£120.00
Date 22/12/1891
London Vaudeville Theatre – Honourable Herbert – 1891
An original theatre programme for Honourable Herbert at the Vaudeville Theatre, London, dated 22/12/1891. The cast includes Thomas Thorne, Arthur Elwood, Gertrude Warden and Ella Bannister.
The Honourable Herbert was a play by the Australian-born dramatist Haddon Chambers, and Thomas Thorne was the long-serving manager of the Vaudeville.
A good example of Victorian old theatre programmes from a Strand theatre still operating today.
| Production | Honourable Herbert |
|---|---|
| Venue | Vaudeville Theatre – London |
| Cast | Thomas Thorne – Arthur Elwood, Gertrude Warden – Ella Bannister |
Condition: Good, cfld, lcr, a couple of 1" edge tears, a slight corner nibble
Did you know?
- Under Thomas Thorne’s management the Vaudeville staged H. J. Byron’s comedy Our Boys, which ran for over 1,300 performances in the 1870s.
- The Vaudeville Theatre on the Strand first opened in 1870.
- Haddon Chambers is credited with coining the phrase “the long arm of coincidence”.
SKU: T01254
