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
1855
Mon 1-2 January Woman And Her Master, Who's A Traveler and The Haunted Room At The Queen Bess
Wed 3 January The Stranger and Woman And Her Master
Thur 4-5 January
Sat 6 January The Courier Of Lyons, a comic song, My Wife And My Old Umbrella and Stage Struck
Mon 8-9 January
Wed 10 January William Tell, State Secrets and The Miller's Maid
Thur 11-12 January
Sat 13 January The Merchant Of Venice and The Wonder
Mon 15-19 January
Sat 20 January The Times and Nicholas Nickleby
Mon 22-23 January
Wed 24 January The Foundling Of The Forest, Young And Old Nick and The Mutiny At The Nore
Thur 25-26 January
Sat 27 January The Mountaineers, a grand pas-de-deux and The Will And The Way
Mon 29-31 January
Thur 1-2 February A Day After The Wedding, Harlequin Gulliver's Travels and Love And Charity
Sat 3 February Harlequin Gulliver's Travels and The Times
Mon 5-6 February Harlequin Gulliver's Travels
Wed 7- 9 February Harlequin Gulliver's Travels and other entertainments
Sat 10 February Harlequin Gulliver's Travels and Nicholas Nickleby
Mon 12-13 February
Wed 14 February A Day After The Wedding, a tightrope walker, 'Twas I, and Harlequin Gulliver's Travels
Thur 15-16 February
Sat 17 February Oliver Twist and The House Dog
Mon 19-20 February
Wed 21 February [The Life And Death Of Ned Carter]
Thur 22-23 February
Sat 24 February The Life And Death Of Ned Carter, a comic song, and Twelve Men Sat Upon Him, And The Verdict's Wilful Murder
Mon 26 February – 2 March
Sat 3 March Guy Mannering and Simpson & Co.
Mon 5-9 March
Sat 10 March La Sonnambula, a pas-de-deux and A Ghost In Spite Of Himself
Mon 12-16 March
Sat 17 March Son And Stranger and The Love Spell
Mon 19-23 March
Sat 24 March The Blue Devils, The Bohemian Girl and My Little Adopted
Mon 26 March
Tue 27 March Masaniello and The Beggar's Opera
Wed 28-30 March
Sat 31 March Fra Diavolo and Rob Roy
Mon 2-7 April Theatre closed – Easter
Mon 9-10 April
Wed 11 April Cinderella (opera) and No Song, No Supper
Thur 12-13 April
Sat 14 April The Wonder, Delicate Ground and The Wandering Minstrel (amateur performances)
Mon 16-17 April
Wed 18 April Der Freischutz and The Waterman
Thur 19-20 April
Sat 21 April Belphegor and The Love Spell
Mon 23-24 April
Wed 25 April Cinderella (opera), other entertainments and selections from Lucia Di Lammermoor
Thur 26-27 April
Sat 28 April Macbeth and Twelve Men Sat Upon Him, And The Verdict's Murder
Mon 30 April The Béarnaise Singers
Tue 1 April A Day After The Wedding and Box And Cox with songs by The Béarnaise Singers
Wed 2-4 May
Sat 5 May The Hop Pickers and Mother And Child Are Doing Well
Mon 7-8 May
Wed 9 May The Green Bushes and Flying Colours
Thur 10-11 May
Sat 12 May Janet Pride, Masks and Faces and The Pretty Girls Of Stilberg
Mon 14 May
Tue 15 May Janet Pride and other entertainments
Wed 16-18 May
Sat 19 May Tartuffe and The French Spy
Mon 21 May
Tue 22 May The Old Chateau, Bonafide Travellers and Robinson Crusoe
Wed 23-25 May
Sat 26 May Othello and The Young Lady Next Door
Mon 28 May – 2 June
Mon 4-9 June
Mon 11-12 June
Wed 13 June The Star Of Andalusia (ballet), The Ladies' Battle and A Ghost In Spite Of Himself. A ballet The Galician Fete was performed between the acts
Thur 14-15 June
Sat 16 June The Youthful Queen, The Widow Of Palermo and The Two Gregories together with a ballet and dances
Mon 18-29 June
Sat 30 June The Lawyers, An Episode In The Life Of A Cozy Couple and Two Heads Are Better Than One all interspersed with ballads
Mon 2-3 July
Wed 4 July Married Daughters And Young Husbands, The Welsh Girl and My Fellow Clerk
Thur 5-6 July
Sat 7 July Husbands Rejoice, The School For Scandal and The Ringdoves
Mon 9 July-15 September Theatre closed
Mon 17-18 September La Sonnambula, John Jones and My Precious Betsy
Thur 20-21 September
Sat 22 September The Syren, Where's Cruvelli? and John Jones
Mon 24-25 September
Wed 26 September The Bohemian Girl and The Syren (2nd act)
Thur 27-28 September
Sat 29 September Norma, The Quaker and Lucia Di Lammermoor (2nd act)
Mon 1-5 October
Sat 6 October The Lady Of Lyons, a comic song and Red, White And Blue (ballet)
Mon 8-12 October
Sat 13 October The Field Of Forty Footsteps, La Peri (ballet), A Ghost In Spite Of Himself and a ballet divertissement
Mon 15-19 October
Sat 20 October The Fall Of Sebastopol and Susan Hopley
Mon 22-23 October
Wed 24 October Janet Pride and The Pretty Girls Of Stilberg
Thur 25-26 October
Sat 27 October Two Loves And A Life and Flying Colours
Mon 29-30 October
Wed 31 October The Green Bushes and Who's Your Friend?
Thur 1-2 November
Sat 3 November Helping Hands and The Mysterious Stranger
Mon 5-9 November
Sat 10 November Raby Rattler, The Widow's Victim and The Blue Jackets
Mon 12-16 November
Sat 17 November Paul Pry, other entertainments and How's Your Uncle?
