Playbills (29 results)
PLAYBILL AT THIS THEATRE: 100 YEARS OF BROADWAY SHOWS, STORIES AND STARS (one theater)
BOTTO, LOUIS.;.VIAGAS, ROBERT ED & MITCHELL, BRIAN STOKES PREFACE.BIRSH, PHILIP Pub Word
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: WONDERFUL BOOKS BY MAIL, CHICO-CA, CA, U.S.A.WONDERFUL BOOKS BY MAIL
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paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S35.00) DUST JACKET.clean, solid, bright; GOLD SPINE & COVER TITLES ON BLACK CLOTH HARD COVERS.BRIGHT YELLOW ENDPAPERS.; Many photos & Playbill cover art; 359pg pages; biography of those living, breathing bu…ildings we call theatres. In this substantially updated version, Botto includes the histories of all the theatres rescued from the wrecker in the last ten years, including the American Airlines Theatre, Disney's New Amsterdam, and the Lyric and the Apollo, now combined into the Ford Center. AT THIS THEATRE is filled with great stories featuring a cast of characters including Ethel Merman, David Merrick, Katharine Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart and Spencer Tracy. ************THEATER HISTORY*******with many Playbill's used as decour. Illustrated by 13 Playbill's cover art (illustrator).
Published by Crown Publishers, 1968, 1968
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Virtuous Volumes et al., Wilson, WI, U.S.A.Virtuous Volumes et al.
Contact seller4-star sellerHard Cover. Condition: Good+ to Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+ to Very Good. Third Revised Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Good+ to Very Good/Good+ to Very Good. Third Revised Edition, First Printing. Ex-Library. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Front hinge covering missing and hinge partly cracked down from about 3" fro…m top and about 1/2" at bottom, bottom corner tips frayed and bottom board edges rubbed, call numbers on faded spine and bar code on rear panel of d/j which is mylar covered and taped on with browned tape, library name stamp on bottom page edges, on ffep, one entry in index highlighted in pink. 1008 pages. With Hundreds of Illustrations from Photographs, Playbills, Contemporary Prints, Etc. (illustrator). Ex-Library.
Published by 1993, New York, 1993
- Softcover
Seller: DR Fine Arts, New York, NY, U.S.A.DR Fine Arts
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Add to basketSoft Cover. Condition: Good. This is the souvenir program (larger than the ones given to ticket holders); full of color photographs from the musical; also starring Kelli Rabke, Clifford David; directed by Steven Pimlott; the programs has partical foldout front cover and centerpiece; softcovers have some rubbing, otherwise in VER…Y GOOD COND.
Published by The Music Box, New York 1991, 1991
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: DR Fine Arts, New York, NY, U.S.A.DR Fine Arts
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Add to basketSoft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. B&w photo of Julie Harris on front cover of softcover playbill; in VERY GOOD COND.
Published by The Playhouse, New York 1958, 1958
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Add to basketSoft Cover. Condition: Good. Staged by Joshua Logan, come of the cast on front of playbill; other case members: June walker, Pat Stanley, Carol Lynley; at tiny nick at bottom, otherwise in GOOD COND.
Published by Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 1964, 1864
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Add to basketSoft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Front cover of the playbill has a photo of Julie Harris costume; other cast members: Betty Walker, Estelle Parsons; directed by Joshua Logan; in VERY GOOD COND.
Published by Lyceum theatre; 1966., 1966
- Softcover
Seller: DR Fine Arts, New York, NY, U.S.A.DR Fine Arts
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Add to basketSoft Cover. Condition: Good. Original Playbill from the APA- Phoenix Repertory Company; at the Lyceum theatre; play by Luigi Pirandello ( English Version by Eric Bentley) ; directed by Stephen Porter; playbill has all the plays from the season but the insert is the single playbill for RIGHT YOU ARE; other cast: Richard Woods, Go…rdon Gould. in Good Cond.
Published by East 74th St. Theatre 1961., 1961
- Softcover
Seller: DR Fine Arts, New York, NY, U.S.A.DR Fine Arts
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Add to basketSoft Cover. Condition: Good. Original playbill; play by N.F. Simpson; directed by Douglas Seale. In Good Cond.
