Egypts' Eyes poster tan
Poster, Theater - "Egypts' Eyes" Madison Playbarn, Tan
1922
Paper
14 in. H
X
22 in. W
12 in. H X 19 in. W
12 in. H X 19 in. W
Large landscape-oriented poster advertising "Egypts' Eyes," a three act play, in the Madison Play Barn. Top half section is a darker tan color with a hand drawn scene of a horse and Egyptians holding axes, spears, and shields. Bottom section is a lighter beige color with the handwritten information on the performance. Beneath this pined-on piece is inscribed, “1918 to 1917 Gymnasium March 6.” There is a tan color between the two previously mentioned shades surround both sections as a border. Performance was Friday, July 21, 1922 and Saturday, July 22, 1922 at 8:15 P.M. D.S.T. Admission cost 50 cents, $1.00, or $2.00, with tickets sold at the gate or applied for at Island Avenue with C. Wilcox.Madison was home to the country's earliest summer theater. In 1918, Constance Grenelle Wilcox and Alice B. Keating founded the Woodland Garden Plays. The first performances were held in the woods behind the Wilcox home on Island Avenue, but later moved into an old barn on the property, called the "Playbarn". The plays were popular fundraisers for charitable causes including post WWI relief, the Madison Historical Society and the preservation of the Lee Academy.
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