Autographed Playbill for A Raisin in the Sun
date: label: Date
content: 1959
name: label: Published by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Louis Gossett Jr., American, 1936 - 2024
label: Subject of
content: Lonne Elder III, American, 1927 - 1996
label: Subject of
content: Diana Sands, American, 1934 - 1973
label: Subject of
content: Douglas Turner Ward, born 1930
label: Subject of
content: Ossie Davis, American, 1917 - 2005
label: Subject of
content: Ruby Dee, American, 1924 - 2014
notes: label: Description
content: An autographed playbill for Raisin in the Sun Vol.3, No. 38. Front cover, along the top, on the left is gray with black type that reads "Ethel/ Barrymore/ Theatre" and to the right, yellow with black type that reads “PLAYBILL / a weekly magazine for theatregoers." In the yellow field are handwritten signatures in blue ink by several of the actors: Louis Gossett (George Murchison), Lonne Elder III (Bobo), Diana Sands (Beneatha Younger), Douglas Turner (one of the Moving Men). Underneath, there is a black-and-white depiction of a man and a woman. The man is behind woman with his arms around her in a gray sweater and woman is looking out of the corner of her eyes at the man and is wearing a black top with white polka-dots around the collar seams. At the bottom left, in white type, are letters that read "RAISIN IN THE SUN." Interior pages, off-white with black type and black-and-white images, 32 pages total. On pg. 7, there are multiple signatures and notes in blue ink. Back cover is an ad for Chesterfield cigarettes, in color, with multiple color images, squares with rounded corners, of a man and woman at various New York landmarks.
place: label: Place used
content: New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Broadway Theatre
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Drama (Theatre)
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: Tragedy (Theatre)
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gifted with pride from Ellen Brooks
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.167.1
objectType: label: Type
content: magazines (periodicals)
label: Type
content: playbills
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper with metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 8 15/16 × 6 9/16 in. (22.7 × 16.7 cm)