A Chronological List of Productions at the Theatre Royal, Bath 1863-1899

Compiled by Christine M. Bayliss 2019

Introduction - 1863 - 1864 - 1865 - 1866 - 1867 - 1868 - 1869 - 1870 - 1871 - 1872 - 1873 - 1874 - 1875 - 1876 - 1877 - 1878 - 1879 - 1880 - 1881 - 1882 - 1883 - 1884 - 1885 - 1886 - 1887 - 1888 - 1889 - 1890 - 1891 - 1892 - 1893 - 1894 - 1895 - 1896 - 1897 - 1898 - 1899

See Also: Theatre Royal, Bath Productions from 1805 to 1862 - 1863 to 1899 - 1900 to 1938 - 1939 to 1981 - 1982 to 2019

The starting date for this list relates to the disastrous fire at the Theatre Royal, Bath, on Good Friday 18 April 1862, which reduced the theatre to a shell. The theatre was speedily rebuilt and opened on 4 March 1863. This seemed to be a logical starting point rather than beginning at 1850.

As with the previous list the information contained here has mostly been compiled from advertisements and reviews in The Bath Chronicle, The Bath Journal and The Bath and Cheltenham Gazette available at Bath City Archives. Many runs of the newspapers are incomplete, having pages missing or unreadable sections. Where possible programmes and playbills, also now held at Bath City Archives, have been checked. A note of caution here as advertisements and playbills do not always indicate what actually appeared on the stage – this sometimes related to an accident or the illness of an actor. Additionally there was a tendency, for financial reasons, to change advertised programmes in favour of productions that had done well a day or two before. This is often only revealed in the reviews. It was usual for the theatre to close on Ash Wednesday as well as the week which included Good Friday although there were frequently performances in later years on the Saturday. Performances, usually, were as normal from Easter Monday onwards. The end of the season was around mid-May, but frequently there were single performances between then and the autumn season by visiting companies and local amateurs. Maintenance work was often carried out at this time as well. Matinees tended to be on Wednesday and Saturday - for space reasons these are usually only shown if a different play was performed.

1863

Wed 4 March The theatre re-opened with a dramatic prologue, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Marriage At Any Price

Thur 5-7 March A Midsummer Night's Dream and Endymion

Mon 9-21 March Cinderella And The Cruel Sisters and a Harlequinade with

Wed 11-12 March - A Rough Diamond

Mon 16-18 March - The Loan Of A Lover and Good For Nothing

Thur 19 March - The Dead Shot

Fri 20 March - Pork Chops

Sat 21 March - A Perfect Cure

Mon 23 March Used Up and Cool As A Cucumber

Tue 24 March A Game Of Speculation and Patter Versus Clatter

Wed 25 March no performances

Thur 26 March A Dark Cloud, The Colleen Bawn Settled And Married By Lord Dundreary and Robin Hood (burlesque)

Fri 27 March

Sat 28 March A Bachelor Of Arts, Bamboozling and Little Toddlekins

Mon 30 March – 4 April Theatre closed – Easter

Mon 6-7 April My Preserver, Perseus And Andromeda and The Quiet Family

Wed 8 April My Preserver, Perseus And Andromeda and Mr. And Mrs. White

Thur 9-10 April

Sat 11 April She Would And He Wouldn't, Fans And Fandangos and Perseus And Andromeda

Mon 13 April

Tue 14 April The Porter's Knot and To Paris And Back For £5 (amateur performances)

Wed 15-17 April

Sat 18 April The Little Rebel, other entertainments, Robin Hood (burlesque) and Jack's Return From Canton

Mon 20-21 April

Wed 22 April Lady Audley's Secret, State Secrets and Endymion

Thur 23-24 April

Sat 25 April Lady Audley's Secret, A Faint Heart Which Did Win A Fair Lady and Endymion

Mon 27-28 April

Wed 29 April The Peep O'Day and Mr. And Mrs. White

Thur 30 April – 1 May

Sat 2 May The Peep O'Day and Marriage At Any Price

Mon 4 May

Tue 5 May A Life's Trial, Ye True Historie Of Ye Prince Bladud… and Bristol Diamonds

Wed 6 May

Thur 7 May The Roll Of The Drum, A Faint Heart Which Did Win A Fair Lady and Esmeralda (burlesque)

Fri 8 May

Sat 9 May Lady Audley's Secret and The Corsican Brothers

Mon 11 May

Tue 12 May The Peep O'Day and Esmeralda

Wed 13 May Lady Audley's Secret and Endymion

Thur 14-15 May

Sat 16 May Faust And Marguerite and King Charles II

Mon 18-19 May

Wed 20 May The Angel Of Midnight, The Peep O'Day and Aladdin (burlesque)

Thur 21-23 May

Mon 25-30 May

Mon 1-20 June

Mon 22 June London Assurance, an address and song and A Pretty Piece Of Business

Tue 23-24 June

Thur 25 June Hamlet and That Rascal Jack

Fri 26 June

Sat 27 June Ruy Blas, The Artful Dodge and The Two Thieves

Mon 29 June – 4 July

Mon 6-18 July

Mon 20-22 July

Thur 23 July Medea ('straight' play)

Fri 24-25 July

Mon 27 July – 22 August

Mon 24-25 August

Wed 26 August The Motto: 'I Am Here' and Medea (burlesque)

Thur 27-28 August

Sat 29 August The Motto: 'I Am Here' and Stage-Struck

Mon 31 August-1 September

Wed 2 September Martha and Poor Pillicoddy (English Opera Company)

Thur 3-4 September

Sat 5 September La Sonnambula and Whitebait At Greenwich (English Opera Company) Il Trovatore withdrawn owing to sickness

Mon 7-8 September

Wed 9 September Under The Rose, The Merry Widow (play) and Bristol Diamonds

Thur 10-11 September

Sat 12 September Lady Audley's Secret, An Episode In The Life Of A Cosy Couple and The Carte De Visite

Mon 14-15 September

Wed 16 September The Little Sentinel, Friends Or Foes and The Carte De Visit

Thur 17-18 September

Sat 19 September The Prima Donna, A Dark Cloud and Little Toddlekins

Mon 21 September Under The Rose, Lady Audley's Secret and The Little Sentinel

Tue 22 September The Carte De Visite, The Merry Widow and Little Toddlekins

Wed 23 September Under The Rose, Bristol Diamonds and Lady Audley's Secret

Thur 24 September An Episode In The Life Of A Cosy Couple, The Dark Cloud and Little Toddlekins

Fri 25 September Friends Or Foes, The Carte De Visite and Under The Rose

Sat 26 September The Merry Widow (play), An Episode In The Life Of A Cosy Couple and Bristol Diamonds

Mon 28-29 September

Wed 30 September The Ticket-Of-Leave Man, A Faint Heart Which Did Win A Fair Lady and [Turn Him Out]

Thur 1-2 October

Sat 3 October The Ticket-Of-Leave Man and Turn Him Out

Mon 5-6 October

Wed 7 October The Motto: 'I Am Here' and Black-Eyed Susan

Thur 8-9 October

Sat 10 October The Ticket-Of-Leave Man and A Faint Heart Which Did Win A Fair Lady

Mon 12-13 October

Wed 14 October Home Truths and Ruy Blas

Thur 15-16 October

Sat 17 October The Pirates Of The Savannah and Kenilworth

Mon 19-20 October

Wed 21 October The Ticket-Of-Leave Man and Married At Any Price

Thur 22-23 October

Sat 24 October Uncle Tom's Cabin and The Crown Prince

Mon 26-27 October

Wed 28 October The Ticket-Of-Leave Man and Turn Him Out

Thur 29-30 October

Sat 31 October The Ticket-Of-Leave Man and A Faint Heart Which Did Win A Fair Lady

Mon 2-3 November

Wed 4 November Our American Cousin and The Swiss Cottage

Thur 5-6 November

Sat 7 November Our American Cousin and The Swiss Cottage

Mon 9-10 November

Wed 11 November A Scrap Of Paper and First Night

Thur 12-13 November

Sat 14 November The Poor Nobleman, The Bengal Tiger and Boots At The Swan

Mon 16-17 November

Wed 18 November Kathleen Mavourneen, The Rifle Brigade and Poor Pillicoddy

Thur 19-20 November

Sat 21 November Rural Felicity and The Child Of The Regiment

Mon 23-24 November

Wed 25 November The Governor's Wife, Done On Both Sides and The Maid And The Magpie

Thur 26-27 November

Sat 28 November Parents And Guardians, Mischief Making and The Lady of Lyons

Mon 30 November The Ticket-Of-Leave Man and The Little Rebel

Tue 1 December

Wed 2 December The Rose Of Castille and Prince Amabel

Thur 3 December The Pirates Of Putney and The Peep O'Day (London Opera Company)

Fri 4 December

Sat 5 December Satanella and Lallah Rookh (London Opera Company)

Mon 7-8 December

Wed 9 December The Ticket-Of-Leave Man and The Pirates Of Putney

Thur 10-11 December

Sat 12 December The Peep O'Day and Kenilworth

Mon 14-15 December

Wed 16 December Jane Shore and Sea And Land

Thur 17-18 December

Sat 19 December Aurora Floyd, Parents And Guardians and Turn Him Out

Mon 21 December

Tue 22 December The Porter's Knot, other entertainments and Slasher And Crasher (amateur performances)

Wed 23-25 December

Sat 26 December Camilla's Husband, Patient Penelope and My Heart's In The Highlands

Mon 28 December Camilla's Husband, Patient Penelope and My Heart's In The Highlands

Tue 29 December George Barnwell, The Isle Of St. Tropez and Patient Penelope

Wed 30 December The Isle Of St. Tropez, Patient Penelope and Miriam's Crime

Thur 31 December

1864

Fri 1 January

Sat 2 January The Little Treasure, Patient Penelope and Miriam's Crime

Mon 4-6 January Miriam's Crime

Thur 7-8 January

Sat 9 January Camilla's Husband and Miriam's Crime

Mon 11-12 January

Wed 13 January A Scrap Of Paper and The First Night

Thur 14 January The Poor Nobleman, The Bengal Tiger and My Wife's Second Floor

Fri 15 January

Sat 16 January Finesse and The First Night

Mon 18-22 January

Sat 23 January The Spoiled Child, other entertainments, Jacky Troublesome and Aladdin (burlesque)

Mon 25-29 January

Sat 30 January Camilla's Husband and Miriam's Crime

Mon 1-2 February

Wed 3 February Plot And Passion, other entertainments and Retained For The Defence (amateur performances)

Thur 4-5 February

Sat 6 February Robert Macaire, other entertainments, The Pirates Of Putney and Jacky Troublesome

Mon 8-9 February

Wed 10 February Theatre closed – Ash Wednesday

Thur 11-12 February The Loan Of A lover and The House That Jack Built For Little Goody Two Shoes

Sat 13 February The Wonderful Woman and The House That Jack Built For Little Goody Two Shoes

Mon 15-16 February The Little Rebel and The House That Jack Built For Little Goody Two Shoes

Wed 17-18 February Perfection and The House That Jack Built For Little Goody Two Shoes

Fri 19 February The Dumb Man Of Manchester and The House That Jack Built For Little Goody Two Shoes

Sat 20 February Mr. And Mrs. White and The House That Jack Built For Little Goody Two Shoes

Mon 22-26 February

Sat 27 February The Golden Court, Stolen! £20 Reward! and Ixion

Mon 29 February – 4 March

Sat 5 March The Chevalier St. Just and Ixion

Mon 7-11 March

Sat 12 March The Merchant Of Venice and Ixion

Mon 14-15 March

Wed 16 March Hamlet and Stolen! £20 Reward!

Thur 17-18 March

Sat 19 March Virginius and Ixion

Mon 21-26 March Theatre closed – Easter

Mon 28-29 March

Wed 30 March The Ticket-Of-Leave Man and Ixion

Thur 31 March – 1 April

Sat 2 April London Assurance and The Omnibus

Mon 4-6 April

Thur 7 April Theatre used for a private ball

Fri 8 April

Sat 9 April As You Like It and Ixion

Mon 11-12 April

Wed 13 April Donna Diana and The Golden Court

Thur 14-15 April

Sat 16 April Romeo And Juliet and Ixion

Mon 18-19 April

Wed 20 April Love's Sacrifice and The Babes In The Wood (burlesque)

Thur 21-22 April

Sat 23 April Bunkum Muller, Lord Dundreary, Our American Cousin and an entertainment

Mon 25 April A Shakespeare Night with extracts from As You Like It, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merry Wives of Windsor, etc.

