Associated Press photograph titled 'Sir Laurence at opening of New York theatre'. Caption on back reads: British star and screen actor Sir Laurence Olivier abd Mrs. Robert Sherwood (left) have their tickets checked by Lois Kester as they arrive for the opening of the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (formerly The Globe) in New York, May 5. A new play, "The Visit", starring Alfred Lunt and his wife, Lynn Fontanne, rang up the curtain. The performance was followed by a ball in aid of the Mary McArthur Memorial Fund, at the Astor Hotel.
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- Photographs
- Object Number:
- 1983-5236/30416
- Materials:
- ink and paper (fibre product)
- type:
- photograph
- taxonomy:
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- object genre
- image
- credit:
- Daily Herald Archive, National Media Museum, Bradford
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