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Contents

• The Season

• Daily Calendar For 1899-1900

• First Performance of Aug 1899

• First Performance of Sep 1899

• First Performance of Oct 1899

• First Performance of Nov 1899

• First Performance of Dec 1899

• First Performance of Jan 1900

• First Performance of Feb 1900

• First Performance of Mar 1900

• First Performance of Apr 1900

• First Performance of May 1900

• First Performance of Jun 1900

• Theatre Information

• Seasonal Dates

• Theatre Management And Functionaries

• Authors/Pieces

• Actors

• Actresses

• Pieces Performed And Summary Cast Lists

• Genre

• Music, Composers and Musicians

The Season

The 1899 season began on 19 August, with a production of With Flying Colours, by Seymour Hicks and Fred G. Latham. The play departed from the usual Adelphi formula of "a thrilling plot, sensational episodes and robust acting." In this case, the producers tried to emulate the elaborate "stage pictures" presented at Drury Lane Theatre. According to the Times, the plot was weak and the construction unskilled, but there were some excellent scenes that were very elaborate for the relatively restricted space of the theatre's stage (21 August, p. 11).

The play concerns the actions of an enlisted man who strikes an officer, an action punishable by imprisonment. The action provided some elaborate and spectacular settings, from a battleship, to Dartmoor prison, and a train station complete with departing train. The last act received most favorable mention, and Harry Nicolls was credited with the salvation of the first few acts by his comic interludes as a sham sailor. More praise went to Master Sefton in the part of Horatio Winter, a midshipman.

The piece was well received by the audience and continued through the first week of December. On December 11, an American production Children of the Ghetto opened. It was a four-act drama by Israel Zangwill based on his novel. It lasted only a week.

On Boxing Day, Charles Reade's Drink opened with a matinee performance. It was a seven-act "stirring moral drama" adapted from Zola's novel L'Assommoir. The play is a typical presentation of the author, with scenes true to life, characters that live, and a tone as different as possible from most melodramas of the day. The Times felt that the play would successfully fill the gap left by the "unfortunate collapse of Children of the Ghetto" (27 December 1899).

Early in the new year, the Adelphi presented several short-run plays. Drink began on 1 January, and ran for two weeks. Two Little Vagabonds, written by George R. Sims and Arthur Shirley, followed it. The latter play closed on 3 February 1900.

The Better Life opened on Monday, 5 February; it was written by Arthur Shirley and Sutton Vane and based on In His Steps, a tract story written by the Reverend Charles Sheldon. The Times of 6 February 1900 assured "those who can revel in the 'luxury of woe' ought to find the play greatly to their taste." The story has a badly-treated hero whose only respite from starvation was when he was in prison. Fuller Mellish worked to make the hero plausible, and Elsa Wylde played his wife "with a real touch of pathos." The reviewer felt that Mrs. Cecil Raleigh struck a note of gilded infamy, and Miss Kate Tyndall played the good woman in black and white.

On 10 March, Bonnie Dundee, written by Lawrence Irving, opened at the Adelphi. It was an historical play in five acts. The central figure of Claverhouse, from Macaulay's history, was played by the American actor Robert Taber. His performance, even his appearance, was panned in the Times (March 12, 1900). He presented a clean-shaven look when expected to have "small mustachios of light brown." However, the reviewer put most of the criticism upon the head and pen of the author who had stripped the character of any depth or display of contradictory traits described in the historical narrative.

It was a sentimental melodrama, with typical misadventures and misunderstandings. The lack of character development gave no opportunity for Lena Ashwell to give an emotional performance; all she could deliver was a "pathetic attitude." The scenery was admired, as was the staging of the fight at Killiecrankie.

The theatre was dark through the rest of April. On Tuesday, 1 May, Robert Taber again opened in a starring role in Quo Vadis, written by Stanislaus Stange. The play was adapted from the novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz. Despite the Times' reviewer's feeling that the presentation was "deplorable, very silly, very vulgar," the play was received by the audience with unbounded enthusiasm. It combined crude sensationalism and quasi-religious sentiment. There was also low humor in G. W. Anson's presentation of Nero as a buffoon. Quo Vadis closed on Friday, 1 June 1900.

Extensive renovations took place during the break. The Builder reported on September 7, 1901:

The stage of the old "Adelphi" is left practically intact, but the auditorium, approaches, etc. have been rearranged.... A subway now leads from the main entrance and crush room to both prompt and OP sides of this part of the house.... The private boxes are on the stalls and dress circle level only, eight in all. On the upper circle, in lieu of boxes, the seats have been continued around to the proscenium opening in the stalls. There are upwards of 200 seats. The pit is one of the largest in London; it has a refreshment saloon and emergency exits. The prevailing scheme of decoration is ivory white, yellow, old gold, and electric blue, developed in silk, velvet, and mural coverings and paintings (p. 217).

The second half of the century had been as successful as the first. Over two thousand performers had performed six hundred plays. The theatre's success in producing melodramas in the grand style had given birth to the term "Adelphi drama." However, stage melodrama suffered a mortal blow with the murder of William Terriss in 1897. There was no substitute for Breezy Bill. However, romantic melodrama found a new home, for it was ideally suited to the new art of moving pictures.

Stefano Gatti began letting the house to outside managers, and when the theatre opened for the first season of the Twentieth Century, it was renamed The Century. The opening piece was The Whirl of the Town, a "musical absurdity" in two acts that lasted only thirty-five performances. The new name survived somewhat longer--until the end of the season, when the familiar name was restored. The future lay in musical comedy so the house John Scott had built returned to its musical roots. It prospered as the Edwardian musical play became all the rage. Not in their wildest dreams could Scott and his talented daughter, Jane, have imagined that their little theatre in the Strand would one day be nearing its bicentenary.

TC GBC

Daily Calendar For 1899-1900

Source Comment MS. gloss on BILL: "First Night"

1) With Flying Colours (1)

AU: Seymour Hicks, Frederick G. Latham

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, next 21 Aug 1899

Time 7:30 Genre (drama) new drama; 5 acts

First Night Cast

Sir John Derrick: Henry Vibart; Wilfred Derrick (his son): Aubrey Mallalieu; Lotan Hackett (Sir John Derrick's manager): Robert Pateman; James Strangeways (formerly in the Navy): W[illiam] L. Abingdon; Harry Belt (manager of the bank): Harry Nicholls; Mr. Welldon (of Scotland Yard): H[enry] J. Carvill; Lieut. Charles Andover R. N.: Charles Thursby; Gen. Bellingfield (retired): C[harles] M. Lowne; Lieut. Richard Dare (of HMS Defiance): Julius Knight; Lieut. Camperdown R.N. (of HMS Defiance): Charles Wellesley; Lieut. Turrell (of HMS Defiance): Harry Trevor; Midshipman Horatio Winter (of HMS Defiance): Master Sefton; Bos'un Shelly: Webb Darleigh; Governor of Dartmouth Prison: Clarence Holt; Mary Derrick (Sir John Derrick's daughter): Miss Suzanne Sheldon; Polly Tumble (servant at the bank): Miss Florence Lloyd; Martha Belt (Harry Belt's wife): Mrs. Henry Leigh; Florence Hackett (Lotun Hackett's wife): Mrs. [Cecil] Raleigh; Convict 90 (a burglar): [A. C.] Hardie; Convict 64 (a clerk): Stanley Brett; Convict 48 (a Jew): Dudley Clinton; Convict 20 (a nobleman): F. G. Bayly; 1st warder: R. Forsyth; 2nd warder: Dilke; burglar's wife: Miss Mariette Hyde; quartermaster: [William] Dempsey; a waiter (Southampton Hotel): Hodding; mess waiter: T. Hill; detective: Hood; Kevin (gamekeeper): Baylis; railway porter: R. C. Elers; newsboy: Master Green; refreshment boy: Master Thornton; officers, convicts, yokels, sailors, beaters, soldiers, roughs: Unlisted

Reference Cast

Sir John Derrick: Henry Vibart Wilfred Derrick: Aubrey    Mallalieu Lotan Hackett: Robert Pateman James Strangeways: William L.    Abingdon Harry Belt: Harry Nicholls Mr. Welldon: Henry J. Carvill Lieut. Charles Andover R. N.:    Charles Thursby Gen. Bellingfield: Charles M.    Lowne Lieut. Richard Dare: Herbert    Sleath Lieut. Camperdown R.N.: F. Owen    Baxter Lieut. Turrell: Harry Trevor Midshipman Horatio Winter: Miss    Marie Neilson Bos'un Shelly: Webb Darleigh Governor of Dartmouth Prison:    Clarence Holt Mary Derrick: Miss Suzanne    Sheldon Polly Tumble: Miss Florence

Lloyd Martha Belt: Mrs. Henry Leigh Florence Hackett: Mrs. Cecil    Raleigh Convict 90: A. C. Hardie Convict 64: Stanley Brett Convict 48: Dudley Clinton Convict 20: F. G. Bayly 1st warder: R. Forsyth 2nd warder: Dilke burglar's wife: Miss Mariette    Hyde quartermaster: William Dempsey a waiter: Hodding mess waiter: T. Hill detective: Hood Kevin: Baylis railway porter: R. C. Elers newsboy: Master Green refreshment boy: Master    Thornton officers, convicts, yokels,    sailors, beaters, soldiers,    roughs: Unlisted countryman: Herbert Briscoe