Tue 26-29 April

Sat 30 April Virginius and Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Mon 2-3 May

Wed 4 May The Ticket-Of-Leave Man and The Young Widow

Thur 5-6 May

Sat 7 May Paul's Return, some Scottish ballads and The Area Belle

Mon 9-10 May

Wed 11 May The Comedy Of Errors and The Colleen Bawn

Thur 12-13 May

Sat 14 May Twelfth Night and Drawing Rooms, Second Floor And Attics

Mon 16 May Unlimited Confidence, Orpheus And Eurydice and Turn Him Out

Tue 17-18 May Orange Blossoms, Orpheus And Eurydice and Marriage At Any Price

Thur 19-21 May

Mon 23-24 May

Wed 25 May Ali Baba, or The Thirty-Nine Thieves (burlesque), Wooing In Jest And Loving In Earnest and The Laughing Hyena

Thur 26-27 May

Sat 28 May The School For Coquettes, Orpheus And Eurydice and Trying It On

Mon 30 May –2 September Theatre closed

Sat 3 September Masks And Faces, The Bonnie Fishwife and The Merry Millers

Mon 5-9 September

Sat 10 September Nine Points Of The Law, Orange Blossoms and Rosalie

Mon 12-13 September

Wed 14 and Fri 16 September The British Association – meeting (nothing on 15th)

Sat 17 September Hamlet and Raising The Wind

Mon 19 September The British Association - Meeting

Tue 20 September The Monastery Of St. Just and Who Speaks First

Wed 21 September Blonde And Brunette, trial scene from The Merchant Of Venice and The Haunted Mill

Thur 22-23 September

Sat 24 September The Monastery Of St. Just and Who Speaks First

Mon 26-27 September

Wed 28 September Sylvia, The Fall Of Wolsey and The Ring And The keeper

Thur 29-30 September

Sat 1 October Henry IV, Part 2 (episode of Death Of Henry IV) and The Ticket-Of-Leave Man

Mon 3-4 October

Wed 5 October Hamlet (Ophelia's mad scenes) and The Monastery Of St. Just

Thur 6-7 October

Sat 8 October The Merchant Of Venice and Ali Baba, or The Thirty-Nine Thieves (burlesque)

Mon 10-11 October

Wed 12 October The Iron Chest and Ali Baba, or The Thirty-Nine Thieves (burlesque)

Thur 13-14 October

Sat 15 October The Lady Of Lyons and Giselle, or The Phantom Night Dancers

Mon 17-21 October

Sat 22 October Henry IV, Part 2 (episode of Death Of Henry IV), As You Like It and My Dress Boots

Mon 24-28 October

Sat 29 October Macbeth and The Tootles, or My Wife's Maid

Mon 31 October – 1 November

Wed 2 November Othello and A Roland For An Oliver

Thur 3-4 November

Sat 5 November Jane Shore and The Corsican Brothers

Mon 7-11 November

Sat 12 November Much Ado About Nothing and A New Way To Pay Old Debts

Mon 14-18 November

Sat 19 November The Stranger and Black-Eyed Susan

Mon 21-25 November

Sat 26 November Belphegor and The Honeymoon

Mon 28 November-2 December

Sat 3 December The Woman In Red and The Ladies' Club

Mon 5-6 December

Wed 7 December Delicate Ground, Medea and Retained For The Defence

Thur 8-9 December

Sat 10 December The Green Bushes and Patient Penelope (burlesque)

Mon 12-16 December

Sat 17 December The Ticket-Of-Leave Man and The Tootles or My Wife's Maid

Mon 19-24 December [no performances]

Mon 26-27 December The Woman In Red and The Taming Of The Shrew

Wed 28 December The Woman In Red and The French Spy

Thur 29-30 December

Sat 31 December The Streets Of Bristol and A Ghost In Spite Of Himself

1865

Mon 2-6 January

Sat 7 January A drawing room entertainment and The Streets Of Bristol

Mon 9-13 January

Sat 14 January A drawing room entertainment and The Streets Of Bristol

Mon 16-20 January

Sat 21 January A drawing room entertainment and The Streets Of Bristol

Mon 23-27 January

Sat 28 January Pierrot and The Streets Of Bristol

Mon 30 January–3 February

Sat 4 February The Flowers Of The Forest, a drawing room entertainment and A Loan For A Lover

Mon 6-7 February

Wed 8-10 February Blue Beard and A Ghost In Spite Of Himself

Sat 11 February Blue Beard and A Sheep In Wolf's Clothing

Mon 13-15 February Blue Beard and Shocking Events

Thur 16-17 February Blue Beard and A Thumping Legacy

Sat 18 February Blue Beard and A Sheep In Wolf's Clothing

Mon 20-21 February

Wed 22 February All That Glitters Is Not Gold, an entertainment and His Last Legs (amateur performances)

Thur 23-24 February

Sat 25 February The Ticket-Of-Leave Man and Dark Doings In The Cupboard By The Knotting'em Brothers

Mon 27-28 February

Wed 1 March Theatre closed – Ash Wednesday

Thur 2-4 March The British Operatic Association

Thur 2 March The Crown Diamonds and Prince Amabel

Fri 3 March Il Trovatore and The Maid And The Magpie

Sat 4 March The Barber Of Seville and The Lady Of Lyons (burlesque)

Mon 6-8 March Mazeppa and Fair Heart Never Won Fair Lady

Thur 9-11 March Mazeppa and Perfection

Mon 13-15 March Mazeppa and Turpin's Ride To York

Thur 16 March The Momentous Question, Timour The Tartar and The Dead Shot

Fri 17 March The Momentous Question, Timour The Tartar and Sarah's Young Man

Sat 18 March The Lady Of Lyons and Timour The Tartar

Mon 20 March Nip, Nip

Tue 21-25 March

Mon 27-28 March

Wed 29 March King Richard III and Ill Treated Il Trovatore (burlesque)

Thur 30-31 March

Sat 1 April Macbeth and Ganem (burlesque)

Mon 3-8 April The British Operatic Association

Mon 3 April Il Trovatore and The Swiss Cottage

Tue 4 April The Rose Of Castille and Mr. And Mrs. White

Wed 5 April Lucrezia Borgia and The Lady Of Lyons (burlesque)

Thur 6 April The Crown Diamonds and The Bonnie Fishwife

Fri 7 April La Sonnambula and The Barber Of Seville (2nd act)

Sat 8 April The Daughter Of The Regiment and The Bohemian Girl (last 2 acts)

Mon 10-15 April Theatre closed – Easter Week

Mon 17 April

Tue 18 April Classical Concert

Wed 19-21 April

Sat 22 April The School For Scandal and Bombastes Furioso

Mon 24-28 April

Sat 29 April The Octoroon and Fortunio, And His Seven Magic Men

Mon 1-2 May

Wed 3 May The Octoroon and The Grin Bushes

Thur 4-5 May

Sat 6 May Aurora Floyd and Clari, The Maid Of Milan

Mon 8-9 May

Wed 10 May The Octoroon and Miriam's Crime

Thur 11-12 May

Sat 13 May Nine Points Of The Law, The Roadside Inn and Raising The Wind

Mon 15-16 May

Wed 17 May The Octoroon and The Grin Bushes

Thur 18-20 May

Mon 22-27 May

Mon 29 May – 3 June

Mon 5-9 June

Sat 10 June The Motto 'I Am Here', a dance and That Rascal Jack

Mon 12-16 June

Sat 17 June Uncle Tom's Cabin

Mon 19-20 June

Wed 21 June Uncle Tom's Cabin

Thur 22-23 June

Sat 24 June The Motto 'I Am Here' and A Phenomenon In A Smock Frock

Mon 26 June – 1 September Theatre closed

Sat 2 September War To The Knife and La Sonnambula (burlesque)

Mon 4-5 September

Wed 6 September The Old Story, Mazourka and The Bonnie Fishwife

Thur 7-8 September

Sat 9 September War To The Knife, La Sonnambula and The Goose With The Golden Eggs

Mon 11-15 September

Sat 16 September Milky White, Paganini Redivivus and Rosina

Mon 18-19 September

Wed 20 September Mr. Arthur Stirling & Company in ?

Thur 21-22 September

Sat 23 September The Faces In The Fire and The Little Devil

Mon 25-29 September

Sat 30 September The Fool's Revenge and Black-Eyed Susan

Mon 2-6 October

Sat 7 October Rob Roy and A Regular Fix

Mon 9-13 October

Sat 14 October The Three Musketeers and The Corsican Brothers

Mon 16-20 October

Sat 21 October The Octoroon and Kenilworth

Mon 23-27 October

Sat 28 October Virginius and The Vampire

Mon 30-31 October

Wed 1 November The Merchant Of Venice, a ballet divertissement and Woodcock's Little Game

Thur 2-3 November

Sat 4 November The Hunchback, a ballet divertissement and The Steeplechase

Mon 6-7 November

Wed 8 November The Octoroon, a ballet divertissement and Ernani (burlesque)

Thur 9-10 November

Sat 11 November Lucille, The Maid Of Malines, a ballet divertissement and Presented At Court

Mon 13-17 November

Sat 18 November The Ticket-Of-Leave Man and Ernani (burlesque)

Mon 20-24 November

Sat 25 November Lady Audley's Secret, Woodcock's Little Game and The Sailor Of France

Mon 27 November – 1 December

Sat 2 December Richard III and Black-Eyed Susan

Mon 4-5 December

Wed 6 December Macbeth and Ernani (burlesque)

Thur 7-8 December

Sat 9 December The Taming Of The Shrew, The Man Of The World and The Steeplechase

Mon 11-12 December

Wed 13 December A Day After The Wedding, Leah and The Area Belle

Thur 14-15 December

Sat 16 December A Day After The Wedding, Leah and The Area Belle

Mon 18-19 December

Wed 20 December The Ticket-Of-Leave Man and A Regular Fix

Thur 21-25 December

Tue 26-27 December The Cricket On The Hearth, Milky White and Bamboozling

Thur 28-29 December The Chimney Corner, Woodcock's Little Game and The Loan Of A Lover

Sat 30 December Milky White, My Preserver and Retained For The Defence

1866

Mon 1-2 January

Wed 3 January The Lady Of Lyons and Boots At The Swan

Thur 4-5 January

Sat 6 January Presented At Court, an entertainment and The Rendezvous

Mon 8 January

Tue 9 January Lady Audley's Secret, Woodcock's Little Game and The Maid Of Croissey

Wed 10-19 January An entertainment by Professor Anderson … scientific and 'magic'

Sat 20 January Our Wife, Little Toddlekins and Mazeppa (amateur performances)

Mon 22-23 January

Wed 24 January Louis XI and Therese

Thur 25-26 January

Sat 27 January The Gamester, The Death Of King Henry IV and Retained For The Defence

Mon 29 January Used Up, Who Killed Cock Robin? and Boots At The Swan

Tue 30 January

Wed 31 January A Lesson In Love, Cool As a Cucumber and Retained For The Defence

Thur 1 February A Game Of Speculation

Fri 2 February Patter Versus Clatter, A Lesson In Love and Retained For The Defence

Sat 3 February Faces In The Fire, other entertainments and The Golden Fleece

Mon 5-7 February

Thur 8 February Satanella and The Sailor Of France

Fri 9 February La Sonnambula and The Sailor Of France

Sat 10 February Faust

Mon 12-14 February

Thur 15-17 February Beauty And The Beast and Marriage At Any Price

Mon 19 February Beauty And The Beast and Marriage At Any Price

Tue 20 February Beauty And The Beast and The Rendezvous

Wed 21 February Beauty And The Beast and Marriage At Any Price

Thur 22 February Beauty And The Beast and The Rendezvous

Fri 22-23 February Beauty And The Beast and Marriage At Any Price

Mon 26 February – 2 March

Sat 3 March Broken Ties and A Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady

Mon 5-9 March

Sat 10 March The Stranger and Mademoiselle De Belle Isle

Mon 11-16 March

Sat 17 March The Hidden Hand, a comic song and Ivanhoe (burlesque)

Mon 19-23 March

Sat 24 March The Hidden Hand, a comic song and Ivanhoe (burlesque)

