Original Deluxe Souvenir Program for the Play Hamlet by William Shakespeare Starring Maurice Evans
first edition
1938 · New York
by SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (HAMLET)
New York: Maurice Evans Productions, Inc, 1938. First Edition. Original deluxe souvenir program for the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare starring Maurice Evans. Paperbound, 8 7/8” x 11 3/4”, sixteen pages. Illustrated throughout with black & white scenes from the play of Evans and his fellow actors, including Henry Edwards as King Claudius, Raymond Johnson as Polonius, Katherine Locke as Ophelia, and Mady Christians as Gertrude. The program also includes an overview of Evans’ career to date. A very good copy with some minor use in printed wrappers. Maurice Evans (1901 - 1989) is noted as an accomplished Shakesperian actor and is best know in film for his role as the orangutan Dr. Zaius in Planet of the Apes and on television as Samantha Stephens’ (Elizabeth Montgomery) father Maurice in Bewitched. (Inventory #: 20734E)