Flyer for Paul Robeson in Othello at the Shubert Theatre: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

An advertising flier of Paul Robeson in Othello at the Shubert Theatre. The front of the flier has a red background with a black and white photo of Paul Robeson on the left side. In the background of the right side of the flier is the outline of a room with a curved border across the top and an arched doorway. At the bottom center of the flier is a white square with a red and white striped illustration of a curtain across the top. At the center of the flier in black and red ink is [PAUL ROBESON] followed by the name of the production company below it in red. Below that is [OTHELLO] followed by [by William Shakespeare] below it. Across the bottom of the square are the names of other actors in the play and the names of other producers of the play. Across the bottom of the flier in white is [SHUBERT THEATRE]. Underneath it is the address and the dates and times of the play.

The back of the flier has a white background with an orange and white curtain design at the top left corner. Text on the left side has four different reviews of the play with [PAUL ROBESON IN OTHELLO] printed across the top. Below and to the right of the text are four black and white photographs depicting various scenes from the play. At the bottom right corner is the Allied Printing Trades Council logo in black.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1943
• Issued by: Theatre Guild, American, founded 1918
• Subject of: Paul Robeson, American, 1898 - 1976
• Subject of: Shubert Theatre, American, founded 1913
• Printed by: Allied Printing Trades Council, founded 1911
• Type: fliers (printed matter)
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 8 15/16 × 5 15/16 in. (22.7 × 15.1 cm)
• Place depicted: New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Broadway Theatre
• Topic: Theatre
• Object number: 2025.17
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David L. Kaliner
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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