[THEATRE] Katharine Cornell (1893-1974) American stage actress, writer, theater owner and producer. Dubbed "The First Lady of the Theatre" by critic Alexander Woollcott, Cornell was the first performer to receive the Drama League Award, for Romeo and Juliet in 1935. Cornell is noted for her major Broadway roles in serious dramas, often directed by her husband, Guthrie McClintic. The couple formed C. & M.C. Productions, Inc., a company that gave them complete artistic freedom in choosing and producing plays. Their production company gave first or prominent Broadway roles to some of the more notable actors of the 20th century, including many British Shakespearean actors. Cornell was noted for spurning screen roles, unlike other actresses of her day. She appeared in only one Hollywood film, the World War II morale booster Stage Door Canteen, in which she played herself. She did appear in television adaptations of The Barretts of Wimpole Street and Robert E. Sherwood's There Shall Be No Night. She also narrated the documentary Helen Keller in Her Story, which won an Oscar. Offered here are 3 items from her personal belongings: (1) her ink signed Bail Bond Certificate from AAA. She signs with her married name, Katharine McClintic. (2) A Kodak color photograph of her waving to the camera, 3.5 x 5 in. (3) Unused [blank] personal postcard bearing her printed name. All in fine condition. Provenance: the Boothbay Theatre Museum Collection in Maine.

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