£125.00
Date 10/06/1882
London Royal Princess Theatre – The Romany Rye – 1882
An original single sheet theatre programme for The Romany Rye at the Royal Princess’s Theatre, London, dated 10 June 1882. Wilson Barrett starred, with Walter Speakman, Charles Coote, Nellie Palmer, Horace Hodges and Emmeline Ormsby.
George R. Sims’s sensational melodrama, with its gypsy hero and dramatic scenes, was one of the hits of Barrett’s management at the Princess’s.
Single sheet programmes of this age are rare, making this a choice piece of old theatre programmes history.
| Production | The Romany Rye |
|---|---|
| Venue | Royal Princess's Theatre – London |
| Cast | Wilson Barrett – Walter Speakman, Charles Coote – Nellie Palmer, Horace Hodges – Emmeline Ormsby. |
Genuine Theatre Programme / Memorabilia.
Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, atiny pin hole, a tiny bottom edge split
Did you know?
- The title borrows from George Borrow’s 1857 novel The Romany Rye, a term meaning a gentleman who keeps company with gypsies.
- George R. Sims was also a famous journalist and the author of the ballad It Is Christmas Day in the Workhouse.
- Later in 1882 Wilson Barrett produced The Silver King at the same theatre.
SKU: T02838