Published by 1982., 1982
- Softcover
Seller: DR Fine Arts, New York, NY, U.S.A.DR Fine Arts
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Add to basketSoft Cover. Condition: Good. Original playbill ( with previous owners name across front of playbill);directed by Tommy Tune; othercast members: Liliane Montevecchi, Anita Morris; in GOOD COND.
Published by John Golden Theatre, N.Y.1983., 1983
- Softcover
Seller: DR Fine Arts, New York, NY, U.S.A.DR Fine Arts
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Add to basketSoft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Original playbill; at the John Golden Theatre, N.Y. ; play by Marsha Norman, directed by Tom Moore; in VERY GOOD COND.
Published by New York City Center of Music and Drama 1957., 1957
- Softcover
Seller: DR Fine Arts, New York, NY, U.S.A.DR Fine Arts
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Add to basketSoft Cover. Condition: Good. Program is of a Gala Spring Musical Season of 1957; some other cast members: Paula Laurence, Maria Karnilova; in GOOD COND.
Published by Anta Theatre, N.Y. 1961., 1961
- Softcover
Seller: DR Fine Arts, New York, NY, U.S.A.DR Fine Arts
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Add to basketSoft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Playbill has Emlyn Williams on the front cover; this program notes that this is Faye Dunaway making her Broadway debut; othercast members: George Rose, William Redfield; in VERY GOOD COND.
Language: English
Published by New York: 1957 und 1967., 1967
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Antiquariat Carl Wegner, Berlin, B, GermanyAntiquariat Carl Wegner
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Add to basketSoftcover. 2 x 20 Seiten und 2 x 44 Seiten. Mit Besetzungszetteln, Abbildungen. und Inseraten. Originalhefte. 8°. Gut erhalten. -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! // Bitte beachten Sie auch unsere Fotos! / Plea…se also note our photos! / Veuillez noter nos photos -- Sommer in Berlin! Sie brauchen Lektüre? Wir haben sie. Kommen Sie in unser Ladengeschäft zum Stöbern! -- Wir kaufen Ihre werthaltigen Bücher! K05409-6524.
Published by Alvin Theatre, N.Y. 1952., 1952
- Softcover
Seller: DR Fine Arts, New York, NY, U.S.A.DR Fine Arts
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Add to basketSoft Cover. Condition: Good. Playbill with a drawing of Bette Davis on the front cover; other cast members: director- Jerome Robbins, Nora Kaye, Hiram Sherman, George Irving, Maria Karnilova, in GOOD COND.
Published by Playbills / The Joyce Theater Foundation, 1983, 1983
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst edition Near fine stapled wraps with clean profusely illustrated text throughout. With photographs of The Living Theatre Company as well as individuals of the theatre including Judith Malina and Julian Beck.
Language: English
Published by Westernlore Press, Los Angeles, 1966
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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Condition: Used - Fine
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 212 Pp. Red Cloth Lettered In Yellow, Yellow Endpapers. First Printing (No Additional Printing Shown). Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket Priced $7.50, Some Fading To Spine Panel But Lettering Still Strong. Not A History Of Western American Partisan Politics,…Actually A History Of More Temporary And Transient Circuses Where Wild Animals Are Caged, Led, And Perform But Without Long-Term Bad Effects Or Failures To Act, Unlike Citizens. Illustrations By Author; Illustrations Of Antique Posters, Playbills, Etc. (illustrator).
Published by The Book Club of California, San Francisco, 1951
- First Edition
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.sonalsorises
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Add to basketCondition: Near Fine. First Ediiton. First Edition. One of 850 copies printed for The Book Club of California for 1951. Scarce in original mailing envelops. Minor fading to #1. Illustrated, Playbills (illustrator).
