£80.00

Date 17/02/1877

London Royal Princess Theatre – Lost In London – 1877

An original Victorian theatre programme from the Royal Princess Theatre, London, dated 17/02/1877, for a double bill of Lost In London and Robert Macaire. Principal cast include R Revelle, Rose Coghlan, Alfred Mellon and Fannie Marie.

Lost In London is a sensational melodrama by Watts Phillips, while Robert Macaire features the famous rogue of French melodrama.

Programmes from the 1870s rarely survive in good order, making this a fine piece of old theatre programmes history from the Oxford Street playhouse.

ProductionLost In London + Robert Macaire Show
VenueRoyal Princess Theatre – London
CastR Revelle – Rose Coghlan, Alfred Mellon – Fannie Marie

Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, nof in pencil, tiny ni on left edge, tape removal marks on rear page(see pic)

Did you know?

  • The roguish character Robert Macaire was made famous in Paris by the great actor Frédérick Lemaître, who turned a grim melodrama into comedy.
  • Rose Coghlan, born in England, went on to become a major star of the American stage.
  • The Princess’s Theatre was where Charles Kean staged his celebrated Shakespeare revivals in the 1850s.

SKU: T01236