£135.00
Date 26/12/1883
London Royal Court Theatre – Lord And Commons – 1883
An original theatre programme for Lord And Commons, Royal Court Theatre, London, dated 26 December 1883.
The play was Written by Protected_User_fc291ce0 Wing Pinero, and the cast includes Forbes Robertson, Mr and Mrs Bancroft, Albert Sims, Alfred Bishop, Percy Vernon and Bernard Beere.
With the Bancrofts, the most influential management couple of the Victorian stage, and a young Forbes Robertson in the cast, this is a desirable piece of theatre memorabilia and a fine example of old theatre programmes from the 1880s.
| Production | Lord And Commons |
|---|---|
| Venue | Royal Court Theatre – London |
| Cast | Forbes Robertson – Mr + Mrs Bancroft, Albert Sims – Alfred Bishop, Percy Vernon – Bernard Beere |
Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr
Did you know?
- Squire Bancroft and his wife Marie Wilton transformed the small Prince of Wales’s Theatre into a fashionable house, famous for T W Robertson’s realistic comedies such as Caste.
- The Bancrofts are credited with popularising the matinee and with banishing the old pit benches in favour of stalls seating.
- Squire Bancroft was knighted in 1897.
SKU: T00840
