£120.00
Date 02//10/1897
London Theatre Royal Covent Garden – White Heather – 1897
An original theatre programme for White Heather at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden, London, dated 02/10/1897. The principal cast includes Heny Nevvile, Lewis Edgar, Albert Mayer and Kate Rorke.
The White Heather was a spectacular melodrama by Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton, with scenes ranging from society drawing rooms to an underwater diving sequence.
Programmes for these large-scale Victorian spectacles are popular with collectors of old theatre programmes and London stage history.
| Production | White Heather |
|---|---|
| Venue | Theatre Royal Covent Garden – London |
| Cast | Heny Nevvile – Lewis Edgar, Albert Mayer – Kate Rorke |
Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, a few tiny ni's, slight edge fading, nof in pencil
Did you know?
- Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton wrote a string of lavish autumn melodramas famed for sensational stage effects.
- Kate Rorke was one of the leading West End actresses of the 1880s and 1890s and later taught at RADA.
SKU: T01239
