Preston Playhouse show to tell partially true tale of how Michelangelo’s ‘David' shocked the city
A new play at Preston Playhouse is set to tell a fictionalised version of a true story which caused scandal in the city back in the 1800s.
A play called When David Came to Preston is on at the Preston Playhouse between Wednesday, April 15 and Saturday, April 18.
Set in 1893, the year that The Harris Museum opened, the play centres on the controversy that follows when one of the museum’s first acquisitions is revealed to be a full sized replica statue of Michelangelo’s ’David’.
Presented by Preston Drama Club, this play is described as “a partially true, fast paced, sharply comedic account of how it got there, where it went, and why it mattered to the national press of the day” as well as being a “warm hearted story about a girl who can draw and a man who wants to help”.
The play is partially true as the statue did indeed arrive in the city in the Victorian period, a photo of the replica David in the Harris in 1990 is available in the Lancashire County Council archives.
Tickets start from £12.