£120.00
Date 22/12/1881
A rare Victorian programme for the pantomime Aladin at the Prince Of Wales, Liverpool, dated 22 December 1881.
The cast includes Alfred Hemming, Nellie Kennedy, Pollie Randal, Celia Dwight, Alice May and Fred Cairns, in a Christmas show from the golden age of Victorian pantomime.
Provincial pantomime programmes of the 1880s seldom survive, making this a genuinely scarce piece of theatre memorabilia and a fine addition to any collection of old theatre programmes.
| Production | Aladin |
|---|---|
| Venue | Prince Of Wales – Liverpool |
| Cast | Alfred Hemming – Nellie Kennedy, Pollie Randal – Celia Dwight, Alice May – Fred Cairns, Not in best of condition, but very rare! |
Condition: Good, cfld, lcr, ni, corner torn off, spine split 3", hole at top centre, edge fading, a few mottle marks
Did you know?
- The tale of Aladdin comes from One Thousand and One Nights, added to the collection by its French translator Antoine Galland in the early 1700s.
- The pantomime dame Widow Twankey was introduced by the playwright H. J. Byron in his 1861 version of the story, named after a type of Chinese tea.
SKU: T01356
