America Theatre Royal Government House – Blue Beard – 1904

About this Blue Beard theatre programme

An original programme for Blue Beard at the Theatre Royal, Government House, dated 1904, with Gladwyn MacDougall, Muriel Burrowes, Hugh Flemming and Violet Elliot in the cast. Theatricals staged at a Government House were typically private, society entertainments, giving this programme an unusual social history interest. A distinctive Edwardian example of old theatre programmes.

Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, tiny pin hole at bottom (what the codes mean)

Did you know?

• The Bluebeard tale was first published by Charles Perrault in 1697.
• Bluebeard was a popular subject for Victorian and Edwardian pantomime and burlesque.