£100.00
Date 26/09/1888
London Criterion Theatre – Betsy – 1888
A Victorian theatre programme for Betsy at the Criterion Theatre, London, dated 26 September 1888. The cast included William Blackely, A Bouciault, Lottie Venne and Edith Penrose.
Betsy is a farcical comedy by F. C. Burnand, adapted from the French, which first proved a great success at the Criterion in 1879.
Programmes from the 1880s West End are genuinely scarce, making this a superb example for collectors of old theatre programmes and Victorian theatre history.
| Production | Betsy |
|---|---|
| Venue | Criterion Theatre – London |
| Cast | William Blackely A Bouciault, Lottie Venne – Edith Penrose |
Condition: V Good, vlcr, nof in pencil
Did you know?
- F. C. Burnand was also the long-serving editor of Punch and wrote the libretto for Sullivan’s Cox and Box.
- Lottie Venne was one of the most popular comic actresses of the late Victorian stage.
- The Criterion Theatre opened in 1874 and is built almost entirely underground beneath Piccadilly Circus.
SKU: T00655
