Description

Date: 1885

Theatre: Savoy Theatre, London

Performance: Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘The Mikado’

Main Actors: Mr. R Temple, Mr Durward Lely, Mr. George Grossmith, Mr. Rutland Barrington, Mr. Frederick Bovill, Mr. Rudolph Lewis, Miss Leonora Braham, Miss Jessie Bond, Miss Sybil Grey, Miss Rosina Bandram.

This rare theatre programme presents Mr. Richard D’Oyly Carte’s first production of Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera, The Mikado, which premiered on the 14^th March 1885 at the Savoy Theatre. It ran for 672 performances  with Mr. Richard D’Oyly Carte’s original London cast including Mr Rudolph Lewis, who created the character of Go-To.

The Savoy Theatre was built by Richard D’Oyly Carte in 1881 and is situated in the Strand, London. It was the first public building built with electricity and was built to particularly showcase Gilbert and Sullivan operas which also became known as Savoy Operas.

4 pages including front and back covers. H 23 cms x W14 cms