Manchester Palace Theatre – Overture Boulanger – 1915

About this Palace Theatre Manchester theatre programme

An original theatre programme from the New Palace Theatre, Manchester, dated 30 August 1915. The bill opens with an overture, Boulanger, played by the theatre’s band, a reminder that every variety evening of the period began with the house orchestra. Pencil notes from the original owner add to its period character. Programmes from the First World War years are scarce survivors, and this is a genuine piece of old theatre programmes history from one of Manchester’s great theatres.

Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, covers detached, rust where staple were, a few pencil notes (what the codes mean)

Did you know?

• The Palace Theatre on Oxford Street, Manchester, opened in 1891.
• In 1915 theatres across Britain stayed open through the war, providing entertainment for troops on leave and those on the home front.