The Bells (play)

Programme for the opening night of The Bells, 25 November 1871

The Bells is a play in three acts by Leopold David Lewis which was one of the greatest successes of the British actor Henry Irving.[1] The play opened on 25 November 1871 at the Lyceum Theatre in London and initially ran for 151 performances. Irving was to stage the play repeatedly throughout his career, playing the role of Mathias for the last time the night before his death in 1905.

  1. ^ George Rowell (1953) Nineteenth Century Plays