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents
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Add to basketCondition: Good. 1-Al Jolson in Hold on to your Hats; 2-Katherine Hepburn in Philadelphia Story; 3-Arsenic and Old Lace; 4-Hope for the Best; 5-State of the Union; 6-Three to Make Ready; 7-Years Ago; 8-Where's Charley? ; 9-Kiss me Kate; 10-Pal Joey. Good, or VG. 10 Playbills. Sold only as a group.
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents
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Add to basketCondition: VG. In lot: 1944 - The Perfect Marriage; 1946 Dream Girl; 1947 Music in My Heart; 1947 The Heiress; 1947 Bathsheba; 1947 Born Yesterday. VG. Lot of 6 individual issues. Octavo wraps. no owner marks.
More imagesIllinois Theatre: Charles Frohman Presents Otis Skinner in a Play in Four Acts, The Silent Voice by Jules Eckert Goodman; Founded on a Story by Gouverneur Morris
[Illinois Theatre]; [Drama]; [Playbills]; [Amusement Company of Illinois]
Published by Amusement Company of Illinois, Chicago, 1915
- Hardcover
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 8vo. 40 cm x 31 cm. [1], 2-24 pp. Staple-bound pamphlet with the wrappers printed in pink, gold, red, blue, grey, white, green, and black. Illustrated with several full-page color and black and white illustrations. The program for the play The Silent Voice, with advertisements for Swift's Premium… bacon, the Pathfinder, the two door touring car, Hotel La Salle, the Victrola, Asia cafe, a Chinese-American restaurant on Wabash Ave., the Mandarin Inn, another Chinese-American restaurant on Wabash, legal advice on ticket scalping, an advertisement for a musical, A.C. McClurg's stationary, ads for beer, and a color ad for Libby's canned pineapple. A colorful and vivid depiction of Chicago's theatre scene and several of its local companies as they were in the early twentieth century. A tiny chip to the rear wrapper.
More imagesPublished by Phil Thomas' Yogi Magic Mart, Baltimore, Maryland, 1956
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Antic Hay Books, Asbury Park, NJ, U.S.A.Antic Hay Books
Contact seller5-star sellerVery Good (covers nice with little wear & some extremely light discoloration); contents clean & tight. 8vo., cream pictorial wraps; 44 pages First Edition. Signed on the copyright page by Milbourne Christopher. Illustrated with rare engravings, prints, playbills, lithographs and photographs from the author's collection. (illustr…ator). Signed.
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents
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Add to basketCondition: Good. 1930s and 1940s. 26 playbills from major New York City theatres like the Shubert, Albin, Hudson, Morosco as well as programs from experimental and regional theatres as Federal Theatre and Jewish theatres , eg, Artef. Separate issues, not bound together. 29 playbills with 3 duplicates. Some Good, most are VG. Lis…t of titles available on request. 29 individual programs.
- Hardcover
- Print on Demand
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, IndiaTrue World of Books
Contact seller5-star sellerLeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1900 edition.… NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 21 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents
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Add to basketCondition: VG. NY 1933-1937. 28 programs. Many have some pen notations, presumably by J. Leonard Douglas. Table of contents handwritten in ink on front blank end pages. Includes performances by Tallulah Bankhead, John Gielgud, American debut of Bob Hope and many other notable actors. VG, light wear on corners. Sold only as a lot….
More imagesPublished by c1920., NP:, 1920
Seller: Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books, ABAA, Florham Park, NJ, U.S.A.Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller3-star sellerInteresting collection of movie advertisements from the early days of the motion picture industry. Probably the most interesting is one featuring Mary Pickford in Cinderella. Other Films ilms include Black Beauty. The Italian, The Country Boy, The Law Decides, The Typhoon, The Lights of New York, and The Mutiny of the Elsinore.…Most of the films were made by Paramount Pictures, but a couple were produced by Vitagraph. Film stars include Noah Beery, Sr., Frank Andrews, Dorothy Kelly, William H. Crane, Tex Driscoll, Jean Paige, and Edward Lewis. Nice small collection of movie memorabilia.
