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

Compiled by Christine M. Bayliss 2019

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1877

Sat 23 December - 19 January Sardanapalus

Sat 20 January Sardanapalus and Richelieu on last night

Mon 22-27 January

Mon 29 January – 2 February

Sat 3 February Delicate Ground and The Honeymoon

Mon 5-8 February The Yellow Dwarf

Fri 9-10 February The Yellow Dwarf and All That Glitters Is Not Gold

Mon 12-13 February The Yellow Dwarf and Little Willie

Wed 14 February Theatre closed – Ash Wednesday

Thur 15-16 February The Yellow Dwarf, Betsy Barker and a ballet

Sat 17 February Macbeth (Benefit for Mr. W. E. Salmon, musical director)

Mon 19 February Our Boys

Tue 20 February Our Boys and Married In Haste

Wed 21 February Our Boys

Thur 22 February Our Boys and Married In Haste

Fri 23-24 February Our Boys

Mon 26-28 February Through The World

Thur 1 March The Ticket-Of-Leave Man and a farce

Fri 2 March The Stranger

Sat 3 March Hamlet (Benefit for Mr. Brandon Ellis)

Mon 5-6 March Kind To A Fault and a farce

Wed 7 March Kind To A Fault and a reading from The Merchant Of Venice

Thur 8 March Aurora Floyd, a reading from The Lady Of Lyons and Mr. And Mrs. White

Fri 9 March Aurora Floyd, a reading from The Wife and Mr. And Mrs. White

Sat 10 March The Wreck Ashore, a reading from Macbeth and The Spitalfields Weaver

Mon 12-13 March

Wed 14 March There is a reference to the forthcoming sale of the 'property' on 15th March in The Bath And Cheltenham Gazette of 14th March, page 5, Col.c. It is possible that the planned performance for Saturday 17th March did not take place.

Sat 17 March The Poor Gentleman

Mon 19-24 March

Mon 26-31 March Theatre closed - Easter

Mon 2 April East Lynne and Boots At The Christopher

Tue 3 April

Wed 4 April East Lynne

Thur 5-6 April The Serious Family and Sarah's Young Man

Sat 7 April The Honeymoon and Woodcock's Little Game (amateur performances)

Mon 9-11 April New Men And Old Acres and He Lies Like Truth

Thur 12-13 April The Lady Of Lyons and He Won At Last

Sat 14 April New Men And Old Acres and The Lady Of Lyons

Mon 16-20 April

Sat 21 April Taming A Tiger! The Wonderful Woman and Retained For The Defence

Mon 23-28 April

Mon 30 April – 5 May

Mon 7-11 May

Sat 12 May New Men And Old Acres, a lifeboat address and My Turn Next (Bristol Histrionic Club in aid of The Royal National Lifeboat Institution)

Mon 14-15 May

Wed 16 May The Colleen Bawn

Thur 17-19 May

Mon 21-24 May The Rivals and The Lottery Ticket

Fri 25-26 May The School For Scandal and The Lottery Ticket

Mon 28 May Hamlet

Tue 29 May Othello

Wed 30 May – 1 June Richelieu

Sat 2 June Richard III

Mon 4-5 June She Stoops To Conquer and Cinderella (burlesque)

Wed 6-7 June Paul Pry and Cinderella (burlesque)

Fri 8 June Paul Pry and The Heir At Law

Sat 9 June London Assurance and Cinderella (burlesque)

Mon 11-16 June

Mon 18-23 June

Mon 25-26 June My Awful Dad! My Wife's Out and He Lies Like Truth

Wed 27-30 June

Mon 2-7 July

Mon 9-14 July

Mon 16-21 July

Mon 23-28 July

Mon 30 July – 4 August

Mon 6-8 August

Thur 9-11 August The Belles Of The Kitchen, Pettibone and A Phenomenon In A Smock Frock

Mon 13-18 August

Mon 20-25 August

Mon 27-31 August

Sat 1 September The Man In Possession, A Day After The Wedding and Toole's Spelling Bee

Mon 3 September Tottles, Toole's Spelling Bee and A Day After The Wedding

Tue 4-8 September

Mon 10-15 September Henry V

Mon 17-18 September Henry V

Wed 19 September To Parents And Guardians, That Rascal Jack, The Area Belle and other entertainments

Thur 20-22 September Eileen Oge

Mon 24 September The Dead Heart

Tue 25-26 September Clancarty

Thur 27 September The Octoroon

Fri 28 September A Benefit performance

Sat 29 September The Ticket-Of-Leave Man

Mon 1 October

Tue 2 October Clancarty

Wed 3-5 October

Sat 6-13 October Arrah-Na-Pogue and Chiselling

Mon 15-19 October Arrah-Na-Pogue, a ballet and The Married Bachelor)

Sat 20 October She Stoops To Conquer

Mon 22 Oct – Fri 2 November It Is Never Too Late To Mend, The Porter's Knot and a ballet

Sat 3 November The Wonder and The Quiet Family

Mon 5-8 November George Geith and Medea (burlesque)

Fri 9-10 November The Woman In White and Medea (burlesque)

Mon 12-13 November The Merchant Of Venice and The Boots At The Swan

Wed 14-16 November The School For Scandal and Ticklish Times

Sat 17 November As You Like It and The Rough Diamond

Mon 19-20 November The Merchant Of Venice

Wed 21 November As You Like It and French Before Breakfast

Thur 22 November London Assurance and Poor Pillicoddy

Fri 23-24 November Much Ado About Nothing and To Parents And Guardians

Mon 26 November – 1 Dec The Flying Scud and The Lottery Ticket

Mon 3-8 December A Scrap Of Paper and Ruth's Romance

Mon 10-13 December 'Twixt Axe And Crown and The Quiet Family

Fri 14-15 December Romeo And Juliet

Mon 17 December Mammon and My Wife's Dentist

Tue 18 December Mammon

Wed 19 December Mammon and My Wife's Dentist

Thur 20 December Mammon and The Dowager

Fri 21 December Mammon and His Last Legs

Sat 22 December Plot And Passion and To Oblige Benson (amateur performances)

Mon 24-25 December Theatre closed

Wed 26 December – 2 February Little Bo-Peep, or Harlequin Jack In The Box

1878

Wed 26 December – 2 February Little Bo-Peep, or Harlequin Jack In The Box and on

Sat 26 January – Perfection

Mon 28 January – Stage Struck and other entertainments

Thur 31 January - The Spitalfields Weaver

Fri 1 February - The Daughter Of The Regiment

Sat 2 February She Stoops To Conquer

Mon 4 - Wed 13 February The Streets Of London, Pas De Trois and The Rosebud Of Stinging Nettle Farm

Thur 14–21 February Rob Roy and The Little Rebel

Fri 22 February The Lady Of Lyons and My Turn Next

Sat 23 February The Hunchback and The Waterman

Mon 25-26 February Macbeth

Wed 27-28 February Belphegor and The Waterman

Fri 1 March Othello and The Laughing Hyena

Sat 2 March Hamlet and The Laughing Hyena

Mon 4 March The Ticket-Of-Leave Man and The First Night. Benefit for Mr. Alfred Nelson, Stage Manager

Tue 5 March East Lynne and My Turn Next

Wed 6 March Theatre closed – Ash Wednesday

Thur 7 March East Lynne and other entertainments including The Wandering Minstrel