Mon 26-31 March Theatre closed – Easter

Mon 2 April

Tue 3 April Who Speaks First? Perfection and The Unfinished Gentleman (amateur performances)

Wed 4-6 April

Sat 7 April Still Waters Run Deep and Masaniello (amateur performances)

Mon 9-13 April

Sat 14 April The Ocean Of Life and Faust And Marguerite

Mon 16-20 April

Sat 21 April The Ticket-Of-Leave Man and Wanted 1000 Young Milliners For The Oil Wells Of Petrolia

Mon 23-27 April

Sat 28 April The Roused Lion and The Serf

Mon 30 April – 5 May

Mon 7 May Box And Cox , Cool As A Cucumber and A Morning Call

Tue 8 May Who Killed Cock Robin? The Practical Man and Ticklish Times

Wed 9 May A Regular Fix, Patient Penelope and The Wandering Minstrel

Thur 10-12 May

Mon 14-15 May

Wed 16 May Ruy Blas, The Wood Nymph and His Last Legs

Thur 17-19 May

Mon 21-25 May

Sat 26 May The Motto 'I Am Here', A Pas De Quatre and La Sonnambula (burlesque)

Mon 28 May – 1 June

Sat 2 June East Lynne, a ballet divertissement and My Wife's Second Floor

Mon 4 June – 8 September

Mon 10-14 September

Sat 15 September Davy Garrick, Lord Dundreary Married And Done For and The Area Belle

Mon 17-21 September

Sat 22 September Society and Paris, or Vive Lempriere

Mon 24-28 September

Sat 29 September Macbeth and Cool As A Cucumber

Mon 1-5 October

Sat 6 October King John, other entertainments and The Man Of The World

Mon 8-12 October

Sat 13 October Rip Van Winkle, The Witch Of Windermere and My Wife's Dentist

Mon 15-19 October

Sat 20 October The Irish Emigrant, The Limerick Boy and Paris, or Vive Lempriere

Mon 22-26 October

Sat 27 October The Peep O'Day and Paris, or Vive Lempriere

Mon 29 October-2 November

Sat 3 November The Ticket-Of-Leave Man preceded by Delicate Ground

Mon 5-9 November

Sat 10 November The Ticket-Of-Leave Man's Wife and Little Don Giovanni

Mon 12-16 November

Sat 17 November The Octoroon and Little Don Giovanni

Mon 19-20 November

Wed 21 November As You Like It and Black-Eyed Susan

Thur 22-23 November

Sat 24 November Romeo And Juliet and Little Don Giovanni

Mon 26-27 November

Wed 28 November Macbeth, The May Queen (poem) and The Dead Shot

Thur 29-30 November

Sat 1 December The Merchant Of Venice and Catherine And Petruchio

Mon 3-7 December

Sat 8 December Hamlet and My Wife's Dentist

Mon 10-14 December

Sat 15 December The Man In The Iron Mask and Pauline

Mon 17-22 December

Mon 24-25 December

Wed 26-27 December Ruy Blas, Sappho and The Orphans

Fri 28 December The Wreck Ashore, Sappho and Family Jars

Sat 29 December A Sheep In Wolf's Clothing, Sappho and Good For Nothing

Mon 31 December Mary Stuart, Ixion and The Widow's Victim

1867

Tue 1 January Mary Stuart, Ixion and The Widow's Victim

Wed 2 January The Stranger, Fra Diavolo and Mr. And Mrs. White

Thur 3 January The Lady Of Lyons and Fra Diavolo

Fri 4 January Mademoiselle De Belle Isle, To Oblige Benson and Good For Nothing

Sat 5 January Mademoiselle De Belle Isle, A Pas De Fascination and A Cup Of Tea

Mon 7 January The Writing On The Wall and Miss Patti In London

Tue 8-11 January

Sat 12 January The Little Treasure, acrobatics, ballet divertissement, Little Don Giovanni (burlesque) and Punchinello

Mon 14 January Louis XI and Woodcock's Little Game

Tue 15 January Hamlet and The Day After The Wedding

Wed 16 January

Thur 17 January Henry VIII and Woodcock's Little Game

Fri 18 January

Sat 19 January The Merchant Of Venice and other entertainments

Mon 21 January Richard II and The Jealous Wife

Tue 22-25 January

Sat 26 January The Iron Chest and The Jealous Wife

Mon 28 January- 1 February

Sat 2 February The Colleen Bawn and Black-Eyed Susan

Mon 4-8 February

Sat 9 February An Unequal Match and A Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady

Mon 11-12 February

Wed 13-27 February Robin Hood And The Merry Men Of Sherwood Forest and Perfection

Thur 28 February – 1 March

Sat 2 March Cymbeline and King Rene's Daughter

Mon 4-8 March

Sat 9 March The Woman In White and Lucia Di Lammermoor (burlesque)

Mon 11-12 March

Wed 13 March A Sister's Penance and Lucia Di Lammermoor (burlesque)

Thur 14-15 March

Sat 16 March Henry Dunbar and Lucia Di Lammermoor (burlesque)

Mon 18-22 March

Sat 23 March The Hunchback and A Rough Diamond

Mon 25-29 March

Sat 30 March The Young Duke and The Colleen Bawn (original productions changed due to indisposition of actor)

Mon 1 April Old Folks And Fresh Faces, The Heir To The Crown and other entertainments

Tue 2-5 April

Sat 6 April The Great Strike and O'Flannigan And The Fairies

Mon 8-9 April

Wed 10 April The Faces In The Fire and The Will And The Way

Thur 11-13 April

Mon 15-20 April Theatre closed – Easter

Mon 22-23 April

Wed 24 April Sent To The Tower, A Sheep In Wolf's Clothing and Done On Both Sides (amateur performances)

Thur 25-26 April

Sat 27 April All That Glitters Is Not Gold and Catherine And Petruchio (amateur performances)

Mon 29 April – 3 May

Sat 4 May Guy Mannering and The Little Treasure

Mon 6-7 May

Wed 8 May The Hazard Of The Die and Lurline or The Nymph Of The Lurleyburg

Thur 9-11 May

Mon 13 May Wild Oats and Esmeralda

Tue 14 May Meg's Diversion and Giselle (not ballet)

Wed 15 May Victorine and Lurline or The Nymph Of The Lurleyburg

Thur 16-17May

Sat 18 May Faust and Poor Pillicoddy

Mon 20-24 May

Sat 25 May Un Ballo In Maschera followed by a grand concert

Mon 27 May – 31 August Theatre closed

Mon 2-6 September

Sat 7 September A Practical Man, Belphegor and The Captain Of The Watch

Mon 9-10 September

Wed 11 September Virginius and The Honeymoon (latter substituted owing to injury to actor in planned production of The Artist Of Florence)

Thur 12-13 September

Sat 14 September The Honeymoon and Leah

Mon 16-20 September

Sat 21 September The School For Scandal and The Young Widow

Mon 23-24 September

Wed 25 September The Rivals, The Artful Dodge and [He Lies Like Truth]

Thur 26-27 September

Sat 28 September She Stoops To Conquer and He Lies Like Truth

Mon 30 September – 8 November Theatre closed (after which a general policy of opening on Wednesdays and Saturdays commenced)

Sat 9 November Extremes and William Tell With A Vengeance

Mon 11-12 November

Wed 13 November The Faces In The Fire and William Tell With A Vengeance

Thur 14-15 November

Sat 16 November Othello and Catching An Heiress

Mon 18-19 November

Wed 20 November The Castle Spectre and Black-Eyed Susan

Thur 21-22 November

Sat 23 November Money and The Tempest (burlesque)

Mon 25 November

Tue 26 November Christy's Minstrels

Wed 27 November The Hard Struggle and The Colleen Bawn

Thur 28-29 November

Sat 30 November Rob Roy and The Little Rebel

Mon 2-3 December

Wed 4 December The Will And The Way, A Loan Of A Lover and The Elixir Of Love (ballet)

Thur 5-6 December

Sat 7 December King John and Macbeth (5th act)

Mon 9-10 December

Wed 11 December Leah, Somebody Else and The Area Belle

Thur 12-13 December

Sat 14 December Leah, Somebody Else and The Area Belle

Mon 16-20 December

Sat 21 December The Child Of The Regiment, Catching An Heiress and Prince Amabel

Mon 23-25 December Theatre closed

Thur 26-27 December Bertram and Don Caesar De Bazan

Sat 28 December Mary, Queen Of Scots, Nine Points Of The Law and A Rough Diamond

Mon 30-31 December [Theatre closed]

1868

Wed 1-3 January

Sat 4 January The Flowers Of The Forest, other entertainments and A Ghost In Spite Of Himself

Mon 6-10 January

Sat 11 January The Green Rushes and A Legal Impediment

Mon 13-15 January

Thur 16 January – 1 February Little Tom Tucker and also on

16-18 January - Cramond Brig

20-21 January – The Muleteer Of Toledo

22 January - Cramond Brig

23 January- A Ghost In Spite Of Himself

24-25 January - Meg's Diversion

27-28 January – The Muleteer Of Toledo

29 January – Meg's Diversion

30 January - Cramond Brig

31 January - Plot And Passion, A Romantic Attachment and Aladdin,

1 February - The Muleteer Of Toledo

Mon 3-7 February

Sat 8 February The Faces In The Fire and Nine Points Of The Law

Mon 10-11 February

Wed 12 February Caste and Mr. And Mrs. White

Thur 13-14 February

Sat 15 February Caste and Mr. And Mrs. White

Mon 17-18 February

Wed 19 February Caste and The Young Widow

Thur 20-21 February

Sat 22 February Caste and The Young Widow

Mon 24 February

Tue 25 February The Wonderful Woman, The Jacobite and To Paris And Back For £5

Wed 26-29 February

Mon 2-3 March

Wed 4 March Good For Nothing, The Whirlwind* and The Waterman. * an entertainment given by the Boni-Zoug-Zoug Arabs

Thur 5-6 March

Sat 7 March Good For Nothing, The Whirlwind* and The Waterman. * an entertainment given by the Boni-Zoug-Zoug Arabs

Mon 9-14 March Grand English Opera Company

Mon 9 March Faust

Tue 10 March Il Trovatore and My Precious Betsy

Wed 11 March La Sonnambula and Poor Pillicoddy

Thur 12-13 March Theatre closed

Sat 14 March L'Africaine and The Captain's Not A Miss

Mon 16-21 March

Mon 23-24 March

Wed 25-27 March The Flying Scud and His Last Legs

Sat 28 March The Flying Scud and Woodcock's Little Game

Mon 30 March - 4 April

Mon 6-11 April Theatre closed - Easter

Mon 13-14 April

Wed 15 April Number One Round The Corner, The Porter's Knot and Ici On Parle Francais (amateur performances)

Thur 16 April

Fri 17 April

Sat 18 April Money and Patient Penelope

Mon 20-21 April

Wed 22 April Romeo And Juliet and La Sonnambula (burlesque)

Thur 24-25 April

Sat 26 April As You Like It and Lucia Di Lammermoor (burlesque)

Mon 27 April – 1 May

Sat 2 May The Marble Heart and £100,000

Mon 4-7 May

Fri 8 May The Merchant Of Venice and Don Caesar De Bazan

Sat 9 May Virginius, a ballet divertissement and If I Had A Thousand A Year

Mon 11-13 May

Thur 14 May Belphegor, a ballet divertissement and The Comedy Of Errors

Fri 15-16 May

Mon 18-20 May The Flying Scud and a grand ballet divertissement

Thur 21-22 May

Sat 23 May The Serious Family and Cinderella (burlesque)

Sun 24 May Evangelist Services (afternoon and evening)

Mon 25-29 May

Sat 30 May The Child Of The Regiment and Cinderella (burlesque)

Mon 1-3 June

Thur 4-6 June Christy's Minstrels

Mon 8-11 June

Fri 12 June The School For Scandal and The Merry Zingara

Sat 13 June Much Ado About Nothing and The Merry Zingara

Mon 15-20 June

Mon 22-24 June Mr. George Hodson: comedian

Thur 25-26 June

Sat 27 June An entertainment and Love In The Emerald Isle (burlesque). Benefit for Mr. George Hodson

Mon 29 June – 29 August Theatre closed. During closure much work on cleaning, decorating, repairs, updating of ventilation system and opening an entrance at the back of the pit was undertaken.

