Playbook for Two Gentlemen of Verona: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A playbook for "Two Gentlemen of Verona." The book has a white cover with is a stylized graphic of two (2) women seen in profile in the center of the cover. One woman is depicted with yellow skin, large red hair, and mustache with her proper left breast exposed. Behind her is another woman depicted with brown skin, a large black afro, and a mustache with her proper left breast exposed. Both women are depicted with wide open eyes above red rouge circles. Below the women is black text that reads [TWO / GENTLEMEN / OF VERONA / A / GRANDNEW / MUSICAL]. The front and back covers are identical. The interior pages are printed in black-and-white.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1973
• Printed by: Artcraft Lithograph & Printing Company, American, 1905 - 1970
• Subject of: Joseph Papp, American, 1921 - 1991
• Subject of: New York Shakespeare Festival, American, founded 1954
• Subject of: Delacorte Theater, American, founded 1962
• Type: theater programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 10 × 9 × 1/16 in. (25.4 × 22.9 × 0.2 cm)
• Place printed: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Comedy (Theatre)
• Topic: Musical Theatre
• Object number: 2015.64.8
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kathleen M. Kendrick
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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