£100.00
Date 04/10/1884
London Princes Theatre – Called Back – 1884
An original programme for Called Back at the Prince’s Theatre, London, dated 4 October 1884. The cast included Kyrle Bellew, Wilfred Draycott, Miss Aylward, Miss Tilbury, Heny Parry and a young H Beerbohm-Tree.
The play was adapted by Hugh Conway and J. Comyns Carr from Conway’s bestselling thriller novel of the same name, a story of murder witnessed by a blind man.
With Tree in the cast before his years as a great actor-manager, this is a notable piece of Victorian theatre memorabilia.
| Production | Called Back |
|---|---|
| Venue | Prince's Theatre – London |
| Cast | Kyrle Bellew – Wilfred Draycott, Miss Aylward – Miss Tilbury, H Beerbohm-Tree – Heny Parry. |
Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, a top corner punch hole, a few age markings, edge nicks, a faded right edge
Did you know?
- Herbert Beerbohm Tree’s performance as the villainous Italian Paolo Macari in Called Back was one of the roles that made his name.
- The Prince’s Theatre in Coventry Street opened in 1884 and was renamed the Prince of Wales’s Theatre in 1886.
- Tree later built Her Majesty’s Theatre and founded the drama school that became RADA.
SKU: T03288
