Liverpool Everyman Theatre – The Silver Box – 1928

About this The Silver Box theatre programme

An original theatre programme for The Silver Box at the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, dated 26 November 1928. The cast includes Martin Walker, Malcolm Morley, Ena Burrill, Una O’Connor, Charles Lander and Horatio Moody. John Galsworthy’s drama contrasts two thefts: one by a wealthy MP’s son and one by a poor unemployed man. It exposes how differently the law treats rich and poor. A good 1920s example of old theatre programmes for a socially pointed English classic.

Condition: V Good, vlcr, a slight mark on the cast list page (what the codes mean)

Did you know?

• The Silver Box was Galsworthy’s first play, staged at the Royal Court in 1906 by Harley Granville Barker.
• Galsworthy, author of The Forsyte Saga, won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.
• Una O’Connor later went to Hollywood and became famous for her shrieking roles in The Invisible Man (1933) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935).