I,i the manager's office in the old bank at Chatham (W. Harford); II,i the railway station at Southampton (E. Banks); II,ii a room in the Railway Hotel, Southampton (E. Banks); III,ii Harry Belt's cottage (W. Harford); III,iii a wood in Autumn (W. Harford); III,iv the naval mess at Chatham (F. Tyars); IV,i outside the dockyard gates, Chatham (W. Hemsley); IV,ii the deck of HMS Defiance (W. Hemsley); IV,iii the hall of the old bank (W. Hemsley); IV,iv the deck of HMS Defiance (W. Hemsley); V,i the garden of Mary Derrick's cottage on Dartmoor (W. Hemsley); V,ii the cage at Dartmoor Prison (W. Hemsley); V,iii the quarries (W. Hemsley); V,iv on Dartmoor (W. Hemsley); V,v inside Mary Derrick's cottage (W. Hemsley)

General Non-Title Information

overture (from With Flying Colours): [Edward Jones]; graceful dance from Henry VIII [[Arthur S.] Sullivan]; Frohliche Stucke: [Sarakowski]; selection from ballet: "Victoria and Merry England" [[Arthur S.] Sullivan]; valse: "Souvenir de Vienne" [[Karl M.] Ziehrer]; morceau mignon: "Salut d'Amour" [[Edward W.] Elgar]; morceau mignon: "Czardas" [Michiels]

1) With Flying Colours (2)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 19 Aug 1899, next 22 Aug 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT Lieut. Richard Dare: Julius   Knight Lieut. Camperdown R.N.: Charles   Wellesley Midshipman Horatio Winter:   Master Sefton OMITS countryman: Herbert   Briscoe

1) With Flying Colours (3)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 21 Aug 1899, next 23 Aug 1899

Time 7:30

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT Lieut. Richard Dare: Julius   Knight Lieut. Camperdown R.N.: Charles   Wellesley Midshipman Horatio Winter:   Master Sefton OMITS countryman: Herbert   Briscoe

1) With Flying Colours (4)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 22 Aug 1899, next 24 Aug 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT Lieut. Richard Dare: Julius   Knight Lieut. Camperdown R.N.: Charles   Wellesley Midshipman Horatio Winter:   Master Sefton OMITS countryman: Herbert   Briscoe

1) With Flying Colours (5)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 23 Aug 1899, next 25 Aug 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT Lieut. Richard Dare: Julius   Knight Lieut. Camperdown R.N.: Charles   Wellesley Midshipman Horatio Winter:   Master Sefton OMITS countryman: Herbert   Briscoe

1) With Flying Colours (6)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 24 Aug 1899, next 26 Aug 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT Lieut. Richard Dare: Julius   Knight Lieut. Camperdown R.N.: Charles   Wellesley Midshipman Horatio Winter:   Master Sefton OMITS countryman: Herbert   Briscoe

1) With Flying Colours (7)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 25 Aug 1899, next 28 Aug 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT Lieut. Richard Dare: Julius   Knight Lieut. Camperdown R.N.: Charles   Wellesley Midshipman Horatio Winter:   Master Sefton OMITS countryman: Herbert   Briscoe

1) With Flying Colours (8)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 26 Aug 1899, next 29 Aug 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT Lieut. Richard Dare: Julius   Knight Lieut. Camperdown R.N.: Charles   Wellesley Midshipman Horatio Winter:   Master Sefton OMITS countryman: Herbert   Briscoe

1) With Flying Colours (9)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 28 Aug 1899, next 30 Aug 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT Lieut. Richard Dare: Julius   Knight Lieut. Camperdown R.N.: Charles   Wellesley Midshipman Horatio Winter:   Master Sefton OMITS countryman: Herbert   Briscoe

1) With Flying Colours (10)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 29 Aug 1899, next 31 Aug 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT Lieut. Richard Dare: Julius   Knight Lieut. Camperdown R.N.: Charles   Wellesley Midshipman Horatio Winter:   Master Sefton OMITS countryman: Herbert   Briscoe

1) With Flying Colours (11)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 30 Aug 1899, next 1 Sep 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT Lieut. Richard Dare: Julius   Knight Lieut. Camperdown R.N.: Charles   Wellesley Midshipman Horatio Winter:   Master Sefton OMITS countryman: Herbert   Briscoe

1) With Flying Colours (12)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 31 Aug 1899, next 2 Sep 1899

Time 7:45

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT Lieut. Richard Dare: Julius   Knight Lieut. Camperdown R.N.: Charles   Wellesley Midshipman Horatio Winter:   Master Sefton OMITS countryman: Herbert   Briscoe

1) With Flying Colours (13)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 1 Sep 1899, next 4 Sep 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT Lieut. Richard Dare: Julius   Knight Lieut. Camperdown R.N.: Charles   Wellesley Midshipman Horatio Winter:   Master Sefton OMITS countryman: Herbert   Briscoe

1) With Flying Colours (14)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 2 Sep 1899, next 5 Sep 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT Lieut. Richard Dare: Julius   Knight Lieut. Camperdown R.N.: Charles   Wellesley Midshipman Horatio Winter:   Master Sefton OMITS countryman: Herbert   Briscoe

1) With Flying Colours (15)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 4 Sep 1899, next 6 Sep 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT Lieut. Richard Dare: Julius   Knight Lieut. Camperdown R.N.: Charles   Wellesley Midshipman Horatio Winter:   Master Sefton OMITS countryman: Herbert   Briscoe

1) With Flying Colours (16)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 5 Sep 1899, next 7 Sep 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT Lieut. Richard Dare: Julius   Knight Lieut. Camperdown R.N.: Charles   Wellesley Midshipman Horatio Winter:   Master Sefton OMITS countryman: Herbert   Briscoe

1) With Flying Colours (17)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 6 Sep 1899, next 8 Sep 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT Lieut. Richard Dare: Julius   Knight Lieut. Camperdown R.N.: Charles   Wellesley Midshipman Horatio Winter:   Master Sefton OMITS countryman: Herbert   Briscoe

1) With Flying Colours (18)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 7 Sep 1899, next 9 Sep 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT Lieut. Richard Dare: Julius   Knight Lieut. Camperdown R.N.: Charles   Wellesley Midshipman Horatio Winter:   Master Sefton OMITS countryman: Herbert   Briscoe

1) With Flying Colours (19)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 8 Sep 1899, next 11 Sep 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT Lieut. Richard Dare: Julius   Knight Lieut. Camperdown R.N.: Charles   Wellesley Midshipman Horatio Winter:   Master Sefton OMITS countryman: Herbert   Briscoe

1) With Flying Colours (20)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 9 Sep 1899, next 12 Sep 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT Lieut. Richard Dare: Julius   Knight Lieut. Camperdown R.N.: Charles   Wellesley Midshipman Horatio Winter:   Master Sefton OMITS countryman: Herbert   Briscoe

1) With Flying Colours (21)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 11 Sep 1899, next 13 Sep 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT Lieut. Richard Dare: Julius   Knight Lieut. Camperdown R.N.: Charles   Wellesley Midshipman Horatio Winter:   Master Sefton OMITS countryman: Herbert   Briscoe

1) With Flying Colours (22)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 12 Sep 1899, next 13 Sep 1899

Time 2:00

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT Lieut. Richard Dare: Julius   Knight Lieut. Camperdown R.N.: Charles   Wellesley Midshipman Horatio Winter:   Master Sefton OMITS countryman: Herbert   Briscoe

1) With Flying Colours (23)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 13 Sep 1899, next 14 Sep 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT Lieut. Richard Dare: Julius   Knight Lieut. Camperdown R.N.: Charles   Wellesley Midshipman Horatio Winter:   Master Sefton OMITS countryman: Herbert   Briscoe

1) With Flying Colours (24)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 13 Sep 1899, next 15 Sep 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT Lieut. Richard Dare: Julius   Knight Lieut. Camperdown R.N.: Charles   Wellesley Midshipman Horatio Winter:   Master Sefton OMITS countryman: Herbert   Briscoe

Source Comment hand dated PROG: 15 Sep 1899

1) With Flying Colours (25)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 14 Sep 1899, next 16 Sep 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT Midshipman Horatio Winter:   Master Gerald Denny OMITS countryman: Herbert   Briscoe

1) With Flying Colours (26)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 15 Sep 1899, next 18 Sep 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT Midshipman Horatio Winter:   Master Gerald Denny OMITS countryman: Herbert   Briscoe

1) With Flying Colours (27)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 16 Sep 1899, next 19 Sep 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT Midshipman Horatio Winter:   Master Gerald Denny OMITS countryman: Herbert   Briscoe

1) With Flying Colours (28)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 18 Sep 1899, next 20 Sep 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT Midshipman Horatio Winter:   Master Gerald Denny OMITS countryman: Herbert   Briscoe

