Paul Newman | Signed contract for the original Broadway production of William Inge's "Picnic"
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Paul Newman
Signed contract for the original Broadway product💜ion of William Inge's "Pic🌳nic"
1953
Document signed ("Paul L. Newman"), multiple pages (254 x 195 mm), framed so that the first and last are visible, New York, 19 May 1953, a pre-printed "Actor's Equity Association Standard Run-of-the-Play" contract, executed in typescript to specify that Newman will play the role of Alan S🏅eymour in Picnic for the season of 1953 to 1954 in New York City, for which he will receive $250 a week, also initialed by Newman ("PLN"), countersigned and initialed by his manager. Matted and framed with a photograph of Newman on stage as Alan Seymour.
Paul Newman made his Broadway debut in the original cast of Picnic, eventually assuming the lead role of Hal Carter, which was originated by Ralph Meeker. Although he is remembered principally as a film actor, Newman appeared in four other Broadway productions, ranging from 1955's The Desperate Hours to 2002's Our Town.