Fri 8 March The Orange Girl, Incidentals and Black-Eyed Susan

Sat 9 March The Shaughraun and Sarah's Young Man

Mon 11 March Meg's Diversions, Richard III (5th Act) and Dominique, The Deserter

Tue 12 March The Ticket-Of-Leave Man and Sarah's Young Man

Wed 13 March Leah and Katherine And Petruchio

Thur 14 March East Lynne and The Rosebud Of Stinging Nettle Farm OR Katherine And Petruchio

Fri 15 March The Green Bushes and Chiselling

Sat 16 March The Colleen Bawn and Aladdin, or The Wonderful Scamp

Mon 18 March Little Em'ly and Little Amy Robsart

Tue 19 March A Trump Card and Little Amy Robsart

Wed 20 March Paul Pry and Little Amy Robsart

Thur 21 March Millions In It and Little Amy Robsart

Fri 22 March A Trump Card, Beaconsfield and Gay Parisiens

Sat 23 March Little Em'ly and Little Amy Robsart

Mon 25-30 March Theatre closed

Mon 1 April Le Nozze De Figaro

Tue 2 April Il Trovatore

Wed 3 April Martha

Thur 4 April Il Trovatore (replaced Maritana)

Fri 5 April La Traviata

Sat 6 April (mat) La Sonnambula

(eve) The Bohemian Girl

Mon 8-13 April Theatre closed

Mon 15-20 April Theatre closed - Easter

Mon 22 April Jo and La Sonnambula (burlesque)

Tue 23 April St. Martin's Summer, The Porter's Knot and Tears (amateur performances)

Wed 24-26 April Jo and La Sonnambula (burlesque)

Sat 27 April Sweethearts and The Palace Of Truth (amateur performances)

Mon 29 April- 1 May A Wife's Devotion and La Sonnambula (burlesque)

Thur 2-3 May Still Waters Run Deep and Ixion

Sat 4 May Men Of The Day and Ixion

Mon 6 -7 May The Belles Of The Kitchen

Wed 8-9 May A Soldier's Fortune, Fun In A Fog and A Morning Call

Fri 10 May The Happy Pair, The Rough Diamond and The Belles Of The Kitchen

Sat 11 May The Wrong Man In The Right Place, The Royalist And The Republican and The Soldier's Fortune

Mon 13-14 May Theatre closed

Wed 15-17 May Who Killed Cock Robin? The Wonderful Woman and Pork Chops

Sat 18 May (mat) Fun In A Fog

(eve) A Wife's Devotion and La Sonnambula (burlesque)

Mon 20-21 May 1798 and Ixion

Wed 22 May 1798, The Man At The Wheel and Ixion

Thur 23-24 May 1798 and La Sonnambula (burlesque)

Sat 25 May 1798 and The Military Billy Taylor

Mon 27 May The Hero Of Romance

Tue 28 May 1798, The Pigskin and The Military Billy Taylor

Wed 29 May Faust And Marguerite, The Pigskin and The Military Billy Taylor

Thur 30 May Faust And Marguerite and The Military Billy Taylor

Fri 31 May The Life Of An Actress

Sat 1 June Money and Robert Macaire

Mon 2 June Heart Strings And Fiddle Strings, Heroes and The Wedding March

Tue 4 June The Vagabond

Wed 5 June Sweet-Hearts, Tom Cobb and The Wedding March

Thur 6 June The Laughing Hyena, The Vagabond and Creatures Of Impulse

Fri 7 June Heroes and The Wedding March

Sat 8 June The Vagabond and Tom Cobb

10-15 June Notice To Quit and I'll See You Right

Mon 17-19 June Found and Phil's Folly

Thur 20-22 June New Men And Old Acres and My Turn Next

Mon 24-28 June

Sat 29 June A Sheep In Wolf's Clothing and Everybody's Friend (amateur performances)

Mon 1-6 July Pink Dominos

Mon 8-13 July

Mon 15-20 July

Mon 22-27 July

Mon 29 July-3 August

Mon 5-6 August Home Again

Wed 7-9 August Face To Face and Tit For Tat

Sat 10 August Home Again and Tit For Tat

Mon 12-16 August

Sat 17 August A Fool And His Money and A National Question

Mon 19-24 August Diplomacy

Mon 26-27 August Ship Ahoy and La Fille Du Prefet

Wed 28 August Sledge [Sleigh] Bells and La Fille Du Prefet

Thur 29-30 August A Self Made City Man and La Fille Du Prefet

Sat 31 August Ship Ahoy and La Fille Du Prefet

Mon 2-7 September Black Business, The Happy Pair and The Three Conspirators

Mon 9 September Maritana

Tue 10 September The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Wed 11 September (mat) Il Trovatore

(eve) The Bohemian Girl

Thur 12-14 September The Two Roses, Forgiven, Apple Blossom and Naval Engagements

Mon 16 September East Lynne

Tue 17 September Fate

Wed 18 September East Lynne

Thur 19 September Fate and The Rendezvous

Fri 20 September The Lady Of Lyons and the screen scene from The School For Scandal

Sat 21 September Black And White and The Jealous Wife

Mon 23-26 September Family Ties and Diplomacy

Fri 27-28 September Our Club and Diplomacy

Mon 29 September – 5 October Olivia

Mon 7-11 October

Sat 12 October The Sea Of Ice and The Two Polts

Mon 14-18 October The Sea Of Ice, The Two Polts and The Lurline*

*This last piece not performed on 12th owing to the indisposition of a cast member

Sat 19 October London Assurance

Mon 21- 23 October During Her Majesty's Pleasure

Thur 24-25 October Notice To Quit and The Two Innocents

Sat 26 October Money

Mon 28 October – 2 November Uncle Tom's Cabin

Mon 4-8 November Uncle Tom's Cabin

Sat 9 November Richelieu

Mon11-14 November Little Jo and The Taming Of The Shrew

Fri 15 November Richelieu and The Area Belle

Sat 16 November The Rivals and The Artful Dodge

Mon 18 November Friends Or Foes and The Forty Thieves

Tue 19 November Playing With Fire and [The Forty Thieves]

Wed 20 November Belphegor and The Forty Thieves

Thur 21 November The Woman In Red and Black-Eyed Susan

Fri 22 November Word Of Honour and Leah

Sat 23 November The School For Scandal and Black-Eyed Susan

Mon 25 November Twine The Plaiden and Whitebait At Greenwich

Tue 26 November Twine The Plaiden and [Whitebait At Greenwich]

