Description: This is a rare November 28th, 1929 ticket stub from the opening weeks of the Original Broadway production of the NOEL COWARD musical operette "BITTER SWEET" at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City. (The production opened November 5th, 1929 and ran for 159 performances.) ..... The musical starred EVELYN LAYE, MIREILLE and GERALD NODIN and featured TREVOR GLYN, AUDREY POINTING, PATRICK LUDLOW, MAX KIRBY, JOAN STANBROUGH, CONSTANCE PERRIN, CECILE MAULE-COLE, ISABEL OHMEAD, TRACY HOLMES, KATHLEEN LAMBELET, CHARLES MORTIMER, DONALD GORDON, RICHARD THORPE, HOOPER RUSSELL, LESLIE BANNISTER, ANTHONY NEVILLE, DOUGLAS GRAEME-BROOKE, MARJORIE RAYMOND, NANCY BROWN, ISLA BEVAN, WINIFRED TALBOT, VESTA SYLVA, PETER DONALD, ZOE GORDON, NANCY BARNETT, DOROTHY DEBENHAM, SYLVIA LESLIE, DESMOND JEANS, LOUIS MILLER, ALBERT CHAPMAN, JOHN EVELYN, JANE MOORE, CUNNINGHAM GLEN, PAUL SPENDER-CLAY, HUGH CUENOD, GEORGE WOOF and EDDIE LISBONA ..... Side Note: The musical opened one week after "Black Tuesday" (October 29th, 1929), which is known as the worst day in stock market history and the start of the Great Depression. NOEL COWARD however thrived during this period, writing a succession of popular hits ranging from large-scale spectaculars to intimate comedies. By then one of the world's highest-earning writers, with an annual income in 1929 of £50,000, Coward followed Bitter Sweet with Private Lives (1930), Cavalcade (1931) at London's Drury Lane and Design for Living (1932). In Private Lives, Coward starred alongside his most famous stage partner, Gertrude Lawrence, together with the young Laurence Olivier. It was a highlight of both Coward's and Lawrence's career, selling out in both London and New York. Design for Living, written for Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, was so risqué, with its theme of bisexuality and a ménage à trois, that Coward premiered it in New York, knowing that it would not survive the censor in London. (Wikipedia) ..... CREDITS: Book, Music and Lyrics by NOEL COWARD; Sets and Costumes designed by GLADYS E. CALTHROP; Orchestra conducted by FRANK TOURS; Directed by NOEL COWARD; Produced by FLORENZ ZIEGFELD and ARCH SELWYN by arrangement with CHARLES B. COCHRAN ..... DETAILS: This rare November 28th, 1929 ticket stub measures approx. 1 1/2" X 1 1/2" inches ..... CONDITION: With the exception of glue residue on the backside, this rare ticket stub is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.
Price: 49.99 USD
Location: Cannon Beach, Oregon
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