Mar 30, 2023 - Sale 2631

Sale 2631 - Lot 212

Price Realized: $ 1,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(ENTERTAINMENT--THEATER.) Playbill for a performance of Othello signed by its star, Paul Robeson. 32 pages. 4to, original illustrated wrappers, separation at spine with inner tape repairs, light vertical fold, other moderate wear and toning; signed "Kind wishes to an old friend, Paul Robeson" on front wrapper, signature slightly smudged. [New York], 23 January 1944

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Robeson's groundbreaking portrayal of Othello opened at Broadway's Sam S. Shubert Theatre in October 1943, and continued for 280 performances.