Mon 31 August Grand Re-Opening. Davy Garrick, a ballet divertissement and A Regular Fix

Tue 1 September

Wed 2 September The Colleen Bawn and The Lottery Ticket

Thur 3 September The Colleen Bawn and Cool As A Cucumber

Fri 4 September

Sat 5 September The Corsican Brothers, Paddy The Porter, Cool As A Cucumber and other entertainments

Mon 7 September The Colleen Bawn, Used Up, His Last Legs

Tue 8 September

Wed 9 September The Corsican Brothers (1st & 3rd acts), Paddy The Porter, Cancan, and A Regular Fix

Thur 10 September Used Up, Love In Ireland and Box And Cox (Benefit for Mr. George Hodson)

Fri 11 September

Sat 12 September (mat) Our American Cousin

(eve) The Hero Of Romance and A Regular Fix

Mon 14 September

Tue 15 September The Ticket-Of-Leave Man

Wed 16 September

Thur 17 September The Man In The Iron Mask and Raising The Wind

Fri 18 September

Sat19 September Hamlet and The Steeple Chase

Mon 21 September Rip Van Winkle, The Secret and Pygmalion

Tue 22 September The Willow Copse

Wed 23 September

Thur 24 September To Oblige Benson, A Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady, Good For Nothing and Ixion

Fri 25 September

Sat 26 September Rip Van Winkle, A Day After The Wedding and Ixion

Mon 28-30 September Caste and The Two Gregories

Thur 1-2 October Play

Sat 3 October Play and The Young Widow

Mon 5-6 October

Wed 7-8 October Mr. and Mrs. Howard Paul – entertainment of songs and sketches

Fri 9 October

Sat 10 October Nobody's Child and A Romantic Attachment

Mon 12-13 October Nobody's Child and A Romantic Attachment

Wed 14-15 October Nobody's Child and The Old Old Story

Fri 16 October

Sat 17 October Nobody's Child and The Old Old Story

Mon 19-20 October Black Sheep

Wed 21 October Black Sheep and The Old Old Story

Thur 22 October Black Sheep and Nobody's Child (1st & 2nd acts)

Fri 23 October Lecture on The Irish Church by Rev. A.Goalen

Sat 24 October` The Rivals and Rimshaw, Bagshaw And Bradshaw

Mon 26-27 October The Green Bushes and Black-Eyed Susan

Wed 28-29 October Janet Pride and Black-Eyed Susan

Fri 30 October The Flowers Of The Forest and Black-Eyed Susan

Sat 31 October The Woman In Red and Black-Eyed Susan

Mon 2-6 November Foul Play - postponed

Sat 7 November The Contested Election and Bardell Versus Pickwick (amateur performances)

Mon 9-13 November

Sat 14 November The Rivals and Black-Eyed Susan

Mon 16 November The Lady Of Lyons

Tue 17 November Romeo And Juliet

Wed 18 November The Hunchback and Good For Nothing

Thur 19 November The Lady Of Lyons and Good For Nothing

Fri 20 November Romeo And Juliet, The Lady Of Lyons (4th act) and The Hunchback (3rd act)

Sat 21 November As You Like It and Catching An Heiress

Mon 23 November Hamlet

Tue 24 November Richelieu

Wed 25 November Richard III and Betsy Baker

Thur 26 November Beverley and The Gamester

Fri 27 November The Merchant Of Venice and The Wonder

Sat 28 November Macbeth and My New Place

Mon 30 November Aurora Floyd and Robert Macaire

Tue 1 December Aurora Floyd and Plot And Passion

Wed 2 December She Stoops To Conquer and Ernani (burlesque)

Thur 3 December Catherine Howard

Fri 4 December

Sat 5 December Guy Mannering, Delicate Ground and Catching An Heiress

Mon 7-9 December The Peep O'Day, Ernani (burlesque) and The Serf

The Bath Journal 12 December p5, col.f made comments about the inability of theatre management to put on productions that had been advertised….

Thur 10-11 December

Sat 12 December The Wreck Ashore, Good For Nothing and Ernani

Mon 14 December

Tue 15 December In The Coils, Nine Points Of The Law and The Maid And The Magpie

Wed 16-17 December

Fri 18 December The Liar, Cool As A Cucumber and The Area Belle

Sat 19 December Used Up, The Comical Countess and Patter Versus Chatter

Mon 21-22 December

Wed 23 December The Spitalfields Weaver, The Steeple Chase and Ici On Parle Francais

Thur 24-25 December

Sat 26 December Macbeth and Black Eyed Susan

Tue 29 December – 28 Jan. Harlequin, Robinson Crusoe And His Man Friday

1869

Tue 29 December-Thur 28 Jan. Harlequin, Robinson Crusoe And His Man Friday and also on Sat 2 Jan – Alexander The Great

Mon 4 Jan – Alexander The Great

Tue 5 Jan – Alexander The Great

Wed 6 Jan (mat/eve) perfs and eve by Alexander The Great Thur 7 Jan - The Deal Boatmen

Fri 8-9 Jan - The Deal Boatmen

Mon 11 Jan - The Cricket On The Hearth

Tue 12 Jan – Alexander The Great

Wed 13 Jan - The Cricket On The Hearth

Thur 14 Jan - The Secret

Fri 15-16 Jan - The Cricket On The Hearth

Mon 18 Jan – The Deal Boatmen

Tue 19 Jan – A Phenomenon In A Smock Frock

Wed 20 Jan - The Cricket On The Hearth and Alexander The Great

Thur 21 Jan - Perfection

Fri 22 Jan - A Phenomenon In A Smock Frock and Turn Him Out

Sat 23 Jan - Doing For The Best

Mon 25 Jan – Turn Him Out and The Wandering Minstrel

Tue 26 Jan – My Preserver

Thur 28 Jan - The Wandering Minstrel and Doing For The Best

Fri 29 January

Sat 30 January and Under The Gaslight and Orpheus And Eurydice (burlesque)

Mon 1-4 February Under The Gaslight and Orpheus And Eurydice (burlesque)

Fri 5 February

Sat 6 February The Octoroon [and Orpheus And Eurydice] (burlesque)]

Mon 8-9 February The Octoroon and Orpheus And Eurydice

Wed 10-11 February The Octoroon and Under The Gaslight

Fri 12 February

Sat 13 February Extremes and Orpheus And Eurydice (burlesque)

Mon 15-16 February Ticklish Times, Under The Gaslight and Aladdin (burlesque)

Wed 17 February A Fool's Revenge, a dramatic festival and Dred

Thur 18 February The Lady Of Lyons and Orpheus And Eurydice (burlesque)

Fri 19 February

Sat 20 February The Angel's Whisper, Barney The Baron and Linda Di Chamouni

Mon 22 February The Angel's Whisper, Barney The Baron and Linda Di Chamouni

Tue 23 February The Bottle and Susan Hopley

Wed 24 February Oliver Twist, Asmodeus, selections from Hamlet and Linda Di Chamouni

Thur 25 February Selections from Under The Gaslight, The Ticket-Of-Leave Man, The Colleen Bawn, The Angel's Whisper, The Rough Diamond and Linda Di Chamouni

Fri 26 February East Lynne, other entertainments and The Waterman

Sat 27 February East Lynne and Black-Eyed Susan

Mon 1 March A Rough Diamond, Fazio and Linda Di Chamouni

Tue 2 March – 6 April Theatre closed (change of lessee)

Wed 7 April The Orange Girl and The Fairy Ring

Thur 8-9 April

Sat 10 April The Grand Duchess Of Gerolstein

Mon 12-15 April

Fri 16 April Grand Comic Festival

Sat 17 April Lost In London, a comic concert and The Whites And The Browns (amateur performances)

Mon 19 April

Tue 20 April The Orange Girl and Turning The Tables

Wed 21 April

Thur 22 April The Dream At Sea, Dandelion's Dodges and William Tell With A Vengeance

Fri 23-24 April

Mon 26 April

Tue 27 April Lost In London and Red, White And Blue

Wed 28 April – 1 May

Mon 3-4 May

Wed 5 May The Little Treasure and Susan Hopley

Thur 6-7 May

Sat 8 May All That Glitters Is Not Gold and A Ghost In Spite Of Himself

Mon 10-11 May

Wed 12 May The Chevalier St. George and The Quiet Family

Thur 13-15 May

Mon 17-19 May Wind And Wave, The Quiet Family and The Horrible Mystery

Thur 20-22 May

Mon 24 May – 12 June [Theatre closed]

Mon 14 June Maritana and The Field Of The Cloth Of Gold

Tue 15 June Martha and The Field Of The Cloth Of Gold

Wed 16 June Lurline and The Field Of The Cloth Of Gold

Thur 17 June The Bohemian Girl and The Field Of The Cloth Of Gold

Fri 18 June Faust and The Field Of The Cloth Of Gold

Sat 19 June The Rose Of Castille and The Field Of The Cloth Of Gold

Mon 21 June La Sonnambula and Perseus And Andromeda

Tue 22 June Satanella

Wed 23 June Il Trovatore and Perseus And Andromeda

Thur 24 June Fra Diavolo and Perseus And Andromeda

Fri 25 June The Barber Of Seville and The Field Of The Cloth Of Gold

Sat 26 June The Bohemian Girl, The Waterman and The Field Of The Cloth Of Gold

Mon 28-29 June Forbidden Fruit and Only A Half Penny

Wed 30 June Forbidden and Hamlet (3rd and 4th acts)

Thur 1 July – 11 September [Theatre closed]

Mon 13-25 September It's Never Too Late To Mend

Mon 27-29 September

Thur 30 Sept – 1 October Hearts And Homes and Boots At The Swan

Sat 2 October Ruth Lee and The Rough Diamond

Mon 4 October Ruth Lee and His Last Legs

Tue 5-6 October The Great Vance (concerts)

Thur 7 October The Duke's Motto and Don Caesar De Bazan

Fri 8 October

Sat 9 October The Duke's Motto and Cartouche

Mon 11 October Outcast Joe and Turn Him Out

Tue 12 October Outcast Joe and The Honeymoon

Wed 13 October

Thur 14 October The Duke's Motto and The Captain's Not A Miss

Fri 15 October

Sat 16 October Catherine Howard and The Orange Girl

Mon 18 October Scenes from Henry VIII, Belphegor and Perfection

Tue 19 October Othello

Wed 20 October

Thur 21 October Macbeth and The Loan Of A Lover

Fri 22 October

Sat 23 October Hamlet and The Corsican Brothers

Mon 25 October Othello and Conrad And Medora

Tue 26 October The Merchant Of Venice

Wed 27 October Richelieu and Conrad And Medora

Thur 28-29 October

Sat 30 October Hamlet and The Lottery Ticket

Mon 1-2 November The Pilgrim Of Love, Kind To A Fault and Trying It On

Wed 3-5 November Dreams and The Pilgrim Of Love

Sat 6 November Kind To A Fault, The Pilgrim Of Love and A Sovereign Remedy

Mon 8-12 November

Sat 13 November The Hunchback and Jocrisse, or The Lady Juggler

Mon 15 November The Daughter Of The Regiment, Perfection and His Last Legs

Tue 16 November The Daughter Of The Regiment, Perfection and All That Glitters Is Not Gold

Wed 17 November Lady Audley's Secret and Aladdin, or The Wonderful Scamp

Thur 18 November Kathleen Mavourneen and Kenilworth

Fri 19 November

Sat 20 November (mat) The Pilgrim Of Love

(eve) The Lady Of Lyons and Uncle Tom's Cabin (1st part)

Mon 22 November Ruy Blas and Uncle Tom's Cabin (1st part)

Tue 23 November The Lady Of Lyons and Poor Pillicoddy

Wed 24 November The Octoroon and The Corsican Brothers

Thur 25 November The Octoroon and The Crown Prince

Fri 26 November Hamlet and Poor Pillicoddy

Sat 27 November The Colleen Bawn and The Crown Prince

Mon 29 November The Ticket Of Leave Man and The Swiss Cottage

Tue 30 November

Wed 1 December Leah and The Muleteer Of Toledo

Thur 2-3 December

Sat 4 December The Chevalier St. George, Violet and Aurora Floyd

Mon 6 December East Lynne and A Regular Fix

Tue 7 December East Lynne and A Phenomenon In A Smock Frock

Wed 8 December Christy's Minstrels

Thur 9 December

Fri 10 December Arthur Lloyd - entertainment

Sat 11 December

Mon 13-17 December

Sat 18 December London Assurance and Don Carlos

Mon 20 December The School For Scandal and Don Carlos

Tue 21-25 December

Mon 27 December 1869 – 22 January 1870 The British Operatic Association

Mon 27-28 December Maritana and Dancing Dolls

Wes 29 December The Rose Of Castille and Othello (burlesque)

