£115.00
Date 16/02/1871
London Covent Garden Theatre – Charity Event Edmund Falconer – 1871
A Victorian theatre programme from Covent Garden Theatre, London, dated 16 February 1871, for a charity event connected with the Irish actor and dramatist Edmund Falconer.
The principal cast includes Mr C Stephenson, Mr H Dalton, Mr Henry Neville and Mrs Herman Vezin, well-known names of the London stage at the time.
Benefit and charity programmes reveal how the theatrical profession supported its own, and this is a fine piece for collectors of old theatre programmes.
| Production | Charity Event – Edmuind Falconer. |
|---|---|
| Venue | Covent Garden Theatre – London |
| Cast | Mr C Stephenson, Mr H Dalton, Mr Henry Neville, Mrs Herman Vezin |
Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr
Did you know?
- Edmund Falconer’s Irish drama Peep o’ Day (1861) was one of the great popular successes of the 1860s London stage.
- Henry Neville created the role of Bob Brierly in Tom Taylor’s hit melodrama The Ticket-of-Leave Man (1863).
- The present Covent Garden theatre building opened in 1858, after its predecessor was destroyed by fire in 1856.
SKU: T05031
