£160.00
Date 18/07/1872
London Vaudeville Theatre – School For Scandal – 1872
A Victorian theatre programme from the Vaudeville Theatre, London, dated 18 July 1872. The bill is School For Scandal followed by the burlesque The Very Last Days Of Pompeii.
The cast includes William Farren, David James, Henry Neville, Miss Lang, Maire Rhodes, Herbert Crellin, Nelly Power and Nelly Walters.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s comedy of manners has been a favourite since 1777, and the Vaudeville had a famous long run of it in the early 1870s.
Nineteenth-century bills like this are some of the most desirable old theatre programmes for collectors.
| Production | School For Scandal |
|---|---|
| Venue | Vaudeville Theatre – London |
| Cast | William Farren – David James, Henry Neville – Miss Lang, Maire Rhodes – Herbert Crellin., Nelly Power – Nelly Walters. |
Condition: V Good, cfld, vlcr
Did you know?
- The Vaudeville Theatre on the Strand opened in 1870. David James was one of its founding actor-managers.
- The Vaudeville later staged H.J. Byron’s Our Boys from 1875, which became the first play to pass 1,000 consecutive performances.
- Nelly Power was a music hall star, best known for the song “The Boy I Love Is Up In The Gallery”.
SKU: T02581
