Description
Date: 1922
Theatre: Princes Theatre, Shaftesbury Ave.
Performance: Princess Ida of D’Oyly Carte’s Season of Gilbert & Sullivan Operas.
Main Actors: Company of D’Oyly Carte
An interesting magazine theatre programme for the Rupert D’Oyly Carte’s Season of Gilbert & Sullivan Operas presenting Princess Ida, also known as Castle Adamant. Princess Ida is a comic opera about a princess who supports women’s education and opens a university and promotes women to be superior to men and should take over the ruling and running of the country!
The programme consists of a smooth paper and is printed in purple ink. It includes interesting articles and stage stories, theatrical confessions, professional gossip and much more. The programme is also packed with informative advertisements and detailed illustrations.
16 pages including the front and back cover; approx. H 21cm x W 14cm
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