Quarto. [8]pp. Stitched, as issued. Old central horizontal fold, a trifle spotted.

A programme for a performance of Goethe's Faust on May 10th, 1886 at the Lyceum Theatre, then under the management of Henry Irving (1838-1905), with Bram Stoker (1847-1912) serving as acting manager. It has been argued that the titular character of Stoker's Dracula (1897) was in part inspired by Irving’s portrayal of Mephistopheles in a production of Faust; and indeed, the works of Goethe more broadly were highly influential, in particular his poem 'Die Braut von Corinth' (1797) that introduced the vampire to German literature.