A Chronological List of Productions at the Theatre Royal, Bath 1805 - 1862
Compiled by Christine M. Bayliss 2019
Introduction - 1805 - 1806 - 1807 - 1808 - 1809 - 1810 - 1811 - 1812 - 1813 - 1814 - 1815 - 1816 - 1817 - 1818 - 1819 - 1820 - 1821 - 1822 - 1823 - 1824 - 1825 - 1826 - 1827 - 1828 - 1829 - 1830 - 1831 - 1832 - 1833 - 1834 - 1835 - 1836 - 1837 - 1838 - 1839 - 1840 - 1841 - 1842 - 1843 - 1844 - 1845 - 1846 - 1847 - 1848 - 1849 - 1850 - 1851 - 1852 - 1853 - 1854 - 1855 - 1856 - 1857 - 1858 - 1859 - 1860 - 1861 - 1862
See Also: Theatre Royal, Bath Productions from 1805 to 1862 - 1863 to 1899 - 1900 to 1938 - 1939 to 1981 - 1982 to 2019
1845
Wed 1-10 January Theatre closed
Sat 11 January Money and More Blunders Than One
Mon 13 January Hamlet and Polkamania
Tue 14 January
Wed 15 January Richard III and The Happy Man
Thur 16 January
Fri 17 January Richard III and The Happy Man
Sat 18 January Richard III and Don Caesar De Bazan
Mon 20 January Pizarro and Black-Eyed Susan
Tue 21 January
Wed 22 January The Hunchback and The Milliner's Holiday
Thur 23 January The Honeymoon, a performance from General Tom Thumb and The Irish Lion
Fri 24 January The Provoked Husband (selection of acts) and The Loan Of A Lover
Sat 25 January The Merchant Of Venice and Don Caesar De Bazan
Mon 27 January Love and The Wreck Ashore
Tue 28 January
Wed 29 January Macbeth and The Irish Tutor OR The Day After The Wedding
Thur 30 January
Fri 31 January Macbeth and The Milliner's Holiday
Sat 1 February The Stranger and Don Caesar De Bazan
Mon 3 February Romeo And Juliet and The Omnibus
Tue 4 February The Belle's Stratagem and rope dancing
Wed 5 February
Thur 6 February The Lady Of Lyons, Teddy The Tiler and performances from Signior Duvalli
Fri 7 February The Honeymoon, Susan Hopley and performances from Signior Duvalli
Sat 8 February A Grand Concert
Mon 10 February Old Heads And Young Hearts, The Four Sisters and The Irish Lion
Tue 11 February Horatia and The Momentous Question
Wed 12 February
Thur 13 February Horatia, a highland fling (dance) and Susan Hopley
Fri 14 February A Concert
Sat 15 February Old Heads And Young Hearts and The Romp
Mon 17 February George Barnwell and Susan Hopley
Tue 18 February The Blind Boy, The Momentous Question and Black Eyed Susan
Wed 19 February
Thur 20 February Jane Shore and The Dream At Sea (Richelieu planned but postponed)
Fri 21-22 February
Mon 24 February Monseigneur, Polkamania and The Brigadier
Tue 25 February
Wed 26 February Monseigneur, The Brigadier and The Dancing Barber
Thur 27 February
Fri 28 February The Iron Chest and Monseigneur
Sat 1 March The Critic, The Eton Boy, Eugene Aram and other entertainments
Mon 3 March The Brigand, Don Caesar De Bazan and other entertainments
Tue 4 March John Bull and Raymond And Agnes
Wed 5 March
Thur 6 March Alice Gray, Rory O'More and Richard III (burlesque)
Fri 7 March
Sat 8 March Much Ado About Nothing, A Day After The Wedding and Boots At The Lion
Mon 10 March Henry IV
Tue 11-15 March
Mon 17-22 March Theatre closed – Easter
Mon 24 March The Field Of Forty Footsteps, The School For Scandal and The Momentous Question
Tue 25-29 March
Mon 31 March – 5 April
Mon 7-11 April
Sat 12 April A Grand Evening Concert
Mon 14-18 April
Sat 19 April The Gladiator, a pas de seul and Master's Rival
Mon 21-26 April
Mon 28 April – 2 May
Sat 3 May The Youthful Queen, Love Laughs At Locksmiths, The Loves Of Giles Scroggins And Mary Brown and Mother And Child Are Doing Well (benefit)
Mon 5-9 May
Sat 10 May The Sherriff Of The County, Of Age Tomorrow, The Chimes and various dances (benefit)
Mon 12-17 May
Mon 19 May
Tue 20 May Time Works Wonders and The Sherriff Of The County (benefit)
Wed 21-24 May
Mon 26-31 May
Theatre re-decorated during closure
Mon 2 June – 31 August Theatre closed
Mon 1 September
Tue 2 September Time Works Wonders, Family Jars and other entertainments
Wed 3-5 September
Sat 6 September Lucia Di Lammermoor, the Banjo Quadrilles (dances) and My Neighbour's Wife
Mon 8 September
Tue 9 September Lucia Di Lammermoor
Wed 10 September
Thur 11 September La Sonnambula and A Roland For An Oliver
Fri 12 September
Sat 13 September La Sonnambula and The Love Spell
Mon 15 September
Tue 16 September Antigone and The Review
Wed 17 September
Thur 18 September Antigone and Is He Jealous? and a lecture by Mrs. Caudle
Fri 19 September
Sat 20 September The Bohemian Girl
Mon 22 September
Tue 23 September The Enchantress and The Bohemian Girl
Wed 24 September
Thur 25 September The Daughter Of St. Mark
Fri 26-27 September
Mon 29 September
Tue 30 September The Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit and The Miller And His Men
Wed 1–3 October
Sat 4 October Sweethearts And Wives, Chaos Is Come Again and The King's Gardener
Mon 6 October
Tue 7 October As You Like It and Born To Good Luck
Wed 8 October
Thur 9 October Fazio, Chaos Is Come Again and The Broken Sword
Fri 10 October
Sat 11 October The Stranger and Guy Mannering
Mon 13-17 October
Sat 18 October The Unpleasant Visitor, La Sylphide (ballet) and other dances (Mademoiselle Taglioni)
Mon 20 October
Tue 21 October Used Up, The Loan Of A Lover, Patter Versus Clatter and The Unwelcome Guest
Wed 22 October
Thur 23 October The Captain Of The Watch, Grist To The Mill, The King's Gardener and Patter Versus Clatter
Fri 24 October
Sat 25 October The Welsh Girl, Used Up, Patter Versus Clatter and Somebody Else
Mon 27 October
Tue 28 October Roses And Thorns, Fish Out Of Water and Captain Stevens
Wed 29 October – 1 November
Mon 3 November
Tue 4 November Young England, Turning The Tables and performances from the Danseuses Viennoises
Wed 5 November
Thur 6 November Mother And Child Are Doing Well and The Double-Bedded Room with performances from the Danseuses Viennoises
Fri 7 November
Sat 8 November Performances by the Danseuses Viennoises
Mon 10-12 November
Thur 13 November The Bath Road, Two In The Morning, A Lady And Gentleman In A Positively Perplexing Predicament with performances from the Danseuses Viennoises
Fri 14-15 November
Mon 17 November
Tue 18 November Benefit for Mrs. Macready (postponed from 11 November)
Wed 19-22 November
Mon 24-29 November
Mon 1-5 December
Sat 6 December Soirees Mysterieuses – extra-ordinary experiments