Mon 19-23 November
Sat 24 November Hamlet and The Spoiled Child
Mon 26-27 November
Wed 28 November Uncle Tom's Cabin
Thur 29-30 November
Sat 1 December Uncle Tom's Cabin
Mon 3-4 December
Wed 5 December Uncle Tom's Cabin
Thur 6-7 December
Sat 8 December Louis XIV and The Corsican Brothers
Mon 10-14 December
Sat 15 December The Actress Of Padua and Aged Forty
Mon 17-22 December
Mon 24-25 December
Wed 26-27 December Still Waters Run Deep, The Pet Of The Public and The Sailor Of France
Fri 28 December
Sat 29 December Still Waters Run Deep, Nora Creina and The Pet Of The Public
1856
Tue 1-4 January
Sat 5 January Nicholas Nickleby, two ballets and Box And Cox
Mon 7-11 January
Sat 12 January The Courier Of Lyons, a ballet, Fortune's Frolics and other entertainments
Mon 14-17 January
Fri 18 January All That Glitters Is Not Gold, Domestic Economy, a song and Perfection (amateur performances)
Sat 19 January Susan Hopley and Robinson Crusoe And His Man Friday
Mon 21-25 January
Sat 26 January La Sonnambula and Le Chalet
Mon 28 January
Tue 29 January-1 February Giralda and Whittington And His Cat
Sat 2 February The Soldier's Daughter and Whittington And His Cat
Mon 4 February Whittington And His Cat and The Foundling Of The Forest
Tue5 February The Castle Spectre and Whittington And His Cat
Wed 6 February Theatre closed – Ash Wednesday
Thur 7 February Don Pasquale and The Loan Of A Lover
Fri 8 February Whittington And His Cat and The Heart Of Midlothian
Sat 9 February I Puritani and No Song, No Supper
Mon 11-15 February
Sat 16 February Louis XI and The Brigand
Mon 18 February The Sailor Of France, The Bachelor and Mesmerism
Tue 19-22 February
Sat 23 February The Man Of The World, Henry IV Part 2 and Diamond Cut Diamond
Mon 25-29 February
Sat 1 March Still Waters Run Deep, a song and The Black Doctor
Mon 3-5 March
Thur 6 March Ingomar and A Morning Call
Fri 7 March
Sat 8 March Lucia Di Lammermoor and Don Pasquale (2 acts)
Mon 10-11 March The Far West and Negro Life: an entertainment
Wed 12-14 March
Sat 15 March Our Nelly, How Stout You're Getting and The Pet Of The Public
Mon 17-22 March Theatre closed – Easter
Mon 24-25 March
Wed 26 March Meeting to discuss the 'gas question'. Inaccurate meters, etc.
Thur 27-28 March
Sat 29 March The Sherriff Of The County, The Captain Of The Watch and That Blessed Baby (amateur performances)
Mon 31 March – 1 April
Wed 2 April The Three Musketeers and Meg Murnoch, The Mountain Hag
Thur 3-4 April
Sat 5 April Guy Mannering and Lucia Di Lammermoor (last act)
Mon 7-11 April
Sat 12 April The Jealous Wife, a comic song, tableaux vivants (The Passions) and Margaret Lessamour
Mon 14-15 April
Wed 16 April The Man Of The World and The Little Treasure
Thur 17-18 April
Sat 19 April Henry VIII and The Rivals
Mon 21-22 April
Wed 23 April The Little Treasure, a comic song, tableaux vivants (The Passions) and Valentine And Orson
Thur 24-26 April
Mon 28-29 April
Wed 30 April Sunshine Through The Clouds, The Jealous Wife and The Lottery Ticket
Thur 1-3 May
Mon 5-10 May
Mon 12-16 May
Sat 17 May (eve) Picco the (blind) Sardinian Minstrel (musician not singer)
(mat) A performance was also given in The Assembly Rooms at 2.30pm
Mon 19 May
Tue 20 May The Carpenter Of Rouen and The Gold Seekers
Wed 21 May Time Tries All. a comic song, Mr. John Rouse's Adventures With A Polish Princess and The Corsican Brothers
Thur 22-24 May
Mon 26-28 May
Thur 29 May Dr. Shaw and his popular entertainments (this was linked to city wide entertainments following the signing of the Paris Peace Treaty, 30th March, at the end of the Crimean War)
Fri 30-31 May
Mon 2 June – 30 August Theatre closed (with following exceptions)
Sat 16 August (eve) Picco the (blind) Sardinian Minstrel (musician not singer)
(mat) A performance was also given in The Assembly Rooms at 2.30pm
Sat 30 August The Marble Heart, various songs and You're Sure To Be Shot
Mon 1-5 September
Sat 6 September Still Waters Run Deep, two Yankee songs and His First Champagne
Mon 8-9 September
Wed 10 September The Ladies' Battle, A Novel Expedient and Shocking Events
Thur 11-13 September
Mon 15-16 September
Wed 17 September Il Trovatore and Poor Pillicoddy
Thur 18-19 September
Sat 20 September Maritana and Betsy Baker
Mon 22-26 September
Sat 27 September Lucrezia Borgia and The Daughter Of The Regiment
Mon 29 September – 3 October
Sat 4 October Hamlet and A Dead Shot
Mon 6-10 October
Sat 11 October Macbeth and The Happiest Day Of My Life
Mon 13-14 October
Wed 15 October Norma
Thur 16 October The Barber Of Seville
Fri 17 October
Sat 18 October Lucrezia Borgia and La Sonnambula (one act)
Mon 20-21 October
Wed 22 October Used Up, Cool As A Cucumber, La Truandaise and Robert Macaire
Thur 23-24 October
Sat 25 October A Game Of Speculation, A Rough Diamond and Patter Versus Clatter
Mon 27-28 October
Wed 29 October Janet Pride and The Village Lawyer
Thur 30-31 October
Sat 1 November Like And Unlike and Who's Your Friend?