More imagesPublished by 1793-1796], 1793
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, London, United KingdomMaggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA
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Add to basketSingle sheets printed on the recto only (c.315 x 200mm). Sheets browned in place and with some staining, largely uncut with some chipping to the edges and a little creased but without any loss of text. [Hull: John Rawson, A group of playbills advertising plays, musical performances and other spectacles at the Theatre Royal in… Hull, an important port city in East Yorkshire on the Humber estuary. This collection provides evidence of which actors where touring the provinces and which plays were popular. A number of the performances advertised here were ?by the desire? of the local Freemason?s and include Masonic songs and, on one occasion, a large painted ?transparency? showing ?the Mysterious Emblems of Masonry.? The theatre was also used for a performance for the local hunt with appropriate hunting songs between the plays. These playbills document the period when the Theatre Royal was managed by the great theatrical empresario, Tate Wilkinson (1739-1803) who documented his life in the theatre in great detail in Memoirs of his Own Life (1790) and The Wandering Patentee, or, A History of the Yorkshire Theatres from 1770 to the Present Time (1795). Very Rare. Not in ESTC or OCLC. There are copies of many of these playbills in York Minster Library in Tate Wilkinson?s own collection of playbills from his time as actor/manager of the Hull Theatre Royal 1766-1803 (see Fitsimmons and McDonald, The Yorkshire Stage 1766-1803 (1989) which includes a calendar of all the playbills in the Wilkinson collection at York Minster. Tate Wilkinson (1739-1803) was a successful actor and theatre manager who was responsible for the northern circuit of theatres which included Hull but also York and Leeds and made them highly successful by transferring popular plays from London but also reflecting the interests of the local audience. In 1769, Wilkinson purchased two Royal Patents that allowed his theatres in York and Hull to be named "Theatre Royal." Benefit of Mr. Warren?Friday Evening the 27th of December, 1793, will be performed a Comic Opera, call?d the Duenna; or the Double Elopement?To which will be added (2d Time) a Musical Piece in two Acts, called Children in the Wood. Includes ?the first Appearance on any Stage? of the young Master Hamerton playing the part of Boy in Children in the Wood. Manuscript note in the lower half of the sheet recording the takings (£13.13.0) Benefit of the Musicians?Wednesday Evening the 8th of January, 1794, will be Performed a Play call?d the Surrender of Calais?To which will e added a Farce.call?d Two String to your Bow. Benefit of Mr. Warren and Mrs. Jarman. Wednesday Evening the 22nd of January, 1794, will presented a favorite comedy, call?d the Dramatist; or, Stop Him Who Can?at the End of the Play, A Dissertation on Jealousy, describing its various Effects in the Spanish, Dutch, Italian, French and English Husband, by Mrs Jarman?to which will e added a Comic Opera?call?d Castle of Andalusia; or, The Man?s the Master. With a long note at the head of the sheet stating that a previous benefit for Warren and Jarman at the Theatre Royal had been ?exceeding unproductive? and that Mr. Wilkinson has therefore allowed them to perform again with a polite appreciation of the ?kind patronage and support of a candid and generous public.? Manuscript note in the lower half of the sheet recording the takings (£20.10.0) Benefit of Miss Reynolds?Tuesday Evening the 28th of Nauary, 1794, will be Performed a Comic Opera in three Acts, call?d the Haunted Tower?to which will be added a Comic Opera, (never perform?d here) call?d Sprigs of Laurel. Manuscript note in the lower half of the sheet recording the takings (£37.5.6) By Desire of the Worshipful Master and Brethren of the Rodney Lodge. Benefit of Mr. Michell?Friday Evening the 31st of January, 1794, Will be presented a favorite Comedy, call?d the Young Quaker?A Transparency, representing the Genii of the Masonic Order unfolding a Mantle containing the Mysterious Emblems of Masonry. Painted by Mrs Michell for the Rodney Lodge. A Masonic Song by Mr Michell. And (by Desire) the favorite Comedy of the Child of Nature?A Sea Song by Mr Michell. After which a favorite Burletta, called Poor Vulcan. (Last