1) With Flying Colours (29)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 19 Sep 1899, next 20 Sep 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT Midshipman Horatio Winter:   Master Gerald Denny OMITS countryman: Herbert   Briscoe

1) With Flying Colours (30)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 20 Sep 1899, next 21 Sep 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT Midshipman Horatio Winter:   Master Gerald Denny OMITS countryman: Herbert   Briscoe

1) With Flying Colours (31)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 20 Sep 1899, next 22 Sep 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT Midshipman Horatio Winter:   Master Gerald Denny OMITS countryman: Herbert   Briscoe

1) With Flying Colours (32)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 21 Sep 1899, next 23 Sep 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT Midshipman Horatio Winter:   Master Gerald Denny OMITS countryman: Herbert   Briscoe

1) With Flying Colours (33)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 22 Sep 1899, next 25 Sep 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT Midshipman Horatio Winter:   Master Gerald Denny OMITS countryman: Herbert   Briscoe

1) With Flying Colours (34)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 23 Sep 1899, next 26 Sep 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT Midshipman Horatio Winter:   Master Gerald Denny OMITS countryman: Herbert   Briscoe

1) With Flying Colours (35)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 25 Sep 1899, next 27 Sep 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT Midshipman Horatio Winter:   Master Gerald Denny OMITS countryman: Herbert   Briscoe

1) With Flying Colours (36)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 26 Sep 1899, next 27 Sep 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT Midshipman Horatio Winter:   Master Gerald Denny OMITS countryman: Herbert   Briscoe

Source Comment Program is undated but advertises a special matinee on September 30

1) With Flying Colours (37)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 27 Sep 1899, next 28 Sep 1899

1) With Flying Colours (38)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 27 Sep 1899, next 29 Sep 1899

1) With Flying Colours (39)

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1) With Flying Colours (40)

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1) With Flying Colours (41)

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1) With Flying Colours (42)

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1) With Flying Colours (43)

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1) With Flying Colours (44)

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1) With Flying Colours (45)

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1) With Flying Colours (46)

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1) With Flying Colours (47)

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1) With Flying Colours (48)

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1) With Flying Colours (49)

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1) With Flying Colours (50)

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1) With Flying Colours (51)

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1) With Flying Colours (52)

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1) With Flying Colours (53)

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1) With Flying Colours (54)

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1) With Flying Colours (55)

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1) With Flying Colours (56)

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1) With Flying Colours (57)

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1) With Flying Colours (58)

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1) With Flying Colours (59)

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1) With Flying Colours (60)

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1) With Flying Colours (61)

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1) With Flying Colours (62)

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1) With Flying Colours (63)

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1) With Flying Colours (64)

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1) With Flying Colours (65)

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1) With Flying Colours (67)

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1) With Flying Colours (69)

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1) With Flying Colours (70)

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1) With Flying Colours (71)

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1) With Flying Colours (72)

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1) With Flying Colours (73)

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1) With Flying Colours (74)

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1) With Flying Colours (75)

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1) With Flying Colours (76)

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1) With Flying Colours (77)

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1) With Flying Colours (78)

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1) With Flying Colours (80)

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1) With Flying Colours (81)

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1) With Flying Colours (82)

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1) With Flying Colours (83)

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1) With Flying Colours (84)

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1) With Flying Colours (85)

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1) With Flying Colours (86)

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1) With Flying Colours (87)

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1) With Flying Colours (91)

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1) With Flying Colours (95)

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1) With Flying Colours (96)

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1) With Flying Colours (97)

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1) With Flying Colours (98)

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1) With Flying Colours (99)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 27 Nov 1899, next 29 Nov 1899

1) With Flying Colours (100)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 28 Nov 1899, next 29 Nov 1899

1) With Flying Colours (101)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 29 Nov 1899, next 30 Nov 1899

Source Comment Program announces "Last Nights"

1) With Flying Colours (102)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 29 Nov 1899, next 1 Dec 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT newsboy: Master Lowther refreshment boy: Master Collard

1) With Flying Colours (103)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 30 Nov 1899, next 2 Dec 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT newsboy: Master Lowther refreshment boy: Master Collard

1) With Flying Colours (104)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 1 Dec 1899, next 4 Dec 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT newsboy: Master Lowther refreshment boy: Master Collard

1) With Flying Colours (105)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 2 Dec 1899, next 5 Dec 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT newsboy: Master Lowther refreshment boy: Master Collard

1) With Flying Colours (106)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 4 Dec 1899, next 6 Dec 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT newsboy: Master Lowther refreshment boy: Master Collard

1) With Flying Colours (107)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 5 Dec 1899, next 6 Dec 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT newsboy: Master Lowther refreshment boy: Master Collard

1) With Flying Colours (108)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 6 Dec 1899, next 7 Dec 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT newsboy: Master Lowther refreshment boy: Master Collard

1) With Flying Colours (109)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 6 Dec 1899, next 8 Dec 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT newsboy: Master Lowther refreshment boy: Master Collard

1) With Flying Colours (110)

Performances first 19 Aug 1899, previous 7 Dec 1899

Cast as reference cast (19 Aug 1899)

BUT newsboy: Master Lowther refreshment boy: Master Collard

DARK: Preparations for the new piece

1) Children of the Ghetto (1)

Title Comment based on Zangwill's novel of the same name
AU: Israel Zangwill

Performances first 11 Dec 1899, next 12 Dec 1899

Time 8:00 Genre (drama) an original drama; [4 acts]

First Night Cast

Reb Shemuel (the Ghetto rabbi): Wilton Lackaye; David Brandon (a young man from the cape): Robert Edeson; Melchitsedek Pinchas (Hebrew poet): William Norris; Moses Ansell (a pauper alien): Adolpe Lestina; Simon Wolf (------ and labour leader): Morris Wright; Guedalyah (greengrocer and Zionist): Gus Frankel; Michael Birnbaum (President of the Synagogue): Emil Hoch; Ephriam Phillips (a businessman, married to Melka's daughter, Milly): Frank Cornell; Sam Levine (a commercial traveller, engaged to Malka's daughter, Leah): Fred Lotto; Sugarman (the shadchan, marriage broker): Robson Paige; Shosshi Shmendrik (shy carpenter): [Au]gus[tus] C. Weinburg; Father Sol (oldest inhabitant of the Ghetto): F. P[alliser] Lomnitz; Barney Aurato (millionaire from Australia): George Langford; fishmonger: Richard Winman; purse trickster: Harry Barford; clothes dealer: Bernard Turner; showman: Gus V. Devere; Schnorrer (beggar): Herbert Moore; boy salesman: Robert Tellar; pious partisan: W. Wattow; cake seller: W[illiam] A. Reed; butcher: Louis Markham; Mrs. Belcovitch (an imaginary invalid): Madame [Mathilde] Cottrelly; Becky (her buxom daughter): Miss Ada Curry; Mrs. Jacobs (wife of "Red" Shemuel): Miss Louise Muldener; Malka (a businesswoman): Miss Ada Dwyer; Milly Phillips (Malka's daughter): Laura Almosnino; Leah (Malka's daughter): Ellen Burg; Widow Finklestein (owner of a grocery): Miss Agnes Verity; Esther Ansell (12 years old and very old for her age): Miss Mabel Taliaferro; Sabbath fire-woman: Mrs. O'Hara; her friend (a fashionable visitor to the ghetto): M? Gertrude Claridge; Mrs. Montmerency: Miss Evelyn Wood; beggar woman: Mrs. B. M. De Solla; Hannah Jacobs: Miss Rosabel Morrison; policemen, beggars, dancers, lamplighters, pedlars, congregation, cantor, choristers, rioters, pedestrians, children

Reference Cast

Reb Shemuel: Wilton Lackaye David Brandon: Robert Edeson Melchitsedek Pinchas: William    Norris Moses Ansell: Adolpe Lestina Simon Wolf: Morris Wright Guedalyah: Gus Frankel Michael Birnbaum: Emil Hoch Ephriam Phillips: Frank Cornell Sam Levine: Fred Lotto Sugarman: Robson Paige Shosshi Shmendrik: Augustus C.    Weinburg Father Sol: F. Palliser Lomnitz Barney Aurato: George Langford fishmonger: Richard Winman purse trickster: Harry Barford clothes dealer: Bernard Turner showman: Gus V. Devere Schnorrer: Herbert Moore boy salesman: Robert Tellar pious partisan: W. Wattow cake seller: William A. Reed

butcher: Louis Markham Mrs. Belcovitch: Madame Mathilde    Cottrelly Becky: Miss Ada Curry Mrs. Jacobs: Miss Louise    Muldener Malka: Miss Ada Dwyer Milly Phillips: Laura Almosnino Leah: Ellen Burg Widow Finklestein: Miss Agnes    Verity Esther Ansell: Miss Mabel    Taliaferro Sabbath fire-woman: Mrs. O'Hara her friend: M? Gertrude    Claridge Mrs. Montmerency: Miss Evelyn    Wood beggar woman: Mrs. B. M.    De Solla Hannah Jacobs: Miss Rosabel    Morrison