Wed 27-28 November Twine The Plaiden and Whitebait At Greenwich

Fri 29 November Twine The Plaiden and Sithors To Grind

Sat 30 November Twine The Plaiden and Stage Struck

Mon 2-6 December Under The Gas Light and The Happy Village

Sat 7 December The Honeymoon and All That Glitters Is Not Gold

Mon 9-11 December The Shaughran and The Spectre Bridegroom

Thur 12 December The Rivals and The Artful Dodge

Fri 13-14 December The Octoroon and The Wandering Minstrel

Mon 16 December The Flying Scud and The Loan Of A Lover

Tue 17-25 December Theatre closed

Thur 26 December–1 February The Babes In The Wood

1879

Thur 26 December-1 February Babes In The Wood and on

Tue 14 Jan – One Touch Of Nature Tue 21 Jan – Mr. and Mrs. White

Sat 25 Jan – Paul Pry

Mon 27 Jan – The Dumb Man Of Manchester

Tue 28 Jan – Sarah's Young Man

Wed 29 Jan – Found In A Four Wheeler

Thur 30 Jan – Man Is Not Perfect

Sat 1 Feb – scenes from Uncle Tom's Cabin and King John

Sun 19 January Religious Service held at theatre

Mon 3 February Our Boys

Tue 4 February Married In Haste

Wed 5-6 February Our Boys

Fri 7 February Two Can Play At That Game and Uncle

Sat 8 February Our Boys

Mon 10-15 February Proof

Mon 17-22 February Stolen Kisses and The Day After The Wedding

Mon 24 February Leah and a farce

Tue 25 February Mary Warner and a farce

Wed 26 February Theatre closed - Ash Wednesday

Thur 27 February Queen Elizabeth and a farce

Fri 28 February Mary Warner and a farce

Sat 1 March Leah and a farce

Mon 3-4 March The Pink Dominoes

Wed 5 March A Husband In Cotton Wool and The Great Divorce Case

Thur 6 March The Pink Dominoes and A Married Bachelor

Fri 7 March A Husband In Cotton Wool and The Great Divorce Case

Sat 8 March The Pink Dominoes and A Married Bachelor

Mon 10-15 March

Mon 17-22 March

Mon 24 march Two Can Play At That Game, The Belles Of The Kitchen and

The Spitalfields Weaver

Tue 25 March Fun In A Fog and The Spitalfields Weaver

Wed 26 March Two Can Play At That Game and The Belles Of The Kitchen

Thur 27 March Two Can Play At That Game, The Wrong Man In The Right Place and The Spitalfields Weaver

Fri 28 March Box And Cox, A Rough Diamond and Fun In A Fog

Sat 29 March (mat) Box And Cox and The Wrong Man In The Right Place

(eve) Two Can Play At That Game and The Belles Of The Kitchen

Mon 31 March - 5 April Diplomacy – postponed due to illness

Mon 7-12 April Theatre closed - Easter

Mon14 April (Easter Monday) The Flowers Of The Forest and William Tell

Tue 15 April The Ladies Battle and Sweethearts (amateur performances)

Wed16-18 April The Flowers Of The Forest and William tell

Sat 19 April The Rivals and Uncle's Will (amateur performances)

Mon 21-25 April

Sat 26 May The Married Bachelor, Artful Cards, Bardell v. Pickwick and Ici On Parle Francais

Mon 28 April Broken Bail and Black-Eyed Susan

Tue 29 April East Lynne and Rendezvous

Wed 30 April Broken Bail and Black-Eyed Susan

Thur 1 May Belphegor and The Spectre Bridegroom

Fri 2 May The Lady Of Lyons and The Lottery Ticket

Sat 3 May Pygmalion And Galatea and The Corsican Brothers (1st & 3rd acts)

Sun 4 May Mrs. Girling of The New Forest Shakers to give an address

Mon 5-7 May Rose Michel

Thur 8 May The Colleen Bawn and The Jealous Wife

Fri 9 May The Ticket-Of-Leave Man and The Jealous Wife

Sat 10 May East Lynne, Stage Struck and other entertainments

Mon 12-17 May

Mon 19 May Little Em'ly and Cinderella (burlesque)

Tue 20 May Millions In It and Cinderella (burlesque)

Wed 21 May £100,000 and Little Amy Robsart

Thur 22 May Sentenced To Death and Little Amy Robsart

Fri 23 May Little Em'ly, Sentenced to Death (2nd act) and Blue Beard (burlesque)

Sat 24 May Paul Pry and Cinderella (burlesque)

Mon 26-31 May

Mon 2-7 June

Mon 9-14 June Theatre closed (failed booking)

Mon 16-21 June Theatre closed (failed booking)

Mon 23-28 June H.M.S. Pinafore and After All

Mon 30 June - 5 July

Mon 7-12 July

Mon 14-19 July

Mon 21-26 July

Mon 28 July - 2 August

Mon 4-5 August Charles I, The Wonderful Mays (acrobats) and Sarah's Young Man

Wed 6-7 August Charles I, The Wonderful Mays (acrobats) and Turn Him Out

Fri 8-9 August Charles I, The Wonderful Mays (acrobats) and Good For Nothing

Mon 11-16 May The New Magdalen, Connubial Bliss and (on 3 nights inc. Wed) The Irish Doctor

Mon 18-23 August A Cruise To China and A Kiss In The Dark

Mon 25-30 August

Mon 1-6 September Truth and Ruth's Romance

Mon 8-13 September Theatre closed

Mon 15-20 September Mammon and Cool As A Cucumber

Mon 22 September King Lear

Tue 23 September Belphegor

Wed 24 September Macbeth

Thur 25 September Othello

Fri 26 September Richelieu

Sat 27 September Macbeth and The Corsican Brothers (last act)

Mon 29 September - 3 October

Sat 4 October Drink

Mon 6-11 October Drink

Mon 13-14 October Drink

Wed 15-17 October Kathleen Mavourneen and Brown And The Brahmins

Sat 18 October Sweethearts And Wives and Brown And The Brahmins

Mon 20-21 October Kathleen Mavourneen and Brown And The Brahmins

Wed 22 October As You Like It and Brown And The Brahmins

Thur 23-24 October East Lynne and The Rosebud Of Stinging Nettle Farm

Sat 25 October She Stoops To Conquer and Black-Eyed Susan

Mon 27 October Liz and Susan Hopley

Tue 28- 29 October Liz and Black-Eyed Susan

Thur 30 October - 1 November Uncle Tom's Cabin

Mon 3-8 November Peril

Mon 10-15 November Diplomacy

Mon 17-22 November Round The Clock and a comic sketch

Mon 24-27 November The Woman Of The People

Fri 28 November Frou, Frou

Sat 29 November The Woman Of The People

Mon 1-6 December Theatre closed

Mon 8-13 December H.M.S. Pinafore and Four By Honours

Mon 15-25 December Theatre closed

Fri 26 December - 31 January Jack And The Beanstalk

1880

Fri 26 December - 31 January Jack And The Beanstalk. Preceded on 23 Jan. by The Serious

Family, on 26 January - Hercules, on 31 Jan. Charles II, The Steeple Chase and Neebe In The Pigskin

Mon 2-7 February Courtship and Glory

Mon 9-10 February Two Orphans

Wed 11 February Theatre closed - Ash Wednesday

Thur 12 February Two Orphans

Fri 13 February Two Orphans and A Regular Fix

Sat 14 February Davy Garrick and Two Orphans

Mon 16-18 February Our Boys

Thur 19-20 February Sunshine and Uncle

Sat 21 February Our Boys

Mon 23-28 February

Mon 1-6 March Betsy and Give And Take

Mon 8-13 March

Mon 15-20 March

Mon 22-27 March Theatre closed - Easter

Mon 29 March The Streets Of London

Tue30 March Two Roses and Poor Pillicoddy (amateur performances)

Wed 31 March - 2 April The Streets Of London

Sat 3 April New Men And Old Acres and A Husband In Clover

(amateur performances)

Mon 5-6 April Paul Pry

Wed 7-8 April Snowball and The New Rip Van Winkle

Fri 9 April Cryptoconchoidsyphonostomata

Sat 10 April

Mon 12-13 April

Wed 14 April Partners For Life and The Trials Of Tompkins (amateur performances)

Thur 15-17 April

Mon 19-24 April The Vokes Family (all performance preceded and followed

by a farce and comedietta - unspecified in most cases)

Mon 19 April A Bunch Of Berries and Charles II

Tue 20 April A Bunch Of Berries

Wed 21 April The Belles Of The Kitchen

Thur 22 April The Wrong Man In The Right Place

Fri 23 April A Rough Diamond and Fun In A Fog

Sat 24 April A Bunch Of Berries

Mon 26 April - 1 May

Mon 3-4 May

Wed 5 May The Merchant Of Venice

Thur 6 May Romeo And Juliet

Fri 7 May Richelieu

Sat 8 May As You Like It

Mon 10-15 May

Mon 17-22 May Blow For Blow and Aladdin (burlesque)

