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Title
Bartering with Robert Porterfield
Subject
Abingdon, Va.: Attractions, History, Historic District, Arts, Culture, Tourism
The Barter Theatre: Robert Porterfield, Repertory Actors
The Great Depression
The Barter Theatre: Robert Porterfield, Repertory Actors
The Great Depression
Description
Saltville native Robert Porterfield was an out-of-work actor in New York City when he decided to return to southwestern "Virginia in 1932. He brought with him twenty-two other unemployed actors, and together they founded Barter Theatre, allowing patrons to pay the forty-cent admission price with produce, livestock, or dairy products. Porterfield and his partners accepted almost anything as payment, including toothpaste, snakes, and underwear. A pig was worth ten tickets, while two quarts of milk bought one ticket."
Creator
The Barter Theatre
Source
Heinemann, Ronald. "Great Depression in Virginia" Encyclopedia Virginia. Virginia Humanities, (07 Dec. 2020). Web. 02 Nov. 2022
Publisher
Virginia Humanities
Date
Early to mid 1930s
Contributor
William Stein
Rights
Barter Theatre
Relation
Anne Carter Lee, "Barter Theatre", [Abingdon, Virginia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/VA-02-WS10.
Format
Still photo
Type
Still Image
Website
Website
Identifier
https://bartertheatre.com/