£115.00

Date 21/11/1877 ?

London Marylebone Theatre – Ivanhoe – 1877

An original four-page Victorian programme for Ivanhoe and Raymond Agnes at the Marylebone Theatre, London, believed to date from 21 November 1877.

The cast includes Miss Agnes Warden, George Skinner, Miss L Ballantyne, Miss J Garratt, Walter Grisdale and Clara Johnstone. The front cover advertises the next show, Jack In The Box.

A stage version of Scott’s great medieval romance makes this a lovely item for collectors of old theatre programmes.

ProductionIvanhoe + Raymond Agnes
VenueMarylebone Theatre – London
CastMiss Agnes Warden – George Skinner, Miss L Ballantyne – Miss J Garratt, Walter Grisdale – Clara Johnstone

Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, a few cover markings, a few edge ni's/splits

Did you know?

  • Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe was published in 1819 and was adapted for the stage almost immediately, with several versions playing in London in 1820.
  • Raymond and Agnes was a popular melodrama drawn from an episode in Matthew Lewis’s Gothic novel The Monk (1796).
  • Arthur Sullivan later turned Ivanhoe into a grand opera, which opened Richard D’Oyly Carte’s Royal English Opera House in 1891.

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