1940s Era Dark of the Moon Witch Boy Appalachian stage play program VINTAGE ----

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Check it out...Here's a unique ORIGINAL @ 8 1/2" wide by 11" long multi-paged program from the 1940s Era "Dark of the Moon" Appalachian Mountain stage play about a "witch boy" from a coven of witches marrying a human girl (See info below). The program is full of GREAT PHOTOS, lengthy text about the production, names of the stars and play info inside! Program has only light wear consistent with age and normal use, but still, how many of these survived at all? What a great VINTAGE item ready for display. This is an ORIGINAL item, NOT A REPRODUCTION item! Postage information is listed at the bottom-$ 6.95 postage is required.
1940s Era Dark of the Moon Witch Boy Appalachian stage play program VINTAGE ----
1940s Era Dark of the Moon Witch Boy Appalachian stage play program VINTAGE ----
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Description
Check it out...Here's a unique ORIGINAL @ 8 1/2" wide by 11" long multi-paged program from the 1940s Era "Dark of the Moon" Appalachian Mountain stage play about a "witch boy" from a coven of witches marrying a human girl (See info below). The program is full of GREAT PHOTOS, lengthy text about the production, names of the stars and play info inside! Program has only light wear consistent with age and normal use, but still, how many of these survived at all? What a great VINTAGE item ready for display.
Here's some info on the play:
Dark of the Moon is a dramatic stage play by Howard Richardson and William Berney. The play was produced on Broadway in 1945 and was the maiden production of the now acclaimed New York Circle in the Square Theatre in 1951. This was followed by a national tour and eventually numerous college and high-school productions. It is also revived professionally, e.g. by Pittsburgh's Quantum Theatre in 2005. The original London production 1948 – 1949, at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre and Ambassadors Theatre, was an early much admired production by the distinguished director Peter Brook. Set in the Appalachian Mountains and written in an Appalachian dialect, the play centers on the character of John, a witch boy who seeks to become human after falling in love with a human girl, Barbara Allen. Originally written by Howard Richardson in 1939 as a dramatization of the centuries-old European folk song "The Ballad of Barbara Allen", it was first performed at the University of Iowa in 1942 under the title Barbara Allen. After a rewrite by Richardson's cousin, William Berney, it was presented at the Brattle Playhouse in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Shuberts saw it and transferred it (along with the leads, Richard Hart as the Witch Boy and Carol Stone as Barbara Allen, but mainly re-cast) to Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre (named at the time the 46th Street Theatre), where it ran from March 14, 1945 to December 15, 1945, directed by Robert E. Perry. The New York Times reviewed a 1991 "rare revival" in New Jersey, referring to the many high school and college productions, but rare professional attempts. Although Dark of the Moon is not a musical, it was originally billed as a "legend with music" and characters do sing in most productions. Paul Newman and Richard Hart once played the role of John. A musical version was staged at the Rubicon Theatre in 2023, with the book written by Jonathan Prince. Dark of the Moon is also featured as the 'play within a play' in Stranger Things: The First Shadow which opened in the West End in 2023.This perennial favorite is based on the haunting folk ballad of "Barbara Allen." Employing a large cast and imaginative settings in the Smoky Mountains, it recounts the story of John, a strange "witch boy" who upon first beholding the beautiful Barbara Allen immediately falls in love. He is given human form to woo and marry her on the condition that she remain true to him. The marriage is consummated and Barbara gives birth to a witch child whom the townspeople destroy in a superstitious frenzy. During a religious revival Barbara is led to betray John thus breaking their spell of love. As she dies, he returns forever to the world of the mountain witches.
This is an ORIGINAL item, NOT A REPRODUCTION item!
Postage information is listed at the bottom-$ 6.95 postage is required.
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