Mon 8-12 December
Sat 13 December Soirees Mysterieuses – illusions
Mon 15 December Soirees Mysterieuses – illusions
Tue 16-25 December
Fri 26 December The Momentous Question, Alma and The Railway King
Sat 27 December [Alma]
Mon 29-30 December [Alma]
Wed 31 December Make Your Wills, Young England, Alma and Robert Macaire
1846
Thur 1-2 January
Sat 3 January The Beauty And The Beast, The Corporal's Wedding and The Irish Tutor
Mon 5 January
Tue 6 January The Beauty And The Beast, The Children In The Wood and The Spoiled Child
Wed 7-9 January The Beauty And The Beast and other entertainments
Sat 10 January Clarisse, various dances and The Beauty And The Beast
Mon 12 January
Tue 13 January A Court Ball In 1744 and Seeing An Angel
Wed 14 January The Cricket On The Hearth and A Court Ball In 1744
Thur 15-16 January
Sat 17 January A divertissement and various dances, The Cricket On The Hearth and A Court Ball In 1744
Mon 19 January
Tue 20 January Hamlet
Wed 21 January
Thur 22 January Macbeth and The Corporal's Wedding
Fri 23 January
Sat 24 January The Elder Brother and The Corporal's Wedding
Mon 26 January
Tue 27 January The Lady Of Lyons and Clarissa
Wed 28 January
Thur 29 January The Elder Brother, [The Miller's Maid] and The Cricket On The Hearth
Fri 30 January
Sat 31 January Coriolanus and Matrimony
Mon 2 February
Tue 3 February Macbeth and Young England
Wed 4 February
Thur 5 February Don Caesar De Bazan, The Lottery Ticket and The Corporal's Wedding
Fri 6 February
Sat 7 February The Stranger and other entertainments
Mon 9-13 February Theatre closed as The Danseuses Viennoises broke their contract
Sat 14 February The Violet and The Cricket On The Hearth
Mon 16 February
Tue 17 February The Violet, King And I and Don Caesar De Bazan
Wed 18 February
Thur 19 February The Violet, The Two Gregories and The Cricket On The Hearth
Fri 20 February
Sat 21 February Family Jars, My Wife's Secret and The Lottery Ticket
Mon 23 February
Tue 24 February (mat) The Danseuses Viennoises
Wed 25--28 February
Mon 2-6 March
Sat 7 March She Stoops To Conquer and Charles II (amateur performances)
Mon 9 March
Tue 10 March The Castle Spectre and The Mysteries Of Paris
Wed 11 March
Thur 12 March William Tell, No! and The Mysteries Of Paris
Fri 13 March
Sat 14 March No Song, No Supper and Time Works Wonders
Mon 16 March
Tue 17 March Othello and The Padlock
Wed 18 March
Thur 19 March Oroonoko and The Virginian Mummy
Fri 20 March
Sat 21 March The Slave and Paul And Virginia
Mon 23 March
Tue 24 March The Revenge and Obi
Wed 25 March
Thur 26 March Father And Son, No! and Obi
Fri 27 March
Sat 28 March Zaraffa, other entertainments and The Padlock
Mon 30 March – 4 April
Mon 6-11 April Theatre closed – Easter
Mon 13 April The Cabin Boy, A Lover By Proxy and The Forest Of Bondy
Tue 14 April Love In Livery, The Cabin Boy and The Forest Of Bondy
Wed 15-17 April
Sat 18 April Wild Oats and The Spectre Bridegroom (amateur performances)
Mon 20-24 April
Sat 25 April The County Squire
Mon 27 April Lecture by Mr. C.Popham on The Earth, Solar System.. (1 of 4)
Tue 28 April The Beggar On Horseback and Obi
Wed 29 April – 1 May Lectures by Mr. C.Popham on The Earth, The Solar System..(2-4)
Sat 2 May Macbeth, an address, songs and Youth, Love And Folly
Mon 4-6 May
Thur 7 May A Beggar On Horseback and The Golden Farmer
Fri 8 May
Sat 9 May Love's Sacrifice, and dances and The Beauty And The Beast
Mon 11 May
Tue 12 May The Battle Of Austerlitz, a dance, The Widow's Victim and Harlequin Ploughboy
Wed 13 May
Thur 14 May Judith Of Geneva, Youth, Love And Folly and Lend Me Five Shillings
Fri 15 May
Sat 16 May The Green Bushes, The Woman Hater and The Trumpeter's Daughter
Mon 18 May
Tue 19 May The Lioness Of The North, The Miseries Of Human Life and The Cabin Boy
Wed 20-22 May
Sat 23 May The Wedding Day, The Green Bushes and The Cabin Boy
Mon 25 May
Tue 26 May The Irish Lion, The Green Bushes (2nd & 3rd acts) and The Cabin Boy
End of Season
Wed 27 May – 15 August Theatre closed
Mon 17 August
Tue 18 August Vocal entertainment given by Henry Russell
Wed 19-21 August
Sat 22 August Vocal entertainments interspersed with anecdotes of Negro life and characters given by Henry Russell
Mon 24-29 August
Mon 31 August
Tue 1 September Le Diable A Quatre (ballet)
Wed 2 September
Thur 3 September 'Twas I, Le Diable A Quatre (ballet) and Did You Ever Send Your Wife To Bristol?
Fri 4 September
Sat 5 September Le Diable A Quatre (ballet), A Day After The Wedding and The Weathercock
Mon 7-11 September
Sat 12 September The Maid With The Milking Pail, Lend Me Five Shillings, Snapping Turtles and Mischief Making
Mon 14 September
Tue 15 September Romeo And Juliet
Wed 16 September
Thur 17 September Ion and Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady
Fri 18 September
Sat 19 September Twelfth Night
Mon 21 September Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady, Romeo And Juliet (last act), Aged Forty and Guy Mannering
Tue 22-25 September
Sat 26 September Speed The Plow, Atelier Di Canova or Marble Groupings, The Gaberlunzie Man and L'Amour-Et-La-Folie
Mon 28 September – 2 October
Sat 3 October Therese, Les Tableaux Vivans and Baron Munchausen
Mon 5 October
Tue 6 October Venice Preserved and The Agreeable Surprise
Wed 7 October
Thur 8 October As You Like It and Lock And Key
Fri 9 October
Sat 10 October The Stranger and The Wonder
Mon 12-15 October Series of lectures on subjects of literary and scientific interest
Fri 16-17 October
Mon 19-20
Wed 21 October Used Up, The Speaking Likeness, A Curious Case and The Bath Road
Thur 22-23 October
Sat 24 Saturday Love's Telegraph, Patter Versus Clatter and other entertainments
Mon 26-27 October
Wed 28 October Madame Vestris & Charles Mathews – programme unknown
Thur 29-30 October
Sat 31 October The Green Bushes and Widow Wiggins
Mon 2 Nov –25 December no performances
Sat 26 December The Little Devil, songs, Barber Bravo and Borough Politics
Mon 28 December Charles XII, Barber Bravo and other entertainments
Tue 29 December
Wed 30-31 December The Black Doctor, a comic song, The Two Gregories, Mrs. Gamp's Tea and Turn Out
1847
Fri 1 January
Sat 2 January The Battle Of Life and The Lady Of Lyons
Mon 4 January The Black Doctor and ?
