£135.00
Date 1874
London Prince Of Wales Theatre – Sweethearts – 1874
An original theatre programme for Sweethearts at the Prince Of Wales Theatre, London, in 1874, with principal cast including Marie Wilton and Fanny Josephs.
W S Gilbert’s two-act ‘dramatic contrast’ shows the same pair of lovers thirty years apart, a gentle and bittersweet comedy written for Marie Wilton’s company.
A beautiful link to Gilbert, the Bancrofts and the birth of naturalistic drawing-room comedy, this is a superb piece among Victorian old theatre programmes.
| Production | Sweetheatrs |
|---|---|
| Venue | Prince Of Wales Theatre – London |
| Cast | Marie Wilton – Fanny Josephs |
Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, tiny mark on front cover
Did you know?
- Sweethearts premiered at the Prince of Wales’s Theatre in November 1874, a year before Gilbert and Sullivan’s Trial by Jury.
- Marie Wilton and her husband Squire Bancroft made the theatre famous for T W Robertson’s realistic ‘cup-and-saucer’ comedies such as Caste.
- This Prince of Wales’s Theatre stood on Tottenham Street and later became the Scala Theatre.
SKU: T00165