Mon 24-29 May

Mon 31 May - 2 June

Thur 3 June Il Trovatore

Fri 4 June La Sonnambula

Sat 5 June Faust

Mon 7-12 June

Mon 14-19 June

Mon 21-23 June

Thur 24-26 June Ninon

Mon 28 June - 3 July

Mon 5-10 July Les Cloches De Corneville

Mon 12-17 July

Mon 19-24 July

Mon 26-31 July

Mon 2 August As You Like It

Tue 3 August The Merchant Of Venice

Wed 4 August The School For Scandal

Thur 5 August As You Like It

Fri 6 August Romeo And Juliet

Sat 7 August The School For Scandal

Mon 9-11 August Coming Home and Husbands And Wives

Thur 12-13 August A Mad Revenge

Sat 14 August Coming Home and Husbands And Wives

Mon 16-21 August

Mon 23-26 August Arrah-Na-Pogue

Fri 27-28 August The Comedy Of Errors and Born To Good Luck

Mon 30 Aug - 2 September The Brook and Two Can Play At That Game

Fri 3-4 September Patchwork and Two Can Play At That Game

Mon 6-11 September Betsy and Mary's Secret

Mon 13-18 September Duty and Lend Me Five Shillings

Mon 20-25 September New Babylon

Mon 27-30 September New Babylon (extended run due to demand)

Fri 1-2 October New Babylon and Forced From Home

Mon 4-9 October Madame Favart

Mon 11 October Maritana

Tue 12 October Il Trovatore

Wed 13 October Martha

Thur 14 October Faust

Fri 15 October La Traviata

Sat 16 October Don Giovanni

Mon 18-23 October La Fille Du Tambour Major

Mon 25-30 October Henry V

Mon 1-6 November Round The Clock and a comedietta

Mon 8-13 November The Old Love And The New

Mon 15-19 November Le Voyage En Suisse

Sat 20 November no performance as cast had to travel to Ireland

Mon 22-27 November Rescued

Mon 29 November Virginius

Tue 30 November Life For Love

Wed 1 December The Bridal

Thur 2 December Macbeth

Fri 3 December The Merchant Of Venice and Don Caesar De Bazan

Sat 4 December Life For Love

Mon 6-11 December The Danites

Mon 12-26 December Theatre closed

Mon 27 December - 12 February Cinderella

1881

Mon 27 December- 12 February Cinderella, preceded by 2 - February The Cuckoo

5 Feb - A Rough Diamond

9 February - My Turn Next, 12 February -'various attractions' including The Irish Immigrant and a concert.

Mon 14-19 February H.M.S.Pinafore and An Awkward Adventure (performed by children)

Mon 21-26 February The Upper Crust and Hester's Mystery

Mon 28 February - 5 March

Mon 7-12 March The Pirates Of Penzance and Six And Six

Mon 14-19 March

Mon 21-22 March

Wed 23 March Public Meeting of Friends and Supporters of 'Local' Option

Thur 24-26 March

Mon 28 March - 2 April Marie and Little Lohengrin

Mon 4-5 April

Wed 6 April War To The Knife and A Regular Fix (Bath Histrionic Club)

Thur 7-9 April

Mon 11-15 April Theatre closed (Easter)

Sat 16 April The Princess Of Trebizonde

Mon 18 April The Rivals

Tue 19-20 April She Stoops To Conquer

Thur 21 April The Rivals

Fri 22 April She Stoops To Conquer

Sat 23 April The School For Scandal

Mon 25-30 April Forbidden Fruit and Withered Leaves

Mon 2 May La Sonnambula and The Waterman

Tue 3 May Maritana

Wed 4 May Il Trovatore

Thur 5 May Lucia Di Lammermoor and a ballad concert

Fri 6 May Martha and Norma (2nd act)

Sat 7 May Fra Diavolo

Mon 9-14 May A Wild Love and Two Can Play At That Game

Mon 16 May The Sorcerer and In The Sulks

Tue 17 May H.M.S.Pinafore and In The Sulks

Wed 18-19 May The Sorcerer and In The Sulks

Fri 20 May H.M.S.Pinafore and In The Sulks

Sat 21 May The Sorcerer and In The Sulks

Mon 23 - 26 May The Princess Of Trebizonde

Fri 27 May Paul Pry, La Fille De Madame Angot and Imitations Of Popular People

Sat 28 May The Grand Duchess and Our Em'ly

Mon 30May – 2 June

Fri 3 June Pom and A Day After The Wedding

Sat 4 June Le Petit Duc

Mon 6-11 June Rip Van Winkle

Mon 13 June A Fight For Life and First In The Field

Tue 14 June A Pair O' Wings

Wed 15 June A Fight For Life and First In The Field

Thur 16 June A Pair O' Wings

Fri 17 June A Fight For Life and First In The Field

Sat 18 June A Pair O' Wings

Mon 20-25 June Le Voyage En Suisse

Mon 27 June - 2 July Les Cloches De Corneville (sung and acted by children)

Mon 4-9 July Olivette

Mon 11-16 July The Colonel

Mon 18-22 July

Sat 23 July Don Pasquale

Mon 25-29 July

Sat 30 July The Heir At Law (amateur performances)

Mon 1-6 August Les Cloches De Corneville

Mon 8-13 August

Mon 15-18 August

Fri 19-20 August The Pirates Of Penzance

Mon 22 August Twelfth Night

Tue 23 August She Stoops To Conquer

Wed 24 August Twelfth Night

Thur 25 August The Heir At Law

Fri 26 August The Road To Ruin

Sat 27 August Twelfth Night

Mon 29 August-3 September Michael Strogoff

Mon 5-8 September Crossing The Line and Fluff

Fri 9 September Crossing The Line, Fluff and The Proscribed Royalist

Sat 10 September Crossing The Line and Fluff

Mon 12 September no performance as steam packet service arrived too late

Tue 13 September Norma

Wed 14 September Il Trovatore

Thur 15 September Lucrezia Borgia

Fri 16 September The Barber Of Seville

Sat 17 September (mat) The Barber Of Seville

(eve) Faust

Mon 19-24 September 'Twixt Axe And Crown

Mon 26-30 September Delilah and a farce

Sat 1 October London Assurance

Mon 3-8 October La Fille Du Tambour Major

Mon 10-11 October

Wed 12 -13 October Matched, A Fair Encounter and Betsy Baker

Fri 14 October East Lynne

Sat 15 October The Ticket-Of-Leave Man

Mon 17-19 October Crutch And Toothpick and Cruel Carmen

Thur 20-22 October Crutch And Toothpick and The Corsican Brothers – Babes In The Wood

Mon 24-29 October It Is Never Too Late To Mend

Mon 31October - 2 Nov. Weak Woman and Little Don Caesar De Bazan

Thur 3 November New Brooms and Little Don Caesar De Bazan

Fri 4 November Jeames and Robbing Roy

Sat 5 November New Brooms and Robbing Roy

Mon 7-12 November A Quarter Of A Million In Money and Pretty Little Mignon And Lively Young Guglielmo

