Title: The Beard - advertising flier Author: McClure, Michael Place: San Francisco Publisher: Wharf Theatre Date: [c.1966] Description: 11x7¼ on soft violet peach paper, printed and illustrated in black with portrait of Jean Harlow (played by Billie Dixon) and William H. Bonney ("The Kid") played by Richard Bright. Only those over 18 were admitted. The Beard debuted at the Actor’s Workshop Theatre in San Francisco on the December 18, 1965. At the end of that third performance on August 8th, 1966, only the fifth time the play had been performed in public, the SFPD raided the venue and arrested actors Billie Dixon and Richard Bright, initially for “obscenity,” then “conspiracy to commit a felony” and ultimately with “lewd or dissolute conduct in a public place.” Unable to perform in the San Francisco area, the play moved to Los Angeles where an attempt at a run was disrupted by the arrest of both Dixon and Bright at curtain down of fourteen consecutive performances. Lot Amendments Condition: Two marginal chips (perhaps previously stamped on to something) on top edge, slight fading; about very good. Scarce. Item number: 192027
Title: The Beard - advertising flier Author: McClure, Michael Place: San Francisco Publisher: Wharf Theatre Date: [c.1966] Description: 11x7¼ on soft violet peach paper, printed and illustrated in black with portrait of Jean Harlow (played by Billie Dixon) and William H. Bonney ("The Kid") played by Richard Bright. Only those over 18 were admitted. The Beard debuted at the Actor’s Workshop Theatre in San Francisco on the December 18, 1965. At the end of that third performance on August 8th, 1966, only the fifth time the play had been performed in public, the SFPD raided the venue and arrested actors Billie Dixon and Richard Bright, initially for “obscenity,” then “conspiracy to commit a felony” and ultimately with “lewd or dissolute conduct in a public place.” Unable to perform in the San Francisco area, the play moved to Los Angeles where an attempt at a run was disrupted by the arrest of both Dixon and Bright at curtain down of fourteen consecutive performances. Lot Amendments Condition: Two marginal chips (perhaps previously stamped on to something) on top edge, slight fading; about very good. Scarce. Item number: 192027
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