£37.50
Date 20/12/1947
Israel Jerusalem – Arms And The Man – 1947 – Dramatic Society
An original theatre programme for George Bernard Shaw’s Arms And The Man, presented by the Jerusalem Dramatic Society at the YMCA, Jerusalem, on 20 December 1947.
The cast includes Heather Summers, Phyllis White, Ziona Caspi and David O’Cock. Shaw’s comedy pokes fun at romantic ideas of war through the ‘chocolate cream soldier’ Captain Bluntschli.
Programmes from amateur English-language theatre overseas are unusual survivors, and this is a fascinating piece of theatre memorabilia from a momentous time in Jerusalem’s history.
| Production | Arms And The Man |
|---|---|
| Venue | YMCA – Jerusalem – Israel 1947 |
| Cast | Jerusalem Dramatic Society, Heather Summers – Phyllis White, Ziona Caspi – David O'Cock |
Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr
Did you know?
- Arms And The Man was first staged at the Avenue Theatre, London, in 1894.
- The play inspired Oscar Straus’s operetta The Chocolate Soldier (1908).
- The Jerusalem YMCA building, opened in 1933, was designed by Arthur Loomis Harmon, architect of the Empire State Building.
SKU: T02301
