Playbill for Julius Caesar: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Playbill for Julius Caesar. White background with yellow box at top; grey box below with graphic of a man's face, though the face has been altered or created for several different pictures patched together. [PLAYBILL/BELASCO THEATRE/JULIUS/CAESAR/WWW.PLAYBILL.COM]

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2005
• Published by: Playbill, American, founded 1884
• Created by: Belasco Theatre, American, 1895 - 1964
• Subject of: Denzel Washington, American, born 1954
• Subject of: Colm Feore, Canadian, born 1958
• Subject of: Jessica Hecht, American, born 1965
• Subject of: William Sadler, American, born 1950
• Subject of: Tamara Tunie, American, born 1959
• Subject of: Eamonn Walker, English, born 1962
• Type: theater programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 8 1/2 x 5 5/8 in. (21.6 x 14.3 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Broadway Theatre
• Topic: Tragedy (Theatre)
• Object number: 2011.45.50
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kayla Deigh Owens
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.