£32.50
Date 08/03/1948
Manchester Opera House – Dark Eyes – 1948 – Yul Brynner
An original programme for Dark Eyes at the Opera House, Manchester, dated 8 March 1948. The cast includes Bill Staughton, Norris Smith, Yul Brynner, Edwin Styles, Gladys Taylor and Irina Baronova.
The comedy, by Elena Miramova and Eugenie Leontovich, follows a trio of Russian émigré actresses in America.
Programmes from before Yul Brynner’s rise to stardom are rare and highly collectable, making this a notable piece of old theatre programmes history.
| Production | Dark Eyes |
|---|---|
| Venue | Opera House – Manchester |
| Cast | Bill Staughton – Norris Smith, Yul Brynner – Edwin Styles, Gladys Taylor – Irina Baronova |
Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, nof, a tiny right edge ni, toning brown
Did you know?
- Just three years later Brynner created the King of Siam in The King and I on Broadway, winning an Oscar for the 1956 film.
- Irina Baronova was one of the celebrated ‘baby ballerinas’ of the Ballets Russes in the 1930s.
- Brynner was born in Vladivostok, which gave him a natural feel for the play’s Russian characters.
SKU: T01694
