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This is a rare, 1892 Park Theatre Program for a play titled "A Temperance Town". The play was managed by Hoyt's Madison Square Theatre Company in Boston Massachusetts. Presented in a horizontal format, this 12 page program features a brief synopsis of the play and its scenes, as well as a list of the players. As with all such theater memorabilia, there is a profusion of local advertising. The pagination includes the exterior covers. On the front is a charming line drawing of the foyer of the theatre. A man and woman are purchasing tickets; chandeliers hang from the ceiling, and doors leading to seats can be seen in the background. the picture is bordered by an ornate edging with a "floral" motif. ********************************************* Park Theatre Program / Boston Massachusetts / Monday, December 6, 1892 / For a Performance of "A Temperance Town" / Presented by Arthur Voegtlin. / Hoyt's Madison Square Theatre Company / Chas. H. Hoyt, Manager. ************************************************ Scenes : : Act I : Backyard of the Parsonage - "The Temperance Crowd". / Act II : Fred Oakhurst's Saloon - "The Rum Crowd" / Act III : Tableau 1 - Dining Room at the Parsonage - "The Thanksgiving Dinner" (In the Cause of Temperance, the wait between Tableaus 1 and 2 will be made too brief to allow going out. Kindly sit still.) / Act III : Tableau 2 - Outside the Church - "The Thanksgiving Sermon" / Act IV : Interior of the Court House - "The Trial of the Rumseller." ********************************************** CAST : Richard J. Dillon, George Richards, Eugene Canfield, W. H. Currie, Wm. Cullington, Miss Mabel Craig, Miss Elsie Lombard, Miss Laura Ayer, Miss Evelyn Pollock, Miss Marie Uart, Joseph Frankau, H. W. Brinkley, E. F. Nagle, David Davies, George Ober, Chas. Slade, A. W. Moore, Jas. H. Horan, Harry Luckstone. ************************************************ PHYSICAL DETAILS : Theatre Program; paper booklet of 12 pages (including covers; 9" x 6 1/2" (horizontal orientation) pictorial wraps, stapled (two staples). The program contain a considerable amount of period advertisements, some with illustrations. (We have provided views of the pages, in which one may see the various advertisements, as well as a list of the dramatic players.) / STATUS : OP. Rare . Seldom emerging on the market. / CONDITION - GOOD PLUS - The program is a bit rough . worn about the edge, with various small tears, nicks and creases. There was splitting to the spine fold, but one can see that some neatly effected mending has been done thereto. The program has no marking or writing, and, with the above imperfections taken into account, remains clean and presentable. MUSEUM QUALITY EPHEMERA. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1585
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