£47.50
Date 04/11/1911
An original theatre programme for The Sleigh Bells plus David Garrick at Kelly’s Theatre, Liverpool, dated 4 November 1911. The cast included Alexander Marsh, Alfred Fielding, Hilda Elkins and Agnes Gagan.
David Garrick is T. W. Robertson’s Victorian comedy in which the great eighteenth-century actor pretends to be a drunken boor to cure a young woman of her infatuation with him.
A scarce Edwardian double bill and a fine example of old theatre programmes from Liverpool.
| Production | The Sleigh Bells plus David Garrick |
|---|---|
| Venue | Kelly's Theatre – Liverpool |
| Cast | David Garrick, Alexander Marsh – Alfred Fielding, Hilda Elkins – Agnes Gagan. |
Genuine Theatre Programme / Memorabilia.
Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, a tiny top edge nick
Did you know?
- T. W. Robertson’s David Garrick was first produced in 1864 and became a favourite vehicle for the actor-manager Charles Wyndham.
- The real David Garrick (1717-1779) was the most celebrated actor of his age and managed the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
- Evenings of two pieces, a main play with a shorter curtain-raiser or afterpiece, were standard in Edwardian theatres.
SKU: T02824
