Description
Mission Playhouse San Gabriel CA , 1947. Twenty-Second Season, January 1947. Souvenir program. Paper covers, 20 pp.
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Condition & notes
In good condition. Brown illustrated paper covers have light bumping and creasing to edges and corners. 1/2 X 1 1/2" scratched patch at the top corner of the front cover where an address label was peeled off taking a thin top layer with it. Light to moderate overall scuffing and light soiling and aging to covers as well with a bit of the color scuffed off along spine. Binding tight (staple bound). Previous owner's name and date (February 12, 1947) in ink on title page and the list of missions on one the pages has handwritten numbers next to each mission. Otherwise pages are lightly aged but unmarked. A program booklet for the 22nd season (1947) of The Mission Play, a historical pageant written by John Steven McGroarty and produced by the San Gabriel Mission Play Foundation under the direction of Adrian Awan. Originally staged in 1912, the play dramatizes the founding and history of California's missions, particularly the life and legacy of Father Junipero Serra. After a hiatus caused by the Depression, the production was revived following the 1945 acquisition of the Mission Playhouse by the City of San Gabriel. This edition features the role of Serra performed by film and stage actor Pedro de Cordoba. Includes background articles on the missions, biographies of key performers, a full cast list and synopsis of the three-act production, and illustrated vignettes of mission life.