Egypts' Eyes 1
Poster, Theater - "Egypts' Eyes" Madison Playbarn, Red - 1
1922
Paper
22 in. H
X
14 in. W
Large portrait-oriented poster advertising "Egypts' Eyes," a three act play at the Madison Playbarn on Boston Post Road opposite the Green. Top half contains a hand drawn picture of an Egyptian man and a tablet with hieroglyphs. Bottom half contains handwritten and colored information about the performance. Admission cost 50 cents, $1.00, or $2.00, with tickets sold at the gate or applied for at Island Avenue with C. Wilcox. Performance advertised to take place on Friday, July 21, 1922 and Saturday, July 22, 1922 at 8:15 P.M. D.S.T.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.
2020.032.005