£135.00
Date c 1875
London Prince Of Wales Theatre – Unequal Match – 1875
An original Victorian theatre programme for Unequal Match at the Prince Of Wales Theatre, London, dated c.1875. The cast includes Mr Kemble, Mr Sugden, Mr C Strick, Arthur Cecil, Ida Hertz, Kate Phillips, Miss Litton and Miss Lee.
Tom Taylor’s comedy An Unequal Match concerns a country blacksmith’s daughter who marries into society. From the era of the Bancrofts’ celebrated management, this is a fine piece of Victorian old theatre programmes.
| Production | Unequal Match |
|---|---|
| Venue | Prince Of Wales Theatre – London |
| Cast | Mr Kemble – Mr Sugden, Mr C Strick – Arthur Cecil, Ida Hertz – Kate Phillips, Miss Litton – Miss Lee |
Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr
Did you know?
- Squire and Marie Bancroft managed the Prince of Wales’s Theatre in Tottenham Street from 1865, pioneering realistic “cup and saucer” drama.
- Tom Taylor also wrote Our American Cousin, the play Abraham Lincoln was watching when he was shot.
- Taylor was editor of Punch from 1874.
SKU: T00782