Mon 14-19 November Lady Lilian and Princess Pocahontas

Mon 21-26 November The Colleen Bawn and The Bonnie Fishwife

Mon 28 Nov - 2 December The Octoroon and Family Jars

Sat 3 December The Flowers Of The Forest and Mr. & Mrs. White

Mon 5-8 December

Fri 9 December The Weavers, A Fool And His Money and The Birthplace Of Podgers

Sat 10 December Waiting Consent, The Upper Crust and Ici On Parle Francais

Mon 12 December Snowball and His Last Legs

Tue 13 December Mammon and Cool As A Cucumber

Wed 14 December Snowball and His Last Legs

Thur 15 December Mammon and Cool As A Cucumber

Fri 16-17 December Snowball and His Last legs

Mon 19-22 December Theatre closed

Fri 23 December Caste (amateur performances)

Sat 24-25 December Theatre closed

Mon 26 December-7 January Patience and Mock Turtles

1882

Mon 26 December-7 January Patience and Mock Turtles

Mon 9-14 January

Mon 16-21 January

Mon 23-27 January The Colonel

Sat 28 January The Colonel and Cryptoconchoidsyphonostomata

Mon 30 January - 2 February The Money Spinner

Fri 3-4 February Our Boys

Mon 6-7 February Courtship and Two Can Play At That Game

Wed 8 February Our Boys

Thur 9 February Married In Haste

Fri 10-11 February Our Boys

Mon 13-18 February Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves

Mon 20-21 February Ali Barber And The Forty Thieves

Wed 22 February Theatre closed – Ash Wednesday

Thur 23-24 February Ali Barber And The Forty Thieves

Sat 25 February Ali Barber And The Forty Thieves and Aunt Charlotte's Maid

Mon 27 February - 4 March The Member For Slocum, The Blind Mother and Creatures Of Impulse

Mon 6 March As You Like It

Tue 7 March Romeo And Juliet

Wed 8 March King Rene's Daughter and The Honeymoon

Thur 9 March As You Like It

Fri 10 March The School For Scandal

Sat 11 March (eve) King Rene's Daughter and The Honeymoon

(mat) As You Like It

Mon 13-18 March It Is Never Too Late To Mend

Mon 20-25 March Proof

Mon 27 March - 1 April Imprudence and One Touch Of Nature

Mon 3-7 April Theatre closed - Easter

Sat 8 April The Colonel and Cryptoconchoidsyphonostomata

Mon 10-15 April Amy Robsart and selections from The Hunchback

Mon 17 April As You Like It and Revels At Kenilworth Castle

Tue 18 April Romeo And Juliet and Revels At Kenilworth Castle

Wed 19 April The School For Scandal and Revels At Kenilworth Castle

Thur 20 April Romeo And Juliet and Revels At Kenilworth Castle

Fri 21 April As You Like It and Revels At Kenilworth Castle

Sat 22 April She Stoops To Conquer and Revels At Kenilworth Castle

Mon 24 April Hamlet

Tue 25 April Sledge [Sleigh] Bells] and The Midnight Watch

Wed 26 April Hamlet

Thur 27 April Sledge [Sleigh] Bells and The Midnight Watch

Fri 28 April Money and A Matrimonial Lesson

Sat 29 April Macbeth

Mon 1-13 May Youth

Mon 15-20 May La Mascotte

Mon 22-25 May The Pirates Of Penzance and In The Sulks

Fri 26 May H.M.S.Pinafore and In The Sulks

Sat 27 May (mat/eve) The Pirates Of Penzance and In The Sulks

Mon 29 May - 3 June Valjean, The Man Of The People

Mon 5-10 June Billee Taylor and Through The Looking Glass

Mon 12-13 June Destiny and The Spitalfields Weaver

Wed 14 June The Lady Of Lyons and The Spitalfields Weaver

Thur 15 June Romeo And Juliet and The Spitalfields Weaver

Fri 16 June Destiny and The Spitalfields Weaver

Sat 17 June Hamlet and The Spitalfields Weaver

Mon 19-24 June The World

Mon 26 June - 1 July The World

Mon 3-8 July Theatre closed

Mon 10-15 July The Shaughraun

Mon 17 July-Thur 3 August Theatre closed

Fri 4-5 August Patience and Mock Turtles

Mon 7-12 August Turtle Doves and Bears Not Beasts

Mon 14-19 August Rip Van Winkle

Mon 21-26 August

Mon 28-31 August Boccaccio

Fri 1 September Genevieve De Brabant

Sat 2 September Boccaccio

Mon 4-9 September

Mon 11-16 September Moths

Mon 18 September The Lion's Den and Donetoacenderella

Tue 19 September Miriam's Crime and Donetoacinderella

Wed 20 September Fluff and Donetoacinderella

Thur 21-23 September Miriam's Crime and Donetoacinderella

Mon 25-30 September La Mascotte

Mon 2-3 October

Wed 3 October Lecture on electric light delivered by Professor Thompson

Thur 5-7 October Prizes And Blanks, The Beautiful Galatea and The Waterman

(Theatre to be illuminated by electric light)

Mon 9-10 October The Road To Ruin and The Blue Devils

Wed 11 October John Bull and Lingo

Thur 12 October The Heir At Law and The Hypocrite

Fri 13 October Wild Oats and A Mutual Separation

Sat 14 October The Comedy Of Errors and Ollapod

Mon 16-21 October La Fille Du Tambour Major

Mon 23-25, 27-28 October Ascot and The Nymph Of The Danube

Theatre closed on 26 October due to severe flooding in the city

Mon 30 October-4 November Patience and Mock Turtles

Mon 6-9 November

Fri 10 November Weak Woman, Ici On Parle Francais and other entertainments.

Amateur performance by The Bath Histrionic Club in aid of the fund for the relief of the sufferers from the late floods

Sat 11 November

Mon 13-18 November The Parvenu and a comedietta

Mon 20-23 November Mother-In-Law and Of Course-Akin Brothers (burlesque)

Fri 24 November Crutch And Toothpick and Cruel Carmen

Sat 25 November Mother-In-Law and Of Course-Akin brothers (burlesque)

Mon 27-30 November The Colonel and Cool As A Cucumber

Fri 1 December The Liar and Cryptoconchoidsyphonostomata

Sat 2 December The Colonel and Cool As A Cucumber OR The Liar, Paul Pry and The Squire (info from playbill at TRB)

Mon 4-9 December

Mon 11-16 December The Squire and A Silent Woman

Mon 18-25 December Theatre closed

Tue 26 December-13 January Iolanthe

1883

Tue 26 December -13 January Mr. D'Oyly Carte's Opera Company

Iolanthe

Mon 15-20 January Manteaux Noirs

Mon 22- 27 January

Mon 29 January - 2 February

Sat 3 February The Widow Hunt, The Waterman and other entertainments. Benefit for Mr. Reginald Hare (acting manager)

Mon 5 February Money Spinner

Tue 6 February Our Boys

Wed 7 February Theatre closed

Thur 8 February Married In Haste

Fri 9 February Our Boys

Sat 10 February Long Odds

Mon 12 February - 3 March Robinson Crusoe or Harlequin Billee Taylor And Man Friday

Mon 5-10 March

Mon 12-17 March

Mon 19-23 March Theatre closed – Easter (Good Friday on 23rd)

Sat 24 March Flint And Steel and Blue Beard And Son

Mon 26-31 March Flint And Steel and Blue Beard And Son

Mon 2-7 April Ensnared and My Neighbour's Wife

Mon 9-10 April Fallen Amongst Thieves and a farce

Wed 11 April Camille and a farce

Thur 12 April The Lady Of Lyons and a farce

Fri 13 April Romeo And Juliet and a farce

Sat 14 April Camille and a farce

Mon 16-21 April Les Cloches De Corneville

Mon 23 - 24 April Milky White and Kenilworth

Wed 25-26 April My Preserver and Kenilworth

Fri 27 April His Last Legs and Kenilworth

Sat 28 April His Last Legs and The Field Of The Cloth Of Gold

Mon 30 April - 5 May Uncle Tom's Cabin

Mon 7 May Romeo And Juliet

Tue 8 May Camille

Wed 9 May The Lady Of Lyons

Thur 10 May Camille

Fri 11 May The Hunchback

Sat 12 May Romeo And Juliet

Mon 14-17 May Our American Cousin

Fri 18 May Davy Garrick, Dundreary Married and Settled

Sat 19 May Davy Garrick and Whose Are They?

