£120.00
Date 12/03/1896
London Lyric Theatre – The Sign Of The Cross – 1896 – OLD
A very rare Victorian theatre programme for The Sign Of The Cross at the Lyric Theatre, London, dated 12 March 1896, with Wilson Barrett, Franklyn McLeay, Horace Hodges, Alice Gambier, Rose Pendennis and Haidee Wright.
Barrett wrote this religious drama of early Christians persecuted in Nero’s Rome, and starred as the Roman prefect Marcus Superbus.
One of the great popular hits of the 1890s, it makes a superb piece of Victorian theatre memorabilia and a prize among old theatre programmes.
| Production | The Sign Of The Cross |
|---|---|
| Venue | Lyric Theatre – London |
| Cast | Wilson Barrett – Franklyn McLeay, Horace Hodges – Alice Gambier, Rose Pendennis – Haidee Wright. |
Condition: V Good, lcr, a 3" split on the spine
Did you know?
- The Sign Of The Cross opened at the Lyric Theatre in January 1896 and was hugely popular with churchgoers who did not normally visit the theatre.
- Cecil B. DeMille filmed the story in 1932 with Fredric March and Claudette Colbert.
- The Lyric Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue opened in 1888 and is still a working West End theatre.
SKU: T02545