Mon 3-7 November
Sat 8 November A Lesson Of The Heart, Guy Mannering and Simpson & Co.
Mon 10-14 November
Sat 15 November Dred and A Dead Shot
Mon 17-21 November
Sat 22 November Dred and Good For Nothing
Mon 24-28 November
Sat 29 November The Three Musketeers, The Swiss Cottage and Whitebait At Greenwich
Mon 1-5 December
Sat 6 December Dred and Twice Killed
Mon 8-12 December
Sat 13 December Shakespeare's Early Days, His Last legs, a pas de deux and A Dress Rehearsal
Mon 15-16 December
Wed 17 December [Still Waters Run Deep]
Thur 18-19 December
Sat 20 December Bath Chronicle has references (1 Jan) to a performance today and on Monday 22nd– but no other information given
Mon 22 December See entry above for 20th
Tue 23-25 December
Fri 26-27 December Jane Lomax, an entertainment, Life In The South and An Affair Of Honour
Mon 29 December change of programme – unspecified and not reviewed
Tue 30-31 December
1857
Thur 1-2 January
Sat 3 January The Muleteer Of Toledo, other entertainments and The Wandering Boys
Mon 5-9 January
Sat 10 January The Little Treasure, a ballet and various dances and Deaf As A Post
Mon 12-14 January
Thur 15 January John Dobbs, Romance Under Difficulties and Vilikins And Hys Dinah (amateur performances)
Fri 16 January
Sat 17 January The Foundling Of The Forest, Hunting A Turtle and other entertainments
Mon 19-23 January
Sat 24 January The Old Chateau, Midnight Frolics and Shocking Events
Mon 26-30 January
Sat 31 January Jannett's Wedding, The Four Sisters and The Secret
Mon 2 February
Tue 3-5 February Jack And The Beanstalk and Katherine And Petruchio
Fri 6 February Jack And The Beanstalk and Shocking Events
Sat 7 February Jack And The Beanstalk and The Little Treasure
Mon 9 February Jack And The Beanstalk and The Castle Spectre
Tue 10 February Jack And The Beanstalk and The Old Chateau
Wed 11 February Jack And The Beanstalk and The Creole
Thur 12 February Jack And The Beanstalk and The Serious Family
Fri 13 February Jack And The Beanstalk preceded by "a play" – production withdrawn possibly in preparation for following day
Sat 14 February The Bohemian Girl and Guy Mannering
Mon 16-17 February
Wed 18 February Time Tries All, Jack And The Beanstalk and Lion Leap Over Five Chairs by Herr Dean, the clown
Thur 19-20 February
Sat 21 February Louis XI and The Serious Family
Mon 23-25 February
Thur 26 February John Bull, The Lottery Ticket and other entertainments
Fri 27 February
Sat 28 February The Hypocrite and The Little Treasure
Mon 2-3 March
Wed 4 March Maritana and Shocking Events
Thur 5-6 March
Sat 7 March Il Trovatore and Hunting A Turtle
Mon 9-10 March
Wed 11 March The Daughter Of The Regiment and Esmeralda
Thur 12-13 March
Sat 14 March The Love Spell and other entertainments including the last acts of Il Trovatore and The Daughter Of The Regiment
Mon 16 March
Tue 17 March The Serious Family and Jack And The Beanstalk
Wed 18 March The Wonderful Woman and Jack And The Beanstalk
Thur 19 March The Serious Family and Jack And The Beanstalk
Fri 20 March
Sat 21 March The Hypocrite and Jack And The Beanstalk
Mon 23-24 March
Wed 25 March Married For Money, The Captain Of The Watch and Doing The Hansom
Thur 26-27 March
Sat 28 March The Black Book, Cool As A Cucumber and My Young Wife And My Old Umbrella
Mon 30 March-3 April
Sat 4 April Twelfth Night and Angel Or Devil
Mon 6-11 April Theatre closed – Easter
Mon 13-17 April
Sat 18 April Angel Or Devil, Fraud And Its Victims and other entertainments
Mon 20-21 April
Wed 22 April The Stewards Secret, The Toodles and A Rough Diamond
Thur 23-24 April
Sat 25 April Single Life, The Toodles and Box And Cox
Mon 27 April
Tue 28 April Married Life, other entertainments and Jonathan Bradford
Wed 29 April-1 May
Sat 2 May A Fish Out Of Water, a comic song, Delicate Ground and Poor Pillicoddy (amateur performances)
Mon 4-9 May
Mon 11 May La Traviata and The Quaker
Tue 12 May
Wed 13 May The Bohemian Girl and No Song, No Supper
Thur 14 May Der Freischutz and The Daughter Of The Regiment
Fri 15 May
Sat 16 May Il Trovatore and No Song, No Supper
Mon 17-23 May The Far West: an entertainment and Negro Life
Mon 25-30 May
Mon 1-5 June
Sat 6 June Charles XII, The Enchanted Garden (ballet) and Black-Eyed Susan
Mon 8 June – 7 August Theatre closed
Sat 8 August Patchwork
Mon 10-14 August
Sat 15 August Patchwork
Mon 17-19 August
Thur 20 August La Traviata
Fri 21 August
Sat 22 August The Daughter Of The Regiment and Lucia Di Lammermoor (last scene)
Mon 24-28 August
Sat 29 August To Parents And Guardians, The Ladies' Battle and Good For Nothing all interspersed with songs
Mon 31 August-4 September
Sat 5 September Still Waters Run Deep, comic songs and My Precious Betsy
Mon 7-8 September
Wed 9 September A Dream Of The Future and His First Champagne interspersed with songs
Thur 10-11 September
Sat 12 September The Marble Heart and William Tell
Mon 14-19 September
Mon 21-25 September
Sat 26 September Louis XI and Masaniello
Mon 28 September-2 October
