Ethel Waters "MAMBA'S DAUGHTERS" DuBose Heyward / Jerome Kern 1939 Chicago Flyer

Description

This is a rare single page advertising handbill (flyer) promoting the
National Tour engagement of the DOROTHY and DuBOSE HEYWARD play "MAMBA'S DAUGHTERS" at the Grand Opera House in Chicago, Illinois. (The production opened January 3rd, 1939 at New York's Empire Theatre and ran for 162 performances, closing in May 1939 for a hiatus and national tour. The play would return to New York's Broadway Theatre on March 23rd, 1940 for an additional 17 performances.) ..... The play starred the incomparable ETHEL WATERS as "Hagar" in her dramatic debut and featured GEORGIA BURKE, MAUDE RUSSELL, FREDI WASHINGTON, ROBERT THOMSEN, WILLIE BRYANT, J. ROSAMOND JOHNSON, VINCENT COPELAND, JOHN KERR, JOHN O'CONNOR, BARRY KELLEY, AL STOKES, BRADLEY WILSON, LOUIS SHARP, CANADA LEE, ETHEL PURNELLO, EDNA WATERS, LAURA VAUGHNS, ALBERTA HUNTER, RENA MITCHELL and JIMMY WRIGHT ..... CREDITS: Book by DOROTHY and DuBOSE HEYWARD ("Porgy", "Porgy and Bess"); Incidental music composed by JEROME KERN; Sets designed by PERRY WATKINS; Produced and Directed by GUTHRIE McCLINTIC
..... 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 5 7/8" X 8 7/8" inches and includes a wonderful photo of ETHEL WATERS on the front and production credits and excerpts from a number of New York reviews on the backside ..... CONDITION: This rare handbill 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.