DIR: George Clarke

DES, EXE: James Gates; Morange

I,i [a generation ago, London East End, Feast of Chanukah] at Milly's in Zachariah Square; II,i [Feast of Purim] at the ball in the People's Club; III,i [Friday evening 25 days later on the "Great Sabbath"] at "Reb" Shemuel's; IV,i [three days later, on the eve of Passover] at the Ghetto marketplace

properties: Edward Seidel Seidel from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York

General Non-Title Information

prelude: "Children of the Ghetto" [[William W.?] Furst]; grand fantasia: "Songs of Shakespeare's Time"; [[J.] Hamilton Clarke]; selection: "Lohengrin" [[W. Richard] Wagner]; waltz: "Fidelity" [Andrew J. Levey]; march: "Tommy's Own" [John Crook]; selection (from "Yeoman of the Guard"): [[Arthur S.] Sullivan]

1) Children of the Ghetto (2)

Performances first 11 Dec 1899, previous 11 Dec 1899, next 13 Dec 1899

1) Children of the Ghetto (3)

Performances first 11 Dec 1899, previous 12 Dec 1899, next 13 Dec 1899

1) Children of the Ghetto (4)

Performances first 11 Dec 1899, previous 13 Dec 1899, next 14 Dec 1899

1) Children of the Ghetto (5)

Performances first 11 Dec 1899, previous 13 Dec 1899, next 15 Dec 1899

1) Children of the Ghetto (6)

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1) Children of the Ghetto (7)

Performances first 11 Dec 1899, previous 15 Dec 1899

DARK: Christmas Day

1) Drink (1)

AU: Charles Reade, Charles Warner

Performances first 26 Dec 1899, next 26 Dec 1899

Genre (musical drama) play; 7 acts

First Night Cast

Coupeau: Charles Warner; Gouget: Fuller Mellish; Lantier: Charles Cooper; Poisson: Charles Langley; Mes Bottes: Alfred P. Phillips; Bibi: Capel Smith; Bex Sali: F. P[alliser] Lomnitz; Jacques: Fred Martin; Pierre Colombe: Walter Selby; Pierre: P. Grahame; Adolphe: Cecil May; Gervaise: Miss Grace Warner; Virginie: Miss Beatrice Homer; Little Nana: Miss Lily De Becker; Madame Rouge: Miss Alice Barnett; Phoebe Sage: Miss Sydney Fairbrother; Juliette: Miss Lena Brophy; Delphine: Miss A. Cross; Louise: Miss Clara Sims

Cast Comment Goujet is spelled Gouget on the program

Reference Cast

Coupeau: Charles Warner Gouget: Fuller Mellish Lantier: Charles Cooper Poisson: Charles Langley Mes Bottes: Alfred P. Phillips Bibi: Capel Smith Bex Sali: F. Palliser Lomnitz Jacques: Fred Martin Pierre Colombe: Walter Selby Pierre: P. Grahame Adolphe: Cecil May

Gervaise: Miss Grace Warner Virginie: Miss Beatrice Homer Little Nana: Miss Lily    De Becker Madame Rouge: Miss Alice    Barnett Phoebe Sage: Miss Sydney    Fairbrother Juliette: Miss Lena Brophy Delphine: Miss A. Cross Louise: Miss Clara Sims

I,i apartments of Gervaise; I,ii a street in Paris; I,iii interior of the public wash-house; II,i outside the wine shop; III,i a cafe chantant; IV,i outside Virginie's house; V,i a street; V,ii interior of a wineshop; VI,i the home VII,i a public place on a winter's night

General Non-Title Information

overture (from Banditenstreiche): [[Franz] Suppe]; selection (from Iolanthe): [[Arthur S.] Sullivan]; waltz: "Fidelity" [Andrew J. Levey]; dance: "Russian" [Blavatsky]; fantasia: "English Airs"; march: "Tommy's Own" [John Crook]

1) Drink (2)

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1) Drink (5)

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1) Drink (6)

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1) Drink (7)

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1) Drink (11)

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1) Drink (12)

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1) Drink (13)

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1) Drink (14)

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1) Drink (15)

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1) Drink (16)

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1) Drink (20)

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1) Drink (21)

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1) Two Little Vagabonds (1)

Title Comment adapted from "Les Deux Gosses" by Pierre Decourcelle
AU: George R. Sims, Arthur Shirley

Performances first 15 Jan 1900, next 16 Jan 1900

Time 8:00 Genre (drama) drama; 5 acts

First Night Cast

George Thornton: Ernest Leicester; Captain Darville: Arthur Bruce; Bill Mullins: Edmund Gurney; Dido Bunce: Rudolph Lewis; "The Coughdrop": J. C. Bland; John Scarth: Vivian Everard; Whiffin (village constable): John Hirst; Leeson (soldier servant): F. Owen Baxter; Job Gargoyle (a sexton): Cooper Curtis; Hargitt (innkeeper): Alfred Grahame; footman: Albert Sims; Doctor Lynn: E[ric?] Thurston; Marion Thornton (George Thornton's wife): Miss Laura Hansen; Barbara Scarth (his sister): Miss Eva Williams; Biddy Mullins: Miss Marie Hassell; Nurse Randall: Miss Elsa Wylde; maidservant: Miss Frieda Eden; Dick (a little vagabond): Miss Kate Tyndall; Wally (a little vagabond): Miss Sydney Fairbrother; ambulance corps, rustics

Reference Cast

George Thornton: Ernest    Leicester Captain Darville: Arthur Bruce Bill Mullins: Edmund Gurney Dido Bunce: Rudolph Lewis "The Coughdrop": J. C. Bland John Scarth: Vivian Everard Whiffin: John Hirst Leeson: F. Owen Baxter Job Gargoyle: Cooper Curtis Hargitt: Alfred Grahame footman: Albert Sims

Doctor Lynn: Eric? Thurston Marion Thornton: Miss Laura    Hansen Barbara Scarth: Miss Eva    Williams Biddy Mullins: Miss Marie    Hassell Nurse Randall: Miss Elsa Wylde maidservant: Miss Frieda Eden Dick: Miss Kate Tyndall Wally: Miss Sydney Fairbrother

I,i exterior of "The Chequers," Canterbury; I,ii a lane near the barracks; I,iii the drawing room; II,i the caravan by the roadside, near the church; III,i the drawing room; IV,i the gaffer's garrett; IV,ii the canal; IV,iii the canal lock; V,i the boys' bedroom

General Non-Title Information

overture (from Lustspiel): [[Adelbert P.] Keler Bela]; selection: "Dorothy" [Collier]; waltz: "Fidelity" [Andrew J. Levey]; march: "A Frangesca" [Mario de Costa]; fantasia: "English Airs"; selection: "Songs" [Leslie Stuart]; march: "With Flying Colours" [[Edward] Jones]

1) Two Little Vagabonds (2)

Performances first 15 Jan 1900, previous 15 Jan 1900, next 17 Jan 1900

1) Two Little Vagabonds (3)

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1) Two Little Vagabonds (4)

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1) Two Little Vagabonds (8)

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1) Two Little Vagabonds (10)

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1) Two Little Vagabonds (11)

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1) Two Little Vagabonds (12)

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1) Two Little Vagabonds (13)

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Source Comment hand dated PROG: 27 Jan 1900

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1) Two Little Vagabonds (16)

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1) Two Little Vagabonds (18)

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1) Two Little Vagabonds (19)

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1) Two Little Vagabonds (20)

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1) Two Little Vagabonds (21)

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1) The Better Life (1)

Title Comment Based on In His Steps by Rev. Charles Sheldon
AU: Arthur Shirley, Sutton Vane

Performances first 5 Feb 1900, next 6 Feb 1900

Time 8:00 Genre (drama) 4 acts

First Night Cast

The Reverend Mark Verner (a young clergyman): Ernest Leicester; John Haddon (a workman): Fuller Mellish; Julius Cranby (a contractor): Luigi Lablache; Mr. Ramsey (Cranby's clerk): A[lbert E.] Drinkwater; Mr. Parkinson (a churchwarden): F. Owen Baxter; Simeon Howlett (a reformer): Sidney Burt; Benjy Myers (a would-be millionaire): J. C. Bland; Chivy Crouch (a burglar): Edmund Gurney; Bash Gabbitt (his confederate): George Holliman; landlord of the Sage and Onions: F. Roberts; Mary Penfold (a good woman): Miss Kate Tyndall; Bessie Haddon (John's wife): Miss Elsa Wylde; Gertie Haddon (their child): Miss Elsie Gray; Mrs. Meyers: Miss Amy Singleton; "Peppermint Poll" (outcast): Miss Nell Gillmore; Flo Bray: Miss Eva Williams; Constance Howard (Cranby's mistress): Mrs. Cecil Raleigh; Knuckly Rogers: George Aubrey; Birkit (Cranby's butler): Albert Sims; Dr. Robertson: Stratton; warder: Harry J. Loveday; waiter: George Jamison; first man: George Gorst; second man: Henry George; "Berfa Jine" (outcast): Miss Freda Ettrick; Molly Tanner (outcast): Miss G[eraldine?] Wrangham; Mrs. Clarke: Miss Clare Lindsay

Cast Comment This George Jamison is not the American actor George Jamieson who appeared in the 1861-1862 season. He died in 1868. Wearing has

