£100.00

Date 09/03/1895

London Comedy Theatre – Sowing The Wind – 1895

An original Victorian theatre programme for Sydney Grundy’s Sowing The Wind at the Comedy Theatre, London, dated 9 March 1895.

The cast includes Brandon Thomas, Cyril Maude, Evelyn Millard, Sydney Brough, Alice Kingsley and Henry Irving.

Grundy’s drama about a guardian whose ward turns out to be his own daughter was among the most successful plays of the decade. A fine example of old theatre programmes from the 1890s West End.

ProductionSowing The Wind
VenueComedy Theatre – London
CastBrandon Thomas – Cyril Maude, Evelyn Millard – Sydney Brough, Alice Kingsley – Henry Irving

Condition: V Good, vlcr, tiny pen mark on front

Did you know?

  • Sowing the Wind was first produced at the Comedy Theatre in 1893.
  • Brandon Thomas wrote the record-breaking farce Charley’s Aunt (1892).
  • Evelyn Millard created the role of Cecily Cardew in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest in 1895.

SKU: T00957