Tue 5 January Bombastes Furioso and The Fair One
Wed 6 January
Thur 7 January The Battle Of Life and The Black Doctor
Fri 8 January
Sat 9 January A Bold Stroke For A Husband, a 'favourite interlude' and The Fair One With the Golden Locks
Mon 11 January
Tue 12 January Hamlet and The Irish Tutor
Wed 13 January
Thur 14 January King Lear and The Wedding Day
Fri 15 January
Sat 16 January Werner and The Fair One With The Golden Locks
Mon 18 January
Tue 19 January Macbeth
Wed 20 January
Thur 21 January Richelieu and Catherine And Petruchio
Fri 22 January
Sat 23 January King Of The Commons
Mon 25 January
Tue 26 January Virginius and Rob Roy (last 2 acts)
Wed 27-29 January
Sat 30 January The Provoked Husband
Mon 1 February The Winter's Tale
Tue 2 February
Wed 3 February The Jealous Wife, Ella Rosenberg and Turning The Tables
Thur 4-5 January
Sat 6 February The Rivals and The Lady Of Lyons
Mon 8 February
Tue 9 February The Revenge, The Padlock and The Innkeeper's Daughter
Wed 10 February
Thur 11 February The Black Doctor and Susan Hopley
Fri 12-13 February
Mon 15 February
Tue 16 February Othello, The Virginian Mummy and Robinson Crusoe
Wed 17-18 February
Fri 19 February performances took place, titles not known
Sat 20 February The Follies Of A Night, Used Up and Popping The Question
Mon 22-23 February
Wed 24 February A Curious Case, Somebody Else and Patter Versus Clatter
Thur 25 February The Captain Of The Watch, The Speaking Likeness and The Critic
Fri 26 February
Sat 27 February The Belle's Stratagem and He Would Be An Actor
Mon 1-2 March
Wed 3 March Mathews & Co., The Golden Fleece and He Would be An Actor
Thur 4 March The Captain Of The Watch, Beauty And The Beast and Free And Easy
Fri 5 March
Sat 6 March Know Your Own Mind and The Critic
Mon 8 March
Tue 9 March Honesty and Susan Hopley
Wed 10 March
Thur 11 March John Overy, The Man With The Carpet Bag and The Maid Of The Inn
Fri 12 March
Sat 13 March The Love Chase
Mon 15-17 March
Thur 18 March The Lady Of The Lake and Black-Eyed Susan
Fri 19 March
Sat 20 March Time Works Wonders and The Irishman In London
Mon 22 March
Tue 23 March La Sonnambula and The Lady Of The Lake
Wed 24 March
Thur 25 March (mat) The Maid Of Artois
(eve) no performance
Fri 26 March
Sat 27 March The Love Spell (The Elixir Of Love) 2nd act and excerpts from grand opera – Anna Bolena and Tancredi
Mon 29 March – 3 April Theatre closed – Easter
Mon 5 April
Tue 6 April The Love Spell (The Elixir Of Love) and excerpts from Anna Bolena and Tancredi
Wed 7 April Lilly Dawson and The Innkeeper's Daughter
Thur 8 April La Sonnambula, a scene from Linda Di Chamouni and The Maid Of Artois (last act)
Fri 9 April
Sat 10 April The Love Spell (The Elixir Of Love) and other entertainments
Mon 12 April
Tue 13 April Lilly Dawson and Laid Up In Port
Wed 14 April The Honeymoon and The Lady Of Lyons
Thur 15-16 April
Sat 17 April The Hunchback
Mon 19-20 April
Wed 21 April Macbeth
Thur 22 April Jack Sheppard and Laid Up In Port
Fri 23-24 April
Mon 26 April Henriette The Forsaken and Jonathan Bradford
Tue 27 April Henry Russell – A vocal entertainment interspersed with tales of negro life …
Wed 28 April The Heir At Law and The Green Bushes
Thur 29-30 April
Sat 1 May Rory O'More and Tom And Jerry
Mon 3 May [The] King's Wager, Mrs. White and The Knight And The Wood Demon
Tue 4 May The Love Chase and The Happiest Day Of My Life
Wed 5 May The Love Chase
Thur 6 May Conduct Is Fate, The Moral Philosopher, The Eton Boy and The Idiot Witness
Fri 7 May
Sat 8 May The Road To Ruin and Don Caesar De Bazan
Mon 10-12 May
Thur 13 May The Road To Ruin and Don Caesar De Bazan
Fri 14-15 May
Mon 17-19 May
Thur 20 May The School For Scheming, an address and The Duchess Of Vaubaliere
Fri 21-22 May
Mon 24 May The Momentous Question, The Secret, The Green Bushes (2nd act) and Jenny Lind At Last
Tue 25 May The Robber's Wife, An Object Of Interest, Sudden Thoughts and The Hunter Of The Alps
Wed 26 May Don Caesar De Bazan, Jenny Lind At Last and Family Jars
Thur 27-29 May
Mon 31 May
Tue 1 June The Hunchback
Wed 2-3 June
Fri 4 June Macbeth and Fish Out Of Water
Sat 5 June
Mon 7-10 June
Fri 11 June A Grand Evening Concert with Mr. Distin and his 4 sons
Sat 12 June – 10 July
Mon 12 July A Cure For The Heart-Ache, a comic song and The Married Bachelor (amateur performances)
Tue 13-17 July
Mon 19 July
Tue 20 July Evening Concert by The American Female Serenaders
Wed 21 July – 30 August
Tue 31 August My Neighbour's Wife, The Judgement Of Paris, A Day After The Wedding with various dances and ballets
Wed 1-3 September
Sat 4 September Spring Gardens, Chaos Is Come Again, Deaf As A Post and various dances and ballets
Mon 6 September
Tue 7 September The Creole and The M.P. For The Rotten Borough
Wed 8-10 September
Sat 11 September La Sonnambula and The Creole
Mon 13 September
Tue 14 September Maritana
Wed 15 September
Thur 16 September The Bohemian Girl and My Husband's Secret
Fri 17 September
Sat 18 September The Love Spell (The Elixir Of Love) and The Bohemian Girl
Mon 20 September
Tue 21 September The Lady Of The Lake followed by The Tennessee Minstrels and Ethiopian Serenaders
Wed 22 September An unidentified production referred to in review of other performances
Thur 23-25 September
Mon 27 September
Tue 28 September Jenny Lind and other performers singing extracts from La Sonnambula, Norma, etc. (final performances before retirement)
Wed 29 Sept–25 December no performances
Mon 27 December The Bottle, Box And Cox and The Lady Of Lyons
Tue 28 December The Bottle, The Roll Of The Drum and Box And Cox
Wed 29 December Jane Shore, Box And Cox, The Bottle and other entertainments
Thur 30-31 December The Roll Of The Drum, How To Settle Accounts With Your Laundress and The Bottle
1848
Sat 1 January The White Horse Of The Peppers, Pencillings Of A Musician and His Last Legs
Mon 3 January
Tue 4 January Richelieu
Wed 5 January
Thur 6 January My Uncle's Pet, The Barber And The Beadle, Box And Cox and other entertainments
Fri 7 January
Sat 8 January Henry VIII, My Uncle's Pet and Box And Cox
Mon 10 January
Tue 11 January The School For Scandal, Norma Travestie and other entertainments
Wed 12-14 January
Sat 15 January The Roll Of The Drum, Bombastes Furioso and The Man And The Monkey
Mon 17 January The Jacobite, The Barber And The Beadle, My Uncle's Pet and Don Caesar De Bazan
Tue 18 January The Jacobite, The Rival Pages and The Bottle
Wed 19 January
Thur 20 January The Jacobite, The Rival, The Lottery Ticket, The Windmill and other entertainments
Fri 21 January
Sat 22 January Box And Cox, The Jacobite, This House To Be Sold …and The Windmill
Mon 24-25 January The Chiffonier De Paris and Peter Wilkins
Wed 26-27 January
Fri 28 January The School For Scandal and Norma Travestie
Sat 29 January The Jacobite, This House To Be Sold … and Peter Wilkins
Mon 31 January Guy Mannering and Simpson & Co
Tue 1 February The Children Of The Night
Wed 2 February Guy Mannering and Simpson & Co
Thur 3-4 February
Sat 5 February The Chiffonier De Paris, Charles XII and This House To Be Sold …
Mon 7 February
Tue 8 February Hamlet and Springs Of Laurel
Wed 9-11 February
Sat 12 February Sweethearts And Wives. The King's Wager and How To Settle Accounts With Your Laundress
Mon 14 February The Bottle and Peter Wilkins
Tue 15 February The Broken Sword, The Sleeping Draught and Susan Hopley
Wed 16-18 February Mr. J.M.Buck – The Great Magician
Sat 19 February St. Patrick's Eve, How To Pay The Rent and The Haunted Inn
Mon 21 February
Tue 22 February The White Horse Of The Peppers and The Irish Post
Wed 23 February
Thur 24 February King O'Neil, a farce and Born To Good Luck
Fri 25 February
Sat 26 February The Barber Of Seville and Sweethearts And Wives
Mon 28 February
Tue 29 February The Wife's Secret
Wed 1 March
Thur 2 March The Bohemian Girl
Fri 3 March Der Freischutz
Sat 4 March La Sonnambula and The Barber Of Seville (1st act)
Mon 6 March Paul Pry, This House To be Sold… and X.Y.Z.