Reference Cast

The Reverend Mark Verner: Ernest    Leicester John Haddon: Fuller Mellish Julius Cranby: Luigi Lablache Mr. Ramsey: Albert E.    Drinkwater Mr. Parkinson: F. Owen Baxter Simeon Howlett: Sidney Burt Benjy Myers: J. C. Bland Chivy Crouch: Edmund Gurney Bash Gabbitt: George Holliman landlord of the Sage and Onions:    F. Roberts Mary Penfold: Miss Kate Tyndall Bessie Haddon: Miss Elsa Wylde Gertie Haddon: Miss Elsie Gray Mrs. Meyers: Miss Amy Singleton

"Peppermint Poll": Miss Nell    Gillmore Flo Bray: Miss Eva Williams Constance Howard: Mrs. Cecil    Raleigh Knuckly Rogers: George Aubrey Birkit: Albert Sims Dr. Robertson: Stratton warder: Harry J. Loveday waiter: George Jamison first man: George Gorst second man: Henry George "Berfa Jine": Miss Freda    Ettrick Molly Tanner: Miss Geraldine?    Wrangham Mrs. Clarke: Miss Clare Lindsay

I,i exterior of a church near the park; I,ii bar parlour of a public house; I,iii Rev. Mark Verner's study; II,i John Haddon's lodgings III,i drawing room at Julius Cranby's; III,ii a prison cell; III,iii the refuge tent in the slums; IV,i morning room at Cranby's; IV,ii a garden; IV,iii Mary Penfold's home

General Non-Title Information

overture (from Lustspiel): [[Adelbert P.] Keler Bela]; selection: "Dorothy" [Collier]; waltz: "Fidelity" [Andrew J. Levey]; march: "A Frangesca" [Mario de Costa]; fantasia: "English Airs"; selection: "Songs" [Leslie Stuart]; march: "With Flying Colours" [[Edward] Jones]

1) The Better Life (2)

Performances first 5 Feb 1900, previous 5 Feb 1900, next 7 Feb 1900

1) The Better Life (3)

Performances first 5 Feb 1900, previous 6 Feb 1900, next 7 Feb 1900

1) The Better Life (4)

Performances first 5 Feb 1900, previous 7 Feb 1900, next 8 Feb 1900

1) The Better Life (5)

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1) The Better Life (6)

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1) The Better Life (7)

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1) The Better Life (8)

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1) The Better Life (9)

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1) The Better Life (11)

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1) The Better Life (12)

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1) The Better Life (13)

Performances first 5 Feb 1900, previous 15 Feb 1900, next 17 Feb 1900

1) The Better Life (14)

Performances first 5 Feb 1900, previous 16 Feb 1900

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1) Bonnie Dundee (1)

AU: Laurence Irving

Performances first 10 Mar 1900, next 12 Mar 1900

Time 8:00 Genre (drama) realistic historical play; 5 acts

First Night Cast

King James II: [William] Mackintosh; Prince George of Denmark: George Marion; John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee: Robert Taber; Lord Ochitree: Charles J. Fulton; Lord Kenneth Cochrane: Vincent Sternroyd; Captain Cornelius Vandam: Albert Gran; Duke of Hamilton: Tom Heslewood; Sir Ewan of Lochiel: Charles Goodhart; Earl of Balcarres: F[rederick] M. Paget; Earl of Caithness: Leopold Profeit; Duke of Ormond: James Williams; Lord Cornbery: Alfred Redford; Col. Berkeley: Edgar B. Payne; Col. Blathwayt: W[alter] Pritchard; Col. Trelawney: P. Shaw Stewart; Father Petre: Gordon Parker; Alexander Peden: [E.] Holman Clark; William Ker: Frank[lin] Dyall; Laird of Nactarlity: Edmund Gurney; Laird of Muck:John Willes; Cornet Guthrie: Henry Doughty; Capt. Welsh: Hubert Willis; Purbright: [Paul] Vincent; Waddy: Phillip Darwin; Pierre: Sydney Warden; Jamie: Miss Rosalie Jacobi; first gentleman usher: Ed[ward] G. Knoblauch; lawyer: A. Kremlin; messenger: Percy Anstey; servant to Lord Kenneth: Sidney Lawrence; Queen Marie Beatrix: Miss Ada Branson; Lady Jean Cochrane: Miss Lena Ashwell; Anna La Riva: Miss Suzanne Sheldon; peers, lords, ladies, Covenanteers, soldiers, Highlanders, peasants

Reference Cast

King James II: William    Mackintosh Prince George of Denmark: George    Marion John Graham of Claverhouse,    Viscount Dundee: Robert Taber Lord Ochitree: Charles J.    Fulton Lord Kenneth Cochrane: Vincent    Sternroyd Captain Cornelius Vandam: Albert    Gran Duke of Hamilton: Tom Heslewood Sir Ewan of Lochiel: Charles    Goodhart Earl of Balcarres: Frederick M.    Paget Earl of Caithness: Leopold    Profeit Duke of Ormond: James Williams Lord Cornbery: Alfred Redford Col. Berkeley: Edgar B. Payne Col. Blathwayt: Walter    Pritchard Col. Trelawney: P. Shaw Stewart

Father Petre: Gordon Parker Alexander Peden: E. Holman    Clark William Ker: Franklin Dyall Laird of Nactarlity: Edmund    Gurney Laird of Muck: John Willes Cornet Guthrie: Henry Doughty Capt. Welsh: Hubert Willis Purbright: Paul Vincent Waddy: Phillip Darwin Pierre: Sydney Warden Jamie: Miss Rosalie Jacobi first gentleman usher: Edward G.    Knoblauch lawyer: A. Kremlin messenger: Percy Anstey servant to Lord Kenneth: Sidney    Lawrence Queen Marie Beatrix: Miss Ada    Branson Lady Jean Cochrane: Miss Lena    Ashwell Anna La Riva: Miss Suzanne    Sheldon

[time: 1688-89]I,i a country churchyard, Scotland (Hawes Craven); II,i Palace at Whitehall (William Harford); III,i room at Dudhope Castle (Walter Hann); III,ii Hall of Convention, Edinburgh (Walter Hann); IV,i pass of Killiecrankie (Hawes Craven); IV,ii Lady Jean's room at Dudhope Castle (Hawes Craven); V,i before Dundee's tent; V,ii pass at Killiecrankie (Hawes Craven)

General Non-Title Information

overture (from Bonnie Dundee); "Berceuse Ecossaise"; "Scottish dance No. 1"; "Romance"; "Scottish dance No. 2"; march: "The Scottish Peers"; "Fantasia on Scottish Melodies"; "Farewell to Lochaber"; "Solo for Cor Anglais"; interlude: "The Camp"; march; "The Battle of Killiecrankie"; finale: "Song of Victory"

1) Bonnie Dundee (2)

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1) Bonnie Dundee (3)

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1) Bonnie Dundee (4)

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1) Bonnie Dundee (5)

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1) Bonnie Dundee (6)

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1) Bonnie Dundee (13)

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1) Bonnie Dundee (14)

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1) Bonnie Dundee (15)

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1) Bonnie Dundee (16)

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1) Bonnie Dundee (17)

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1) Bonnie Dundee (18)

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Source Comment hand dated PROG: 28 Mar 1900

1) Bonnie Dundee (19)

Performances first 10 Mar 1900, previous 28 Mar 1900, next 29 Mar 1900

Cast as reference cast (10 Mar 1900)

BUT Col. Blathwayt: Knight Alexander Peden: Franklin Dyall William Ker: Walter Pritchard

1) Bonnie Dundee (20)

Performances first 10 Mar 1900, previous 28 Mar 1900, next 30 Mar 1900

Cast as reference cast (10 Mar 1900)

BUT Col. Blathwayt: Knight Alexander Peden: Franklin Dyall William Ker: Walter Pritchard

1) Bonnie Dundee (21)

Performances first 10 Mar 1900, previous 29 Mar 1900, next 31 Mar 1900

Cast as reference cast (10 Mar 1900)

BUT Col. Blathwayt: Knight Alexander Peden: Franklin Dyall William Ker: Walter Pritchard

1) Bonnie Dundee (22)

Performances first 10 Mar 1900, previous 30 Mar 1900, next 2 Apr 1900

Cast as reference cast (10 Mar 1900)

BUT Col. Blathwayt: Knight Alexander Peden: Franklin Dyall William Ker: Walter Pritchard

1) Bonnie Dundee (23)

Performances first 10 Mar 1900, previous 31 Mar 1900, next 3 Apr 1900

Cast as reference cast (10 Mar 1900)

BUT Col. Blathwayt: Knight Alexander Peden: Franklin Dyall William Ker: Walter Pritchard

1) Bonnie Dundee (24)

Performances first 10 Mar 1900, previous 2 Apr 1900, next 4 Apr 1900

Cast as reference cast (10 Mar 1900)

BUT Col. Blathwayt: Knight Alexander Peden: Franklin Dyall William Ker: Walter Pritchard

1) Bonnie Dundee (25)

