Bristol Princes’s Theatre – Macbeth – 1927

About this Macbeth theatre programme

An original theatre programme for Shakespeare’s Macbeth at the Prince’s Theatre, Bristol, dated 5 December 1927, with Douglas Rubery and Lilian Temple. Touring Shakespeare companies of the 1920s brought the great tragedies to provincial playhouses across the country. A fine inter-war Shakespeare programme and an appealing piece of Bristol theatre memorabilia for collectors of old theatre programmes.

Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, staples rusted away leaving hole, a few tiny rust spots, a small edge ni on rear page (what the codes mean)

Did you know?

• Theatrical superstition holds that saying “Macbeth” inside a theatre brings bad luck, so actors call it “the Scottish play”.
• Macbeth is Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy.
• The Prince’s Theatre on Park Row, Bristol, was destroyed by bombing in 1940.