Henry Irving (Louis XI); Mr. Harvey (The Dauphin); Mr. F. Cooper (Duke De Nemours); Mr. S. Valentine (Philip De Commines); Mr. G. Black (Jaques Coitier); Mr. Tyars (Tristan L'Ermite); Mr. Archer (Oliver Le Dain); Mr. F. H. Macklin (Francois De Paule); Mr. Taylor (Cardinal D'Alby); Mr. Mellish (Count De Dreux); Mr. Lacy (Montjoie); Mr. Cushing (Monseigneur De Lude); Mr. Tabb (The Count De Dunois); Mr. Johnson (Marcel); Mr. Reynolds (Richard); Mr. Marion (Didier); Mr. Graham (Officer of the Royal Guard); Mr. Rivington (Toison D'Or); Mr. Belmore (King's Attendant); Miss May Whitty (Marie); Miss Maud Milton (Martha)
Artistic roles
Sir Henry Irving (Actor, Manager); Dion Boucicault (Playwright)
Genre
Romantic drama
Theme
Famous Companies
Item description
Program for the London Lyceum Theatre Company production of "Louis XI" starring Henry Irving and Ellen Terry at the Tremont Theatre in Boston. This program is for Oct. 19, 1895. Program is twenty pages long and contains many advertisements. A sampling of advertisers are Royal Powdered Soap, L. P. Hollander & Co., Eugene Vallens & Co., Andrew Lloyd & Co., Otto J. Piehler Furrier, Castle Sq. Hotel, Schlitz's Milwaukee Beer, Dooling's Restaurant, Dresden Lamps, International Fur Company, and Merritt's. Also contained in the program is a cast list of "Louis XI" a synopsis of scenery, and announcement of the dates and times of other Lyceum Theatre Company plays during their Boston residence. There is ticket price information contained on the inside front cover. The inside of the Tremont Theatre is illustrated on the front cover. The program is printed on legal size yellow paper which has been folded in half.
Object narrative
This program is from the Irving/Terry Lyceum Theatre American Tour of 1895-1896, their fifth tour to the United States. The program is for the entire week of October 14, 1895. It is a multi-page program which depicts the inside of the Tremont Theatre on the front cover. The program is filled with advertising as many American playbills are today. The cast list page states that this is the Third and Last Week but One while in Boston. They state they are performing an adaptation of Casimer Delavigne's play, Louis XI, by Dion Boucicault. The cast list shows Henry Irving in the role of Louis XI, but there is no mention of Ellen Terry having a role, despite her name alongside Irving's in the top billing. The second page of Lyceum credits include a synopsis of scenery, music during intermissions, and stage management credits. The program states that the following week Henry Irving, Miss Ellen Terry, and the London Lyceum Co. will be presenting Faust, Much Ado About Nothing, King Arthur, The Merchant of Venice, and Becket. They would also present a farewell performance consisting of Journeys End in Lovers' Meeting (new.), A Story of Waterloo, Trial Scene from The Merchant of Venice, and Church Scene from Much Ado About Nothing. The Fifth American Tour consisted of cities in the Northeast, Eastern Canada, and Southern cities including Richmond, Charleston, Savannah, Atlanta, New Orleans, and Memphis before heading into the Midwest and cities including St. Louis, Cincinnati, Chicago, and Detroit. According to Lyceum Company stationery the tour lasted from Sept. 1895-May 1896.
Type
Text
Original format
Programs
Original publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
[Identification of item], Robert C. Hansen Performing Arts Collection, 1753-2006 (MSS255), Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives and Manuscripts, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC, USA.
NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES. This item has been determined to be free of copyright restrictions in the United States. The user is responsible for determing actual copyright status for any reuse of the material.
Object ID
MSS255.B43.002
Digital publisher
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304
[Identification of item], Robert C. Hansen Performing Arts Collection, 1753-2006 (MSS255), Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives and Manuscripts, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC, USA.