Performances first 10 Mar 1900, previous 3 Apr 1900, next 4 Apr 1900

Cast as reference cast (10 Mar 1900)

BUT Col. Blathwayt: Knight Alexander Peden: Franklin Dyall William Ker: Walter Pritchard

1) Bonnie Dundee (26)

Performances first 10 Mar 1900, previous 4 Apr 1900, next 5 Apr 1900

Cast as reference cast (10 Mar 1900)

BUT Col. Blathwayt: Knight Alexander Peden: Franklin Dyall William Ker: Walter Pritchard

1) Bonnie Dundee (27)

Performances first 10 Mar 1900, previous 4 Apr 1900, next 6 Apr 1900

Cast as reference cast (10 Mar 1900)

BUT Col. Blathwayt: Knight Alexander Peden: Franklin Dyall William Ker: Walter Pritchard

1) Bonnie Dundee (28)

Performances first 10 Mar 1900, previous 5 Apr 1900, next 7 Apr 1900

Cast as reference cast (10 Mar 1900)

BUT Col. Blathwayt: Knight Alexander Peden: Franklin Dyall William Ker: Walter Pritchard

1) Bonnie Dundee (29)

Performances first 10 Mar 1900, previous 6 Apr 1900

Cast as reference cast (10 Mar 1900)

BUT Captain Cornelius Vandam:   Percy Anstey Col. Blathwayt: Knight Alexander Peden: Franklin Dyall William Ker: Walter Pritchard

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Source Comment LTM program carried printed date Tuesday May 1, 1900 which was cancelled and the date "Saturday May 5, 1900" printed in. We use this for the first night cast

1) Quo Vadis (1)

Title Comment dramatized from Henryk Sienkiewicz's novel
AU: Stanislaus Stange

Performances first 5 May 1900, next 7 May 1900

Time 8:00 Genre (drama) 6 acts

First Night Cast

Augustians Marcus Vinicius (a Tribune): Robert Taber; Petronius (arbiter of fashion): J[ohn] H. Barnes; Nero (Emperor of Rome): G[eorge] W. Anson; Tigellinus (a Roman general): Edward Sass; Aulus Plautius (a Roman general): Henry Doughty; Little Aulus (child of Plautius): Miss Valli Valli; Caius Hasta (a centurion): C. Keen Chute; Chilo Chilonides (a Greek): Robert Pateman; Vitelius (a senator): A[rthur] G. Poulton; Regulus (a counsel): W. G. Hurst; Afer (a courtier): Walter Knight; Lucan (a poet): [Paul] Vincent; Terpnos (a musician): Lancelot Holt; Diodorus (a musician): Barry; Poppaea (the Empress): Miss [Ellen L.] Wallis; Eunice (slave to Petronius): Miss Daisy Atherton; Crispinilla (woman of fashion): Miss Madeleine Rees; Rubria (a Vestal): Miss Mercedes Leigh; Dapha (lady of Nero's court): Miss Queenie Brooke; Paulina (lady of Nero's court): Miss Lula Lang; Junia (lady of Nero's court): Miss Eva Burnette; Servilla (lady of Nero's court): Miss Inthea Pitz; Pretorian Guard, soldiers, slaves, Nubian guards, charioteers, Vestal virgins, senators, citizens Christians Glaucus: Frank[lin] Dyall; Ursus: Edmund Gurney; Linus: Edgar B. Payne; Nazarius: L[eopold] Profeit; Tiresias (Petronius' freedman): Stafford Gray; Pomponia: Miss E[mily] Brinsley-Sheridan; Actae: Miss Maud Vernon; Lygia: Miss Lena Ashwell

Cast Comment At some point the following cast changes took place--Terpnos: Lancelot Holt and Eunice: Miss Daisy Atherton

Reference Cast

Marcus Vinicius: Robert Taber Petronius: John H. Barnes Nero: George W. Anson Tigellinus: Edward Sass Aulus Plautius: Henry Doughty Little Aulus: Miss Valli Valli Caius Hasta: C. Keen Chute Chilo Chilonides: Robert    Pateman Vitelius: Arthur G. Poulton Regulus: W. G. Hurst Afer: Walter Knight Lucan: Paul Vincent Terpnos: Lancelot Holt Diodorus: Barry Poppaea: Miss Ellen L. Wallis Eunice: Miss Daisy Atherton

Crispinilla: Miss Madeleine    Rees Rubria: Miss Mercedes Leigh Dapha: Miss Queenie Brooke Paulina: Miss Lula Lang Junia: Miss Eva Burnette Servilla: Miss Inthea Pitz Glaucus: Franklin Dyall Ursus: Edmund Gurney Linus: Edgar B. Payne Nazarius: Leopold Profeit Tiresias: Stafford Gray Pomponia: Miss Emily    Brinsley-Sheridan Actae: Miss Maud Vernon Lygia: Miss Lena Ashwell

(dIV,i) "scene ending with the burning of Rome"

I,i tablinium in Petronius' house at Rome (W. T. Hemsley); I,ii garden of Aulus Plautius (Spong); II,i Nero's palace and gardens at Rome (Julian Hicks); III,i Petronius' villa at Antium (W. Harford); IV,i in the garden of Linus' house at Rome (W. T. Hemsley); V,i room in Nero's palace (W. T. Hemsley); V,ii interior of Mamertine Prison (W. T. Hemsley); VI,i exterior of Circus with view of the arena (W. Perkins)

1) Quo Vadis (2)

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1) Quo Vadis (3)

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1) Quo Vadis (14)

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1) Quo Vadis (27)

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1) Quo Vadis (28)

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Theatre Information

Royal Adelphi Theatre. Doors open 7:30, curtain 8:00.

Ticket prices: private boxes (grand tier) 3 guineas, private boxes (pit tier) 2 guineas, private boxes (upper circle tier) 1 guinea, orchestra stalls (reserved) 10/6d, balcony stalls (reserved) 6/-, upper circle (reserved) 4/-, upper circle (unreserved) 3/-, pit 2/6d, gallery 1/-.

Seasonal Dates

19 August 1899 - 1 June 1900 230 performances: 32 matinee, 198 evening

Theatre Management And Functionaries

• Sole proprietor: Stefano Gatti
• Theatre manager: Herbert Sleath
• Stage director: George Clarke
• Producers: James Hardy, Max Freeman, E. J. Malyon
• Business managers: Frederic A. Stanley, Robert Taber
• Box office: Arthur Frye
• Stage managers: Herbert Budd, E. Story Gofton, E. J. Malyon
• Asst stage manager: Arthur Bowyer
• Acting managers: Herbert Budd, Matt W. Rule, A. H. Canby
• Musical directors: George E. Lewis, Andrew J. Levey, J. Carlowitz Ames
• Costume designer: Tom Heslewood
• Costumers: (Masson-Templiers), Hayward, Edith Craig, (Morris Angel and Sons) (L. and H. Nathan), (Alias), (Baruch and Co.), (Elkan Brothers)
• Scene painters: W. T. Hemsley, William Harford, James Gates, Morange, Edward Banks, F. Tyars, William Perkins, Hawes Craven, Walter Hann, W. B. Spong, Julian Hicks
• Hats: (Maison-Lewis)
• Wigs: William Clarkson
• Properties: Edward Seidel, Skelly
• Furnishings: J. S. Lyons
• Lighting: (Charing Cross and Strand Electricity Supply Corp.)

Authors/Pieces

Actors

Abingdon, William L.

James Strangeways (110) in With Flying Colours (19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)

Milly Phillips (7) in Children of the Ghetto (11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)

Nero (28) in Quo Vadis (5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)

Captain Cornelius Vandam (1) in Bonnie Dundee (7 Apr 1900); messenger (29) in Bonnie Dundee (10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)

Knuckly Rogers (14) in Better Life (5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)

purse trickster (7) in Children of the Ghetto (11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)

Petronius (28) in Quo Vadis (5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)

Diodorus (28) in Quo Vadis (5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)

Mr. Parkinson (14) in Better Life (5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900); Leeson (21) in Two Little Vagabonds (15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900); Lieut. Camperdown R.N. (86) in With Flying Colours (15 Sep 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)

Kevin (110) in With Flying Colours (19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)

Convict 20 (110) in With Flying Colours (19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)

Benjy Myers (14) in Better Life (5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900); "The Coughdrop" (21) in Two Little Vagabonds (15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)

Convict 64 (110) in With Flying Colours (19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)

countryman (74) in With Flying Colours (27 Sep 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)

Captain Darville (21) in Two Little Vagabonds (15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)

Leah (7) in Children of the Ghetto (11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)

Simeon Howlett (14) in Better Life (5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)

Mr. Welldon (110) in With Flying Colours (19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)

Caius Hasta (28) in Quo Vadis (5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)

Alexander Peden (18) in Bonnie Dundee (10 Mar 1900 - 28 Mar 1900)

Convict 48 (110) in With Flying Colours (19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)

refreshment boy (9) in With Flying Colours (30 Nov 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)

Lantier (21) in Drink (26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)

Ephriam Phillips (7) in Children of the Ghetto (11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)

Job Gargoyle (21) in Two Little Vagabonds (15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)

Bos'un Shelly (110) in With Flying Colours (19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)