Sat 3 October Othello, a comic song and Sarah's Young Man
Mon 5-9 October
Sat 10 October The Stranger and Masaniello
Mon 12-16 October
Sat 17 October Plot And Passion, other entertainments and Turning The Tables
Mon 19-23 October
Sat 24 October The Housekeeper, other entertainments and Lucille
Mon 26-30 October
Sat 31 October Hamlet, a comic song and Betsy Barker
Mon 2-6 November
Sat 7 November Macbeth and Domestic Economy
Mon 9-10 November
Wed 11 November The Evil Genius, The Maid With The Milking Pail and Toodles
Thur 12-13 November
Sat 14 November A Life's Trial and Perdita
Mon 16-17 November
Wed 18 November Faust And Marguerite (drama) and The Housekeeper
Thur 19-20 November
Sat 21 November Faust And Marguerite (drama) and Masaniello
Mon 23 November La Sonnambula
Tue 24 November Don Giovanni
Wed 25-27 November Faust And Marguerite (drama)
Sat 28 November Il Trovatore
Mon 30 November-1 December
Wed 2 December Belphegor, a comic song, Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady and Sarah's Young Man
Thur 3-4 December
Sat 5 December Belphegor, The King's Musketeers and other entertainments
Mon 7-8 December
Wed 9 December Faust And Marguerite (drama) and The Drapery Question
Thur 10-11 December
Sat 12 December Faust And Marguerite (drama) and The Drapery Question
Mon 14-15 December
Wed 16 December Used Up, The Irish Tiger, a comic song and An Alarming Sacrifice
Thur 17-18 December
Sat 19 December The Lady Of Lyons and Katherine And Petruchio
Mon 21-25 December
Sat 26 December Plot And Passion and St. Mary's Eve
Mon 28 December Plot And Passion and St. Mary's Eve
Tue 29-31 December
1858
Fri 1 January
Sat 2 January Katherine And Petruchio, other entertainments and Turning The Tables
Mon 4-8 January
Sat 9 January The Wonderful Woman, songs, The Bridge Of Mudpen and A Ghost In Spite Of Himself
Mon 11-15 January
Sat 16 January The Love Chase and Sarah's Young Man
Mon 18-22 January
Sat 23 January The Flowers Of The Forest, a comic song and The Wreck Ashore
Mon 25-27 January
Thur 28 January Lucia Di Lammermoor and The Waterman
Fri 29 January Il Trovatore and The Waterman
Sat 30 January La Traviata and The Widow Of Palermo
Mon 1 February La Sonnambula and No Song, No Supper
Tue 2 February
Wed 3-4 February The Merchant Of Venice and Harlequin Valentine And Orson
Fri 5-6 February The Wonderful Woman and Harlequin Valentine And Orson
Mon 8 February Harlequin Valentine And Orson and The Widow Of Palermo
Tue 9 February Harlequin Valentine And Orson and The Illustrious Stranger
Wed 10 February The Mountain Sylph and The Daughter Of The Regiment
Thur 11 February The Foundling Of The Forest and Harlequin Valentine And Orson
Fri 12 February The Dream At Sea and Harlequin Valentine And Orson
Sat 13 February Rigoletto, The Quaker and [Harlequin Valentine And Orson]
Mon 15-19 February
Sat 20 February The Poor Strollers and Welcome, Little Stranger
Mon 22-26 February
Sat 27 February Janet Pride and Norma (burlesque)
Mon 1-5 March
Sat 6 March The Dream At Sea**, a comic song and The Enchanted Isle
Mon 8-12 March
Sat 13 March The Miller And His Men**, Take Care Of Dowb, and The Clockmaker's Hat
** original productions cancelled due to an accident to performer at the Bristol Theatre
Mon 15-19 March
Sat 20 March A Cure For Love, An Object Of Interest and The Jacobite
Mon 22-26 March
Sat 27 March Who Speaks First? John Of Paris and Conrad And Medora
Mon 29 March – 3 April Theatre closed – Easter
Mon 5 April Easter Monday
Tue 6 April Plot And Passion, Boots At The Swan and The Happy Man (amateur performances)
Wed 7-9 April
Sat 10 April London Assurance and The Sergeant's Wife
Mon 12-16 April
Sat 17 April Woman's Heart and Conrad And Medora
Mon 19-23 April
Sat 24 April The Pride Of The Market and The Rent Day
Mon 26-28 April
Thur 29 April Hearts Are Trumps, My Young Wife And My Old Umbrella and The Enchanted Isle
Fri 30 April – 1 May
Mon 3-4 May
Wed 5 May The Daughter Of The Stars and Jack Sheppard (benefit)
Thur 6-8 May
Mon 10 May
Tue 11 May Born To Good Luck, The Customs Of The Country and Barney The Baron
Wed 12-14 May
Sat 15 May Ireland As It Was, An Hour In Seville, other entertainments and The Irish Tutor
Mon 17-18 May
Wed 19 May The Fairy Circle, An Hour In Seville and The Happy Man
Thur 20-21 May
Sat 22 May Rory O'More, In And Out Of Place and The Latest News From New York
Mon 24-28 May
Sat 29 May The Merchant Of Venice and Jack Sheppard
Mon 31 May- 31 July Theatre closed
Mon 2 August A Phenomenon In A Frock Coat and A Conjugal Lesson interspersed with songs and musical solos
Tue 3-7 August
Mon 9-14 August
Mon 16-20 August
Sat 21 August Nothing Venture, Nothing Win and Fra Diavolo
Mon 23-24 August
Wed 24 August Time Tries All, The Bride Of Abydos and The King's Gardener
Thur 26-27 August
Sat 28 August The Country Squire and Fra Diavolo
Mon 30 August-4 September
Mon 6 September
Tue 7 September The Maid Of Croissey, Two In The Morning and Black-Eyed Susan (benefit for Dramatic College)
