£150.00
Date 02/12/1878
Hull Theatre Royal – Diplomacy – 1878
An original theatre programme for Diplomacy at the Theatre Royal, Hull, dated 2 December 1878. The cast includes Mr Kendal, Mr Chevalire, Miss Tempest and Miss Crawford.
Diplomacy was the English version of Victorien Sardou’s drama Dora, adapted by Clement Scott and B. C. Stephenson, and was one of the biggest theatrical hits of 1878.
A fine piece of Victorian stage history and an excellent example of old theatre programmes from the 1870s.
| Production | Diplomacy |
|---|---|
| Venue | Theatre Royal – Hull |
| Cast | Mr Kendal – Mr Chevalire, Miss Tempest – Miss Crawford |
Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, nick on fold
Did you know?
- Diplomacy opened in London in January 1878 at the Prince of Wales’s Theatre under the Bancrofts, with W. H. Kendal and his wife Madge Kendal in the cast.
- The play’s famous “three men scene” was considered a masterpiece of tense stage writing.
SKU: T01085
