£37.50
Date 11/02/1943
London St James's Theatre – Month In The Country – 1943
An original theatre programme for A Month In The Country at the St James’s Theatre, London, dated 11 February 1943. The cast includes Frederick Schiller, Anne Esmond, Winifred Hindle, Valerie Taylor, John Roddock and Robert Young.
Ivan Turgenev’s comedy follows Natalya Petrovna, a bored wife on a Russian country estate who falls for her son’s young tutor.
A classic of Russian drama staged in wartime London, this is an appealing example of old theatre programmes.
| Production | A Month In The Country |
|---|---|
| Venue | St James's Theatre – London |
| Cast | Frederick Schiller – Anne Esmond, Winifred Hindle – Valerie Taylor, John Roddock – Robert Young |
Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, nor
Did you know?
- Turgenev wrote the play around 1850, but censorship delayed its first staging until 1872.
- Stanislavski’s 1909 Moscow Art Theatre production helped establish it as a classic.
- The play is often seen as a forerunner of Chekhov’s quiet, character-driven drama.
SKU: T00766