Wed 8-11 September
Mon 13-17 September
Sat 18 September The Wife: A Tale Of Mantua, Atalanta and other entertainments
Mon 20-21 September
Wed 22 September The Little Treasure, Good For Nothing and Volante The Dancing Girl
Thur 23-24 September
Sat 25 September Evadne, The Middy Ashore and a ballet divertissement
Mon 27-28 September
Wed 29 September Still Waters Run Deep, Delicate Ground and The Star Of The Rhine
Thur 30 September – 1 October
Sat 2 October Hamlet and other entertainments
Mon 4-5 October
Wed 6 October The Lady Of Lyons, A Wife's First Lesson and A Magic Branch
Thur 7-8 October
Sat 9 October Othello, other entertainments and Mr. And Mrs. White
Mon 11-12 October
Wed 13 October Charles XII, The Ladies O'Gowrie and The Pilot
Thur 14-15 October
Sat 16 October Jane Shore, a song and The Corsican Brothers
Mon 18-19 October
Wed 20 October Court Favour, The Star Of The Rhine and Time Tries All
Thur 21-22 October
Sat 23 October Money and Crinoline
Mon 25-29 October
Sat 30 October Uncle Tom's Cabin
Mon 1-5 November
Sat 6 November The Love Chase, other entertainments and The Wreck Ashore
Mon 8-9 November
Wed 10 November Still Waters Run Deep and Charles II (amateur performances)
Thur 11-12 November
Sat 13 November Uncle Tom's Cabin
Mon 15-19 November
Sat 20 November The Rent Day, Lavater and The Dancing Scotchman
Mon 22-26 November
Sat 27 November A Midsummer Night's Dream and Hearts Are Trumps
Mon 29 November-3 December
Sat 4 December A Midsummer Night's Dream and Lavater
Mon 6-10 December
Sat 11 December A Midsummer Night's Dream, other entertainments and The Widow Of Palermo
Mon 13-14 December
Wed 15 December Take Care Of Dowb and A Midsummer Night's Dream with a divertissement
Thur 16-17 December
Sat 18 December Take Care Of Dowb and A Midsummer Night's Dream with a divertissement
Mon 20-25 December
Mon 27-29 December Jessie Brown, The Eton Boy and A Ghost In Spite Of Himself
Thur 30-31 December
1859
Sat 1 January A Midsummer Night's Dream and Mad As A March Hare (ballet)
Mon 3-4 January
Wed 5 January The Rose Of Amiens, Sent To The Tower and Going To The Derby (amateur performances)
Thur 6-7 January
Sat 8 January A Midsummer Night's Dream and Take Care Of Dowb
Mon 10-11 January
Wed 12 January A Midsummer Night's Dream
Thur 13-14 January
Sat 15 January A Midsummer Night's Dream and Lavater
Mon 17-21 January
Sat 22 January A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Honeymoon
Mon 24-25 January
Wed 26-28 January Two Hours Of Illusions (magic)
Sat 29 January Romeo And Juliet, a divertissement and Mr. And Mrs. White
Mon 31 January-4 February
Sat 5 February Masks And Faces, a ballet divertissement and The Little Devil
Mon 7-February
Tue 8 February Naval Engagements, All Is Fair In Love And War and Tit For Tat (performances planned but cancelled Bath Journal 5/2/59)
Wed 9 February
Thur 10-11 February The Babes In The Wood and The Maid Of Croissey
Sat 12 February The Babes In The Wood and Lavater
Mon 14-16 February The Babes In The Wood and Fortune's Frolic
Thur 17-18 February The Blue Devils and The Babes In The Wood
Sat 19 February The Babes In The Wood and The Little Treasure
Mon 21-22 February
Wed 23 February The Babes In The Wood and Fortune's Fool
Thur 24-25 February
Sat 26 February The Babes In The Wood and Turning The Tables
Mon 28 February – 1 March
Wed 2 March The Babes In The Wood and The Dumb Boy Of Manchester
Thur 3-4 March
Sat 5 March A Sister's Sacrifice and The French Spy
Mon 7-11 March
Sat 12 March The Bonnie Fishwife, some dances and Jack Sheppard
Mon 14-16 March
Thur 17 March The Poor Gentleman and Mazeppa (amateur performances)
Fri 18 March
Sat 19 March A Hard Struggle, Damon And Pythias and The Bonny Fishwife
Mon 21-25 March
Sat 26 March Marco Spada, other entertainments and The Maid And The Magpie
Mon 28 March – 1 April
Sat 2 April Lucrezia Borgia, a song, The Polish Conscription (ballet) and The Ladies' Club
Mon 4-8 April
Sat 9 April Macbeth, a divertissement, and The Bonnie Fishwife
Mon 11 April
Tue 12 April Charles XII, Box And Cox and Masaniello (amateur performances)
Wed 13-15 April
Sat 16 April Henry IV, Part 1, a divertissement and The Young Widow
Mon 18-23 April Theatre closed – Easter
Mon 25-29 April
Sat 30 April Masks And Faces, other entertainments and The Forty Thieves And The Poor Woodcutter
Mon 2-6 May
Sat 7 May She Stoops To Conquer, A Sheep In Wolf's Clothing and My Sister Harriet
Mon 9-10 May
Wed 11 May The Green Bushes, other entertainments, and The Little Sutler
Thur 12-13 May
Sat 14 May Marion De Lorme OR The Last Hope and The Mysterious Stranger
Mon 16 May
Tue 17 May Wild Oats, My Poll And My Partner Joe
Wed 18-20 May
Sat 21 May Hamlet and The Young Widow
Mon 23 May
Tue 24 May Pauline and The Honeymoon
Wed 25 May The Flying Dutchman (drama), other entertainments and Boots At The Swan
End of season
Thur 26 May – 6 September Theatre closed
Wed 7 September Tom Noddy's Secret, The Four Mowbrays and How Do You Manage?