Thur 30-31 December The Bohemian Girl and Othello (burlesque)

Sat 1 January Cinderella (opera) and La Pas De Fascination

1870

Mon 27 December 1869 - 22 January 1870 The British Operatic Association

Sat 1 January Cinderella (opera) and La Pas De Fascination

Mon 3 January Cinderella (opera) and La Pas De Fascination

Tue 4 January La Sonnambula

Wed 5 January The Barber Of Seville and Prince Amabel

Thur 6 January The Rose Of Castille and Prince Amabel

Fri 7 January Cinderella (opera) and Prince Amabel

Sat 8 January Orphee Aux Enfers

Mon 10-11 January Orphee Aux Enfers

Wed 12 January Orphee Aux Enfers and The Area Belle

Thur 13-14 January Orphee Aux Enfers and My Wife's Second Floor

Sat 15 January The Crown Diamonds

Mon 17 January The Crown Diamonds

Tue 18 January Faust

Wed 19 January Martha and The Little Sentinel

Thur 20 January Il Trovatore and The Clockmaker's Hat

Fri 21 January Fra Diavolo and The Rough Diamond

Sat 22 January Don Giovanni (1st act), The Elixir Of Love and Barney The Baron

Mon 24 January Royal Christy's Minstrels

Tue 25 January Royal Christy's Minstrels

Wed 26-29 January

Mon 31 January-1 February The Grand Duchess Of Gerolstein

Wed 2 February The Grand Duchess Of Gerolstein and Little Daisy

Thur 3-5 February The Grand Duchess Of Gerolstein and Nine Points Of The Law

Mon 7 February School

Tue 8 February Mlle. Titien's Annual Grand Evening Concert

Wed 9 February

Thur 10 February School

Fri 11 February Caste

Sat 12 February School

Mon 14 February Still Waters Run Deep and Paris, or Vive Lempriere

Tue 15 February Lischen And Fritzchen and Davy Garrick

Wed 16 February Plot And Passion and Paris, or Vive Lempriere

Thur 17 February East Lynne and Paris, or Vive Lempriere

Fri 18 February The Wonder and Paris, or Vive Lempriere

Sat 19 February – 12 March Little Goody Two-Shoes and also on

23-25 February – Old Gooseberry

26 February – Lady Audley's Secret

2 March – Theatre closed – Ash Wednesday

3-4 March - Used Up

5 March – Andy Blake

9 March – French Before Breakfast

10 March – Little Bell

11 March – The Spirit Of The Sea

12 March – Woodcock's Little Game

Mon 14 March East Lynne

Tue 15 March

Wed 16 March Little Goody Two-Shoes, The Eton Boy and Perfection

Thur 17 March Broken Vows and Don Carlos (burlesque)

Fri 18 March Married Life and Don Carlos (burlesque)

Sat 19 March Money and Don Carlos (burlesque)

Mon 21 March The Octoroon and [Kenilworth]

Tue 22 March

Wed 23 March East Lynne and [Kenilworth]

Thur 24-25 March The Octoroon and Kenilworth

Sat 26 March Lord Dundreary, The Wonder and Black-Eyed Susan

Mon 28 March Lord Dundreary, The Colleen Bawn and Black-Eyed Susan

Tue 29 March The Colleen Bawn and Black-Eyed Susan

Wed 30 March Lischen And Fritzchen and The Colleen Bawn

Thur 31 March The Eton Boy, Married Life and Black-Eyed Susan

Fri 1 April

Sat 2 April Faust And Marguerite and Brown And The Brahmins

Mon 4-5 April Faust And Marguerite and Brown And The Brahmins

Wed 6-8 April

Sat 9 April Masks And Faces, Morning Call and The Captain's Not A Miss

Mon 11-16 April Theatre closed – Easter week

Mon 18-22 April Little Goody Two-Shoes (2nd edition)

Sat 23 April Used Up, Perfection and Aladdin, or The Wonderful Scamp (burlesque) (amateur performances)

Mon 25-26 April

Wed 27 April Leah

Thur 28 April Still Waters Run Deep, a song and Little Goody Two-Shoes (2nd edition)

Fri 29 April Little Goody Two-Shoes (2nd edition) and The Dumb Man Of Manchester

Sat 30 April The Rivals and Whitebait At Greenwich (amateur perfs)

Mon 2-7 May

Mon 9-11 May

Thur 12-13 May Two Grand Concerts - Vance and His Concert and Comic Operetta Party

Sat 14 May Under A Ban and Robin Hood (burlesque)

Mon 16-17 May

Wed 18 May The Lady Of Lyons and Little Toddlekins (amateur perfs)

Thur 19-20 May

Sat 21 May Kind To A Fault and Orpheus And Eurydice

Mon 23 May Kind To A Fault and Orpheus And Eurydice

Tue 24 May The Old Story, The Pilgrim Of Love and Orpheus And Eurydice

Wed 25 May Milky White and Trying It On

Thur 26 May Married Daughters, Husbands and The Pilgrim Of Love

Fri 27 May The Country Squire and The Pilgrim Of Love

Sat 28 May London Assurance

Mon 30 May – 4 June The British Operatic Association

Mon 30 May The Bohemian Girl and The Field Of The Cloth Of Gold (burlesque)

Tue 31 May The Elixir Of Love

Wed 1 June Poliuto, or The Christian Martyr

Thur 2 June Maritana and Prince Amabel

Fri 3 June La Cerentola and Turn Him Out

Sat 4 June La Part Du Diable and The Wandering Minstrel

Mon 6-8 June

Thur 9 June La Part Du Diable and Black-Eyed Susan

Fri 10 June Faust

Sat 11 June The Rose Of Castille and Black-Eyed Susan

Mon 13-18 June

Mon 20-25 June

Mon 27 June – 2 July

Mon 4-19 July

Wed 20 July £100,000 and The Steeple Chase

(amateur performances in aid of RUH)

Thur 21-22 July

Sat 23 July The Heir At Law and The Steeple Chase (amateur performances)

Mon 25-26 July Hunted Down

Wed 27 July Hunted Down and Cinderella (burlesque)

Thur 28-29 July Hunted Down and A Nice Couple

Sat 30 July Progress and Cinderella (burlesque)

Mon 1-6 August

Mon 8-13 August

Mon 15 August Frou-Frou and a comedietta

Tue 16 August Lost Emily and a comedietta

Wed 17 August Frou-Frou and a comedietta

Thur 18 August Lost Emily and a comedietta

Fri 19 August Frou-Frou and a comedietta

Sat 20 August Lost Emily and a comedietta

Mon 22-26 August

Sat 27 August Richelieu, The Rough Diamond and a farce

Mon 29 August Richelieu and a farce

Tue 30 August

Wed 31 August Othello and Catherine And Petruchio

Thur 1-3 September

Mon 5 September King Lear

Tue 6 September

Wed 7 September Belphegor and The Wonder

Thur 8-9 September

Sat 10 September The Artist Of Florence, Louis XI and Love In All Corners

Mon 12 September The Gamester and Don Caesar De Bazan

Tue 13 September

Wed 14 September Othello and Catherine And Petruchio

Thur 15-16 September

Sat 17 September Perfection, The Merchant Of Venice and The Loan Of A Lover

Mon 19 September A New Way To Pay Old Debts and The Bonnie Fishwife

Tue 20 September

Wed 21 September Hamlet and The Cockney Abroad

Thur 22 September The Honeymoon and The Unfinished Gentleman (Bath Histrionic Club in aid of Bath Hospitals)

Fri 23 September

Sat 24 September Davy Garrick and A Threepenny Bit

Mon 26-27 September

Wed 28-29 September Twenty Minutes With A Tiger, Good Queen Bess, Behind The Footlights and Black-Eyed Susan

Fri 30 September

Sat 1 October Twenty Minutes With A Tiger, Good Queen Bess, Behind The Footlights and Black-Eyed Susan

Mon 3 October

Tue 4-5 October Leah

Thur 6 October East Lynne and Check Mate

Fri 7 October The Merchant Of Venice and The Jealous Wife

Sat 8 October Macbeth

Mon 10-15 October

Mon 17-18 October East Lynne and My Turn Next

Wed 19-21 October Harriet Routh

Sat 22 October The Wife's Secret

Mon 24-28 October

Sat 29 October Lost In London

Mon 31 Oct. – 4 November Lost In London

Sat 5 November The Duke's Motto and Black Eyed-Eyed Susan

Mon 7 November Fernande and A Rough Diamond

Tue 8 November Fernande and He's A Lunatic

Wed 9-10 November Lost Emily and He's A Lunatic

Fri 11 November The Clockmaker's Hat and Lost Emily

Sat 12 November The Clockmaker's Hat and 1870, or The Battle Of Life

Mon 14-18 November

Sat 19 November London Assurance and Little Don Giovanni

Mon 21-22 November The Ticket-Of-Leave Man and Little Don Giovanni

Wed 23-24 November Basiliska and Brown And The Brahmins

Fri 25 November Lothair, La Sonnambula (burlesque) and Brown And The Brahmins

Sat 26 November The School For Scandal and Brown And The Brahmins

Mon 28-30 November

Thur 1 December Pike O'Callaghan and The Message From The Sea

Fri 2 December Wait And Hope and The Message From The Sea

Sat 3 December Little Nelly and The Message From The Sea

Mon 5-10 December

Mon 12 December The Spy Of The Empire aka Plot And Passion and Kenilworth

Tue 13 December The Wonder and Kenilworth

Wed 14 December Still Waters Run Deep, A Happy Pair and A Match For A Mother-In-Law (amateur performances)

Thur 15-16 December East Lynne and Little Don Giovanni

Sat 17 December Uncle Dick's Darling, The Steeple Chase and The Spitalfields Weaver

Mon 19-24 December Theatre closed

Mon 26 December - 4 Feb. The Fair One With The Golden Locks

 

1871

Mon 26 December - 4 February The Fair One With The Golden Locks and also on

[4]-7 January - The Handsome Husband

9-12 January - The Hard Struggle

13-15 January - Blue Jackets

18-20 January - Rob Roy

21 January -The Wonderful Woman

23-25 January - The Marble Heart

26 January - Lischen And Fritzchen and Blue Jackets

27 January - Lady Audley's Secret

28 January - Don Caesar De Bazan

30-31 January – The Dumb Boy Of Manchester

1-2 February - The Peep-Showman

3 February - Lischen And Fritzchen and My Preserver

4 February - Used Up

Mon 6-8 February M.P. and Glory

Thur 9-10 February

Sat 11 February School

Mon 13 February Caste

Tue 14-16 February

Fri 17 February Caste

Sat 18 February M.P. and Glory

Mon 20-22 February

Thur 23-25 February Frou-Frou and A Cup Of Tea

Mon 27 February – 4 March

Mon 6-8 March Two Roses and A Fearful Fog

Thur 9-11 March

Mon 13-17 March Forsaken and The Village Blacksmith

Sat 18 March Forsaken and A Blind Girl's Love

Mon 20 – 22 March The Loving Cup, His Last Legs, Everybody's Friend and Oliver Twist

Thur 23-24 March

Sat 25 March An English Gentleman and Lord Dundreary Married And Settled

Mon 27 March Our American Cousin and My Aunt's Advice

Tue 28-29 March

Thur 30 March – 1 April The Two Roses and A Fearful Fog

Mon 3-8 April Theatre closed – Easter

Mon 10-12 April The Cricket On The Hearth and Cinderella (burlesque)

Thur 13 April Davy Garrick [and Cinderella]

Fri 14 April Basiliska and Cinderella (burlesque)

Sat 15 April Society and Ici On Parle Francais (amateur performances)

Mon 17 April The Ticket-Of-Leave Man and Brown And The Brahmins

Tue 18 April The Rivals and Brown And The Brahmins

Wed 19 April London Assurance and Brown And The Brahmins

Thur 20 April Frou-Frou and Brown And The Brahmins

Fri 21 April The Fair One With The Golden Locks [and Meg's Diversions]

