Playbill for The Great White Hope: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Playbill for The Great White Hope. White background with yellow box at top; white box below, graphic of shadowed title against pattern of horizontal lines. [Alvin/Theatre/PLAYBILL/the national magazine for theatregoers/THE GREAT/WHITE HOPE] White circular sticker on back, handwritten 1968.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1968
• Published by: Playbill, American, founded 1884
• Subject of: Jane Alexander, American, born 1939
• Subject of: George Matthews
• Subject of: Lou Gilbert, American, 1909 - 1978
• Subject of: Jon Cypher, American, born 1932
• Subject of: Jimmy Pelham
• Subject of: George Ebeling
• Subject of: Peter Masterson, American, born 1934
• Type: theater programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 9 x 6 in. (22.9 x 15.2 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Broadway Theatre
• Topic: Drama (Theatre)
• Object number: 2011.45.37
• 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.