£150.00
Date 16/01/1874
13 Hinde Street – My Wife's Second Floor – 1874
A single sheet programme for a performance of My Wife’s Second Floor given at 13 Hinde Street on 16 January 1874.
The players were Charles Chubb, Vernon Smith, John Messent, Amy Chubb, Blancche Chubb and Rose Chubb, suggesting a family entertainment staged at home for friends and guests. Short farces like this were ideal for drawing room performance.
Programmes for Victorian private theatricals are wonderfully personal survivals and rarely come to light, making this a delightful item of old theatre programmes ephemera.
| Production | My Wife's Second Floor |
|---|---|
| Venue | 13 Hinde Street |
| Cast | Charles Chubb – Vernon Smith, John Messent – Amy Chubb, Blancche Chubb – Rose Chubb. |
Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, a hole in the centre
Did you know?
- Amateur home theatricals were a hugely popular Victorian pastime; Charles Dickens famously staged elaborate productions at his own home, Tavistock House.
- Publishers such as Samuel French and Lacy issued cheap acting editions of farces specifically for amateur and private performance.
SKU: T03279