Waddy (29) in Bonnie Dundee (10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)

quartermaster (110) in With Flying Colours (19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)

Midshipman Horatio Winter (12) in With Flying Colours (15 Sep 1899 - 27 Sep 1899)

showman (7) in Children of the Ghetto (11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)

2nd warder (110) in With Flying Colours (19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)

Cornet Guthrie (29) in Bonnie Dundee (10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900); Aulus Plautius (28) in Quo Vadis (5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)

Mr. Ramsey (14) in Better Life (5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)

Alexander Peden (11) in Bonnie Dundee (28 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900); William Ker (18) in Bonnie Dundee (10 Mar 1900 - 28 Mar 1900); Glaucus (28) in Quo Vadis (5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)

David Brandon (7) in Children of the Ghetto (11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)

railway porter (110) in With Flying Colours (19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)

John Scarth (21) in Two Little Vagabonds (15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)

1st warder (110) in With Flying Colours (19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)

Guedalyah (7) in Children of the Ghetto (11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)

Lord Ochitree (29) in Bonnie Dundee (10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)

second man (14) in Better Life (5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)

Sir Ewan of Lochiel (29) in Bonnie Dundee (10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)

first man (14) in Better Life (5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)

Hargitt (21) in Two Little Vagabonds (15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)

Pierre (21) in Drink (26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)

Captain Cornelius Vandam (28) in Bonnie Dundee (10 Mar 1900 - 6 Apr 1900)

Tiresias (28) in Quo Vadis (5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)

newsboy (101) in With Flying Colours (19 Aug 1899 - 29 Nov 1899)

Chivy Crouch (14) in Better Life (5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900); Laird of Nactarlity (29) in Bonnie Dundee (10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900); Ursus (28) in Quo Vadis (5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900); Bill Mullins (21) in Two Little Vagabonds (15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)

Convict 90 (110) in With Flying Colours (19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)

Duke of Hamilton (29) in Bonnie Dundee (10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)

mess waiter (110) in With Flying Colours (19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)

Whiffin (21) in Two Little Vagabonds (15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)

Michael Birnbaum (7) in Children of the Ghetto (11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)

a waiter (110) in With Flying Colours (19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)

Bash Gabbitt (14) in Better Life (5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)

Governor of Dartmouth Prison (110) in With Flying Colours (19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)

Terpnos (28) in Quo Vadis (5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)

detective (110) in With Flying Colours (19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)

Regulus (28) in Quo Vadis (5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)

waiter (14) in Better Life (5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)

Col. Blathwayt (11) in Bonnie Dundee (28 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)

Lieut. Richard Dare (24) in With Flying Colours (19 Aug 1899 - 14 Sep 1899)

Afer (28) in Quo Vadis (5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)

first gentleman usher (29) in Bonnie Dundee (10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)

lawyer (29) in Bonnie Dundee (10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)

Julius Cranby (14) in Better Life (5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)

Reb Shemuel (7) in Children of the Ghetto (11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)

Barney Aurato (7) in Children of the Ghetto (11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)

Poisson (21) in Drink (26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)

servant to Lord Kenneth (29) in Bonnie Dundee (10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)

The Reverend Mark Verner (14) in Better Life (5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900); George Thornton (21) in Two Little Vagabonds (15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)

Moses Ansell (7) in Children of the Ghetto (11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)

Dido Bunce (21) in Two Little Vagabonds (15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)

Father Sol (7) in Children of the Ghetto (11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899); Bex Sali (21) in Drink (26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)

Sam Levine (7) in Children of the Ghetto (11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)

warder (14) in Better Life (5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)

Gen. Bellingfield (110) in With Flying Colours (19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)

newsboy (9) in With Flying Colours (30 Nov 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)

King James II (29) in Bonnie Dundee (10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)

Wilfred Derrick (110) in With Flying Colours (19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)

Prince George of Denmark (29) in Bonnie Dundee (10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)

butcher (7) in Children of the Ghetto (11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)

Jacques (21) in Drink (26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)

Adolphe (21) in Drink (26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)

John Haddon (14) in Better Life (5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900); Gouget (21) in Drink (26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)

Schnorrer (7) in Children of the Ghetto (11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)

Harry Belt (110) in With Flying Colours (19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)

Melchitsedek Pinchas (7) in Children of the Ghetto (11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)

Earl of Balcarres (29) in Bonnie Dundee (10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)

Sugarman (7) in Children of the Ghetto (11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)

Father Petre (29) in Bonnie Dundee (10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)

Chilo Chilonides (28) in Quo Vadis (5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900); Lotan Hackett (110) in With Flying Colours (19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)

Col. Berkeley (29) in Bonnie Dundee (10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900); Linus (28) in Quo Vadis (5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)

Mes Bottes (21) in Drink (26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)

Vitelius (28) in Quo Vadis (5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)

Col. Blathwayt (18) in Bonnie Dundee (10 Mar 1900 - 28 Mar 1900); William Ker (11) in Bonnie Dundee (28 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)

Earl of Caithness (29) in Bonnie Dundee (10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900); Nazarius (28) in Quo Vadis (5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)

Lord Cornbery (29) in Bonnie Dundee (10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)

cake seller (7) in Children of the Ghetto (11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)

landlord of the Sage and Onions (14) in Better Life (5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)

Tigellinus (28) in Quo Vadis (5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)

Midshipman Horatio Winter (24) in With Flying Colours (19 Aug 1899 - 14 Sep 1899)

Pierre Colombe (21) in Drink (26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)

Birkit (14) in Better Life (5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900); footman (21) in Two Little Vagabonds (15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)

Lieut. Richard Dare (86) in With Flying Colours (15 Sep 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)

Bibi (21) in Drink (26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)

Lord Kenneth Cochrane (29) in Bonnie Dundee (10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)

Col. Trelawney (29) in Bonnie Dundee (10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)

Dr. Robertson (14) in Better Life (5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)

John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee (29) in Bonnie Dundee (10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900); Marcus Vinicius (28) in Quo Vadis (5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)

boy salesman (7) in Children of the Ghetto (11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)

refreshment boy (101) in With Flying Colours (19 Aug 1899 - 29 Nov 1899)

Lieut. Charles Andover R. N. (110) in With Flying Colours (19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)

Doctor Lynn (21) in Two Little Vagabonds (15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)

Lieut. Turrell (110) in With Flying Colours (19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)

clothes dealer (7) in Children of the Ghetto (11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)

Sir John Derrick (110) in With Flying Colours (19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)

Purbright (29) in Bonnie Dundee (10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900); Lucan (28) in Quo Vadis (5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)

Pierre (29) in Bonnie Dundee (10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)

Coupeau (21) in Drink (26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)

pious partisan (7) in Children of the Ghetto (11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)

Shosshi Shmendrik (7) in Children of the Ghetto (11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)

Lieut. Camperdown R.N. (24) in With Flying Colours (19 Aug 1899 - 14 Sep 1899)

Laird of Muck (29) in Bonnie Dundee (10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)

Duke of Ormond (29) in Bonnie Dundee (10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)

Capt. Welsh (29) in Bonnie Dundee (10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)

fishmonger (7) in Children of the Ghetto (11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)

Simon Wolf (7) in Children of the Ghetto (11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)

Actresses

Ashwell, Miss Lena

Lady Jean Cochrane (29) in Bonnie Dundee (10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900); Lygia (28) in Quo Vadis (5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)

Eunice (28) in Quo Vadis (5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)

Madame Rouge (21) in Drink (26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)

Queen Marie Beatrix (29) in Bonnie Dundee (10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)

Pomponia (28) in Quo Vadis (5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)

Dapha (28) in Quo Vadis (5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)

Juliette (21) in Drink (26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)

Junia (28) in Quo Vadis (5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)

her friend (7) in Children of the Ghetto (11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)

Mrs. Belcovitch (7) in Children of the Ghetto (11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)

Delphine (21) in Drink (26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)

Becky (7) in Children of the Ghetto (11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)

Little Nana (21) in Drink (26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)

beggar woman (7) in Children of the Ghetto (11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)

Malka (7) in Children of the Ghetto (11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)

maidservant (21) in Two Little Vagabonds (15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)

"Berfa Jine" (14) in Better Life (5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)

Phoebe Sage (21) in Drink (26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900); Wally (21) in Two Little Vagabonds (15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)

"Peppermint Poll" (14) in Better Life (5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)

Gertie Haddon (14) in Better Life (5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)

Marion Thornton (21) in Two Little Vagabonds (15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)

Biddy Mullins (21) in Two Little Vagabonds (15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)

Virginie (21) in Drink (26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)

burglar's wife (110) in With Flying Colours (19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)

Jamie (29) in Bonnie Dundee (10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)

Paulina (28) in Quo Vadis (5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)

Rubria (28) in Quo Vadis (5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)

Martha Belt (110) in With Flying Colours (19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)

Mrs. Clarke (14) in Better Life (5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)

Polly Tumble (110) in With Flying Colours (19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)

Hannah Jacobs (7) in Children of the Ghetto (11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)

Mrs. Jacobs (7) in Children of the Ghetto (11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)

