£80.00
Date 17/02/1877
London Royal Princess Theatre – Lost In London – 1877
An original Victorian theatre programme from the Royal Princess Theatre, London, dated 17/02/1877, for a double bill of Lost In London and Robert Macaire. Principal cast include R Revelle, Rose Coghlan, Alfred Mellon and Fannie Marie.
Lost In London is a sensational melodrama by Watts Phillips, while Robert Macaire features the famous rogue of French melodrama.
Programmes from the 1870s rarely survive in good order, making this a fine piece of old theatre programmes history from the Oxford Street playhouse.
| Production | Lost In London + Robert Macaire Show |
|---|---|
| Venue | Royal Princess Theatre – London |
| Cast | R Revelle – Rose Coghlan, Alfred Mellon – Fannie Marie |
Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, nof in pencil, tiny ni on left edge, tape removal marks on rear page(see pic)
Did you know?
- The roguish character Robert Macaire was made famous in Paris by the great actor Frédérick Lemaître, who turned a grim melodrama into comedy.
- Rose Coghlan, born in England, went on to become a major star of the American stage.
- The Princess’s Theatre was where Charles Kean staged his celebrated Shakespeare revivals in the 1850s.
SKU: T01236
