£125.00
Date 10/02/1885
London Princes Theatre – School For Scandal – 1885
A Victorian theatre programme from the Princes Theatre, London, dated 10 February 1885, for Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s comedy The School for Scandal.
The principal cast includes Arthur Sterling, Courtenay Thorpe, Mr Lin Rayne and Miss Kate Pattison, performing one of the most revived comedies of manners in the English repertoire.
Programmes from the 1880s survive in far smaller numbers than later ones, which makes them prized by collectors of old theatre programmes and anyone interested in the late Victorian London stage.
| Production | School For Scandal |
|---|---|
| Venue | Princes Theatre – London |
| Cast | Arthur Sterling, Courtenay Thorpe, Mr Lin Rayne, Miss Kate Pattison. |
Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, some notes in pencil, a 1" split on the spine
Did you know?
- Sheridan’s The School for Scandal was first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in May 1777, when Sheridan himself was managing the theatre.
- The play’s famous ‘screen scene’, in which Lady Teazle is discovered hiding behind a screen in Joseph Surface’s library, is one of the best-known comic set pieces in English drama.
- The Princes Theatre in Coventry Street opened in 1884, designed by C. J. Phipps, and was soon renamed the Prince of Wales Theatre.
SKU: T05014
