£75.00
Date 1899
London Her Majesty's Theatre – King John – 1899
A programme for Shakespeare’s King John at Her Majesty’s Theatre, London, from 1899. Herbert Beerbohm Tree’s production featured Lewis Waller, Gerald Lawrence, Franklyn McLeary and Dora Sefton.
This was the first of Tree’s great Shakespeare revivals at his new theatre, making it a significant piece among old theatre programmes of the Victorian era.
| Production | King John |
|---|---|
| Venue | Her Majesty's Theatre – London |
| Cast | Dora Sefton – Franklyn McLeary, Gerald Lawrence – Lewis Waller |
Condition: Good, cfld, lcr, bottom right corner torn off, a few tiny edge tears, tiny hole on front
Did you know?
- Tree played the King and Lewis Waller played the Bastard, Faulconbridge.
- Scenes from the production were filmed in 1899, believed to be the earliest surviving Shakespeare on film.
- Her Majesty’s Theatre had opened under Tree just two years earlier, in 1897.
SKU: T00538
