£110.00
Date 20/05/1885
London Royal Globe Theatre – The Private Secretary – 1885
An original programme for The Private Secretary at the Royal Globe Theatre, London, dated 20 May 1885.
Charles Hawtrey’s farce, adapted from a German comedy, features the timid curate Reverend Robert Spalding caught up in a tangle of mistaken identities.
The cast includes Mr A Beaumont, Mr A Andrews, Miss Vane Featherstone, Maude Millett, Leigh Murray and Mr C Hawtrey himself. A key programme from one of the great Victorian farce successes, and a fine piece of theatre memorabilia.
| Production | The Private Secretary |
|---|---|
| Venue | Royal Globe Theatre – London |
| Cast | Mr A Beaumont – Mr A Andrews, Miss Vane Featherstone – Maude Millett, Leigh Murray – Mr C Hawtrey |
Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, a 2cm tear at the bottom edge, slightly faded
Did you know?
- The Private Secretary was adapted by Charles Hawtrey from Gustav von Moser’s German comedy Der Bibliothekar and first staged in 1883.
- The curate’s catchphrase ‘I don’t like London’ became widely quoted, and the role was a triumph for W. S. Penley, who later produced Charley’s Aunt.
- Charles Hawtrey later became a celebrated actor-manager and gave a young Noël Coward some of his earliest stage training.
SKU: T02006
