From the estate of Arthur Friedman, Shakespearean scholar and theater columnist for the Boston Herald is a lot of 16 signed items, including: theatre program for 1983's Heartbreak House, signed on the cast page by Rex Harrison, Diana Rigg and Rosemary Harris; program for Hamlet, signed on the front cover by Albert Finney; Showbill for Childe Byron, signed by William Hurt on the front cover; program for Night and Day, signed on her bio by Maggie Smith; program for a Tribute To Helen Hayes, signed by Rosemary Harris; 1963 Chichester Festival Theatre signed by Joan Plowright; program for A Patriot For Me, signed on his bio by Michael Gough; glossy 8 x 10 full-length photo of Rise Stevens as Carmen, signed in black felt tip; signature of Sir Henry Irving, matted with a vintage print to an overall size of 7.25 x 10; glossy 8 x 10 portrait of Jarmila Novatna, Czech soprano, signed in black felt tip; fountain pen signature of Michael Redgrave on a blue album page, accompanied by an unsigned glossy 8 x 10 photo of Redgrave as Antony in Antony and Cleopatra; a satin-finish 3.5 x 5.5 Snowden portrait of Irene Worth, signed and inscribed to Arthur Friedman; satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Ian McKellan as Richard III, signed and inscribed 'To Arthur from Richard (3rd), Ian McKellan, 23 April 1988' (also signed by the photographer M. Romanos); theatre program for Hamlet, signed in felt tip by Ian McKellan; a glossy 10 x 8 photo of Betty Comden and Adolph Green, signed and inscribed 'To Arthur' in blue ballpoint; a promotional photo of Frank Langella as Dracula, signed and inscribed 'To Arthur' in blue ballpoint. In overall fine condition. RRAuction COA.