Mon 21-26 May

Mon 28 May – 2 June

Mon 4 - 9 June

Mon 11-16 June Billee Taylor

Mon 18-21 June The Glass Of Fashion and Little Don Juan Ju(a)nior

Fri 22-23 June The Three Hats and Little Don Juan Ju(a)nior

Mon 25-30 June Theatre closed

Mon 2-3 July Blow For Blow and Crowded Houses

Wed 4-5 July Birthdays and Stage Struck

Fri 6 July Benefit for Mr. Fawcett Lomax - no details

Sat 7 July "Great Attractions" - no details

Mon 9-28 July

Mon 30 July – 4 August

Mon 6-10 August

Sat 11 August Namesakes and Auntie and Mr. Guffin's Elopement

Mon 13-17 August

Sat 18 August Waiting Consent, Paul Pry, Trying A Magistrate (monologue) and Stage-Dora

Mon 20-25 August Fun On The "Bristol" and a grand entertainment

Mon 27-29 August

Thur 30 August Our Boys

Fri 31 August The Girls and Chiselling

Sat 1 September Our Boys and Chiselling

Mon 3-8 September Moths

Mon 10-15 September My Sweetheart and Runaways

Mon 17-22 September Patience

Mon 24 September Elizabeth

Tue 25 September Macbeth

Wed 26 September Mary Stuart

Thur 27-28 September

Sat 29 September Mr. Oscar Wilde –"Personal Impressions Of America" lecture

Mon 1-2 October Lady Clare and Raising The Wind

Wed 3 October Much Ado About Nothing and a scene from The Hunchback

Thur 4 October Lady Clare and Raising The Wind

Fri 5 October The School For Scandal

Sat 6 October Romeo And Juliet

Mon 8-11 October Hare And Hounds and The Nymph Of The Danube

Fri 12 October Hare And Hounds and Robinson Crusoe

Sat 13 October Hare And Hounds and The Nymph Of The Danube

Mon 15-20 October Iolanthe and Quite An Adventure

Mon 22-27 October The Black Flag

Mon 29 October - 3 Nov Saved and a comedietta

Mon 5-10 November Olivette

Mon 12-17 November Frivolity

Mon 19-24 November

Mon 26 November - 1 December East Lynne and Robert Macaire

Mon 3-6 December In Camp and The Happy Pair

Fri 7 December Rough Diamond and Fun In A Fog

Sat 8 December (mat) Rough Diamond and Fun In A Fog

(eve) In Camp and The Happy Pair

Mon 10-14 December Theatre closed

Sat 15 December The Rivals and The Spectre Bridegroom. Benefit for Mr. F. Neebe (lessee and manager)

Mon 17-22 December

Mon 24-25 December

Wed 26-29 December The Pirates Of Penzance

Mon 31 December-4 January H.M.S. Pinafore and Mock Turtles

1884

Mon 31 December-Fri 4 January H.M.S. Pinafore and Mock Turtles

Sat 5 January (mat) The Pirates Of Penzance

(eve) H.M.S. Pinafore and Mock Turtles

Mon 7 January The Pirates Of Penzance

Tue 8 January H.M.S. Pinafore

Wed 9-10 January The Pirates Of Penzance

Fri 11 January H.M.S. Pinafore

Sat 12 January The Pirates Of Penzance

Mon 14-19 January Les Cloches De Corneville

Mon 21-26 January The Ticket-Of-Leave Man and Too Attentive By Half

Mon 28 January-2 February Lost In London and A Phenomenon In A Smock Frock

Mon 4-5 February The Colonel and A Phenomenon In A Smock Frock

Wed 6 February The Marble Arch, My Awful Dad and Cut Off With A Shilling

Thur 7 February Quite By Accident, The Lawyer and Micawber

Fri 8 February The Colonel and Cryptoconchoidsyphonostomata

Sat 9 February Quite By Accident, My Awful Dad and the screen scene from

The School For Scandal

Mon 11-16 February Theatre closed

Mon 18 February - 8 March Aladdin And His Wonderful Lamp and on

Wed 5 March - In The Gloaming

Thur 6 March - The Omnibus

Fri 7 March - French Before Breakfast

Mon 10-14 March Fedora

Mon 16-18 March Fedora

Mon 17-22 March Crutch And Toothpick and In The Gloaming

Mon 24-29 March A New Idea and An Adamless Eden

Mon 31 March A New Idea and An Adamless Eden

Tue 2- 4 April

Sat 5 April Perfection, The Corsican Brothers and vocal and instrumental music. Benefit for Mr. George Hughes a member of the theatre orchestra now partially blind given by members of the Bath Amateur Dramatic Society

Mon 7-12 April Theatre closed - Easter

Mon 14-19 April Our Regiment and A Fit Of The Blues

Mon 21-26 April Queen's Evidence

Mon 28 April Arrah-Na-Pogue

Tue 29-30 April The Shaughraun

Thur 1 May Arrah-Na-Pogue

Fri 2 May The Shaughraun

Sat 3 May The Colleen Bawn

Mon 5 May The Black Flag

Tue 6 May [The Black Flag]

Wed 7 May All For Her and a farce

Thur 8 May The Black Flag

Fri 9 May All For Her and a farce

Sat 10 May The Black Flag

Mon 12-17 May

Mon 19-24 May The Flying Scud

Mon 26-31 May

Mon 2-7 June Farewell performances of Mr. Neebe following termination of his lease of the theatre after 7 years tenancy

Mon 2 June The Rivals and The Young Man From The Country

Tue 3 June London Assurance and The Boots At The Swan

Wed 4 June As You Like It and Ici On Parle Français, aka French Before Breakfast

Thur 5 June The Serious Family and Neebe In The Pigskin

Fri 6 June All That Glitters Is Not Gold and a farce

Sat 7 June She Stoops To Conquer and a farce

Mon 9-14 June

Mon 16-20 June

Sat 21 June Benefit for Mr. Henry Ferrand (Theatre Business Manager and

Treasurer) - The Spitalfield Weaver, a concert and other entertainments

Mon 23-28 June

Mon 30 June - 5 July Princess Ida

Mon 7 July - 27 September Theatre closed. Redecorated, re-upholstered and cleaned during closure.

