£120.00
Date 07/1894
London Comedy Theatre – Professor's Love Story – 1894
An original programme from the Comedy Theatre, London, dated July 1894, for The Professor’s Love Story, with E Willard, Hugh Harting, Royce Carleton and Nannie Craddock.
The gentle comedy was Written by Protected_User_c558a66b. M. Barrie, a decade before he created Peter Pan, and tells of an absent-minded professor who fails to notice he has fallen in love.
An early Barrie play from the Victorian stage, this is a fine piece of literary and theatre memorabilia for collectors of 1890s programmes.
| Production | The Professor's Love Story |
|---|---|
| Venue | Comedy Theatre – London |
| Cast | E Willard – Hugh Harting, Royce Carleton – Nannie Craddock |
Condition: V Good, vlcr, nof
Did you know?
- The actor-manager E. S. Willard staged The Professor’s Love Story in America before bringing it to London, and it became one of his most successful vehicles.
- J. M. Barrie went on to write Peter Pan, first performed in 1904 at the Duke of York’s Theatre.
- The Comedy Theatre opened in 1881 and was renamed the Harold Pinter Theatre in 2011.
SKU: T01136
