Tallulah Bankhead "A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE" Tennessee Williams 1956 Program

Description

This is a rare combined souvenir program from the
New York City Center revivals of Tennessee Williams' "A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE" and William Shakespeare's "KING LEAR" at the New York City Center of Music and Drama in New York City. ("A Streetcar Named Desire" opened February 15th, 1956 and ran for a limited engagement of only 15 performances. "King Lear" opened January 12th, 1956 and ran for a limited engagement of 21 performances.) ..... The Pulitzer Prize winning "A Streetcar Named Desire" starred TALLULAH BANKHEAD as "Blanche DuBois" and featured GERALD O'LAUGHLIN, FRANCES HEFLIN, RUDY BOND, VINNETTE CARROLL, JEAN ELLYN, BRUNO DAMON, DAVID ANTHONY, LOU GILBERT, SANDY CAMPBELL, EDNA THOMAS, DORRITT KELTON and BERT BERTRAM ..... CREDITS: Book by TENNESSEE WILLIAMS ("The Glass Menagerie", "A Streetcar Named Desire", "The Rose Tattoo", "Summer and Smoke", "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", "The Night of the Iguana"); Sets designed by WATSON BARRATT based on the original designs of JO MIELZINER; Staged by HERBERT MACHIZ; Produced by THE NEW YORK CITY CENTER THEATRE COMPANY ..... "King Lear" starred ORSON WELLES in the title role and featured VIVECA LINDFORS, GERALDINE FITZGERALD, JOHN COLICOS, ROY DEAN, SYLVIA SHORT, ROBERT FLETCHER, LESTER RAWLINS, ALVIN EPSTEIN, THAYER DAVID, SORRELL BOOKE, TOM CLANCY, FRANCIS CARPENTER, ROBERT BLACKBURN, ROBERT BURR, JACK ARONSON and WALTER MATHEWS ..... CREDITS: Book by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE; Music Composed and Conducted by MARC BLITZSTEIN ("The Cradle Will Rock", "Pins and Needles", "Regina", "Reuben, Reuben", "Juno", "Threepenny Opera"); Sets designed by THEODORE COOPER; Costumes designed by ROBERT FLETCHER; Directed by ORSON WELLES; Produced by THE NEW YORK CITY CENTER THEATRE COMPANY by arrangement with MARTIN GABEL and HENRY M. MARGOLIS
..... DETAILS: The oversized sixteen page program measures 9" X 12" inches and includes full production credits, promotional text, photos and bios of each of the leading actors and Tennessee Williams and two pages of production photos from Tallulah Bankhead's previous successes ..... CONDITION: With the exception of minor edge wear, this rare program 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 sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.