Stringer's Books and Ephemera
Rare and Fine Books and EphemeraPrograms - Theatre (6 items)
- MADISON SQUARE THEATRE PROGRAM35.00
WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY OCT. 3, 1887
JIM, THE PENMAN New York (Undner, Eddy & Clauss, Lith.) (1887)rogram is in very good+ condition with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners and spine ends.
16 pages with local ads.Program size is 5 1/4" x 6 1/4".Original program from New York's Madison Square Theatre dated 1887. A lovely little program with some great ads on pianos, clothing and an interesting small ad for Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with a statement from the Philadelphia Press imploring potential buyers to purchase an authorized copy "...no admirer of his genius should do him so ill a turn as to buy a copy of the pirated editions of his book."01312View Full Details - TORONTO WOMEN'S PRESS CLUB THEATRE NIGHT40.00
MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1924
SOUVENIR PROGRAMME - A PAIR OF SPECTACLES (Toronto) Canadian Engravers Ltd. (1924)Condition for this program is near fine with slight offsetting to covers, slight wear to corners and spine ends.
16 pages with many local ads.Program size is 7" x 10".Original program for the 1924 presentation of A Pair of Spectacles presented by the Toronto Women's Press Club at the Comedy Theatre located Richmond and Bay streets. Program is made up for the most of local area ads (many of which are wonderfully designed).01225View Full Details - PROGRAM40.00
B.F. KEITH'S ORPHEUM THEATRE.
Dec. 1917. No place no publisher 1917Program is in about very good with a small chip to front cover, a few small tears but still a very nice program.
12 pages, with local ads.Program size is 4 3/4" x 8 3/4".Wonderful colour cover to this 1917 program from B. F. Keith's New York theatre.00662View Full Details - PRINCESS THEATRE PROGRAM65.00
WEEK OF APRIL 1914
TORONTO (Toronto) Commercial Art Press Limited (1914)Condition for this program is near fine with slight wear to corners, a few light stains back cover, small rust(?) mark front cover.
20 pages with many local Toronto ads.Program size is 6" x 9".Original 1914 Princess Theatre program with program schedule and many local area ads. Originally called the Academy of Music it was renamed to Princess Theatre, in 1915, a year after this program was printed, much of the theatre was damaged in a fire causing it to close down for two years. The theatre was demolished in 1931. Scarce.01170View Full Details - RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL PROGRAM 193365.00
Volume 1 Number 2
New York City New York 1933Program is in near fine condition with light crease down middle, slight wear to corners and spine ends.
12 pages with local ads. Program size is 5 1/4" x 8 1/4".Second issued program from New York City's famed Radio City Music Hall.01246View Full Details - Souvenir Program150.00
DAWSON CITY GOLD RUSH FESTIVAL PRESENTS 'FOXY'
JULY 1 – AUGUST 17, 1962 (No place) Canada Evergreen Press (1962)Condition for this program is near fine with slight wear to corners and spine ends.
28 pages with photos and ads.Program size is 8 ½” x 11”.Original program for the play Foxy starring Bart Lahr that was the featured highlight from the first Dawson City Gold Rush Festival held in 1962. According to Les McLaughton’s Yukon Nuggets website “The Gold Rush Festival Committee was formed to manage local organization of the Festival. The first Dawson City Festival was held in the summer of 1962 and lasted six weeks. The focal piece was a Broadway play. By every measure of the day, the festival was a major flop.01395View Full Details
Still, in the summer of ’62, a cast of characters, including Bert Lahr, who had become famous around the world for his portrayal of the cowardly lion in the Wizard of Oz, descended on Dawson. The play was called ‘Foxy’ and featured all the trite gold rush stuff one could imagine. Greed, grit, gold, girls, and great expectations. Music and lyrics were written by the famous songwriter Johnny Mercer, who penned the academy award-winning songs Moon River and That Old Black Magic.
The play ran for seven weeks in the summer of 1962, usually to a nearly empty house, and its producers lost their $400,000 investment. In late 1963, producer David Merrick decided to revive it. The on-Broadway production opened on February 16, 1964, at the Ziegfeld Theatre, where it ran for seventy-two performances.”
A scarce program.
