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The Pickwick Papers

  
Window card announcing Mr. Pickwick starring George Howe in title role. This production opened in New York in September of 1952 and played 61 performances.
Dickens’s first novel, The Pickwick Papers, was issued under his pseudonym Boz and it made him a celebrity; Boz-mania was rampant. It also generated scores of stage adaptations and, well into the 20th century, continued to find its place on stage.
Scene from The Pickwick Club, Adapted from The Pickwick Papers by Natalya Alexsyevna Vengstern.
Produced by The Moscow Art Theatre, Moscow, 1935-1936


Program from the 1935-36 production, The Pickwick Club, adapted by Natalya Aleksyevna Venkstern for the Moscow Art Theatre.