Belasco, David - Signed Photograph 1928 + Program Autographs Actresses - Letter M from the production of Pirates

from the production of Pirates of Penzance (Gilbert & Sullivan´s light opera) at the Lyric Opera of Chicago

Blind stamp on front by photographer Bragadina

for many years music director of the Cleveland Orch

showing him as Canio in Leoncavallo

Belasco, David - Signed Photograph 1928 + Program Autographs Actresses - Letter M from the production of PiratesAmerican theater producer, impresario, director and playwright (1853 1931), the first to adapt the short story of Madama Butterfly for the stage, among many other achievements in his career. Signed photo, shown reading, inscribed and dated in 1928, minor silvering and mounting marks on verso, otherwise in very good condition. ALSO INCLUDED is a luxurious program for a performance of his play "The Merchant of Venice", presented by him in New York,