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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

*The Bateman Children

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

1855 Onwards

Introduction and Index