RARE! 1945 Soldier's Wife Broadway Playbill | Post WWII Broadway | February 11, 1945 | Vintage Broadway Memorabilia | Bixley Shop

FOR BROADWAY LOVERS! This is an original playbill from the play Soldier's Wife written by Rose Franken, starring Martha Scott and Myron McCormick. The show opened on Broadway on February 4, 1946 and ran for two years at the Lyceum Theatre. This Playbill is for the week of April 26, 1948.

ABOUT THE PLAY (Courtesy of theatre mania)
Soldier's Wife opened on Broadway on October 4, 1944 and ran for 253 performances, closing on May 12, 1945. Soldier’s Wife, by Rose Franken, is a romantic comedy set against the back drop of World War II. John Rogers is the soldier; after 18 months in the South Pacific he has been invalided home and is greeted there by a baby boy who he is meeting for the first time and Kate, his wife who has learned self-sufficiency in his absence. Adjusting to the challenges of a new domestic equation is further complicated by the sudden and unexpected fame that is thrust upon Kate when letters she has written to John are published to great acclaim in a book entitled: Soldier’s Wife.

A great find for Broadway show fans!

BIXLEY NOTES
• February 11, 1945 Playbill from the original Broadway production of Soldier's Wife
• John GoldenTheatre
• Measures 9" x 6 1/2"

VINTAGE NOTES
• Show date written in pencil on the cover
• In great shape otherwise

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