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1955 Playbill page and copy courtesy of eBay seller “broadway!!!”.

This is a rare broadside (single page playbill) from the Pre-Broadway engagement of the JEAN ANOUILH play “THE LARK” at the Plymouth Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts. (The production would open November 17th, 1955 at the Longacre Theatre in New York City and run for 229 performances.) ….. The play starred JULIE HARRIS (who would win the second of her four Tony Awards as “Best Actress in a Play”) and BORIS KARLOFF and featured JOSEPH WISEMAN, CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER, THEODORE BIKEL, ROGER DE KOVEN, PAUL ROBELING, BRUCE GORDON, WARD COSTELLO, LOIS HOLMES, JOHN REESE, MICHAEL HIGGINS, ANN HILLARY, JOAN ELAN, RITA VALE, RICHARD NICHOLLS, RALPH ROBERTS and EDWARD KNIGHT ….. CREDITS: Book by JEAN ANOUILH adapted by LILLIAN HELLMAN; Music composed by LEONARD BERNSTEIN; Sets designed by JO MIELZINER; Costumes designed by ALVIN COLT; Directed by JOSEPH ANTHONY; Produced by KERMIT BLOOMGARDEN