Caesar and Cleopatra; Antony and Cleopatra
New York, NY: Playbill, 1952. 9" x 6.5". 32pp. Stapled pictorial wraps separated with chipping and closed tears, signed by Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier on front cover, illustrated throughout with black and white photos and advertisements. Very good.
Original Playbill from the 1952 run of the Caesar and Cleopatra/Antony and Cleopatra repertory at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York starring Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh and signed by both on the front cover.
Leigh and Olivier met in 1935 when both were married to other people. They began an affair when shooting Fire Over England in 1937 and married in 1940 after finalizing their respective divorces. They worked together frequently during the course of their 20-year marriage costarring in three movies and over a dozen plays. Leigh starred in the film production of Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra in 1945. In 1951 Leigh and Olivier performed Caesar and Cleopatra and Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra in London to good reviews and then moved the show to New York the following year. . Item #7964
Price: $750.00