This evening, Tuesday, 17th Sept. 1872, under the immediate patronage and presence of His Excellency the Burmese ambassador and suite. Will be performed, the play, in four acts, dramatised by Charles Webb from Sir Walter Scott's Lady of the Lake.
Theatre Royal (Glasgow, Scotland)
Scott, Walter,1771-1832.Lady of the lake.
[Glasgow] : Gilchrist, printer, 64 Howard Street.,
[1872]
Theatre Royal, head of Hope Street, Glasgow. Sole lessees and managers (by royal letters patent) Messrs Glover & Francis--at head of broadside.
In 1872, an embassy led by the Burmese chief minister Kinwun Mingyi travelled to Europe, visiting France and Britain, with the aim of securing recognition for Burma as a sovereign state (Lower Burma was already under British administration); there was also a desire to increase political and commercial ties with these countries.On arrival in Britain, Kinwun was entertained at the Court of St. James, and in September the party travelled north to visit Manchester, Durham and other cities to promote trade. On the 16th September, the envoys arrived in Glasgow, where they were met by the Mayor, the President of the Chamber of Commerce, and a crowd 2000-strong. The envoys visited the Stock Exchange and Town Hall, and on the following day were greeted at the Chamber of Commerce with an address by John Matheson, the President. They subsequently visited the jute factory, a textile factory, and a brewery, and in the evening enjoyed a performance at the theatre, as described in the present playbill. The play that evening was based on Sir Walter Scott’s Lady of the Lake, in four parts, and incorporated a panorama of the passage from the Trossachs to Ellen’s Isle. The importance of the occasion prompted the production of this version of the playbill on silk, a deluxe version intended as a keepsake of the evening.
Printed on silk with a dark blue tassel trim.
Scotland Glasgow.