Thur 8-10 September
Mon 12-16 September
Sat 17 September Il Trovatore
Mon 19-20 September
Wed 21 September Lucrezia Borgia
Thur 22-24 September
Mon 26 –27 September
Wed 28 September The Child Of The Regiment, The Maid Of All Work and Stage Struck
Thur 29-30 September
Sat 1 October The Lady Of Lyons, a pas de deux, and The Loan Of A Lover
Mon 3-4 October
Wed 5 October Nothing Venture, Nothing Win, The Sailor Of France and Shocking Events
Thur 6-7 October
Sat 8 October Much Ado About Nothing, other entertainments and Catching An Heiress
Mon 10-11 October
Wed 12 October The Stranger, a Scotch medley and Ingomar
Thur 13-14 October
Sat 15 October Hamlet, The Carnival and Mr. And Mrs. White
Mon 17-18 October
Wed 19 October The Rose Of Amiens, a medley dance, The Stratty Fair, A Roland For An Oliver and Good For Nothing
Thur 20-21 October
Sat 22 October Macbeth, a pas de deux and The Loan Of A Lover
Mon 24-28 October
Sat 29 October Extremes and The Rifle Volunteers
Mon 31 October – 4 November
Sat 5 November Much Ado About Nothing and The Rifle Volunteers
Mon 7-11 November
Sat 12 November The Corsican Brothers, The Rifle Volunteers and The Wandering Minstrel
Mon 14-18 November
Sat 19 November The Comedy Of Errors and Belphegor
Mon 21-25 November
Sat 26 November The Fool's Revenge and The Rifle Volunteers
Mon 28-29 November
Wed 30 November Don Caesar De Bazan and Black-Eyed Susan
Thur 1-2 December
Sat 3 December The Lost Husband, The Four Mowbrays and No Song, No Supper
Mon 5-9 December
Sat 10 December The Fool's Revenge and The Comedy Of Errors
Mon 12-13 December
Wed 14 December Extremes, The National Anthem, a patriotic address and The Rifle And How to Use It
Thur 15-16 December
Sat 17 December Romeo And Juliet and Nine Points Of The Law
Mon 19-24 December
Mon 26-27 December The Field Of Forty Footsteps, The Rifle And How To Use It and Mary Queen Of Scots
Wed 28 December The Lady Of Lyons and The Rifle And How To Use It
Thur 29-30 December
Sat 31 December The Comedy Of Errors, a ballet and Black-Eyed Susan
1860
Mon 2-6 January
Sat 7 January A Midsummer Night's Dream and Katherine And Petruchio
Mon 9-10 January
Wed 11 January Mr. J.B.Gough's Farewell Oration on Total Abstinence
Thur 12-13 January
Sat 14 January A Midsummer Night's Dream and Nine Points Of The Law
Mon 16-20 January
Sat 21 January The Fool's Revenge, A Pas Grotesque and The Corsican Brothers
Mon 23-24 January
Wed 25 January The Knights Of The Round Table, a musical interlude, and The Thumping Legacy (amateur performances)
Thur 26-27 February
Sat 28 January A Midsummer Night's Dream, Tom Noddy's Secret and The Dancing Scotchman (ballet/dance)
Mon 30 January – 3 February
Sat 4 February A Game Of Speculation, The Dowager and The Rifle And How To Use It
Mon 6 February The Road To Ruin and Used Up
Tue 7 February The Contested Election and Cool As A Cucumber
Wed 8 February London Assurance and He Would Be An Actor
Thur 9-10 February
Sat 11 February Paul Pry (replaced The Fool's Revenge), Nothing To Declare and Patter Versus Clatter
Mon 13-14 February Red Riding Hood and The Loan Of A Lover
Wed 15-17 February A Lesson For Husbands and Red Riding Hood
Sat 18 February Red Riding Hood and The Wonder
Mon 20 February Red Riding Hood and The Loan Of A Lover
Tue 21 February Red Riding Hood and A Lesson For Husbands
Wed 22 February No performances – Ash Wednesday
Thur 23-24 February Red Riding Hood and The Little Devil
Sat 25 February Red Riding Hood and The Comedy Of Errors
Mon 27-28 February Red Riding Hood and A Lesson For Husbands
Wed 29 February Red Riding Hood and Tom Noddy's Secret
Thur 1-2 March
Sat 3 March The Fool's Revenge and Fra Diavolo
Mon 5-6 March
Wed 7 March The Dead Heart and Good For Nothing
Thur 8-9 March
Sat 10 March The Willow Copse and A Touch Of Nature
Mon 12-16 March
Sat 17 March Leap Year and Rob Roy
Mon 19-23 March
Sat 24 March The Old Chateau, An Alarming Sacrifice and The Return Of The Wanderer
Mon 26 March
Tue 27 March Presented At Court and The Flowers Of The Forest
Wed 28-30 March
Sat 31 March The Merry Wives Of Windsor, a pas de deux and A Rough Diamond
Mon 2-7 April Theatre closed – Easter
Mon 9-10 April
Wed 11 April The Wife's Secret and Boots At The Swan
Thur 12-13 April
Sat 14 April Louis XI and A Dead Shot
Mon 16-17 April
Wed 18 April Hamlet and A Day After The Wedding
Thur 19-20 April
Sat 21 April Macbeth and Box And Cox
Mon 23-27 April
Sat 28 April Uncle Tom's Cabin (parts 1 & 2)
Mon 30 April – 1 May
Wed 2 May The Dead Heart and Good For Nothing
Thur 3-4 May
Sat 5 May Janet Pride and The Woman Hater
Mon 7-8 May
