Cambridge New Theatre – The Farmer’s Wife – 1925

About this The Farmer's Wife theatre programme

An original theatre programme for The Farmer’s Wife at The New Theatre, Cambridge, dated 07/12/1925, complete with an advert insert sheet. The cast includes Raymond Huntley, Doroty Vernon, Lucy Edwin, Douglas Payne, Hedley Briggs and Madge Brindley. Eden Phillpotts’ warm Devon comedy follows widowed farmer Samuel Sweetland’s bumbling search for a new wife. A fine touring programme for collectors of old theatre programmes.

Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, includes advert insert sheet (what the codes mean)

Did you know?

• The Farmer’s Wife was a huge hit for Barry Jackson’s Birmingham Repertory company, running for over 1,300 performances at the Court Theatre in London.
• Alfred Hitchcock directed a silent film version in 1928.
• Raymond Huntley went on to a long film career, often playing stuffy officials.