£120.00
Date 1888
London Royal Lyceum Theatre – The Winters's Tale – 1888
A Victorian theatre programme for Shakespeare’s The Winters’s Tale at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, London, from 1888. The cast included George Warde, Helena Dare, Forbes Robertson and John Billington.
Johnston Forbes-Robertson was then a rising star, later acclaimed as one of the finest Hamlets of his generation.
Shakespeare programmes from the golden age of the Lyceum are highly collectable, and this is an outstanding example of old theatre programmes from the Victorian West End.
| Production | The Winters's Tale |
|---|---|
| Venue | Royal Lyceum Theatre – London |
| Cast | George Warde – Helena Dare, Forbes Robertson – John Billington |
Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, nof, tiny bit off top right corner, tiny ni on left
Did you know?
- The Lyceum’s Winter’s Tale of 1887–88 was the production of American actress Mary Anderson, who famously doubled the roles of Hermione and Perdita.
- Forbes-Robertson was knighted in 1913, the year he retired from the stage.
- The Lyceum was London’s leading Shakespeare house under Henry Irving’s management from 1878 to 1899.
SKU: T00659