Sat 22 April The Fair One With The Golden Locks and Society

Mon 24-26 April

Thur 27 April Did She Mean It? and Linda Di Chamouni

Fri 28 April Dick Swiveller and Linda Di Chamouni

Sat 29 April New Men And Old Acres and Linda Di Chamouni

Mon 1-5 May

Sat 6 May For Life – Through Thick And Thin, Rely On My Discretion and The Steeplechase

Mon 8 May For Life – Through Thick And Thin, Rely On My Discretion and The Steeplechase

Tue 9 May For Life – Through Thick And Thin

Wed 10 May Playing With Fire, Cool As A Cucumber and The Census

Thur 11-13 May

Mon 15-17 May Little Nelly and Pocahontas

Wed 18-20 May

Mon 22-26 May

Sat 27 May The Palace Of Truth and The Waterman

Mon 29 May Our Nelly and Daddy Gray

Tue 30 May The Palace Of Truth and Stage Struck

Wed 31 May The Palace Of Truth and Daddy Gray

Thur 1-2 June

Sat 3 June Il Trovatore

Mon 5 June The Bohemian Girl

Tue 6 June L'Elisir D'Amore

Wed 7 June Maritana

Thur 8 June Martha

Fri 9 June Faust

Sat 10 June Lucia Di Lammermoor

Mon 12-16 June

Sat 17 June Dearer Than Life and The Spitalfields Weaver

Mon 19 June Paul Pry, The Pretty Horsebreaker and trial scene from Bardell Versus Pickwick

20 June – 5 August [Theatre closed during which time cleaning and renovations were undertaken]

Mon 7-12 August The Two Roses

Mon 14-19 August

Mon 21-25 August

Sat 26 August The Hunchback and The Honeymoon

Mon 28 August The Merchant Of Venice and Belphegor

Tue 29 August

Wed 30 August Othello

Thur 31 August Hamlet

Fri 1 September

Sat 2 September The Wife's Secret and Henry VIII (3rd act)

Mon 4 September Richelieu

Tue 5 September

Wed 6 September Louis XI and Catherine And Petruchio

Thur 7 September Belphegor and a farce

Fri 8 September

Sat 9 September The Gamester and The Wonder

Mon 11 September Macbeth and The Lady And The – (NB: This is the title)

Tue 12 September

Wed 13 September Macbeth and The Day After The Wedding

Thur 14-15 September

Sat 16 September Richard III and The Lady And The -

Mon 18 September The Wife's Secret and The Corsican Brothers (1st & 3rd acts)

Tue 19 September A Game Of Speculation and An Artist Of Florence

Wed 20 September A Game Of Speculation and Don Caesar De Bazan

Thur 21 September Delicate Ground and The Courier Of Love

Fri 22 September Richelieu and A Petite Comedy

Sat 23 September scenes from Hamlet, A New Way To Pay Old Debts, Macbeth, Richelieu, Belphegor and others

Mon 25 September An Old Score and The Military Billy Taylor

Tue 26 September

Wed 27 September An Old Score and The Military Billy Taylor

Thur 28 September The Lottery Ticket, The Loving Cup and The Military Billy Taylor

Fri 29 September

Sat 30 September The Loving Cup and The Military Billy Taylor

Mon 2-5 October

Fri 6 October The Happy Pair, Checkmate and A Regular Fix

Sat 7 October The Happy Pair, An Old Score and The Lottery Ticket

Mon 9-10 October

Wed 11-12 October A Hard Struggle and New Men And Old Acres

Fri 13 October

Sat 14 October The Little Treasure, War To The Knife and Bamboozling

Mon 16 October Checkmate and Black Eyed Susan

Tue 17 October

Wed 18 October Turn Him Out, The Loving Cup and Black-Eyed Susan

Thur 19 October The Happy Pair, The Loving Cup and Black- Eyed Susan

Fri 20 October

Sat 21 October Milky White, The Happy Pair and Black Eyed Susan

Mon 23 October Milky White and The Military Billy Taylor

Tue 24 October [Milky White and The Military Billy Taylor]

Wed 25 October

Thur 26 October Plot And Passion and The Two Buzzards (amateur performances)

Fri 27 October

Sat 28 October The Handsome Husband, The Military Billy Taylor, scenes from Black-Eyed Susan and A Lesson For Gentlemen

Mon 30 October Popular Oddities, The Loving Cup and Black-Eyed Susan

Tue 31 October

Wed 1 November Plot And Passion and All That Glitters Is Not Gold (amateur performances)

Thur 2-3 November

Sat 4 November The Black Doctor and The Ladies' Club

Mon 6 November The Black Doctor and The Ladies' Club

Tue 7 November

Wed 8-9 November The Black Doctor and Marriage At Any Price

Fri 10 November

Sat 11 November Bosom Friends and Kenilworth

Mon 13 November Bosom Friends and Kenilworth

Tue 14 November Extremes, other entertainments and The Unfinished Gentleman

Wed 15 November [Ours]

Thur 16 November Ours and Sairy Gamp

Fri 17 November The Old Story, Sairy Gamp and The Bonnie Fishwife

Sat 18 November Ours and Sairy Gamp

Mon 20 November Virginius and Good For Nothing

Tue 21 November The Merchant Of Venice and Good For Nothing

Wed 22 November

Thur 23 November Louis XI

Fri 24 November

Sat 25 November Hamlet

Mon 27 November Masks And Faces and The Boots At The Swan

Tue 28 November

Wed 29 November The Lady Of Lyons and The Boots At The Swan

Thur 30 November

Fri 1 December

Sat 2 December Extremes and Turn Him Out

Mon 4 December The Fool's Revenge and Turn Him Out

Tue 5 December

Wed 6 December The Ticket-Of-Leave Man, The Winter's Tale (burlesque) and The Wandering Minstrel

Thur 7-8 December

Sat 9 December The Octoroon and The Wandering Minstrel

Mon 11-13 December

Thur 14 December Ours and Sairy Gamp

Fri 15 December

Sat 16 December Ours and The Goose With The Golden Eggs

Mon 18-22 December Theatre closed for pantomime preparations

Sat 23 Dec – Tue 30 January Valentine And Orson, or Harlequin Progress …

 

1872

Tue 23 Dec – Tue 30 January Valentine And Orson, or Harlequin Progress … and on

Sat Jan 6 & Mon 8 Jan – The Artful Dodge

Wed 10-12 Jan - The Pretty Horsebreaker

Sat 13 Jan & Mon 15-16 Jan – Ici On Parle Francais

Wed 17 Jan - The Dead Shot

Thur 18 Jan - The Dead Shot and The Nigger In A Fix

Sat 20 Jan & Mon 22 Jan – Robert Macaire

Tue 23 Jan - The Rightful Heir

Wed 24 Jan - Valentine And Orson OR Robert Macaire

Thur 25 Jan - The Little Treasure

Fri 26 Jan – Valentine And Orson

Sat 27 Jan – The Captain's Not A Miss

Mon 29 Jan - The Dumb Boy Of Manchester

Tue 30 Jan - Rich And Poor and a concert

Thur 1-3 &5 February Mrs. Scott Siddons & Company

Thur 1 February As You Like It and other entertainments

Fri 2 February The Hunchback and other entertainments

Sat 3 February The School For Scandal and other entertainments

Mon 5 February King Rene's Daughter

Tue 6-7 February

Thur 8 February The Rightful Heir

Fri 8 February

Sat 9 February Romeo And Juliet

Mon 12-13 February The Orange Girl

Wed 14 February

Thur 15-16 February Little Em'ly and The Regular Fix

Sat 17 February Little Em'ly and One Thousand A Year

Mon 19 February Caste

Tue 20 February School

Wed 21 February Ours

Thur 22-23 February

Sat 24 February Ours

Mon 26 February M.P. and Glory

Tue 27 February Caste

Wed 28-29 February

Fri 1 March M.P. and Glory

Sat 2 March Caste

Mon 4-7 March The Princess Of Trebizonde

Fri 8 March The Grand Duchess

Sat 9 March The Princess Of Trebizonde

Mon 11-12 March [Leah]

Wed 13 March Leah and The Artful Dodge

Thur 14 March The Woman In Red and The Wandering Minstrel

Fri 15 March Leah and The Artful Dodge

Sat 16 March The Woman In Red and The Wandering Minstrel

Mon 18-19 March The Colleen Bawn and Valentine And Orson

Wed 20-22 March

Sat 23 March New Men And Old Acres and The Rough Diamond

Mon 25-30 March Theatre closed – Easter

Mon 1-4 April Sleigh Bells and Aladdin (burlesque)

Fri 5 April

Sat 6 April The Critic, Delicate Ground and The Thumping Legacy (amateur performances)

Mon 8 April Nine Points Of The Law, Jack And Jack's Brothers and Box And Cox

Tue 9 April

Wed 10 April Nine Points Of The Law, Jack And Jack's Brother and Box And Cox

Thur 11 April Miriam's Crime and The Post Boy

Fri 12 April

Sat 13 April Hamlet and The Spectre Bridegroom

Mon 15 April The Phantom Bells and The Steeple Chase

Tue 16 April

Wed 17 April The Hunchback, a recitation and a farce

Thur 18 April

Fri 19 April Masks And Faces, a recitation and a farce

Sat 20 April The Lady Of Lyons, a reading and The Steeple Chase

Mon 22-25 April

Fri 26 April As You Like It and Good For Nothing

Sat 27 April Much Ado About Nothing and Good For Nothing

Mon 29 April – 1 May

Thur 2-4 May Chilperic and La Rose De St. Flour

Mon 6-9 May

Fri 10-11 May The Unequal Match

Mon 13-14 May

Wed 15-16 May Coriolanus and Mr. And Mrs. White

Fri 17 May Performance cancelled

Sat 18 May Coriolanus and Belphegor

Mon 20-22 May Jezebel, a farce and A Phenomenon In A Smock Frock

Thur 23 May Orley Lodge

Fri 24 May Orley Lodge and Done On Both Sides

Sat 25 May Jezebel (1st and last acts) and Hunted Down

Mon 27-29 May

Thur 30 May – 1 June Chilperic

Mon 3-4 June

Wed 5 June A Liberal Banquet. An evening with food and speeches.

The Bath Chronicle of 30 May contained a 'cod' programme listing several plays - Dinner For Nothing, All In The Wrong, Rejected Addresses, Lending A Hand, A Lame Excuse and The Way To Keep Him which took the mickey out of the Liberal Party In Bath .

Thur 6-8 June

Mon 10-22 June

Mon 24-26 June

Thur 27 June Lischen And Fritzchen, Cox And Box and The Rose Of Auvergne

Fri 28 June Lischen And Fritzchen and The Two Blinds

Sat 29 June Lischen And Fritzchen, Trombalcazar and Cox And Box

Mon 1 July Uncle Dick's Darling and Ici On Parle Francais

Tue 2-5 July

Sat 6 July Take Care Of Number 1, a scene from Paul Pry, Off The Line and The Steeple Chase

Mon 8-27 July

Mon 29 July – 3 August

Mon 5-10 August

Mon 12-16 August

Sat 17 August Ordeal By Touch and All That Glitters Is Not Gold

Mon 19-24 August

Mon 26-31 August

Mon 2 September Romeo And Juliet and Good For Nothing

Tue 3 September Ordeal By Touch and A Phenomenon In A Smock Frock

Wed 4 September The School For Scandal and A Phenomenon In A Smock Frock

Thur 5 September The Honeymoon and The Stranger

Fri 6-7 September

Mon 9-14 September

Mon 16 September Maritana and The Rustic Lover

Tue 17 September La Sonnambula and The Quiet Family

Wed 18 September Il Trovatore and a farce

Thur 19 September The Bohemian Girl and The Jealous Wife

Fri 20 September Faust

Sat 21 September Lucia Di Lammermoor and The Rustic Lover

Mon 23-28 September

Mon 30 Sept-4 October Matrimony, Mazeppa and a ballet

Sat 5 October Dick Turpin, The Headless Horseman and a ballet

Mon 7 October Lightning's Flash, Dick Turpin and a ballet

Tue 8 October Lightning's Flash, The Taming Of The Shrew and a ballet

Wed 9 October Lightning's Flash, Dick Turpin and a ballet

Thur 10 October The Headless Horseman, a comedietta and a ballet

Fri 11 October

Sat 12 October Richard III (5th act), The Taming Of The Shrew, The Dumb Man Of Manchester and a ballet

Mon 14-19 October Pygmalion And Galatea and King Kokatoo

Mon 21-24 October 'Twixt Axe And Crown and A Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady

