The Theatre Guild's 1926 revival of George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" (1913) opened in New York on November 15 with stars Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. It ran for 143 performances before going on the road. The production reached Cleveland in 1927 by which time it had acquired a promotional illustration by the New Yorker's Peter Arno.
"Pygmalion" was originally slated to come to the Hollis St. Theatre in Boston for two weeks at the end of 1929, but it was postponed to January of 1930 at some time after the flyers were first printed; hence the date of the production has been overprinted on the back of the flyer. The published reviews indicate that the Theatre Guild production had completed runs in New York and Philadelphia. The other illustrations in the four-page flyer are unsigned and appear more generic than the Arno.
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| Peter Arno Colonel Pickering, Eliza Doolittle, and Henry Higgins "Pygmalion" (1913) by George Bernard Shaw Theatre Guild traveling production, Cleveland 1927 |
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"Pygmalion" was originally slated to come to the Hollis St. Theatre in Boston for two weeks at the end of 1929, but it was postponed to January of 1930 at some time after the flyers were first printed; hence the date of the production has been overprinted on the back of the flyer. The published reviews indicate that the Theatre Guild production had completed runs in New York and Philadelphia. The other illustrations in the four-page flyer are unsigned and appear more generic than the Arno.
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| Peter Arno Colonel Pickering, Eliza Doolittle, and Henry Higgins" Pygmalion" (1913) by George Bernard Shaw Theatre Guild traveling production, Boston 1930 |
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| Eliza Doolittle, Henry Higgins, and Colonel Pickering, left Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins, right "Pygmalion" (1913) by George Bernard Shaw Theatre Guild traveling production, Boston 1930 |
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| George Bernard Shaw, back cover Colonel Pickering, Eliza Doolittle, and Henry Higgins, front cover "Pygmalion" (1913) by George Bernard Shaw Theatre Guild traveling production, Boston 1930 |
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