ORIGINAL PICTORIAL WRAPPERS; 14 pgs. TRIVIAL EXTERNAL WEAR; NEAR FINE. RATHER ELABORATE PICTORIAL PROGRAM FOR THE 1937 SEASON OF JACK KIRKLAND'S "TOBACCO ROAD", FOR WHICH HENRY HULL REPRISED THE ROLE OF LESTER JEETER WHICH HE HAD CREATED THREE YEARS EARLIER. COPIOUSLY ILLUSTRATED WITH STILLS FROM THE PRODUCTION, AND REPRODUCING THE TEXT OF TWO NEW YORK DAILY NEWS EDITORIALS PRAISING THE PLAY'S REALISTIC DEPICITON OF FARM TENANCY IN THE SOUTH. "TOBACCO ROAD" OPENED IN 1934 TO UNIFORMLY POOR CRITICAL NOTICES; THE SHOW NEARLY CLOSED IN ITS OPENING WEEKS, THEN GAINED STEAM AS HENRY HULL'S CLASSIC PORTRAYAL OF THE LAZY IGNORANT SHARECROPPER JEETER BECAME A WORD-OF-MOUTH CAUSE CELEBRE. IN THE END, "TOBACCO ROAD" BECAME ONE OF THE MOST TALKED ABOUT PLAYS OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION, FINALLY FINISHING ITS RUN IN 1941 AFTER NEARLY 3,200 PERFORMANCES. Seller Inventory # L6732

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Title: SOUVENIR PROGRAMME. JACK KIRKLAND AND SAM H....

Publication Date: 1935

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

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Shadetree Rare Books specializes in British, American and Classical literature and history, with an ever-expanding inventory of historical documents pertaining to Virginia, Pennsylvania and the Civil War. Shadetree also offers a wide variety of signed First Editions, as well as Art books and books on Architecture and Design. It features a nice collection of Twain, as well as Wodehouse and many others.

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26 South Main Street, Chatham, VA, 24531, U.S.A.

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