Fri 25-26 October Joan Of Arc and A Kiss In The Dark

Mon 28 October – 1 November

Sat 2 November Money and Delicate Ground

Mon 4-6 November Forgiven and My Wife's Out

Thur 7-8 November The Two Roses and My Wife's Out

Sat 9 November Forgiven and My Wife's Out

Mon 11-12 November

Wed 13 November Lady Audley's Secret and Charles II

Thur 14 November The Ticket-Of-Leave Man and a farce

Fri 15 November

Sat 16 November The Octoroon and The Day After The Wedding

Mon 18 November London Assurance and The Rows Of Castille (burlesque)

Tue 19 November Society and The Rows Of Castille (burlesque)

Wed 20 November New Men And Old Acres and The Rows Of Castille (burlesque)

Thur 21 November East Lynne and The Rows Of Castille (burlesque)

Fri 22 November The School For Scandal and The Rows Of Castille (burlesque)

Sat 23 November Davy Garrick and The Rows Of Castille (burlesque)

Mon 25 November

Tue 26-27 November Grimaldi and Black-Eyed Susan

Thur 28 November The Lady Of Lyons and The Rough Diamond

Fri 29 November

Sat 30 November The Colleen Bawn and The Lottery Ticket

Mon 2 December The Colleen Bawn and The Lottery Ticket

Tue 3 December

Wed 4-5 December Uncle Tom's Cabin and a farce

Fri 6 December

Sat 7 December The Corsican Brothers and His Last Legs

Mon 9-13 December The Woman In White and Obliging A Friend

Sat 14 December The Woman In White and My Wife's Dentist

Mon 16-21 December

Mon 23-25 December Theatre closed

Thur 26 December – 25 & 27 January The Queen Of Hearts and on 26 December – 4 January Delicate Ground

1873

Thur 26 Dec - 27 January The Queen Of Hearts and on

26 December – 4 January Delicate Ground

Mon 6-11 January - A Regular Fix

Mon 13-18 January - The Artful Dodge

Mon 20 January – Kind To A Fault

Tue 21 January - The Green Bushes

Wed 22-23 January - Kind To A Fault

Fri 24 January - Jack Robinson And His Monkey

Sat 25 January - Kind to A Fault

Mon 27 January The Queen Of Hearts and A Regular Fix

Tue 28-29 January The Green Bushes and Herr Deani's Ombratic Illusions

Thur 30 January [Asmodeus, or My Share, a magic display and Under The Gaslight]

Fri 31 January Esmeralda, My Wife's Baby and the harlequinade from The Queen Of Hearts

Sat 1 February Under The Gaslight and Herr Deani's Ombratic Illusions

Mon 3 February The Queen Of Hearts and Asmodeus

Tue 4-8 February

Mon 10-14 February

Sat 15 February 'Twixt Axe And Crown and My Wife's Dentist

Mon 17 February Hamlet and My Wife's Dentist

Tue 18 February The Lady Of Lyons and My Wife's Dentist

Wed 19-21 February

Sat 22 February The Hunchback, Aunt Charlotte's Maid and a scene from Joan Of Arc

Mon 24 February Caste

Tue 25 February School

Wed 26 February Theatre closed - Ash Wednesday

Thur 27 February Ingomar and The Laughing Hyena

Fri 28 February The Heart Of Midlothian and The Laughing Hyena

Sat 1 March Hamlet and The Laughing Hyena

Mon 3 March Richard III and Turn Him Out

Tue 4 March Othello and Turn Him Out

Wed 5 March Richelieu and Don Caesar De Bazan

Thur 6-7 March

Sat 8 March Amos Clark and A Happy Pair

Mon 10-12 March Amos Clark and A Happy Pair

Thur 13-15 March Pygmalion And Galatea and Creatures Of Impulse

Mon 17 March The Bohemian Girl

Tue 18 March Maritana and Don Caesar De Bazan

Wed 19 March Faust

Thur 20 March Il Trovatore and The Jealous Wife

Fri 21 March The Mountain Sylph and The Two Buzzards

Sat 22 March L'Africaine

Mon 24-25 March The Ticket-Of-Leave Man and The Peerless Statue

Wed 26 March

Thur 27 March The King's Secret, The Happy Pair and The Peerless Statue

Fri 28 March

Sat 29 March Aurora Floyd and The Peerless Statue

31 March – 5 April The Wicked World and Fine Feathers Make Fine Birds

Mon 7-12 April Theatre closed - Easter

Mon 14-16 April Old London Bridge and Prince Amabel

Thur 17-18 April

Sat 19 April To Parents And Guardians, Not A Bad Judge and My Neighbour's Wife (amateur performances)

Mon 21 April Old London Bridge and Prince Amabel

Tue 22 April Money and Prince Amabel

Wed 23 April

Thur 24 April East Lynne and Prince Amabel

Fri 25 April Cricket On The Hearth, a poem and a speech and Your Life's In Danger

Sat 26 April Sweethearts And Wives, Off The Line and The Steeplechase

28 April – 3 May

Mon 5-9 May

Sat 10 May Macbeth and Whitebait At Greenwich

Mon 12 May Hamlet and Whitebait At Greenwich

Tue 13 May The Lady Of Lyons

Wed 14 May Richard III

Thur 15-16 May

Sat 17 May The Gamester

Mon 19 May King Lear

Tue 20 May The School For Scandal

Wed 21 May The Merchant Of Venice and a scene from As You Like It

Thur 22-24 May

Mon 26-31 May

Mon 2-4 June

Thur 5 June Genevieve De Brabant

Fri 6 June The Grand Duchess

Sat 7 June The Princess Of Trebizonde

Mon 9-11 June

Thur 12 June The Power Of The Heart

Fri 13 June Shipmates

Sat 14 June The Power Of The Heart

Mon 16-21 June

Mon 23-24 June

Wed 25 June 'Twixt Axe And Crown

Thur 26-27 June Joan Of Arc

Sat 28 June Romeo And Juliet and scenes from The School For Scandal

Mon 30 June – 2 July

Thur 3 July The Bridge Of Sighs

Fri 4 July Genevieve De Brabant

Sat 5 July The Bridge Of Sighs

Mon 7-12 July

Mon 14-19 July British Born

Mon 21-26 July

Mon 28 July -1 August

Sat 2 August Married Bliss, The Happy Land and The Youth That Never Saw A Woman

Mon 4-5 August Married Bliss, The Happy Land and The Youth That Never Saw A Woman

Wed 6-9 August

Mon 11-16 August

Mon 18-23 August

Mon 25-27 August

Thur 28 August Kissi-Kissi and Kind To A Fault

Fri 29 August

Sat 30 August Shipmates

Mon 1 September Shipmates

Tue 2 September

Wed 3-4 September The Power Of The Heart and He Lies Like Truth

Fri 5 September

Sat 6 September The Power Of The Heart and He Lies Like Truth

Mon 8-9 September

Wed 10 September Queen Elizabeth

Thur 11 September

Fri 12 September Marie Stuart

Sat 13 September Marie Antoinette

Mon 15-16 September

Wed 17 September Progress and The Bonnie Fishwife

Thur 18 September Ours and The Bonnie Fishwife

Fri 19 September Progress and The Bonnie Fishwife

Sat 20 September Ours and Sairy Gamp

Mon 22-24 September

Thur 25 September Miss Chester and False Alarm

Fri 26 September Danger and To Oblige Benson

Sat 27 September Miss Chester and Naval Engagements

Mon 29 September – 3 October

Sat 4 October The Daughter Of The Regiment and Happy Land

Mon 6 October The Daughter Of The Regiment and Happy Land

Tue 7-10 October

Sat 11 October Ours and Sairy Gamp

Mon 13-17 October

Sat 18 October London Assurance and Cinderella (burlesque)

Mon 20 October Frou-Frou and Cinderella (burlesque)

Tue 21 October A Sister's Penance and Cinderella (burlesque)

Wed 22-24 October

Sat 25 October Lady Audley's Secret and Blue Beard (burlesque)

Mon 27 October Lost In London and Blue Beard (burlesque)

Tue 28-31 October

Sat 1 November Lost In London and Blue Beard (burlesque)

Mon 3 November East Lynne and Blue Beard (burlesque)

Tue 4-5 November

Thur 6 November The Rose Of Auvergne, Checkmate and Jenny Lind

Fri 7 November A Nice Girl, Good For Nothing, The Lost Child and Jenny Lind

Sat 8 November Lischen And Fritzchen, Checkmate and Jenny Lind

Mon 10-11 November Happy Land

Wed 12-14 November

Sat 15 November (mat) The Bohemian Girl

(eve)

Mon 17-22 November

Mon 24 November Pygmalion And Galatea and Creatures Of Impulse

Tue 25 November The Palace Of Truth and Creatures Of Impulse

Wed 26 November Pygmalion And Galatea and Creatures Of Impulse

Thur 27-28 November

Sat 29 November Dangerous and The Jealous Wife

Sun 30 November Special Religious Service (2nd in series)

Mon 1 December Fernande

Tue 2-3 December East Lynne

Thur 4 December Presentation to Alderman Murch

Fri 5 December

Sat 6 December A Mere Blind, The Happy Village, Jeames And Maria and Tromb-Al-Cazar

Mon 8 December The Happy Village, A Mere Blind, Fleurette and Tromb-Al-Cazar

Tue 9 December Jeames And Maria, The Two Harlequins, Pygmalion And Galatea and The Happy Village

Wed 10 December Dancing Quakers, Ganymede And Galatea, Cox And Box and Fleurette

Thur 11 December

Fri 12 December Norma

Sat 13 December (mat) Faust

(eve) Le Nozze Di Figaro

Mon 15-20 December (Nemesis advertised but not performed until January 26th)

Mon 22-25 December Theatre closed

Fri 26 December – 24 January Bluff King Hal, or Harlequin Herne The Hunter…

1874

Fri 26 December – 24 January Bluff King Hal, or Harlequin Herne The Hunter….

Fri 23 January Bluff King Hal and A Sheep In Wolf's Clothing (benefit)

Sat 24 January

Mon 26 -31 January Nemesis, The Lost Son and The Village Lawyer

Mon 2-5 February Nemesis and The Day After The Wedding

Fri 6 February

Sat 7 February Little Amy Robsart and Nemesis

Mon 9-13 February Checkmate and Little Amy Robsart

Sat 14 February Old Friends, a selection from Little Em'ly and Little Amy Robsart

Mon 16-28 February

Mon 2 March Your Vote And Interest, Love's Doctor and Little Amy Robsart

Tue 3 March

Wed 4 March The Octoroon and The Bonnie Fishwife

Thur 5-6 March

Sat7 March New Men And Old Acres and Your Vote And Interest

Mon 9 March Nos Intimes

Tue 10 March Frou Frou

Wed 11 March Nos Intimes

Thur 12 March Frou Frou

Fri 13 March Passion and A Cup Of Tea

Sat 14 March The Stranger and Nine Points Of The Law

Mon 16-21 March

Mon 23 March The Colleen Bawn and His Last Legs

Tue 24 March The Ticket-Of-Leave Man and The Rough Diamond

Wed 25 March

Thur 26 March The Marble Heart and The Quiet Family

Fri 27 March

Sat 28 March The Orange Girl and The Rough Diamond

Mon 30 March – 4 April Theatre closed - Easter

Mon 6-7 April 'Twixt Axe And Crown and a comedietta

Wed 8 April Mary, Queen Of Scots and a comedietta

Thur 9-10 April

Sat 11 April Still Waters Run Deep and An Ugly Customer (amateur performances)

Mon 13-14 April

Wed 15 April The Maid Of Croissey and The Dead Shot (Volunteer Dramatic Club)

Thur 16 April

Fri 17 April Delicate Ground and Griselda

Sat 18 April Mary, Queen Of Scots

Mon 20-23 April

Fri 24 April School

Sat 25 April Caste

1874 cont'd

Mon 27 April – 2 May

Mon 4-9 May

Mon 11-12 May

Wed 13-16 May Haunted Houses

Mon 18-22 May

Sat 23 May The Fool's Revenge and Delicate Ground

Mon 25 May The Woman In Red

Tue 26 May Leah

Wed 27 May East Lynne

Thur 28-29 May

Sat 30 May Hamlet

Mon 1 June – 29 August Theatre closed

Mon 31 August

Tue 1 September

Wed 2 September The Child Of The Regiment

Thur 3 September The Child Of The Regiment and The Loan Of A Lover

Fri 4 September

Sat 5 September The Life Of An Actress and Kathleen Mavourneen

Mon 7 September Othello

Tue 8 September Belphegor

Wed 9-12 September

Mon 14-16 September Turko The Terrible, A Phenomenon In A Smock Frock and A Kiss In The Dark

