£55.00
Date 26/12/1931
Salisbury Victoria Hall Theatre – Lolanthe – 1931 – Autographed
An original theatre programme for Lolanthe at the Victoria Hall Theatre, Salisbury, dated 26 December 1931, with multiple autographs throughout.
The cast includes J R Layton, Richmond Howell, Hilda Long, Muriel Sparks, Lynda Butler and Marjorie Bance.
Gilbert and Sullivan’s fairy opera was a favourite with local operatic societies, and a Christmas-week staging made for a festive night out in Salisbury.
Programmes signed by the company are personal, one-off survivors, making this a lovely piece of signed theatre memorabilia from 1930s Wiltshire.
| Production | Lolanthe |
|---|---|
| Venue | Victoria Hall Theatre – Salisbury |
| Cast | J R Layton – Richmond Howell, Hilda Long – Muriel Sparks, Lynda Butler – Marjorie Bance, Multi autographs throughout the programme. |
Condition: V Good, Vlcr, a few tiny markings, slrs
Did you know?
- Gilbert and Sullivan’s fairy opera first opened at the Savoy Theatre in November 1882, opening in New York on the same night.
- The opera gently satirises the House of Lords, which is invaded by a band of fairies.
- The Savoy Theatre, where the opera premiered, was the first public building in the world lit entirely by electricity.
SKU: T02280
