£27.50
Date 31/12/1914
London His Majesty's Theatre – David Copperfield – 1914
An original theatre programme for David Copperfield at His Majesty’s Theatre, London, dated 31 December 1914. The cast includes Basil Gill, Frederick Ross, Roy Byford, Mary Brough, Sybil Sparkes and Henry Byatt.
This was Herbert Beerbohm Tree’s lavish staging of Dickens’s much-loved novel, adapted by Louis N. Parker, presented in the first winter of the Great War.
A wonderful Dickensian survivor and a fine example of old theatre programmes from the First World War.
| Production | David Copperfield |
|---|---|
| Venue | His Majesty's Theatre – London |
| Cast | Basil Gill – Frederick Ross, Roy Byford – Mary Brough, Sybil Sparkes – Henry Byatt |
Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, a few edge ni's, tape on spine, 2" tape on right edge tear
Did you know?
- In this production Tree famously doubled the roles of Mr Micawber and Dan’l Peggotty.
- Charles Dickens called David Copperfield his “favourite child” among his books; it was published in 1849-50.
- His Majesty’s Theatre in the Haymarket was built by Tree and opened in 1897.
SKU: T01093
