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GILMORE'S COURT SQUARE THEATRE - RARE MAY 4, 1896 PROGRAM FOR
GILMORE'S COURT SQUARE THEATRE - RARE MAY 4, 1896 PROGRAM FOR
GILMORE'S COURT SQUARE THEATRE - RARE MAY 4, 1896 PROGRAM FOR
GILMORE'S COURT SQUARE THEATRE - RARE MAY 4, 1896 PROGRAM FOR

GILMORE'S COURT SQUARE THEATRE - RARE MAY 4, 1896 PROGRAM FOR " THE RIVALS "

$ 13.2

Availability: 12 in stock
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Condition: SEE IMAGES & DESCRIPTION FOR DETAILS
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Year: Pre-1940
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Industry: Theater
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Object Type: Souvenir Program
  • Restocking Fee: No

    Description

    We are offering a
    RARE
    souvenir program from the May 4, 1896 opening night performance of "
    The Rivals
    " and "
    Leaving The Masked Ball
    " at Gilmore's Court Square Theatre in Springfield, Massachusetts.  (Two-page program held together with a tasseled cord).
    The front cover illustration, designed and painted by Gates and Morange, scenery designers for major Broadway productions, depicts two lovely maidens sitting on the edge of the stage, pulling back a curtain to reveal a picture of the Gilmore Theatre.  When the program is opened, we see pictures of the entire cast of "
    The Rivals
    ": Joseph Jefferson, William H. Crane, Nat. C. Goodwin, Francis Wilson, Robert Taber, Joseph Holland, E.M. Holland, Mrs. John Drew, Julia Marlowe Taber, and Fanny Rice.  The next page has a great Gates & Morange scene from "
    Leaving The Masked Ball
    ".
    CONDITION: Excellent; the back of the second page is pasted on heavy cardboard, which was actually a section of a scrapbook page.