£22.50
Date 28/04/1959
An original theatre programme for The Importance Of Being Earnest at the Theatre Royal, Bristol, dated 28 April 1959. It also includes an application form and a letter.
The cast includes John Woodvine, Diana Fairfax, David King, Dorothy Reynolds, Donald Pickering and Valerie Gearon. Oscar Wilde’s masterpiece of comic invention follows two young men who use invented identities, with absurd results.
A nice Bristol Old Vic example of old theatre programmes with its extra paperwork still with it.
| Production | The Importance Of Being Earnest |
|---|---|
| Venue | Theatre Royal – Bristol |
| Cast | John Woodvine – Diana Fairfax, David King – Dorothy Reynolds, Donald Pickering – Valerie Gearon. |
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Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, slrs/marks
Did you know?
- The Importance of Being Earnest opened at the St James’s Theatre in February 1895, only months before Wilde’s downfall.
- Dorothy Reynolds co-wrote the musical Salad Days with Julian Slade. It was first staged at the Bristol Old Vic in 1954.
- Lady Bracknell’s line “A handbag?” is one of the most famous lines in English comedy.
SKU: T02649