Mon 29 September–1 October War To The Knife and Undine

Thur 2 October War To The Knife and Two Can Play At That Game

Fri 3-4 October War To The Knife, Undine and Nine Points Of The Law

Mon 6-7 October In Camp and Two Can Play At That Game

Wed 8 October The Rough Diamond and Fun In A Fog

Thur 9 October Black-Eyed Susan and Ruth's Romance

Fri 10 October Pygmalion And Galatea and Black-Eyed Susan (Benefit for RUH)

Sat 11 October Withered Leaves and La Vie

Mon 13-15 October Lady Dedlock's Secret

Thur 16 October The Ladies' Battle and Leave It To Me

Fri 17 October The Ladies' Battle [and Leave It To Me]

Sat 18 October Lady Dedlock's Secret

Mon 20-25 October Called Back

Mon 27 October-1 November The Silver King

Mon 3-5 November Falka

Thur 6-8 November My Partner

Mon 10-14 November Led Astray

Sat 15 November Engaged and A Sheep In Wolf's Clothing

Mon 17-21 November Engaged and A Sheep In Wolf's Clothing

Sat 22 November Withered Leaves, A Sheep In Wolf's Clothing and Sweethearts

Mon 24-29 November The Golden Calf

Mon 1 December Romeo And Juliet

Tue 2 December The School For Scandal

Wed 3 December King Rene's Daughter and A Scrap Of Paper

Thur 4 December The Master Of The Forge

Fri 5 December The Lady Of Lyons

Sat 6 December As You Like It

Mon 8-13 December The Private Secretary and Sugar And Cream

Mon 15-20 December Theatre closed

Mon 22-25 December Theatre closed

Fri 26 December - 3 January 1885 Sam, Dundreary's Brother

1885

Fri 26 December 1884-2 Jan Sam, Dundreary's Younger Brother

Sat 3 January (mat) Sam, Dundreary's Younger Brother

(eve) Somebody Else and Sam [Dundreary's Younger Brother

Mon 5-10 January Impulse

Mon 12-17 January Beauty And The Beast

Mon 19-24 January Beauty And The Beast

Mon 26 January David Garrick and A Mutual Separation

Tue 27 January The Comedy Of Errors

Wed 28 January Money

Thur 29 January The School For Scandal

Fr 30 January David Garrick

Sat 31 January The Road To Ruin and A Mutual Separation

Mon 2-7 February Dick Whittington

Mon 9-14 February Dick Whittington

Mon 16-17,19-20 February The Bouquet and Cinderella (burlesque)

Thur 19 February (mat) Perfection and excerpts from Bristol Old Vic's production

of The Forty Thieves **

Sat 21 February £100,000, musical selections played by The Pump Room Orchestra and Good For Nothing **

** Benefit performances for Mr. Frank Emery who lost his entire wardrobe, scenery, etc. in the fire at Exeter Theatre

Mon 23-28 February Falka

Mon 2-7 March The Babes In The Wood

Mon 9-10 March The Babes In The Wood

Wed 11 March The Babes In The Wood and In The Gloaming

Thur 12 March The Babes In The Wood and Miriam's Crime

Fri 13 March Paul Pry and [The] Babes [In The Wood]. Benefit performance for Mr. Neebe

Mon Sat 14 March The Babes In The Wood and the trial scene from Pickwick

Mon 16-18 March Fedora

Thur 19 March

Fri 20 March Uncle Dick's Darling, Mr. Guffin's Elopement and The Steeple

Chase

Sat 21 March A Mint Of Money and Ici On Parle Français

Mon 23-27 March

Sat 28 March (mat) The Bohemian Girl

Mon 30 March - 2 April The Danites

Fri 3 April Good Friday - Theatre closed

Sat 4 April The Danites

Mon 6-11 April The Private Secretary and Sugar And Cream

Mon 13-15 April [Rip Van Winkle]

Thur 16-18 April Rip Van Winkle

Mon 20-25 April The Young Mrs. Winthrop and Twenty Minutes Under An

Umbrella

Mon 27 April - 2 May Nita's First and La Sonnambula (burlesque)

Mon 4-7 May A Wet Day and Very Little Hamlet

Fri 8 May A Wet Day and Called There And Back

Sat 9 May A Wet Day and Very Little Hamlet

Mon 11-16 May Uncle Tom's Cabin

Sat 16 May (mat) Faust (overture & garden scene), a concert and Widows Bewitched

Mon 18-19 May In Camp and Hubby

Wed 20-21 May The Belles Of The Kitchen and Ruth's Romance

Fri 22 May The Rough Diamond and Fun In A Fog. Benefit for the Vokes Family

Sat 23 May In Camp and Hubby

Mon 25-29 May Lilies and a comedietta

Sat 30 May Noah's Ark

Mon 1-6 June Called Back

Mon 8-10 June Theatre closed

Thur 11 June The Artful Dodge, various entertainments and The Ticket Of Leave Man. Benefit for Mr. Charles Emery

Fri 12-13 June Theatre closed

Mon 15-20 June Falka

Mon 22-27 June

Mon 29 June - 1 July Turtle Doves and The Fire King

Thur 2-4 July My Husband's Wife and Bears Not Beasts

Mon 6-11 July Grand Circus

Mon 13-18 July Grand Circus

Mon 20-25 July Grand Circus

Mon 27 July – 1 August

Mon 3-8 August

Mon 10-15 August

Mon 17-22 August The World

Mon 24-29 August

Mon 31 August - 5 September

Mon 7-11 September Chirruper's Fortune and a farce

Sat 12 September Chirruper's Fortune and Awkward

Mon 14-19 September Moths

Mon 21-24 September The House On The Marsh and A Cup Of Tea

Fri 25-26 September In The Lion's Mouth

Mon 28-30 September

Thur 1 October Il Trovatore

Fri 2 October Faust

Sat 3 October Fra Diavolo

Mon 5-10 October The Mikado

Mon 12-17 October

Mon 19-24 October Called Back

Mon 26-31 October Never Too Late To Mend

Mon 2-7 November

Mon 9-14 November Dark Days

Mon 16-17 November Princess Ida

Wed 18-19 November H.M.S.Pinafore and Round And Square

Fri 20-21 November The Sorcerer and Round And Square

Mon 23-28 November The Babes

Mon 30-1 December La Mascotte

Wed 2-3 December Les Cloches De Corneville

Fri 4 December La Mascotte

Sat 5 December Les Cloches De Corneville

Mon 7 December Othello

Tue 8 December She Stoops To Conquer

Wed 9 December The Merchant Of Venice

Thur 10 December Much Ado About Nothing

Fri 11 December Hamlet

Sat 12 December (mat) The Merchant Of Venice

(eve) The School For Scandal

Mon 14-16 December My Sweetheart

Thur 17-23 December

Thur 24, Sat 26 Dec - Sat 23 January Herne The Hunter or The Days Of The Bluff King Hal

1886

Thur 24 December - Sat 23 January Herne The Hunter or The Days Of The Bluff King Hal

Mon 25-30 January On 'Change and Sunshine

Mon 1-6 February Impulse

Mon 8-13 February Theatre closed

Mon 15-16 February Herne The Hunter

Wed 17 February Herne The Hunter and Bibbs On The Spree

Thur 18 February Herne The Hunter

Fri 19 February Herne The Hunter and The Rosebud Of Singing Nettle Farm

Sat 20 February Herne The Hunter

Mon 22 February Herne The Hunter (Benefit for Mr. J.Sweetman, the clown)

Tue 23 February Herne The Hunter and Henry VIII (Benefit for Mr. Greyling)

Wed 24 February Operatic selections from popular composers (no panto)

