£120.00
Date 21/06/1886
London Royal Princess Theatre – Clito – 1886
An original theatre programme for Clito at the Royal Princess Theatre, London, dated 21 June 1886. This classical tragedy, set in ancient Athens, was Written by Protected_User_04b78af7 Grundy and Wilson Barrett, who also took the lead.
The cast includes Wilson Barrett, Miss Byron, Austin Melford, Carrie Coote, Charles Hudson and Eva Wilson.
Barrett’s spectacular productions made the Princess’s one of London’s leading houses in the 1880s, and this is a splendid piece of theatre memorabilia for collectors of old theatre programmes.
| Production | Clito |
|---|---|
| Venue | Royal Princess Theatre – London |
| Cast | Wilson Barrett – Miss Byron, Austin Melford – Carrie Coote, Charles Hudson – Eva Wilson |
Condition: V Good, vlcr, dof
Did you know?
- Wilson Barrett is best remembered for writing and starring in the religious epic The Sign of the Cross (1895).
- The Princess’s Theatre stood on Oxford Street and in the 1850s was home to Charles Kean’s celebrated Shakespeare revivals.
- Barrett earlier had a huge success at the Princess’s with the melodrama The Silver King (1882).
SKU: T00846