Wed 9 May Masks And Faces, other entertainments, The Benicia Boy and Fra Diavolo
Thur 10-11 May
Sat 12 May The Comedy Of Errors and The Wreck Ashore
Mon 14 May
Tue 15 May The Momentous Question, The Benicia Boy and The Green Bushes (2nd act)
Wed 16 May Masks And Faces, A Rough Diamond and The Benicia Boy
Thur 17-19 May
Mon 21 May-2 June
Mon 4-16 June
Mon 18 June An Oration by Mr. J.B.Gough (on Total Abstinence)
Tue 19-23 June
Mon 25-30 June
Mon 2-3 July
Wed 4-7 July The Campbell Minstrels
Mon 9 July-4 August
Mon 6-11 August
Mon 13-14 August
Wed 15 August Hamlet and The Phenomenon In A Frock Coat
Thur 16-17 August
Sat 18 August The Lady Of Lyons and The Young Widow
Mon 20-25 August
Mon 27-28 August
Wed 29 August Lucrezia Borgia
Thur 30-31 August
Sat 1 September Il Trovatore
Mon 3-4 September
Wed 5 September Lucia Di Lammermoor and The Loan Of A Lover
Thur 6-7 September
Sat 8 September Martha and Poor Pillicoddy
Mon 10-15 September
Mon 17-21 September
Sat 22 September Evadne, a dance, Betsy Baker and My Big Brother And The Model Husband
Mon 24-28 September
Sat 29 September The Fool's Revenge and The Green Bushes
Mon 1-2 October
Wed 3 October Plot And Passion, A Sheep In Wolf's Clothing and Catching An Heiress
Thur 4-5 October
Sat 6 October Money and The Corsican Brothers
Mon 8 October The Wood Demon (aka One O'Clock) and Black-Eyed Susan
Tue 9-12 October
Sat 13 October King John and The Gipsy Party
Mon 15-16 October
Wed 17 October The Wood Demon (aka One O'Clock) and Black-Eyed Susan
Thur 18-19 October
Sat 20 October Secret Service, Giselle (drama) and Our Clerks, John And Ned
Mon 22-26 October
Sat 27 October King John and Giselle (drama)
Mon 29 October – 2 November
Sat 3 November Joan Of Arc, The Maid Of Orleans, A Hard Struggle and A Regular Fix
Mon 5-9 November
Sat 10 November The Iron Chest and Giselle (drama)
Mon 12-16 November
Sat 17 November A Sheep In Wolf's Clothing, The Merry Wives Of Windsor and Hit Him, He Has No Friends
Mon 19-23 November
Sat 24 November Gitanilla and The Wreck Ashore
Mon 26-30 November
Sat 1 December As You Like It and Giselle (drama)
Mon 3-7 December
Sat 8 December The Lady Of Lyons and Much Ado About Nothing
Mon 10-14 December
Sat 15 December The Woman In White and An Alarming Sacrifice
Mon 17-22 December
Mon 24-25 December
Wed 26-27 December The Woman In White and Katherine And Petruchio
Fri 28-29 December The Woman In White and A Rough Diamond
Mon 31 December
1861
Tue 1 January
Wed 2 January The Woman In White and Katharine And Petruchio
Thur 3-4 January
Sat 5 January The Little Treasure, The Lasses O'Gowrie and The Rifle And How To Use It
Mon 7-11 January
Sat 12 January Hamlet and The Laughing Hyena
Mon 14 January
Tue 15 January Louis XI and A Rough Diamond
Wed 16 January
Thur 17 January The Merchant Of Venice and A Rough Diamond
Fri 18 January
Sat 19 January Henry VIII and The Wonder
Mon 21-22 January
Wed 23 January The Woman In White and Black-Eyed Susan
Thur 24-25 January
Sat 26 January All That Glitters Is Not Gold, a ballet and The Old Post Boy
Mon 28 January Evadne and Hearts Are Trumps
Tue 29 January-1 February
Sat 2 February Jane Shore, a ballet divertissement and The Dumb Man Of Manchester
Mon 4-8 February
Sat 9 February A Hard Struggle, a ballet divertissement and The Flowers Of The Forest
Mon 11-13 February
Thur 14-15 February Puss In Boots and Charles XII
Sat 16 February Puss In Boots and She Stoops To Conquer
Mon 18-20 February Puss In Boots and Theresa's Vow
Thur 21 February Puss In Boots and Fortune's Frolic
Fri 22 February Puss In Boots and Theresa's Vow
Sat 23 February The Rivals and Puss In Boots
Mon 25 February – 1 March
Sat 2 March The Colleen Bawn and The Rifle And How To Use It
Mon 4-8 March
Sat 9 March The Colleen Bawn and Boots At The Swan
Mon 11-15 March
Sat 16 March The Colleen Bawn and Masaniello
Mon 18-19 March
Wed 20 March The Colleen Bawn and Secret Service
Thur 21-22 March
Sat 23 March The Colleen Bawn and The Widow Of Palermo
Mon 25-30 March Theatre closed – Easter
Mon 1 April (Easter Mon) The Colleen Bawn and A Hard Struggle
Tue 2 April The Rose Of Castille and An Ugly Customer
Wed 3 April Lurline and An Ugly Customer
Thur 4 April Satanella and An Ugly Customer
Fri 5 April The Colleen Bawn and A Hard Struggle
Sat 6 April The Crown Diamonds and The Laughing Hyena
Mon 8 April The Black Domino and A Pair Of Pigeons
Tue 9 April The Colleen Bawn and A Sheep In Wolf's Clothing
Wed 10 April
Thur 11 April The Colleen Bawn and A Hard Struggle
Fri 12 April
Sat 13 April Dinorah and A Pair Of Pigeons
Mon 15-19 April
Sat 20 April The Colleen Bawn and Who Speaks First?
