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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

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

Fri 18 April (Good Friday) Theatre destroyed by fire. Re-opened Wed 4 March 1863

1863 to 1899

Introduction and Index