Tue 7 March Othello and Susan Hopley
Wed 8-11 March
Mon 13 March
Tue 14 March The Wife's Secret and The Sheriff Of The County
Wed 15 March
Thur 16 March Coriolanus, other entertainments and Perfection
Fri 17 March
Sat 18 March Single Life, The Young Waterman and The Wreck Ashore
Mon 20 March
Tue 21 March The Flowers Of The Forest and The White Cat
Wed 22 March
Thur 23 March The Heart Of Midlothian, A Day After The Fair and The Flying Dutchman
Fri 24 March
Sat 25 March The Young Guard, My Uncle's Pet and The Sultana
Mon 27-29 March
Thur 30 March Don Caesar De Bazan, The Young Waterman, The Barber And The Beadle and The Illustrious Stranger
Fri 31 March
Sat 1 April The Young Guard, The Sultana, How To Settle Accounts With Your Laundress and Dominique
Mon 3 April
Tue 4 April Rob Roy, The Four Sisters and The Green Bushes (2nd act)
Wed 5-7 April
Sat 8 April The Honeymoon and Used Up (amateur performances)
Mon 10 April
Tue 11 April Henry Russell – songs and other entertainments
Wed 12-15 April
Mon 17-22 April Theatre closed – Easter
Mon 24-28 April
Sat 29 April The Flowers Of The Forest, The Rendezvous and Harlequin And The Golden Gift
Mon 1 May
Tue 2 May The Forty Thieves, [Harlequin And The Golden Gift] and The White Cat
Wed 3 May
Thur 4 May George Barnwell, A Wife For An Hour and Harlequin And The Golden Gift
Fri 5 May
Sat 6 May The Flowers Of The Forest, A Wife For An Hour and Don Juan
Mon 8 May
Tue 9 May Henry IV, Part 2 (4th act), The Jealous Wife and The Sleeping Draught
Wed 10 May
Thur 11 May Speed The Plough, The Tipperary Legacy and The Flowers Of The Forest
Fri 12-13 May
Mon 15-20 May
Mon 22-23 May
Wed 24 May Love and The Wonder
Thur 25 May–10 June
Mon 12-15 June Soirees Fantastiques
Fri 16 June
Sat 17 June (mat) Soirees Fantastiques
(eve) -
Mon 19 June Soirees Fantastiques
Tue 20-23 June
Sat 24 June
Mon 26 June – 2 September Theatre closed
Mon 4 September
Tue 5 September Fiorita and other ballets, with Dearest Elizabeth and The Married Rake
Wed 6 September
Thur 7 September The Lady Of Munster, various ballets and dances and A Lady And A Gentleman In A Particularly Perplexing Predicament
Fri 8-9 September
Mon 11-12 September
Wed 13 September The Creole, Hunting A Turtle and The Rent Day
Thur 14-15 September
Sat 16 September The Queensbury Fete, Lola Montes and Turning The Tables
Mon 18 September
Tue 19 September The Love Chase and The Dream At Sea
Wed 20 September
Thur 21 September London Assurance and My Little Adopted
Fri 22 September
Sat 23 September Wives As They Were And Maids As They Are and The Field Of Forty Footsteps
Mon 25 September
Tue 26 September Richard III
Wed 27 September
Thur 28 September The Flowers Of The Forest, Lola Montes and The Wreck Ashore
Fri 29 September Lucille, The Queensbury Fete and Box And Cox
Sat 30 September
Mon 2 October
Tue 3 October The Queensbury Fete, Lola Montez and Boz's Juba and The Ethiopian Serenaders
Wed 4 October
Thur 5 October The Traveller's Room, Raising The Wind and Boz's Juba
Fri 6 October Romeo And Juliet
Sat 7 October (mat) Boz's Juba and The Ethiopian Serenaders with Lucille and Hunting A Turtle
Mon 9 October
Tue 10 October Paul Pry, Did You Ever Send Your Wife To Camberwell? and The Unfinished Gentleman
Wed 11 October
Thur 12 October The Harvest Home and How To Settle Accounts With Your Laundress and other entertainments
Fri 13 October Romeo And Juliet
Sat 14 October Boz's Juba and The Ethiopian Serenaders
Mon 16 October
Tue 17 October Romeo And Juliet and Robert Macaire
Wed 18-21 October
Mon 23-28 October
Mon 30 October Mr. Templeton's Musical Entertainment
Tue 31 October – 4 November
Mon 6 November – 23 December Theatre closed
Mon 25 December
Tue 26 December Slasher And Crasher, The Stranger, Catherine And Petruchio and other entertainments
Wed 27-29 December Theatre advertised as 'open every night' - performances not known
Dec 30 December Macbeth and Slasher And Crasher
1849
Mon 1-3 January
Thur 4 January The Iron Chest and Slasher And Crasher
Fri 5 January Virginius and Box And Cox
Sat 6 January Money and Rob Roy (benefit performance)
Mon 8 January The Haunted Man and The Ship On Fire
Tue 9 January The Children In The Wood, The Day After The Fair and The Forty Thieves
Wed 10-12 January
Sat 13 January The Scarecrow, Box And Cox, A Rough Diamond and A Day After The Fair
Mon 15 January The Flowers Of The Forest and other entertainments
Tue 16-17 January
Thur 18 January The Green Bushes and Make Your Wills
Fri 19 January
Sat 20 January The Housekeeper, The Snapping Turtles and Box And Cox (benefit)
Mon 22 January The Gold Seekers and The Lonely Man Of The Ocean
Tue 23 January [The Ruby Ring] and The Fayre Lass Of Bath
Wed 24 January
Thur 25 January The Romantic Widow, Grandfather Whitehead and The Fayre Lass Of Bath
Fri 26 January
Sat 27 January The Romantic Widow, Grandfather Whitehead and The Fayre Lass Of Bath
Mon 29 January–2 February
Sat 3-Fri 9 February Mr. W. Cooke's Equestrian Artistes and Valuable stud of horses with
Sat 3 February St. George And The Dragon and The Christening
Mon 5 February St. George And The Dragon and Tom Noddy's Secret
Tue 6 February (mat)
(eve) Mazeppa
Wed 7 February Mazeppa
Thur 8 February Turpin's Ride To York and The Death Of Black Bess
Fri 9 February (mat) Mazeppa and other entertainments
Fri 9 February (eve) Mazeppa and Turpin's Ride To York
Sat 10 February The Romantic Widow, Time Tries All and Tom Noddy's Secret
Mon 12-13 February
Wed 14 February The Lonely Man Of The Ocean, The Day After The Fair and The Fayre Lasse Of Bath
Thur 15 February Much Ado About Nothing and Time Tries All
Fri 16 February [The Merchant Of Venice and Time Tries All]
Sat 17 February The Artist's Wife, The Angel Of The Attic and Slasher And Crasher
Mon 19 February
Tue 20 February Richelieu and His First Champagne (amateur performances)
Wed 21-23 February
Sat 24 February Used Up, The Captain Of The Watch and A Day Well Spent (amateur performances)
Mon 26 February Lucia Di Lammermoor and No Song, No Supper
Tue 27 February
Wed 28 February Maritana and No!
Thur 1-2 March
Sat 3 March The Bohemian Girl and Rosina
Mon 5 March
Tue 6 March La Sonnambula and Der Freischutz (abridged version)
Wed 7 March The Artist's Wife and Don Caesar De Bazan
Thur 8 March The Bohemian Girl and The Beggar's Opera
Fri 9 March
Sat 10 March Lucia Di Lammermoor and No!
