£27.50

Date 03/09/1912

London His Majesty's Theatre – Drake – 1912

A programme for Drake at His Majesty’s Theatre, London, dated 3 September 1912.

Louis N Parker’s patriotic pageant play about Sir Francis Drake was a Herbert Beerbohm Tree production, with Roy Byford, Howard Rose, Ben Field and Archibald Goddard in the cast.

A colourful reminder of Edwardian spectacle on the eve of the Great War, and a great addition to any collection of old theatre programmes.

ProductionDrake
VenueHis Majesty's Theatre – London
CastRoy Byford – Howard Rose, Ben Field – Archibald Goddard

Condition: Good, cfld, lcr, spine fully split, a few age marks/ni's

Did you know?

  • Louis N Parker was famous for devising historical pageants, starting with the Sherborne Pageant of 1905.
  • Parker also translated Cyrano de Bergerac for the English stage and wrote Disraeli.

SKU: T00535