A rare large original March 21, 1891 broadside, handsomely double matted for display in black and red, for Edwin Booth's final stage engagement in Manhattan. Booth retired from the stage two weeks later at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Lawrence Barrett is billed as sharing the stage with Booth, but alas, he didn't. He died the day before on March 20. This was probably the last bill to list Lawrence Barrett. Booth carried on without his partner for the next two weeks and then ended his illustrious stage career. Dimensions seventeen by eight inches, with broadside twelve and a half by four and ... |