Night but One.) For the Benefit of Mr. Walker and Mrs. Bainbridge?Wednesday Evening the 5th of February, 1794, will be presented a Musical Farce, call?d Rosina?and with a Farce call?d Modern Antiques; or, the Merry Mourners?The celebrated Song of, The Wolf, by Mr Walker. To which will be added the Comic Opera of No Song no Supper Tuesday Evening the 11th of Novemer, 1794, will be presented a favourite Comedy called, The Child of Nature?after which the Comic Opera of the Flitch of Bacon?to which will be added, The Sultan; or, a Peep into the Seraglio Tuesday Evening the 9th of December, 1794, will be presented a New Tragedy (never performed here) called, Fontainville Forest. (As performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent Garden with universal Applause)?To which will be added a New Comic Opera, (never performed here) called, My Grandmother?with New Scenery, painted by Mr. Michell. With a note after the main text on pricing: ?Tickets, Boxes 3s.- Pit 2s. -First Gal 1s. 6d. ? Upper GAL. 1s?No places kept after the first Act. ? No Half Price to the Upper Gallery. ? No servants to be admitted without Pay.? Wednesday Evening the 10th of December, 1794, Will be presented the favourite Comedy, of Every One has his Fault?to which will be added a Comic Opera, calld Sprigs of Laurel. A printed note at the foot of the sheet announces two new plays coming to the theatre on the following Friday: the Beggars Opera and Irishman in London. Benefit of Mr. and Mrs. Wood?Friday Evening the 19th of December, 1794, will be performed a Comic Opera, called The Maid of the Mill?the favourite Glee, ?We be three Poor Mariners??after which (never Sung here) the much admired Glee, ?You Gentlemen of England,??to which will be added a Fa.
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents
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Add to basketCondition: VG. NY 1942-1980. 48 individual programs - no duplicates and not bound in hardcover. Each octavo wraps. VG. Sold only as a group.
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents
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Add to basketCondition: VG. All for shows in New York City, all octavo wraps, all in VG , VG plus or Fine condition with the exception of about 30 which have had the advertisement sections removed. Over 270 separate issues, a very few are duplicates. Includes all the big shows as Cats, Damn Yankees, Jesus Christ Superstar, Bubbling Brown Sug…ar, Cabaret, Glass Menagerie with Maureen Stapletone and Rip Torn; Funny Girl with Streisand, George M, Norman Conquest, Equus and some lesser known plays as Acciddental Death of an Anarchist. Quite a few issues have short neat ink note on top of first page giving the owner's opinion of the show and often the date of the performance. 270 issues (sold only as a lot).
More imagesSeller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller Inc.
Contact seller5-star seller64 playbills, all with block-printed & color-stencilled (kappazuri ???) covers, all composed of three or four leaves, block-printed throughout with full-page illus. Small 4to (ca. 185 x 135 mm.), each self-bound. Osaka: ca. 1808?-80? A remarkable survival: a collection of 64 extremely rare kabuki playbills from the historical th…eater district of Osaka. These playbills all have three or four leaves, and their covers are color-printed using stencils (kappazuri, a technique unique to the Kamigata region). They depict the main characters and the icon of the theater, and the succeeding leaves visually depict the story of the play or plays, with accompanying explanation of the plot, list of people associated with the production, and theaters where performances would take place. We have divided these plays into groups arranged by publisher: 1. 52 playbills: Honsei, which successively used different names over the years: Honsei ??, Honya seishichi ????, and Tamaoki ?? 2. 8 playbills: Gyokk?ken ??? 3. 1 playbill: Sueyoshi ???? 4. 3 playbills: Tachibanaya ushimatsu ????? The leaders of the troupes were: ????; ???? (& ???, ??, ???, ???, ???, ??); ???? (& ???, ???, ???, ???); ????? (& ??); ????? (& ???); ?????; ???? (& ???, ???, ???, ???, ??, ???, ??, ???, ????, ??); ???? (& ???); ?????; ????; ????; ?????; ??????; and ????? The playbills are undated, but some indicate one character of the zodiac year, giving us a ballpark idea based on the known activities of the publishers. In very good condition.
