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Of Mice and Men opens in theater version....



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November 23, 1937

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, November 23, 1937  This 48 page newspaper has under "NEWS OF THE STAGE" on page 26: "Of Mice and Men' Opens This Evening" telling of the opening night for the stage (theater) version of this famous novella. This would be the first mention of this novella in non book form.

Also a small one column advertisement on the same page for the opening night show at the Music Box Theater. (see)

Other news of the day throughout. Light browning, otherwise in good condition.

wikipedia notes:
Of Mice and Men is a novella written by Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck. Published in 1937, it tells the tragic story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers during the Great Depression in California.

Category: The 20th Century