Mon 12 March
Tue 13 March Fra Diavolo
Wed 14 March Fra Diavolo and The Waterman
Thur 15 March The Daughter Of The Regiment and The Beggar's Opera
Fri 16 March
Sat 17 March Haydee and The Daughter Of The Regiment
Mon 19-24 March
Mon 26-31 March Robert-Houdin - Séances Fantastiques
Mon 1-6 April
Mon 8-13 April Theatre closed – Easter
Sat 14 April The Iron Chest and Don Caesar De Bazan (amateur performances)
Mon 16 April
Tue 17 April Grandfather Whitehead, Your Life's In Danger and The Enchanted Isle
Wed 18 April A Variety of Entertainments
Thur 19-20 April
Sat 21 April The Poor Gentleman and The Enchanted Isle
Mon 23 April
Tue 24 April The Birthday, Matrimony and Victorine (benefit performance)
Wed 25 April – 5 May
Mon 7 May
Tue 8 May Armand, Rob Roy and Jeanette And Jeannot
Wed 9 May–9 Nov Theatre closed
Sat 10 November mat/eve An original and classical entertainment
Mon 12-13 November
Wed 14 November An original and classical entertainment
Thur 15-16 November
Sat 17 November An original and classical entertainment
Mon 19 November An entertainment of character sketches and songs by the Hay family
Tue 20-24 November
Mon 26 November An entertainment of character sketches and songs by the Hay family
Tue 27 November – 1 December
Mon 3-22 December
Mon 24-25 December
Wed 26 December Honesty The Best Policy, Chamber Practice and The
King And The Freebooter
Thur 27-28 December
Sat 29 December Hearts Are Trumps, Sketches In India and Bath Wives
Mon 31 December
1850
Tue 1 January
Wed 2 January Honesty The Best Policy, Box And Cox and The Miller And His Men interspersed with songs and dances
Thur 3-4 January
Sat 5 January She Stoops To Conquer, Cousin Cherry and Chamber Practice interspersed with songs and dances
Mon 7-8 January
Wed 9 January Macbeth and Catching An heiress
Thur 10-11 January
Sat 12 January Richelieu and Mr. And Mrs. White
Mon 14-16 January
Thur 17 January Hamlet and The Two Gregories
Fri 18 January
Sat 19 January King Lear and The Rendezvous
Mon 21 January Lucia Di Lammermoor
Tue 22 January La Sonnambula
Wed 23 January
Thur 24 January Ernani
Fri 24 January
Sat 26 January I Puritani and The Beggar's Opera
Mon 28 January
Tue 29 January Esmeralda (ballet excerpts), The Boarding School and an un-named afterpiece
Wed 30-31 January
Fri 1 February The Ladies Club interspersed with ballets and Cousin Cherry
Sat 2 February
Mon 4 February La Sonnambula and Ernani (last act)
Tue 5-8 February
Sat 9 February Lucia Di Lammermoor and The Waterman
Mon 11 February
Tue 12 February Alexander The Great and The Waterman
Wed 13 February
Thur 14 February Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady, A Grand Concert (vocal and pianoforte) and It's Only My Aunt (Messrs. Distin)
Fri 15 February
Sat 16 February A Grand Concert (Messrs. Distin)
Mon 18-22 February
Sat 23 February The Serious Family, other entertainments and A Tipperary Legacy (amateur performances)
Mon 25 February – 1 March
Sat 2 March Gwynneth Vaughan, Binks, The Bagman and The Brigand
Mon 4-8 March
Sat 9 March A Maiden's Fame, John Dobbs and My Poll And My Partner Joe
Mon 11 March
Tue 12 March The Flowers Of The Forest
Wed 13-15 March
Sat 16 March The Slave, a pas de seul and The Virginian Mummy
Mon 18 March production unknown but under patronage of The Mayor
Tue 19 March
Wed 20 March Charles XII, The Padlock and John Dobbs
Thur 21-22 March
Sat 23 March Father And Son, The Padlock and Robinson Crusoe
Mon 25-30 March Theatre closed – Easter
Mon 1 April £500 Reward, a scene from The Life Of An Unprotected Woman and My First Night
Tue 2 April Mr. Bunn Performing A Monologue
Wed 3 April £500 Reward, The First Night and The Sculptor Of Frankfort (ballet)
Thur 4-5 April
Sat 6 April Cousin Jacques, Next Door and Lady Bird's Home
Mon 8 April Lady Bird's Home and other entertainments
Tue 9 April
Wed 10 April Wild Oats and Diamond Cut Diamond (amateur performances)
Thur 11 April A Model Of A Wife, Lady Bird's Home and Next Door
Fri 12 April
Sat 13 April First Night, A Practical Man, Monsieur Jacques and a ballet
Mon 15 April Michael Erle, tableaux, The Fratricide, Lady Bird's Home and The Unprotected Female
Tue 16-19 April
Sat 20 April The Rivals and The Gypsy Farmer
Mon 22-23 April
Wed 24 April Therese, The Male Flirt and The Conquering Game
Thur 25 April John Bull, Boots At The Lion and Black-Eyed Susan
Fri 26 April
Sat 27 April Night And Morning and Susan Hopley
Mon 29 April
Tue 30 April The Dream At Sea, Bath Wives and The Gypsy Farmer
Wed 1-3 May
Sat 4 May Hamlet and The Lost Ship
Mon 6 May
Tue 7 May The Maid And The Magpie, The Loan Of A Lover and The Pilot
Wed 8 May
Thur 9 May Guy Mannering and The Lonely Man Of The Sea
Fri 10-11 May
Mon 13-14 May
Wed 15 May The Vicar Of Wakefield, Swiss Cottage and John Dobbs (benefit performance and official last night of season)
Thur 16-18 May
Mon 20-22 May
Thur 23 May The Poor Gentleman, a song, other entertainments and P.P. (benefit)
Fri 24-25 May
Mon 27-29 May
Thur 30 May The Black Domino
Fri 31 May The Crown Diamonds
Sat 1 June
Mon 3-8 June
Mon 10-12 June Professor Buck's Soirees Fantastiques
Thur 13 June
Fri 14 June Professor Buck's Soirees Fantastiques
Sat 15 June
Mon 17 June Benefit for Professor Buck
Tue 18 June–24 September Theatre closed
Wed 25 September Old Honesty and Married Life
Thur 26-27 September
Sat 28 September Lavater and The Serious Family
Mon 30 September
Tue 1 October The Jacobite, Spring And Autumn and Pas De Fascination
Wed 2 October
Thur 3 October Time Tries All and The Lioness Of The North
Fri 4 October
Sat 5 October The Rivals and Tom Noddy's Secret
Mon 7 October–21 Dec Theatre closed
Mon 23-25 December
Thur 26 December – 10 January Harlequin Templar initially preceded by The Inn Keeper's Wife, and concluding with The Two Gregories
1851
Wed 1-3 January
Sat 4 January Harlequin Templar and The Daughter Of The Store
Mon 6 January Harlequin Templar and Giraldi
Tue 7 January Harlequin Templar and Bombastes Furioso
Wed 8 January Harlequin Templar and other entertainments
Thur 9-10 January Harlequin Templar and Giraldi
Sat 11 January Giraldi, a ballet and other entertainments
Mon 13 January A Drama, a ballet and other entertainments
Tue 14 January
Wed 15 January Mary Tudor, Kissing Goes By Favour and The Lost Diamonds
Thur 16 January The Anchor Of Hope, The White Sergeant and George Barnwell
Fri 17 January
Sat 18 January Mary Tudor, Nicholas Nickleby and other entertainments
Mon 20 January The Lily Of The Desert, The Anchor Of Hope OR A Mother's Bequest and Kissing Goes By Favour (last two instead of Anchor?)
