Subject: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and More
Size: Slightly under 9x12
Description: Program for the 1940 Broadway production of Romeo and Juliet, signed by stars Vivien Leigh (fresh from her triumph as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind) and Laurence Olivier on the cover. Inside are the scarce signatures of cast members Halliwell Hobbes, Cornel Wilde, Patricia Knight, Edmond O'Brien, Dame May Whitty, Charles Prescott, Wesley Addy, William Barrows, Ralph Brooke, Walter Brooke, Hazel Brown, Oliver Cliff, Frank Downing, H. Robert Edwards, Brant Gorman, Wilton Graff, Ralph Grayson, Earle Grey, Raymond Johnson, Alexander Knox, Jack Merivale, Tileston Perry, Joan Shepard, Clara Speer, Morton L. Stevens, Joseph Tomes, Katherine Warren, Ben Webster, Virginia Burchfield, and a few more who may have been backstage personnel. A stunningly rare item from the estate of operatic mezzo-soprano Nan Merriman, who performed in the play. (Vintage item from May or June 1940)
Condition: Fine with some creasing and minor edge wear