Thur 25 February Frou-Frou and Little Toddlekins

Fri 26 February Gretchen and Little Toddlekins

Sat 27 February (mat) Gretchen and Little Toddlekins

(eve) Frou-Frou and Little Toddlekins

Mon 1-6 March The Magistrate

Mon 8-13 March In The Ranks

Mon 15-16 March In Camp

Wed 17 March In Camp and a farce

Thur 18 March The Belles Of The Kitchen and Ruth's Romance

Fri 19 March The Rough Diamond and Fun In A Fog

Sat 20 March (mat) The Belles Of The Kitchen and Hubby

(eve) In Camp

Mon 22 March In Chancery and Freezing A Mother-In-Law

Tue 23 March The Rocket and Freezing A Mother-In-Law

Wed 24 March Weak Woman and Freezing A Mother-In-Law

Thur 25-27 March The Great Pink Pearl and April Folly

Mon 29 March She Stoops To Conquer and French Before Breakfast

Tue 30 March The School For Scandal and The Artful Dodge

Wed 31 March East Lynne and The Steeplechase

Thur April 1 She Stoops To Conquer and French Before Breakfast

Fri 2 April London Assurance and Mr. And Mrs. White

Sat 3 April (mat) She Stoops To Conquer and French Before Breakfast

(eve) The Rivals and The Artful Dodge

Mon 5-10 April The Gay City and Eugenie

Mon 12-15April Theatre closed

Fri 16 April Chawles, Ici On Parle Français and The Pump

Sat 17 April Going It, Guffin's Elopement and The Pump

Mon 19-24 April Theatre closed - Easter

Mon 26 April - 1 May Falka

Mon 3 May Flies In The Web and The Quiet Family (Benefit)

Tue 4-5 May

Thur 6-8 May The Candidate and Delicate Ground

Mon 10 May Caste

Tue 11 May Ours and My Milliner's Bill

Wed 12 May Caste and Ours

Thur 13 May The Heir At Law and 40 & 50

Fri 14 May A Widow Hunt and 40 & 50

Sat 15 May Two To One, Cousin Johnny and Toodles

Mon 17-20 May Gold And Silver and Sinbad The Sailor

Fri 21 May Rip Van Winkle and Faust (Benefit for Mr. Fawcett Lomax)

Sat 22 May Gold And Silver and Sinbad The Sailor

Mon 24-29 May The Silver Shield and Princess Lola

Mon 31 May - 5 June Diplomacy

Mon 7-11 June Theatre closed

Sat 12 June (mat) Taming A Tiger, musical interlude and scenes from The Rivals

(eve) New Men And Old Acres, a musical interlude and Taming A Tiger (Benefit for Mr. Henry B. Smith)

Mon 14-19 June Drink

Mon 21 June - 7 August

Mon 9 -14 August Not Alone

Mon 16-21 August

Mon 23- 28 August

Mon 30 August-2 September The Miraculous Doll and Which Is Brown?

Fri 3 September The Miraculous Doll, and Our Village Concert (Benefit for Mr. Wardroper)

Sat 4 September The Miraculous Doll and Which Is Brown?

Mon 6-11 September Forbidden Fruit and Lost Lenore

Mon 13-18 September Jane Shore

Mon 20 September La Fille De Madame Angot

Tue 21 September Les Cloches De Corneville

Wed 22 September La Fille De Madame Angot

Thur 23 September Les Cloches De Corneville

Fri 24 September La Fille De Madame Angot

Sat 25 September Les Cloches De Corneville

Mon 27 September-2 October The Mikado

Mon 4-9 October The Pickpocket and Barbara

Mon 11-16 October The Old Love And The New

Mon 18 October Hamlet

Tue 19 October The School For Scandal

Wed 20 October The Merchant Of Venice

Thur 21 October Othello

Fri 22 October As You Like It

Sat 23 October (mat) Hamlet

(eve) The Rivals

Mon 25-30 October Sophia

Mon 1-6 November The Magistrate

Mon 8-13 November Jim The Penman

Mon 15-20 November Ups And Downs

Mon 22-27 November Popular Promenade Performances of the Theatre's Band

Mon 29 November-3 December The Gay City and Chums

Sat 4 December Round The Clock and Chums

Mon 6-11 December The Schoolmistress and The Nettle

Mon 13-25 December Theatre closed

Mon 27 December-Sat 12 February Blue Beard

1887

Mon 27 December - Sat 12 February Blue Beard

Sat 12 February (mat) Our Boys

Mon14-19 February Sophia

Mon 21-26 February Blackberries and Turned Up

Mon 28 February Virginius

Tue 1 March Hamlet

Wed 2 March Virginius

Thur 3 March Macbeth

Fri 4 March Julius Caesar

Sat 5 March Richard III

Mon 7-12 March Uncle Tom's Cabin

Mon 14-19 March On 'Change and a farce

Mon 21-26 March Nancy And Co and A Household Fairy

Mon 28 March - 2 April The Pickpocket and Good Gracious

Mon 4-8 April Theatre closed - Easter

Sat 9-16 April The Private Secretary and Sugar And Cream

Mon 18-23 April Ruddigore

Mon 25 April

Tue 26 April Bath Philharmonic Society concert which included The Golden

Legend conducted by Sir Arthur Sullivan

Wed 27 April

Thur 28-29 April Caste. Amateur performances in aid of building fund for an

infants school.

Sat 30 April My Turn Next, a concert and Withered Leaves. Benefit for Herr Van Praag

Mon 2-7 May Kittens

Mon 9-11 May Confusion and Advice To Sweethearts

Thur 12-14 May The New Magdalen

Mon 16 May Led Astray and a comedietta

Tue 17 May The Cape Mail and The Ladies Battle

Wed 18 May The Esmonds Of Virginia and a comedietta

Thur 19 May Led Astray and a comedietta

Fri 20 May Her Trustee and a comedietta

Sat 21 May The Esmonds Of Virginia and a comedietta

Mon 23-28 May Jim The Penman

Mon 30 May - 4 June The Silver King

Mon 6-11 June

Mon 13-18 June

Mon 20 June Bath Philharmonic Society Grand Jubilee Concert. In honour of Queen Victoria's 50th year on the throne

Tue 21-25 June

Mon 27 June – 2 July

Mon 4-9 July

Mon 11-16 July

Mon 18-23 July

Mon 25-30 July

Mon 1-6 August The Follies Of The Day

Mon 8-13 August

Mon 15-20 August

Mon 22-27 August

Mon 29 August-3 Sept Current Cash

Mon 5-7 September First Class

Thur 8-10 September Is Life Worth Living?

Mon 12-17 September In The Ranks

Sat 17 September (special mat) In The Ranks. In aid of disaster fund following fire at Exeter Theatre

Mon 19-24 September Indiana

Mon 26 September - 1 October New Babylon

Mon 3 October Hamlet

Tue 4 October She Stoops To Conquer

Wed 5 October Richard III

Thur 6 October Twelfth Night

Fri 7 October Richelieu

Sat 8 October (mat) As You Like It

(eve) The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Mon 10-12 October

Thur 13 October Hamlet

Fri 14 October Claudian

Sat 15 October (mat) The Colour Sergeant, A Clerical Error and Chatterton

(eve) Claudian

Mon 17-22 October The Mikado

Mon 24-28 October Harvest

Sat 29 October Harvest and Traitor Doubts

Mon 31 October - 2 Nov As In a Looking Glass

Thur 3 November Unionist Meeting

Fri 4-5 November As In A Looking Glass

Mon 7 November The Road To Ruin and Hook And Eye

Tue 8 November Money

Wed 9 November The Lady Of Lyons and Hook And Eye

Thur 10 November The School For Scandal

Fri 11 November The Actor and The Critic

Sat 12 November (mat) The Comedy Of Errors

(eve) Davy Garrick and Hook And Eye

Mon 14-19 November Nell Gwynne

Mon 21 November School and My Milliner's Bill

Tue 22 November Caste

Wed 23 November Ours and My Milliner's Bill

Thur 24 November Caste

Fri 25 November School and My Milliner's Bill

Sat 26 November Caste

Mon 28 November - 3 December Visit from The English Comedy Company cancelled. Replaced by The Ticket-Of-Leave Man

Mon 5-10 December Dorothy

Mon 12-25 December Theatre closed

Mon 26 December - 11 February Dick Whittington And His Cat