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Our auction closed promptly at 9:00 pm PST on December 15, 2011. We can no longer accept bids for this auction. Please return in December to participate in our next auction.Lot 16. Katharine Cornell and Brian Aherne Cornell. (1893-1974). Renowned stage actress whose illustrious career spanned five decades. At the age of 58, she recreated the role of Elizabeth Barrett in The Barretts of Wimpole Street on live television in 1956, twenty-five years after she first played it in the original 1931 Broadway production. She won Broadway's 1948 Tony Award as Best Actress. Aherne. (1902-1986). British actor of both stage and screen, who found success in Hollywood.
Original 7x9.5 playbill from the 1935 production of The Barretts of Wimpole Street at the Martin Beck Theatre. Signed by Cornell and Aherne in blue ink on cover. Original ticket stub affixed to cast page.
Soiling to cover.
MB. $25. Est. $75