Tue 21-22 January [A Mother's Bequest and Kissing Goes By Favour]
Thur 23 January The Lily Of The Desert, A Mother's Bequest and Kissing Goes By Favour
Fri 24 January
Sat 25 January The Soldier's Tear, A Mother's Bequest and Nicholas Nickleby
Mon 27 January The Pirate Merchant Of Bristol, Our New Cook Of Bath and Raby Rattler
Tue 28-31 January
Sat 1 February The Poor Gentleman and Box And Cox (amateur performances)
Mon 3-7 February
Sat 8 February The Swiss Swains and Raby Rattler with other entertainments
Mon 10-11 February
Wed 12 February Macbeth and Friend Waggles
Thur 13-14 February
Sat 15 February Richelieu and His First Champagne
Mon 17-22 February
Mon 24-25 February
Wed 26 February The Flowers Of The Forest, a dance and Susan Hopley
Thur 27-28 February
Sat 1 March The Prisoner Of War, King Gold and Betsy Baker
Mon 3 March
Tue 4 March The School For Scandal
Wed 5-6 March
Fri 7 March American Vocalists - an entertainment
Sat 8 March The Romantic Widow, Without Encumbrances and Betsy Baker
Mon 10 March
Tue 11 March The Clandestine Marriage
Wed 12-14 March
Sat 15 March The Artist's Wife, a ballet, A Vain Old Fool and Black Eyed Susan
Mon 17 March Henry IV and The Miller And His Men
Tue 18 March The Gentleman And The Upstart
Wed 19-21 March
Sat 22 March The School For Scandal
Mon 24 March As You Like It and Captain Stevens
Tue 25 March The Sledge Driver, Without Encumbrances and Susan Hopley
Wed 26 March
Thur 27 March Prisoner Of War, The Unfinished Gentleman and Midnight Watch
Fri 28 March
Sat 29 March As You Like It and The Swiss Swains
Mon 31 March His Last Legs, Binks The Bagman and Mr. And Mrs. White
Tue 1-4 April
Sat 5 April Romeo And Juliet, Fortune's Frolic and other entertainments
Mon 7 April Old Hands And Young Hearts and The Innkeeper's Daughter
Tue 8-11 April
Sat 12 April The Merchant Of Venice and The Old House At Home
Mon 14-19 April Theatre closed – Easter
Mon 21-25 April
Sat 26 April The Heir At Law and The Nervous Man And The Man Of Nerve (amateur performances)
Mon 28 April – 3 May
Mon 5 May Speed The Plough and Love And Laugh (amateur performances)
Tue 6-10 May
Mon 12 May
Tue 13 May Love In A Maze and All That Glitters Is Not Gold
Wed 14-17 May
Mon 19-24 May Professor Anderson's Grand Performance Of Natural Magic
Mon 26-29 Professor Anderson's Grand Performance Of Natural Magic
Fri 30-31 May
End of Season
Mon 2 June – 4 October Theatre closed
Mon 6 October All That Glitters Is Not Gold, Apartments and Catching An Heiress
Tue 7-11 October
Mon 13-14 October
Wed 15 October The Flowers Of The Forest, The Secret and The Waterman
Thur 16-17 October
Sat 18 October The Dream At Sea, Done On Both Sides and The Illustrious Stranger
Mon 20-24 October
Sat 25 October The Serious Family and Pauline
Mon 27 October Lecture on Bloomerism (repeat of lecture in Assembly Rooms on same day)
Tur 28-31 October
Sat 1 November The Love Chase and Married Life
Mon 3 November Old Honesty, Simpson & Co. and Tom Noddy's Secret
Tue 4 November The Love Chase, The Serious Family and Perfection
Wed 5-8 November
Mon 10-11 November
Wed 12 November Grandfather Whitehead, Bloomerism and The Wreck Ashore
Thur 13-15 November
Mon 17-18 November
Wed 19 November Esmeralda, Bonaparte and Bloomerism
Thur 20-22 November
Mon 24-25 November
Wed 26 November Secret Service, Bloomerism and Charming Polly
The 27-29 November
Mon 1-2 December
Wed 3 December The King And The Freebooters, Grandfather Whitehead and Bloomerism
Thur 4-5 December
Sat 6 December The Country Squire, The Robber's Wife and Bloomerism
Mon 8-13 December
Mon 15-20 December
Mon 22-25 December
Fri 26-31 December The Three Princes
1852
Thur 1 January The Daughter Of The Stars, The Three Princes and My Precious Betsy
Fri 2 January Grandfather Whitehead, The Three Princes and a farce
Sat 3 January A comedy, The Three Princes and The Captain's Not A Miss
Mon 5 January
Tue 6 January Grandfather Whitehead, a drama and The Extravaganza
Wed 7 January 'A Grand Juvenile Night' with The Spoiled Child, The Extravaganza and other entertainments
Thur 8-9 January
Sat 10 January
Mon 12 January The Wonderful Woman and Who's Your Friend? (amateur
Performances)
Tue 13-Fri January
Sat 17 January The Carpenter Of Rouen, A Fast Coach and The Two Bonnycastles
Mon 19 January
Tue 20-21 January various performances and a diorama "Our Native Land"
Thur 22 January Cramond Brig, a diorama "Our Native Land," I've Eaten My Friend and The Two Bonnycastles
Fri 23 January George Barnwell, A diorama "Our Native Land" and The Carpenter Of Rouen
Sat 24 January Hamlet and a diorama "Our Native Land"
Mon 26–31 January
*Mon 2 February Paul Pry, The Young Couple and My Precious Betsy
*Tue 3 February The Spoiled Child
*Wed 4 February An Alarming Sacrifice, Richard III (5th act), The Young Couple and Polkamania OR Richard III (5th act) and The Swiss Cottage
*Thur 5-6 February
*Sat 7 February The Swiss Cottage, The Young Couple and An Alarming Sacrifice
*Mon 9 February Macbeth (selections), The Spoiled Child , The Young Couple and An Alarming Sacrifice
Tue 10-13 February
*Sat 14 February The Merchant Of Venice (trial scene), The Four Mowbrays and My Grandmother's Pet OR The Merchant Of Venice (trial scene), Old And Young, The Spoiled Child and An Alarming Sacrifice
Mon 16-17 February
Wed 18 February Hamlet
Thur 19-20 February
Sat 21 February The Lady Of Lyons and The Wonder
Mon 23-28 February
Mon 1-3 March
Thur 4 March Hamlet and Rosina
Fri 5 March
*Sat 6 March Sweethearts And Wives, My Grandmother's Pet, The Young Couple and Diamond Cut Diamond
Mon 8-10 March
Thur 11 March The Lady Of Lyons and No Song, No Supper
Fri 12-13 March
Mon 15-17 March
Thur 18 March Macbeth and An Alarming Sacrifice
Fri 19-20 March
Mon 22 March
Tue 23 March William Tell, The Sergeant's Wedding and The Review
Wed 24 March
Thur 25 March The Midnight Watch, Blue Beard and Gertrude And Peter Spyk
Fri 26 March
Sat 27 March The Green Bushes, musical interludes and The Irish Lion
Mon 29-31 March
Thur 1 April Blue Beard and She Stoops To Conquer
Fri 2 April
Sat 3 April All That Glitters Is Not Gold, Spring Gardens and Dominique, The Deserter
Mon 5-10 April Theatre closed – Easter
Mon 12-14 April
Thur 15 April Hamlet and Gertrude And Peter Spyk
Fri 16-17 April
Mon 19-21 April
Thur 22 April Ingomar and All That Glitters Is Not Gold
Fri 23 April
