Poster - "Egypts' Eyes" Madison Playbarn, Red - 4
Poster, Theater - "Egypts' Eyes" Madison Playbarn, Red - 4
1922
Paper
22 in. H
X
14 in. W
Large red portrait-oriented 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 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. Top half of the poster contains an Egyptian god holding a gold object in one hand and facing away from a tablet with hieroglyphs pictured to the right of him. Bottom half of the poster contains written details about the performance. Illustrations and writing are all colored and done by hand.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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