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Lot 17. Katharine Cornell and Kirk Douglas 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. Douglas. (Born 1916). American stage and film actor, film producer and author.

Original 7x9.5 playbill from the 1942 production of The Three Sisters at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Signed in black ink on first cast page by Cornell and on second cast page by Douglas. A very early Douglas signature.

Light age toning, cover ripped along spine.

MB. $25. Est. $65