Thur 17-18 September Turko The Terrible and Smiles And Tears

Sat 19 September The Dancing Barber and Orpheus And Eurydice

Mon 21-26 September La Fille De Madame Angot

Mon 28 September – 3 Oct Through The World

Mon 5-10 October

Mon 12-17 October

Mon 19-21 October

Thur 22 October A Liberal [Party] Meeting

Fri 23-24 October

Mon 26 October

Tue 27-28 October The Grand Viennese Ladies' Orchestra

Thur 29-31 October

Mon 2-4 November Mary, Queen Of Scots and 'Twixt Axe And Crown

Thur 5-6 November

Sat 7 November Mary, Queen Of Scots and 'Twixt Axe And Crown

1874 cont'd

Mon 9-10 November

Wed 11-12 November Change Of Fortune Is The Lot Of Life

Fri 13 November

Sat 14 November Change Of Fortune Is The Lot Of Life

Mon 16-17 November Katherine Howard

Wed 18-19 November The Dead Heart and Heart Strings And Fiddle Strings

Fri 20 November The School For Scandal and The Rough Diamond

Sat 21 November The Lady Of Lyons and Katherine Howard

Mon 23-28 November

Mon 30 November

Tue 1 December

Wed 2 December No. 1 Round The Corner, Auberge Des Adret, OR Robert Macaire, a pas des deux and Retained For The Defence (Volunteer Dramatic Club)

Thur 3 December Grand Evening Concert

Fri 4-5 December

Mon 7-12 December

Mon 14-19 December

Mon 21-23 December

Thur 24 December Red Riding Hood

Fri 25 December

Sat 26 December – 23 January Red Riding Hood

1875

Thur 24 December Red Riding Hood

Fri 25 December

Sat 26 Dec - 23 January Red Riding Hood

25 January – 6 February Jack The Giant Killer preceded each night by a drama or comedy changed every 2nd night except

Mon 1 February – The Ticket-Of-Leave [Wo]man

Tue 2 February – The Old Story

Wed 3 Feb - The Eton Boy

Thur 4 Feb - The Weavers

Fri 5 Feb - Aunt Charlotte's Maid

Sat 6 Feb - The White Slave

Mon 8-27 February

Mon 1-4 March

Fri 5 March Mr. W. Pyatt's Grand Ballad Concert

Sat 6 March

Mon 8 March Love Or Money and An Ambassador From Below

Tue 9 March All For Himself and An Ambassador From Below

Wed 10 March Miriam's Crime, Good For Nothing and An Ambassador From Below

Thur 11-13 March

Mon 15-16 March

Wed 17-18 March The Christy Minstrels, aka Matthews' C.C.C. Minstrels

Fri 19 March My Turn Next, Used Up and Patter Versus Clatter

Sat 20 March The Dead Shot, Cool As A Cucumber and Little Toddlekins

Mon 22-27 March Theatre closed – Easter

Mon 29-31 March Our Boys

Thur 1-2 April Theatre closed for rehearsals

Sat 3 April A Husband To Order and Naval Engagements (amateur performances)

Mon 5-9 April

Sat 10 April Our Boys and He Lies Like Truth

Mon 12-14 April

Thur 15 April Daddy Gray and Lurline

Fri 16 April The Waterman, Good For Nothing and Lurline

Sat 17 April The Ticket-Of-Leave Man

Mon 19-22 April True As Steel

Fri 23 April Two Paths In Life

Sat 24 April Always Ready and True As Steel

Mon 26 April The Rose Of Castille

Tue 27 April Il Trovatore

Wed 28 April Maritana

Thur 29 April Faust

Fri 30 April La Fille De Madame Angot

Sat 1 May The Bohemian Girl

Mon 3-8 May

Mon 10-11 May

Wed 12-13 May A Kiss In The Dark, The Old Toll House and A Phenomenon In A Smock Frock

Fri 14 May

Sat 15 May The Dead Shot, The Old Toll House and A Rough Diamond

Mon 17-22 May

Mon 24-28 May

Sat 29 May Plot And Passion and Mr. And Mrs. White (advertised as last night of season)

Mon 31 May Meeting of shareholders held this day to discuss change of management, redecoration and possible sale of theatre

31 May-19 September Theatre closed for redecoration and refurbishment except for miscellaneous productions, as listed below, until 20 September

Wed 16 June Blow For Blow

Thur 17 June Hamlet

Fri 18 June The Octoroon and A Sheep In Wolf's Clothing

Sat 19 June Blow For Blow, a reading and Domestic Slavery

Wed 30 June All That Glitters Is Not Gold and Cousin Joe

Mon 20-25 September Those Volunteers, Dangerous Play Things and a ballet

Mon 27-28 September Married Joys, The Family Dentist and a ballet

Wed 29-30 September Those Horrid Garrotters, A Light Behind The Cloud and a ballet

Fri 1 October A farce, Dangerous Things and a ballet

Sat 2 October Those Horrid Brothers, The Colleen Bawn and a ballet

Mon 4-5 October Loved And Lost and [The Colleen Bawn]

Wed 6-7 October Lucille

Fri 8 October Our Pet

Sat 9 October Through The World

Mon 11-15 October [Through The World]

Sat 16 October They Must Be Married, Our Pet and The Dancing Scotchman (ballet)

Mon 18-23 October They Must Be Married, Lulu (aerial act), A Leap For Life and Tea For All OR Through The World

Mon 25 October Innocent

Tue 26 October Little Nelly

Wed 27 October Innocent

Thur 28 October Little Nelly

Fri 29 October Hearts Are Trumps

Sat 30 October Violet and The Scamps Of London

Mon 1-3 November A Quarter Of A Million Of Money

Thur 4-5 November East Lynne and a farce

Sat 6 November Cheap Jack and Gay Faux

Mon 8 November False Glitter and Amy Robsart

Tue 9 November False Glitter and Lurline

Wed 10 November False Glitter and Amy Robsart

Thur 11 November False Glitter and Lurline

Fri 12 November Aurora Floyd*and Lurline

London Assurance is the advertised production but an editorial in Bath Chronicle, 12 November, mentions that Aurora Floyd is to be performed. No reviews.

Sat 13 November Kathleen Mavourneen and Amy Robsart

Mon 15-20 November Dwight's Maryland Minstrels and Handbell Ringers

Mon 22-27 November The Two Orphans

29 November-4 December The Flying Cloud and a comedietta/farce

Mon 6-7 December The Ticket-Of-Leave Man and a comedietta

Wed 8-9 December The Octoroon and a comedietta

Fri 10 December The Ticket-Of-Leave Man

Sat 11 December Uncle Tom's Cabin and The Fatal Brand

Mon 13-16 December Henry Dunbar and Our Kitty

Fri 17 December " a grand change of performance" advertised but nothing specified

Sat 18 December The Old Toll House

Mon 20-25 December The Only Court Minstrels

Mon 27 December – 22 January The Yellow Dwarf

1876

Mon 27 December – 22 January The Yellow Dwarf and on 21 January with Done Brown

Mon 24 January Pygmalion And Galatea and Withered Leaves

Tue 25 January King Rene's Daughter and The Palace Of Truth

Wed 26 January Pygmalion And Galatea and Withered Leaves

Thur 27 January King Rene's Daughter and The Palace Of Truth

Fri 28 January Pygmalion And Galatea and East Lynne

Sat 29 January Pygmalion And Galatea and The Honeymoon

Mon 31 January – 5 February Our Boys

Mon 7-12 February Married In Haste

Mon 14-19 February My Heart's Darling and Sardanapalus

Mon 21-26 February Nobody's Child and Sardanapalus

Mon 28 February Sweethearts, a comedietta and The Dead Shot

Tue 29 February

Wed 1 March Theatre closed – Ash Wednesday

Thur 2 March Sweethearts, a farce and a comedietta

Fri 3 March Sweethearts, a scene from The School For Scandal and a comedietta

Sat 4 March "A Great Attraction" (unspecified)

Mon 6-11 March Broken Hearts and Ruth's Romance

Mon 13-14 March A Message From The Sea and After Dark In The Great City

Wed 15-16 March Wait And Hope and After Dark In The Great City

Fri 17 March Love's Revenge and After Dark In The Great City

Sat 18 March A Message From The Sea and The Beggar's Petition

Mon 20-25 March The Wedding Night, The Rose Of Auvergne and Ten Of Them

Mon 27-30 March

Fri 31 March The Farmer's Story and Whitebait At Greenwich (amateur performances)

Sat 1 April

Mon 3-8 April

Mon 10-15 April Theatre closed - Easter

Mon 17-21 April Our Girls and a comedietta

Sat 22 April She Stoops To Conquer and Toddlekins (amateur performances)

Mon 24-27 April Our Girls

Fri 28 April Maritana

Sat 29 April Le Nozze Di Figaro

Mon 1-6 May

Mon 8-13 May

15-20 May The Shaughran

Mon 22 May – 3 June

Mon 5-7 June

Thur 8 June London Assurance and A Happy Pair (amateur performances)

Fri 9-10 June

Mon 12 June Caste

Tue 13 June School

Wed 14 June Ours

Thur 15 June M.P.

Fri 16 June Play

Sat 17 June Caste

Mon 19-24 June

Mon 26 June – 1 July

Mon 3-7 July

Sat 8 July Tootle's and Toole's Spelling Bee (Mr. J. L. Toole)

Mon 10-15 July

Mon 17-22 July

Mon 24-25 July Cracked Heads

Wed 26 July Married Life, Cracked Heads and The Spectre Bridegroom

Thur 27 July The Colleen Bawn and a burlesque

Fri 28 July Deceit and a burlesque

Sat 29 July The Ticket-Of-Leave Man and The Dumb Man Of Manchester

Mon 31 July – 5 August

Mon 7-11 August

Sat 12 August Money (amateur performances)

Mon 14-19 August

Mon 21-26 August

Mon 28 -30 August

Thur 31 August – 2 September Rough And Ready and The Olive Branch

Mon 4-5 September

Wed 6 September Richelieu

Thur 7 September Belphegor

Fri 8 September The Merchant Of Venice and Delicate Ground

Sat 9 September Hamlet

Mon 11-16 September

Mon 18-20 September

Thur 21 September Extremes, various entertainments and Chiselling (amateur performances)

Fri 22-30 September

Mon 2 October

Tue 3 October Sale of contents of building … arrears of rent by late lessees

Wed 3-7 October

Mon 9-14 October

Mon 16-21 October Theatre closed

Mon 23 October My Aunt Charlotte's Maid and Faust And Marguerite

Tue 24 October [My Aunt Charlotte's Maid and Faust And Marguerite]

Wed 25-26 October Lady Audley's Secret and The Lottery Ticket

Fri 27 October Nicholas Nickleby and a grand ballet

Sat 28 October Nicholas Nickleby, a grand ballet and Faust And Marguerite

Mon 30 -31 October Milky White

Wed 1 November Milky White, a grand ballet and The Loan Of A Lover

Thur 2-3 November Kathleen Mavourneen, a grand ballet and The Secret

Sat 4 November A farce, a ballet and Kathleen Mavourneen

Mon 6-10 November Lost In London and The Maid And The Magpie

Sat 11 November Kiss In The Dark and The Rivals

Mon 13 November Shoddy and Catching The Heiress

Tue 14 November Shoddy and A Bilious Attack

Wed 15-16 November Shoddy

Fri 17 November Cut Off With A Shilling, In The Coils and Retained For The Defence

Sat 18 November [Cut Off With A Shilling, In The Coils and Retained For The Defence]

Mon 20-21 November The Hunchback

Wed 22 November As You Like It

Thur 23 November The Lady Of Lyons

Fri 24 -25 November 'Twixt Axe And Crown

Mon 27 November – 2 Dec The Two Orphans

Mon 4-9 December The Shaughran

Mon 11-15 December

Sat 16 December Meg's Diversions and The Turned Head (amateur performances)

Mon 18-22 December

Sat 23 December – 20 January Sardanapalus

1877 Onwards

Introduction and Index