Original 1909 Grand Opera House (New York) program and two Balcony ticket stubs for The Squaw Man, starring Dustin Farnum in Edwin Milton Royle’s celebrated Western drama. Produced by Liebler & Co., this play was a landmark early 20th-century stage success later adapted into the first feature-length Hollywood film (directed by Cecil B. DeMille in 1914).


Program lists the full cast and detailed synopsis of all four acts, set in England and the American West. Two purple Balcony tickets (H60 and H62) are attached, dated Wednesday Matinee, January 20, 1909.

• Theatre: Grand Opera House, New York

• Play: The Squaw Man by Edwin Milton Royle

• Star: Dustin Farnum

• Date: January 20, 1909

• Includes: Program and 2 Balcony ticket stubs

• Condition: Good; scrapbook-mounted with mild age toning and corner tape on one ticket, all text crisp and legible.


A fine and early theatrical artifact associated with The Squaw Man, a production of major historical significance to both Broadway and early film.