GERSHWIN ("Girl Crazy", "Lady, Be Good!", "Of Thee I Sing", "Oh, Kay!", "Rosalie", "Funny Face", "Porgy and Bess", "George White's Scandals") and LOUIS SILVERS; Additional Lyrics by B. G. "Buddy" DeSYLVA, IRVING CAESAR, ALFRED BRYAN, SAM M. LEWIS and JOE YOUNG; Sets designed by D. FRANK DODGE and WILLIAM CASTLE; Costumes designed by SAMUEL ZALUD; Staged by EARL LINDSAY; Dances Staged by JACK MASON; Directed by WYBERT STAMFORD; Produced by the Messrs. LEE and J. J. SHUBERT
..... 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 eight-panel, accordian fold herald measures 4 3/8" X 6 1/4" inches and includes partial production credits (no cast credits), nine production photos, promotional text, excerpts from a number of New York reviews and performance date ..... CONDITION: With the exception of light creasing and minor edge wear, this rare flyer is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.