£100.00
Date 16/07/1894
Manchester Queens Theatre – A Dutys Call – 1894
An original theatre programme for A Duty’s Call at the Queens’s Theatre, Manchester, dated 16 July 1894. The cast includes Leslie Douglas, Roy Fortescue, Maud Harcourt and Lallah Shelton.
In the 1890s Manchester’s many theatres were packed with touring dramas and melodramas, offering the city’s working population thrilling stories of duty, villainy and virtue rewarded.
A scarce provincial bill and an interesting example of old theatre programmes from Victorian Manchester.
| Production | A Duty's Call |
|---|---|
| Venue | Queens's Theatre – Manchester |
| Cast | Leslie Douglas – Roy Fortescue, Maud Harcourt – Lallah Shelton |
Paper along the rear spine,programme opens fully though.
Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, a few tiny edge ni's, glued onto a legnth of
Did you know?
- Victorian Manchester was one of the most important theatre towns outside London, a key stop for every major touring company.
- The Manchester Ship Canal opened in 1894, the same year as this programme.
SKU: T01098