Sat 24 April Charles XII, The Jacobite and The Swiss Cottage (amateur performances)
Mon 26-28 April
Thur 29 April Richard III and The Wandering Boys
Fri 30 April
Sat 1 May The Corsican Brothers, A Duel In The Dark and Dominique The Possessed
Mon 3-5 May
Thur 6 May The Stranger, a song, The Two Bonnycastles and The Rendezvous
Fri 7-8 May
Mon 10 May
Tue 11 May My Wife's Daughter, The Corsican Brothers and Betsy Baker
Wed 12-15 May
Mon 17 May
Tue 18 May The Beggar's Opera, The Corsican Brothers and Sparks In The Dark
Wed 19 May The Gold Seekers, The Corsican Brothers and The Waterman
Thur 20 May
Fri 21 May Ingomar, The Corsican Brothers (last act), The Merchant Of Venice (trial scene) and The Crown Prince
Sat 22 May
Mon 24-26 May
Thur 27 May The Flowers Of The Forest, The Captain's Not A Miss and Black-Eyed Susan
Fri 28-29 May
Mon 31 May – 3 June
Fri 4 June The Vampire, Seeing Gomersal and Raymond And Agnes
Sat 5 June
End of season
Mon 7 June-29 September Theatre closed
Thur 30 September Pauline, a pas de deux, The Rival Lovers (ballet) and Box And Cox
Fri 1 October
Sat 2 October Kate Wynsley, The Rival Lovers (ballet) and The Corsican Brothers
Mon 4-6 October
Thur 7 October Hamlet and St. Valentine's Day
Fri 8 October
Sat 9 October The Serious Family, various dances and ballet, and The Illustrious Stranger
Mon 11-13 October
Thur 14 October Richard III, a divertissement and Crossing The Line
Fri 15 October
Sat 16 October The Crown Prince and Jack Sheppard
Mon 18-20 October
Thur 21 October Jack Sheppard, various dances and The Corsican Brothers
Fri 22 October
Sat 23 October The King's Wager and Jack Sheppard
Mon 25-27 October
Thur 28 October Macbeth, a pas de deux and Wanted 1000 Spirited Young Milliners For The Gold Diggings
Fri 29 October
Sat 30 October Pauline, A Comic Scena, a pas de trois and Wanted 1000 Spirited Young Milliners For The Gold Diggings
Mon 1-5 November
Sat 6 November Uncle Tom's Cabin and The Crown Prince
Mon 8-12 November
Sat 13 November Uncle Tom's Cabin and Dominique The Deserter
Mon 15-16 November
Wed 17 November Uncle Tom's Cabin and The Brigand
Thur 18-19 November
Sat 20 November Uncle Tom's Cabin and Love Laughs At Locksmiths
Mon 22-23 November
Wed 24 November Uncle Tom's Cabin and Wanted 1000 Spirited Young Milliners For The Gold Diggings
Thur 25-26 November
Sat 27 November Sudden Thoughts and Jack Sheppard
Mon 29-30 November
Wed 1 December Uncle Tom's Cabin and Raymond And Agnes
Thur 2-3 December
Sat 4 December Uncle Tom's Cabin and Giralda
Mon 6-8 December
Thur 9 December Uncle Tom's Cabin and The Floating Beacon
Fri 10 December
Sat 11 December Uncle Tom's Cabin and The Brigand
Mon 13-14 December
Wed 15 December Uncle Tom's Cabin and The Corsican Brothers
Thur 16-18 December
20-31 December
1853
Sat 1 January Uncle Tom's Cabin and Box And Cox
Mon 3-7 January
Sat 8 January The Children In The Wood, The Miller's Daughter (ballet) and A Day After The Fair
Mon 10-14 January
Sat 15 January Uncle Tom's Cabin and Jamie Of Aberdeen (ballet)
Mon 17-21 January
Sat 22 January Uncle Tom's Cabin and The Corsican Brothers
Mon 24-26 January
Thur 27-28 January Queen Mab And The Harlequin And The Golden Pippin and Barber Bravo
Sat 29 January Queen Mab And The Harlequin And The Golden Pippin and The Bride Of Lammermoor
Mon 31 January – 2 February
Thur 3-5 February "Three juvenile nights" including Queen Mab And The Harlequin And The Golden Pippin
Mon 7 February (mat & eve) Queen Mab And The Harlequin And The Golden Pippin
Tue 8 February Queen Mab And The Harlequin And The Golden Pippin
Wed 9-11 February
Sat 12 February Uncle Tom's Cabin and Time Tries All
Mon 14-18 February
Sat 19 February The Cavalier and Judith Of Geneva
Mon 21-25 February
Sat 26 February Hamlet and Your Life's In Danger
Mon 28 February–4 March
Sat 5 March The Lady Of Lyons and The Corsican Brothers
Mon 7-12 March
Mon 14-18 March
Sat 19 March Uncle Tom's Cabin (2nd part) and Time Tries All
Mon 21-26 March Theatre closed – Easter
Mon 28 March – 1 April
Sat 2 April Uncle Tom's Cabin (2nd part) and a farce
Mon 4-8 April
Sat 9 April Uncle Tom's Cabin (2nd part) and a farce
Mon 11-14 April
Fri 15 April Sweethearts And Wives, A Phenomenon In A Smock Frock and The Husband Of My Heart (amateur performances)
Sat 16 April Uncle Tom's Cabin (2nd part) and a farce
Mon 18-22 April
Sat 23 April Uncle Tom's Cabin (2nd part) and The Captain's Not A Miss
Mon 25 April
Tue 26 April Uncle Tom's Cabin (parts 1&2)
Wed 27-28 April
Fri 29 April The Rivals, a song and The Rough Diamond (amateur performances)
Sat 30 April Uncle Tom's Cabin (2nd part) The Milliner's Holiday and The Swiss Cottage
Mon 2-3 May
Wed 4 May Richelieu and The Full Dress Rehearsal
Thur 5-6 May
Sat 7 May Money and Off To The Diggins
Mon 9-10 May
Wed 11 May Trevanion and Married Life
Thur 12 May
Fri 13 May The Flowers Of The Forest and The Little Devil
Sat 14 May
Mon 16-20 May
Sat 21 May London Assurance and The Corsican Brothers
Mon 23 May
Tue 24 May St. Cupid and Don Caesar De Bazan
Wed 25 May-4 June
Official End of season
Mon 6 June – Fri 16 Sept Theatre closed for the summer during which time much decorating work was done, seats stuffed, chandeliers improved, etc.
Sat 17 September The Wife: A Tale Of Mantua and Mr. Chute's Assault Of Mount Parnassus
Mon 19-20 September
Wed 21 September Katherine And Petruchio and Turning The Tables
Thur 22-23 September
Sat 24 September The Times, an extravaganza – Spirit Rappings And Table Movings and Mr. Chute's Assault Of Mount Parnassus
Mon 26-27 September
Wed 28 September Our Lady Of Lyons and His Last Legs
Thur 29-30 September
Sat 1 October Macbeth and Raising The Wind
Mon 3-4 October
Wed 5 October Uncle Tom's Cabin (2nd part) and The Rendezvous
Thur 6-7 October
Sat 8 October Uncle Tom's Cabin (2nd part) and The Sleeping
Draught
Mon 10-11 October
Wed 12 October Giralda, The Secret and The Momentous Question
Thur 13-14 October
Sat 15 October Macbeth and The Married Bachelor
Mon 17-18 October
Wed 19 October The Hunchback and Robert Macaire
Thur 20-21 October
Sat 22 October Secret Service, Julie and The Wandering Minstrel
Mon 24-25
Wed 26 October Uncle Tom's Cabin (parts 1 and 2)
Thur 27-28 October
Sat 29 October Julie, Delicate Ground and The Loan Of A Lover
Mon 31 Oct – 1 November
Wed 2 November Don Caesar De Bazan, The Irish Tutor and The Practical Man
Thur 3-4 November
Sat 5 November Hamlet and P.P.
