Title: Theater program for "Patience, or, Bunthorne's Bride," at the Standard Theatre, New York, December 23, 1881
Description: Standard Theatre programme. Mr. Wm. Henderson, proprietor and manager, business manager Mr. H.B. Lonsdale, treasurer Mr. Harry C. Fisk, conductor Mr. Ernest Neyer. The opera season of 1881-'82, under the direction of Mr. R. D'Oyly Carte, Miss Helen Lenoir, manager. The stage management by Mr. Chas. Harris. Friday night, December 23d, 1881, first production of the new and original aesthetic opera, "Patience, or, Bunthorne's Bride," written by W.S. Gilbert, composed by Arthur Sullivan. The opera was first produced at the Opera Comique, London, on the 23d of April, under the direction of Mr. Carte. R. D'Oyly Carte's Opera Comique Co.