A program for the opera Porgy and Bess, at the National Theater in Washington, D.C. in 1954. Cab Calloway appears as Sportin' Life.
Program for Porgy and Bess
- Description
- A program for the opera Porgy and Bess. The program is twenty pages long and features a variety of advertisements for other plays and products. The front cover is a line drawing of a street scene. Text at the top margin reads "NATIONAL / America's First Theatre." Text along the bottom margin reads "PORGY and BESS."
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Published by
- Clifton Aires Publishing Company, American
- Subject of
- National Theatre, American, founded 1835
- Date
- 1954
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W: 9 3/16 × 7 1/4 in. (23.4 × 18.4 cm)
- Type
- programs
