London New Theatre – Much Ado About Nothing – 1921

About this Much Ado About Nothing theatre programme

An original theatre programme for Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing at The New Theatre, London, dated 29/04/1921. The cast included Herbert Grimwood, Alfred Harris, Ian Fleming, Madge Titheradge, Sydney Bland and Joan Duan, in Shakespeare’s comedy of the sparring lovers Beatrice and Benedick. A West End Shakespeare programme now over a century old, this is a fine example of old theatre programmes from the 1920s.

Condition: V Good, lcr, rusty staples removed/marks, a mark where the security seal was opened (what the codes mean)

Did you know?

• Much Ado About Nothing was probably written around 1598 to 1599.
• Madge Titheradge was an Australian-born actress who became a leading lady of the London stage.
• The New Theatre was renamed the Albery Theatre in 1973 and the Noel Coward Theatre in 2006.