Poster - "Egypts' Eyes", Red - 2
Poster, Theater - "Egypts' Eyes" Madison Playbarn, Red - 2
1922
Paper
22 in. H
X
14 in. W
Large portrait-oriented red poster advertising "Egypts' Eyes," a three act play presented by the Madison Playbarn on Boston Post Road opposite the Green. Performance advertised to take place on Friday, July 21, 1922 and Saturday, July 22, 1922 at 8.15 P.M. D.S.T. Admission cost $0.50, $1.00, or $2.00, with tickets sold at the gate or applied for with C. Wilcox at Island Ave. Top half of the poster contains a hand drawn seated Egyptian man with a tablet containing hieroglyphs slightly above and to the right of his picture. Bottom half contains the handwritten information. Illustrations and text are in color.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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