Photograph, Theater - "Four of a Kind" at the Playbarn, 1920
1920
5 7/8 in. H
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8 5/8 in. W
8 1/2 in. H X 11 in. W
8 1/2 in. H X 11 in. W
Copy of a black and white photograph of the cast of "Four of a Kind: A Play for a Boat", performed July 2 and 3, 1920 at the Madison Playbarn. The cast, stand from left to right, are ... Robert Grenelle (Wang Sing / "Chinaman"), Hardwick Nevin (Priest / Father Jerolomen), Phillip Platt (Smike). Seated, left to right: Rudolf Willard (Jake), Hector Mac Quarry (Crawls)The play was published in "Told In a Chinese Garden, And Four Other Fantastic Plays for Out-doors Or In-doors." in 1920 by Henry Holt and Company, New York, and reprinted as "Four of a Kind: A Play for a Boat in One Act" in 1920 by Samuel French, New York/London. 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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