This is a rare promotional face mask advertising the six-week, Post-Broadway engagement of the MATHESON LANG romantic melodrama "THE PURPLE MASK" at the Plymouth Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts beginning December 27th, 1920. (The Original Broadway production opened January 5th, 1920 at New York's Booth Theatre and ran for 139 performances before going on the road.) ..... The Original Broadway production starred LEO DITRICHSTEIN and featured LILY CAHILL, GUSTAV BOWHAN, ELSA CARROLL, BURR CARUTH, ORLANDO DALY, GEORGE H. FRENGER, JOSEPHINE HAMNER, WALTER HOWE, M. A. KELLY, ANN McDONALD, ERIC MAXON, BURNIE McDAVITT, L'ESTRANGE MILLMAN, EARLE MITCHELL, WILLIAM NUNN, ROBERT A. RANIER, VIOLET RENDEL, CALVIN ROUND, HAROLD SETON, ALFRED SHIRLEY, MARGARET SUTHERLAND, BRANDON TYNAN, CLYDE VEAUX, ELDIE P. WOOD, "BOOTS" WOOSTER and STEPHEN WRIGHT ..... CREDITS: Book by MATHESON LANG based on "Le Chevalier au Masque" by PAUL ARMONT and JEAN MANOUSSI; Produced by LEE SHUBERT ..... DETAILS: The promotional face mask measures approx. 6 1/4" X 3 1/8" inches, is printed on a heavy card stock and includes production credits and performance dates on one side and solid purple on the other side. There was at one time a strap connected to the small holes on each side ..... CONDITION: With the exception of a fold across the middle, minor creasing and the missing strap, this rare mask is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.