Peer Gynt
Contributors: Komisarjevsky, Theodore, 1882-1954; Simonson, Lee, 1888-1967; Kun, Ladislas; Archer, William, 1856-1924; Archer, Charles, 1861-1941; Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907; Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906; Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, b. 1875, donor; Theatre Guild; Shubert Theatre (Organization : New York, N.Y.); Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1923
Language: eng
Description: Sam S. Shubert Theatre, Shubert Theatrical Co., lessees and managers, Forty-Fourth Street, west of Broadway, fourth production of the fifth subscription season. The Theatre Guild presents "Peer Gynt," with Joseph Schildkraut, a dramatic poem by Henrik Ibsen, translation by William and Charles Archer. Music by Edward Grieg, the production directed by Theodore Komisarjevsky, settings and costumes by Lee Simonson. Orchestra under the direction of Prof. Ladislas Kun, eight numbers of the score are Professor Kun's adaptation of the Grieg themes especially prepared for the production. Stage manager: Jacob Weiser.
Notes: Sam S. Shubert Theatre [New York, N.Y.], week beginning Monday evening, May 7, 1923, matinees Wednesday and Saturday.

Title devised by Library staff.

Cast: Joseph Schildkraut, Louise Closser Hale, Bertha Broad, William Franklin, Ellen Larned, Alfred Alexander, Stanley G. Wood, Albert Carroll, Barbara Kitson, Stanley Howlett, Clement O'Loughlan, Elizabeth Zachry, Selena Royle, Francene Wouters, C. Porter Hall, Helen Sheridan, Armina Marshall, Charles Halton, William Franklyn, William M. Griffith, Patricia Barclay, Claire Bruce, Eve Casanova, Priscilla Platte, Betty Robbins, Gladys Wess, Frances Simpson, Ellen Larned, Elizabeth Zachry, Diane Seamon, Alfred Alexandre, Luigi Balestro, Romney Brent, Albert Carroll, Warren Hill, G. Porter Hall, William M. Griffith, Barbara Kitson, Craig Ellis, Alfred Alexandre, Luigi Balestro, Romney Brent, George McNamara, Warren Hill, Charles Tazewell, Craig Ellis.

Includes color illustrated covers and color illustrated advertisements for Djer-Kiss cosmetics, Kelly-Springfield tires and Murad cigarettes.

LC copy: Gift: Mrs. Grant Foreman, October 6, 1942.

In: American theater programs of the late 19th and 20th centuries (Library of Congress).