£110.00
Date 06/08/1891
London Grand Theatre – The Silver King – 1891
An original Victorian theatre programme for The Silver King at the Grand Theatre, London, dated 6 August 1891. Wilson Barrett starred, with Maud Elmore, Prince Lloyd, Ambrose Manning, Edwin Irwin and Stafford Smith.
Henry Arthur Jones and Henry Herman’s melodrama follows Wilfred Denver, who flees to America believing he has committed murder, makes a fortune in silver and returns to clear his name.
One of the great Victorian melodramas, with its original star, makes this a superb example of old theatre programmes.
| Production | The Silver King |
|---|---|
| Venue | Grand Theatre – London |
| Cast | Wilson Barrett – Maud Elmore, Prince Lloyd – Ambrose Manning, Edwin Irwin – Stafford Smith. |
Genuine Theatre Programme / Memorabilia.
Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, a few tiny edge nicks, nof
Did you know?
- The Silver King was first produced by Wilson Barrett at the Princess’s Theatre in 1882 and was a huge success.
- Its most quoted line is Denver’s cry: ‘O God! Put back Thy universe and give me yesterday!’
- Henry Arthur Jones went on to become one of the leading dramatists of the late Victorian stage.
SKU: T02835
