£135.00
Date 09/04/1883
London Gaiety Theatre – In Honour Bound – 1883
An original theatre programme for In Honour Bound and Blue Beard at the Gaiety Theatre, London, dated 9 April 1883, with pencilled review notes by an original theatregoer.
The cast includes Edgar Bruce, Philip Beck, Myra Holme and Stella Brereton. In Honour Bound was a one-act play by Sydney Grundy, while the Gaiety was famous in this era for its musical burlesques of familiar stories such as Blue Beard.
With its contemporary notes, this is an evocative example of old theatre programmes from Victorian London.
| Production | In Honour Bound + Blue Beard |
|---|---|
| Venue | Gaiety Theatre – London |
| Cast | Edgar Bruce – Philip Beck, Myra Holme – Stella Brereton |
Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, a few tiny cover marks, penciled review notes
Did you know?
- In the 1880s the Gaiety, under John Hollingshead, was nicknamed the home of the “sacred lamp of burlesque”.
- Sydney Grundy was one of the most successful English dramatists of the 1880s and 90s and wrote the libretto for Sullivan’s Haddon Hall.
SKU: T01066
