Program for "Major Barbara": Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This is a program for the George Bernard Shaw play "Major Barbara" at the Greenwich Mews Theatre. The program is a single sheet of white paper, printed with black typeface on both sides. The front includes a schedule of the play's acts, list of cast & production staff, and credits. At the top left is text that reads "The Mews is an interracial theatre which casts / for talent regardless of color; fitness to play / a role being our only criteria." On the reverse is the text “WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST” featuring short biographies of cast and crew members, including Clarice Taylor, who played Lady Britomart.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1953
• Written by: George Bernard Shaw, American, 1856 - 1950
• Subject of: Greenwich Mews Theatre, American, founded 1940
• Owned by: Clarice Taylor, American, 1917 - 2011
• Type: programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 9 7/16 × 5 15/16 in. (24 × 15.1 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Drama (Theatre)
• Topic: Race relations
• Topic: Segregation
• Topic: Theatre
• Object number: 2013.188.15
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of William and James Thomas and family in memory of Clarice Taylor
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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