Exceedingly Rare Important Black Americana ORIGINAL POSTER Broadway Show, PURLIE

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Exceedingly Rare Important Black Americana ORIGINAL POSTER Broadway Show, PURLIE:
$2500.00

Up for sale is anExceedingly Rare Important Black Americana ORIGINAL LARGE LITHOGRAPHIC POSTER for the 1970 First Broadway Theater Showing of \"PURLIE\". This is NOT a 4 color process printed lobby card print which were commonly produced and distributed to many theaters.
The poster is in outstanding condition for its age and is one of only a handful of known surviving original lithographs in this early style outside of the library of congress. This is the very scarce first run poster in large format which would have been seen on the historical opening night of the play at the Broadway Theater. After the play was proven with a successful opening night, the poster was reprinted with the names of the cast to promote the play. This is an authentic, 100% guranteed original vintage poster for Purlie and a really classy one at that. A rare opportunity to obtain such an important piece of American Civil Rights History of Museum Quality, ready for display in any premium collection or museum. The poster is in great condition with some wear along the edges and corners as shown in the photos. There is a small crease that is not easily noticeable in the middle top of the poster, third from the last photo, that does not show up unless you look very closely. There is some other minor wear as noted above in the condition description but it is in overall pretty amazing condition, as it was protected by being professionally mounted to a acid free backing board. The poster has been removed from the frame shown in the photos as the glass was broken along the bottom edges and will ship without frame as it was discarded. Measures 38\" by 25\" total.
About Purlie the Musical from wikipedia:
Purlieis amusicalwith a book byOssie Davis, Philip Rose, and Peter Udell, lyrics by Udell, and music by Gary Geld. It is based on Davis\'s 1961 playPurlie Victorious, which was later made into the 1963 filmGone Are the Days!and which included all of the original Broadway cast, includingRuby Dee,Alan Alda,Beah Richards, andGodfrey Cambridge.
Purlieis set in an era whenJim Crow lawsstill were in effect in theAmerican South. Its focus is on the dynamic, traveling preacher Purlie Victorious Judson, who returns to his smallGeorgiatown hoping to save Big Bethel, the community\'s church, and emancipate the cotton pickers who work on oppressive Ol\' Cap\'n Cotchipee\'splantation. With the assistance of Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins, Purlie hopes to pry loose from Cotchipee an inheritance due his long-lost cousin and use the money to achieve his goals. Also playing a part in Purlie\'s plans is Cotchipee\'s son Charlie, who ultimately proves to be far more liberal than hisSimon Legree-like father and saves the church from destruction with an act of defiance that has fatal consequences.

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