Zoe Caldwell "LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT" Jason Robards 1975 Washington Flyer

Description

This is a rare single page advertising handbill (flyer) promoting ticket sales for the six-week, Kennedy Center revival of the Pulitzer Prize winning EUGENE O'NEILL play "LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT" at the Eisenhower Theatre in Washington, D.C. beginning December 16th, 1975. (The Original Broadway production opened November 7th, 1956 at the Helen Hayes Theatre in New York City and ran for 390 performances.) ..... The American Bicentennial Theatre Production starred JASON ROBARDS, ZOE CALDWELL, MICHAEL MORIARTY and WALTER McGINN and included LINDSAY CROUSE ..... Side Note: The play was honored with the 1957 Pulitzer Prize for Drama as well as the Tony Award for "Best Play" ..... CREDITS: Book by EUGENE O'NEILL ("Anna Christie", "Desire Under the Elms", "The Great God Brown", "Emperor Jones", "Strange Interlude", "The Iceman Cometh", "Mourning Becomes Electra", "Ah, Wilderness!", "Long Day's Journey Into Night", "A Moon For the Misbegotten"); Sets designed by BEN EDWARDS; Costumes designed by JANE GREENWOOD; Directed by JASON ROBARDS; Produced by KENNEDY CENTER and the XEROX CORPORATION ..... 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 6" X 9" inches and includes wonderful graphics and production credits on the front and promotional text, photos and brief bios of each of the leading actors, performance dates and a ticket order form on the backside ..... CONDITION: With the exception of minor creasing at the top right corner, a fold across the middle and a small tear in the right edge, 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.