Mar 20 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2697 -

Sale 2697 - Lot 231

Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(ENTERTAINMENT--THEATER.) Program for "Out of Bondage," featuring Sam Lucas and the Hyers sisters. 4 pages, 14¼ x 10¼ inches; separation at main fold, other minor wear. Southbridge, MA, 19 February 1877

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The Hyers family were groundbreaking figures who brought Black musical theater to the general public. Singing and acting sisters Anna Madah Hyers and Emma Louise Hyers were managed by their father Samuel B. Hyers. "Out of Bondage" was their best-known production, a story of slavery and emancipation with a Black cast--here including the popular minstrel performer Sam Lucas. This independently produced playbill offers an illustrated act-by-act synopsis of the plot for Out of Bondage, a full cast list, and a page of press reviews. Out of Bondage debuted in May 1876, and this performance was early in its long run, taking place at Dresser Hall in Southbridge, Massachusetts.