Mon 22-23 April
Wed 24 April The Merry Wives Of Windsor, other entertainments and Chamber Practice
Thur 25-26 April
Sat 27 April Still Waters Run Deep and Charles II (amateur perfs)
Mon 29 April
Tue 30 April Ruy Blas, Cox And Box and The Marble Heart
Wed 1 May An Oration by Henry Vincent – Garibaldi And Italy
Thur 2 May An oration by Henry Vincent – Foibles in English Li… (unreadable)
Fri 3 May An oration by Henry Vincent – Our Young Men And Women
Sat 4 May The School For Scandal and The Brigand
Mon 6-7 May
Wed 8 May Two Loves And A Life, Fine Feathers Make Fine Birds and The Band Of Brothers
Thur 9-10 May
Sat 11 May Old Trusty, The Poor Gentleman and The Census
Mon 13-14 May
Wed 15 May The Green Bushes and The Collegians
Thur 16-17 May
Sat 18 May The House On The Bridge Of Notre Dame and The Census
Mon 21-21 May
Wed 22-23 May Cartouche The Invincible, The Turkish Bath and The Band Of Brothers
End of Season
Fri 24 May – 20 August Theatre closed
Wed 21 August Ruy Blas, The Eton Boy and The Happy Man
Thur 22-23 August
Sat 24 August Hamlet and My Wife's Second Floor
Mon 26-27 August
Wed 28 August The Lady Of Lyons, The Bonnie Fishwife and The Goose With The Golden Eggs
Thur 29 August
Sat 30 August Romeo And Juliet and Vandyke Brown
Mon 2 September Grand Military Concert
Tue 3-6 September
Sat 7 September Home Truths, The Merchant Of Venice (trial scene) and The Corsican Brothers
Mon 9-14 September
Mon 16-17 September
Wed 18 September The Hunchback and The Little Rebel
Thur 19-20 September
Sat 21 September Ingomar, The Little Rebel and A Great Sensation
Mon 23-24 September - pages missing from Gazette
Wed 25 September Ann Blake and All That Glitters Is Not Gold
Thur 26-27 September
Sat 28 September The Romance Of A Poor Young Man and Peggy Green
Mon 30 September – 4 October
Sat 5 October The Colleen Bawn, other entertainments and Peggy Green
Mon 7-11 October
Sat 12 October The Colleen Bawn and Aladdin (burlesque)
Mon 14 October Norma and La Sonnambula (last act)
Tue 15 October The Colleen Bawn and Aladdin (burlesque)
Wed 16-17 October
Fri 18 October The Colleen Bawn and Aladdin (burlesque)
Sat 19 October Don Giovanni
Mon 21-22 October
Wed 23 October Cloud And Sunshine and Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady
Thur 24-25 October
Sat 26 October The Robbers, The Colleen Bawn and Matrimony
Mon 28 October – 1 November
Sat 2 November An Unequal Match and The Bonnie Fishwife
Mon 4-5 November
Wed 6 November The Love Chase and Catching An Heiress
Thur 7-8 November
Sat 9 November A Charming Woman and Masks And Faces
Mon 11-15 November
Sat 16 November The Colleen Bawn and Aladdin (burlesque)
Mon 18-22 November
Sat 23 November The Angel Of Midnight and Aladdin (burlesque)
Mon 25-29 November
Sat 30 November The Terrible Secret, The Angel Of Midnight and Stage Struck
Mon 2-6 December
Sat 7 December The Angel Of Midnight and Aladdin (burlesque)
Mon 9-13 December
Sat 14 December Katharine Howard, a comic song and A Legal Impediment
Mon 16-21 December Prince Albert, The Prince Consort, died on the evening of 14 December. No performances were given during this week
Mon 23-25 December
Thur 26-28 December Katherine Howard and Miss Eily O'Connor (burlesque)
Mon 30 December The Lady Of Lyons
Tue 31 December Ruy Blas (benefit)
1862
Wed 1-3 January
Sat 4 January The Little Rebel, other entertainments and Aladdin (burlesque)
Mon 6-10 January
Sat 11 January The Muleteer Of Toledo, Cupid In A Haze and Aladdin (burlesque)
Mon 13-17 January
Sat 18 January Richard III and Peggy Green
Mon 20 January
Tue 21 January Othello and Good For Nothing
Wed 22 January
Thur 23 January Louis XI and Good For Nothing
Fri 24 January
Sat 25 January The Wife's Secret and Turning The Tables
Mon 27 January
Tue 28 January Much Ado About Nothing and The Gamester
Wed 29 -31 January
Sat 1 February The Honeymoon, Cupid In A Haze and Aladdin (burlesque)
Mon 3-7 February
Sat 8 February The Old Story, The Unfinished Gentleman and Aladdin (burlesque)
Mon 10-11 February
Wed 12-14 February Jack The Giant Killer and A Prince For An Hour
Sat 15 February Jack The Giant Killer and The Old Story
Mon 17-18 February Jack The Giant Killer and The Loan Of A Lover
Wed 19-20 February Jack The Giant Killer and A Dead Shot
Fri 21 February Jack The Giant Killer and The Loan Of A Lover
Sat 22 February Jack The Giant Killer and The Hunter Of The Alps
Mon 24-28 February
Sat 1 March The Chevalier St. George, A Legal Impediment and The Lady Of Lyons
Mon 3-7 March
Sat 8 March The Idiot Of The Mountains and The Lady Of Lyons
Mon 10-14 March
Sat 15 March A Tale Of Two Cities and The Maid And The Magpie
Mon 17-18 March
Wed 19 March The Green Bushes and A Terrible Secret
Thur 20-21 March
Sat 22 March The Flowers Of The Forest and The French Spy
Mon 24-28 March
Sat 29 March A Tale Of Two Cities and The Lady Of Lyons
Mon 31 March-4 April
Sat 5 April The Peep O'Day and The Loan Of A Lover
Mon 7-11 April
Sat 12 April The Peep O'Day and The Rough Diamond
Mon 14-15 April
Wed 16 April The Peep O'Day and The Little Rebel
Thur 17 April