£28.50
Date 05/02/1940
Hereford Palladium Theatre – Arms And The Man – 1940
An original theatre programme for Arms And The Man at the Palladium Theatre, Hereford, dated 5 February 1940, with a cast including Sheila Millar, Donald Finlay, Donal Mills, Douglas Quayle, Elizabeth Summer and Peter Wilde.
George Bernard Shaw’s witty comedy punctures romantic ideas of war through the chocolate-carrying Swiss mercenary Bluntschli.
Staging an anti-heroic war comedy in the first months of the Second World War gives this theatre programme a particular resonance.
| Production | Arms And The Man |
|---|---|
| Venue | Palladium Theatre – Hereford |
| Cast | Sheila Millar, Donald Finlay, Donal Mills, Douglas Quayle, Elizabeth Summer, Peter Wilde. |
Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, a few tiny marks, slrs
Did you know?
- Arms And The Man was first produced in London in 1894 at the Avenue Theatre.
- Bluntschli’s habit of carrying chocolate instead of ammunition earned him the nickname the chocolate cream soldier.
- The play inspired Oscar Straus’s operetta The Chocolate Soldier (1908), much to Shaw’s annoyance.
SKU: T04579