Mon 7-8 November
Wed 9 November The Stranger, a ballet, The Dancing Scotchman and The Corsican Brothers
Thur 10-11 November
Sat 12 November The Merchant Of Venice and Gilderoy
Mon 14-15 November
Wed 16 November The Serious Family, Diamond Cut Diamond and The Blind Boy
Thur 17-18 November
Sat 19 November Ingomar and To Paris And Back For £5
Mon 21-22 November
Wed 23 November The Lady From Lyons, Black Eyed Susan and a ballet
Thur 24-25 November
Sat 26 November Richard III and The Lottery Ticket
Mon 28-29 November
Wed 30 November Othello
Thur 1-2 December
Sat 3 December The Discarded Son, Mount Parnassus and Time Tries All
Mon 5-6 December
Wed 7 December Othello and Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady
Thur 8-9 December
Sat 10 December Norma
Mon 12 December Les Huguenots
Tue 13 December
Wed 14 December Hamlet
Thur 15-16 December
Sat 17 December The School For Scandal, a pas de deux and The Corsican Brothers
Mon 19-24 December
Mon 26-28 December Gold, animal acts with dogs and monkeys and Mr. And Mrs. White
Thur 29 December Gold, animal acts with dogs and monkeys and Turning On Tables
Fri 30 December (mat) Juvenile performances – a variety of entertainments including animal acts with dogs and monkeys
(eve) Gold, animal acts with dogs and monkeys and Done On Both Sides
Sat 31 December Gold, animal acts with dogs and monkeys and His Last Legs
1854
Mon 2-3 January Mary Stuart, animal acts and Gold
Wed 4-5 January Used Up, animal acts and Robert Macaire
Fri 6 January Deaf As A Post, Monkeyiana, To Paris And Back For £5, animal acts and The Wandering Minstrel
Sat 7 January "An admired play", animal acts and a variety of dancing
Mon 9 January Grand Juvenile Night and animal acts
Tue 10 January
Wed 11 January Married Life, Did You Ever Send Your Wife To Camberwell? and No! (amateur performances)
Thur 12-13 January
Sat 14 January Othello and Little Toddlekins
Mon 16-17 January
Wed 18 January The Lady Of Lyons and Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady
Thur 19-20 January
Sat 21 January Speed The Plough, a divertissement, Little Toddlekins and Mesmerism
Mon 23-24 January
Wed 25 January The Stranger and St. Cupid
Thur 26-27 January
Sat 28 January The Honeymoon, La Tarantella (ballet) and The Miller And His Men
Mon 30 -31 January
Wed 1 February The Harlequin World Of Flowers
Thur 2-3 February The Loan Of A Lover, The Harlequin World Of Flowers and The Middy Ashore
Sat 4 February The Harlequin World Of Flowers and The Iron Chest
Mon 6-8 February The Harlequin World Of Flowers
Thur 9 February The Harlequin World Of Flowers and Catherine And Petruchio
Fri 10 February The Harlequin World Of Flowers and The Spoiled Child
Sat 11 February The Harlequin World Of Flowers and The Honeymoon
Mon 13 February The Harlequin World Of Flowers and Giralda
Tue 14 February The Harlequin World Of Flowers and Robert Macaire
Wed 15 February The Harlequin World Of Flowers and The Forest Of Bondy
Thur 16-17 February
Sat 18 February The Harlequin World Of Flowers and The Merchant Of Venice
Mon 20-24 February
Sat 25 February King John, a pas de trois and The Wandering Minstrel
Mon 27 February – 3 March
Sat 4 March The Merry Wives Of Windsor and Robin Hood
Mon 6-10 March
Sat 11 March Uncle Tom's Cabin (parts 1&2)
Mon 13-14 March
Wed 15 March Uncle Tom's Cabin (2nd part)
Thur 16-17 March
Sat 18 March King John and Stage Struck
Mon 20-22 March Astronomy – lecture by Mr. C.Popham
Thur 23 March (mat) Astronomy – lecture by Mr. C.Popham
(eve) Astronomy – lecture by Mr. C.Popham
Fri 24 March
Sat 25 March (mat) Astronomy – lecture by Mr. C.Popham
(eve) Uncle Tom's Cabin (parts 1&2)
Mon 27-31 March
Sat 1 April Othello and T'Was I
Mon 3-7 April
Sat 8 April Hamlet, various dances and Our National Defences
Mon 10-15 April Theatre closed – Easter
Mon 17-18 April
Wed 19 April John Bull and King Charles II (amateur performances)
Thur 20-21 April
Sat 22 April The Will And The Way, The Irish Tutor, a divertissement and Short And Sweet
Mon 24-27 April
Fri 28 April The Wonderful Woman, an epilogue and an address, Bombastes Furioso and Raising The Wind (amateur performances)
Sat 29 April
Mon 1-5 May
Sat 6 May The Love Chase, a ballet divertissement and Midas
Mon 8-10 May
Thur 11 May The Forty Thieves and The Will And The Way
Fri 12 May
Sat 13 May As You Like It, a pas de trois, a musical mélange and The Widow Of Palermo
Mon 15-16 May
Wed 17 May The Forty Thieves and two farces
Thur 18-19 May
Sat 20 May Green Hills Of The Far West, comic songs and Marco Spada
Mon 22 May
Tue 23-24 May The Forty Thieves
Thur 15-26 May
Sat 27 May Napoleon's Flower, The Green Bushes (2nd act) and High Life Below Stairs
Mon 29-30 May
Wed 31 May Harvest Home and The Unfinished Gentleman
Thur 1–2 June
Sat 3 June The Writing On The Wall, a divertissement and The Spitalfields Weaver
Mon 5-7 June
Thur 8 June The Will And The Way, a ballet and The Moustache Movement
Fri 9 June The Lady Of Lyons and The Forty Thieves
Sat 10 June The Wreck Ashore, The Moustache Movement, The Fisherman's Dream and The Forty Thieves
End of season
Mon 12 June-17 August Theatre closed
Fri 18 August The Bachelor Of Arts, Sunshine Through The Clouds and Little Toddlekins
Sat 19 August
Mon 21-25 August
Sat 26 August The Honeymoon, Vol Au Vent and A Roland For An Oliver
Mon 28 August – 1 September
Sat 2 September The Corsican Brothers, The Lancers and other entertainments
Mon 4 September
Tue 5 September Marco Spada and other pieces
Wed 6 September
Thur 7 September [Marco Spada]
Fri 8-9 September
Mon 11-16 September
Mon 18-22 September
Sat 23 September Hamlet and The Waterman
Mon 25-26 September
Wed 27 September Othello and Bamboozling
Thur 28-29 September
Sat 30 September Macbeth, a pas de deux and No!
Mon 2-3 October
Wed 4 October The Wandering Boys, Midas and Opposite Neighbours
Thur 5-6 October
Sat 7 October Pizarro, a pas de deux and The Beggar's Opera
Mon 9-10 October
Wed 11 October The Lady Of Lyons and Bachelor Of Arts
Thur 12-13 October
Sat 14 October Wild Oats and Beauty And The Beast
Mon 16-17 October
Wed 18 October Beauty And The Beast and The Beggar's Opera
Thur 19-20 October
Sat 21 October Love's Sacrifice, Locked Out and Thrice Married
Mon 23-24 October
Wed 25 October The Stranger and Don Caesar De Bazan
Thur 26-27 October
Sat 28 October The Knight Templar, Any Port In A Storm and Captain Charlotte
Mon 30-31 October
Wed 1 November Don Carlos and other entertainments
Thur 2–3 November
Sat 4 November The Two Bonnycastles, other entertainments and The Knight Templar
Mon 6-7 November
Wed 8 November A New Way To Pay Old Debts and other entertainments
Thur 9-10 November
Sat 11 November The Turnpike Gate, songs and dances and The Knight Templar
Mon 13-14 November
Wed 15 November Ingomar and The Brigand
Thur 16-17 November
Sat 18 November William Tell and The Battle Of The Alma
Mon 20-24 November
Sat 25 November The Wonder, The Spanish Dancers and The Battle Of The Alma
Mon 27 Nov–1 December
Sat 2 December Katherine And Petruchio, Family Jars, The Spanish Dancers and The Battle Of The Alma
Mon 4-8 December
Sat 9 December The Courier Of Lyons, The Climbing Boy and The Christening
Mon 11-15 December
Sat 16 December The Battle Of Agincourt, a scene from Macbeth and The Courier Of Lyons
Mon 18-23 December
Mon 25 December
Tue 26-27 December Woman And Her Master, Who's A Traveler and The Haunted Room At The Queen Bess
Thur 28-29 December
Sat 30 December Woman And Her Master, Who's A Traveler and The Haunted Room At The Queen Bess