{"product_id":"1451320-1940-broadway-playbill-for-romeo-and-juliet-signed-by-laurence-ollvier-vivien-leigh-and-four-0ther-cast-members","title":"1451320   1940  Shakespeare. BROADWAY PLAYBILL FOR ROMEO AND JULIET, SIGNED BY LAURENCE OLlVIER, VIVIEN LEIGH, et al.","description":"\u003c!--StartFragment --\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOriginal playbill for the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003enotorio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eus \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e19\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf3\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e40\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Broadway \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eproduction \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eof \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf4\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRomeo and Juliet directed by Laurence Olivier. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eplaybill \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eis \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003esigned \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eby \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOlivie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003er, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewho played Romeo, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand fellow cast \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003emembers \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVivien \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLeigh (Juliet), Halliwell Hobbes (Capulet)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf5\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrank \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDowning \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e(Paris), Jack Merivalc \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e(Ballhasar), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJoseph Tomes (Gregory).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 10319.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOriginal playbill for the notorious 1940 Broadway production of Romeo and Juliet directed by Laurence Olivier. playbill is signed by Olivier, who played Romeo, and fellow cast members Vivien Leigh (Juliet), Halliwell Hobbes (Capulet), Frank Downing\u003cbr\u003e(Paris),Jack Merivalc (Balthasar), and Joseph Tomes (Gregory).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis elaborate production, designed ;rnd bankrolled by Olivier himself: flopped in New York. His Romeo was considered mannered, and Leigh's Juliet was inaudible. Audiences were distracted by the personal lives of the leads, real-life lovers well past\u003cbr\u003etheir teen years, who were al Lite lime still married lo other people. Back iu Hollywood, producer David 0 . Selznick fretted at the potential damage to the film careers of Olivier, who had just finished filming Rebecca, and Leigh, who had jusl won her first Oscar for Gone with the Wind. Romeo and Juliet closed afler only 35 performances.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe playbill features notes on the Broadway cast, framed by entertaining vintage advertisements for liquor, cigarettes, and the latest fashions. The signatures on the front wrapper include that of English actor Jack Merivale, who would become Leigh's companion for the last decade of her !ife, after her divorce from Olivier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!--EndFragment --\u003e","brand":"1940","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41346084831405,"sku":"10319","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0284\/7646\/products\/10319.jpg?v=1645021223","url":"https:\/\/www.nrarities.com\/products\/1451320-1940-broadway-playbill-for-romeo-and-juliet-signed-by-laurence-ollvier-vivien-leigh-and-four-0ther-cast-members","provider":"The Gillespie Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}