Midshipman Horatio Winter (74) in With Flying Colours (27 Sep 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)

Sabbath fire-woman (7) in Children of the Ghetto (11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)

Servilla (28) in Quo Vadis (5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)

Constance Howard (14) in Better Life (5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900); Florence Hackett (110) in With Flying Colours (19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)

Crispinilla (28) in Quo Vadis (5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)

Anna La Riva (29) in Bonnie Dundee (10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900); Mary Derrick (110) in With Flying Colours (19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)

Louise (21) in Drink (26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)

Mrs. Meyers (14) in Better Life (5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)

Esther Ansell (7) in Children of the Ghetto (11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)

Mary Penfold (14) in Better Life (5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900); Dick (21) in Two Little Vagabonds (15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)

Little Aulus (28) in Quo Vadis (5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)

Widow Finklestein (7) in Children of the Ghetto (11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)

Actae (28) in Quo Vadis (5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)

Poppaea (28) in Quo Vadis (5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)

Gervaise (21) in Drink (26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)

Flo Bray (14) in Better Life (5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900); Barbara Scarth (21) in Two Little Vagabonds (15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)

Mrs. Montmerency (7) in Children of the Ghetto (11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)

Molly Tanner (14) in Better Life (5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)

Bessie Haddon (14) in Better Life (5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900); Nurse Randall (21) in Two Little Vagabonds (15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)

Pieces Performed And Summary Cast Lists

Better Life, The

(drama, 4 acts) by Arthur Shirley, Sutton Vane (14 times, 5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)

Summary Cast:

• The Reverend Mark Verner: Ernest Leicester (14 perfs, 5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)
• John Haddon: Fuller Mellish (14 perfs, 5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)
• Julius Cranby: Luigi Lablache (14 perfs, 5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)
• Mr. Ramsey: A[lbert E.] Drinkwater (14 perfs, 5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)
• Mr. Parkinson: F. Owen Baxter (14 perfs, 5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)
• Simeon Howlett: Sidney Burt (14 perfs, 5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)
• Benjy Myers: J. C. Bland (14 perfs, 5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)
• Chivy Crouch: Edmund Gurney (14 perfs, 5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)
• Bash Gabbitt: George Holliman (14 perfs, 5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)
• landlord of the Sage and Onions: F. Roberts (14 perfs, 5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)
• Mary Penfold: Miss Kate Tyndall (14 perfs, 5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)
• Bessie Haddon: Miss Elsa Wylde (14 perfs, 5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)
• Gertie Haddon: Miss Elsie Gray (14 perfs, 5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)
• Mrs. Meyers: Miss Amy Singleton (14 perfs, 5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)
• "Peppermint Poll": Miss Nell Gillmore (14 perfs, 5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)
• Flo Bray: Miss Eva Williams (14 perfs, 5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)
• Constance Howard: Mrs. [Cecil] Raleigh (14 perfs, 5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)
• Knuckly Rogers: George Aubrey (14 perfs, 5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)
• Birkit: Albert Sims (14 perfs, 5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)
• Dr. Robertson: Stratton (14 perfs, 5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)
• warder: Harry J. Loveday (14 perfs, 5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)
• waiter: George Jamison (14 perfs, 5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)
• first man: George Gorst (14 perfs, 5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)
• second man: Henry George (14 perfs, 5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)
• "Berfa Jine": Miss Freda Ettrick (14 perfs, 5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)
• Molly Tanner: Miss G[eraldine?] Wrangham (14 perfs, 5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)
• Mrs. Clarke: Miss Clare Lindsay (14 perfs, 5 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1900)

(drama, 5 acts) by Laurence Irving (29 times, 10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)

Summary Cast:

• King James II: [William] Mackintosh (29 perfs, 10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)
• Prince George of Denmark: George Marion (29 perfs, 10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)
• John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee: Robert Taber (29 perfs, 10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)
• Lord Ochitree: Charles J. Fulton (29 perfs, 10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)
• Lord Kenneth Cochrane: Vincent Sternroyd (29 perfs, 10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)
• Captain Cornelius Vandam: Albert Gran (28 perfs, 10 Mar 1900 - 6 Apr 1900), Percy Anstey (1 perf, 7 Apr 1900)
• Duke of Hamilton: Tom Heslewood (29 perfs, 10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)
• Sir Ewan of Lochiel: Charles Goodhart (29 perfs, 10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)
• Earl of Balcarres: F[rederick] M. Paget (29 perfs, 10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)
• Earl of Caithness: Leopold Profeit (29 perfs, 10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)
• Duke of Ormond: James Williams (29 perfs, 10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)
• Lord Cornbery: Alfred Redford (29 perfs, 10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)
• Col. Berkeley: Edgar B. Payne (29 perfs, 10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)
• Col. Blathwayt: W[alter] Pritchard (18 perfs, 10 Mar 1900 - 28 Mar 1900), Knight (11 perfs, 28 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)
• Col. Trelawney: P. Shaw Stewart (29 perfs, 10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)
• Father Petre: Gordon Parker (29 perfs, 10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)
• Alexander Peden: [E.] Holman Clark (18 perfs, 10 Mar 1900 - 28 Mar 1900), Frank[lin] Dyall (11 perfs, 28 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)
• William Ker: Frank[lin] Dyall (18 perfs, 10 Mar 1900 - 28 Mar 1900), W[alter] Pritchard (11 perfs, 28 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)
• Laird of Nactarlity: Edmund Gurney (29 perfs, 10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)
• Laird of Muck: John Willes (29 perfs, 10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)
• Cornet Guthrie: Henry Doughty (29 perfs, 10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)
• Capt. Welsh: Hubert Willis (29 perfs, 10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)
• Purbright: [Paul] Vincent (29 perfs, 10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)
• Waddy: Phillip Darwin (29 perfs, 10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)
• Pierre: Sydney Warden (29 perfs, 10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)
• Jamie: Miss Rosalie Jacobi (29 perfs, 10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)
• first gentleman usher: Ed[ward] G. Knoblauch (29 perfs, 10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)
• lawyer: A. Kremlin (29 perfs, 10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)
• messenger: Percy Anstey (29 perfs, 10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)
• servant to Lord Kenneth: Sidney Lawrence (29 perfs, 10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)
• Queen Marie Beatrix: Miss Ada Branson (29 perfs, 10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)
• Lady Jean Cochrane: Miss Lena Ashwell (29 perfs, 10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)
• Anna La Riva: Miss Suzanne Sheldon (29 perfs, 10 Mar 1900 - 7 Apr 1900)
• peers, lords, ladies, Covenanteers, soldiers, Highlanders, peasants: [blank name] (1 perf, 10 Mar 1900)

(drama, [4 acts]) by Israel Zangwill (7 times, 11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)

Summary Cast:

• Reb Shemuel: Wilton Lackaye (7 perfs, 11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)
• David Brandon: Robert Edeson (7 perfs, 11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)
• Melchitsedek Pinchas: William Norris (7 perfs, 11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)
• Moses Ansell: Adolpe Lestina (7 perfs, 11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)
• Simon Wolf: Morris Wright (7 perfs, 11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)
• Guedalyah: Gus Frankel (7 perfs, 11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)
• Michael Birnbaum: Emil Hoch (7 perfs, 11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)
• Ephriam Phillips: Frank Cornell (7 perfs, 11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)
• Sam Levine: Fred Lotto (7 perfs, 11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)
• Sugarman: Robson Paige (7 perfs, 11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)
• Shosshi Shmendrik: [Au]gus[tus] C. Weinburg (7 perfs, 11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)
• Father Sol: F. P[alliser] Lomnitz (7 perfs, 11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)
• Barney Aurato: George Langford (7 perfs, 11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)
• fishmonger: Richard Winman (7 perfs, 11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)
• purse trickster: Harry Barford (7 perfs, 11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)
• clothes dealer: Bernard Turner (7 perfs, 11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)
• showman: Gus V. Devere (7 perfs, 11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)
• Schnorrer: Herbert Moore (7 perfs, 11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)
• boy salesman: Robert Tellar (7 perfs, 11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)
• pious partisan: W. Wattow (7 perfs, 11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)
• cake seller: W[illiam] A. Reed (7 perfs, 11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)
• butcher: Louis Markham (7 perfs, 11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)
• Mrs. Belcovitch: Madame [Mathilde] Cottrelly (7 perfs, 11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)
• Becky: Miss Ada Curry (7 perfs, 11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)
• Mrs. Jacobs: Miss Louise Muldener (7 perfs, 11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)
• Malka: Miss Ada Dwyer (7 perfs, 11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)
• Milly Phillips: Laura Almosnino (7 perfs, 11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)
• Leah: Ellen Burg (7 perfs, 11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)
• Widow Finklestein: Miss Agnes Verity (7 perfs, 11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)
• Esther Ansell: Miss Mabel Taliaferro (7 perfs, 11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)
• Sabbath fire-woman: Mrs. O'Hara (7 perfs, 11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)
• her friend: M? Gertrude Claridge (7 perfs, 11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)
• Mrs. Montmerency: Miss Evelyn Wood (7 perfs, 11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)
• beggar woman: Mrs. B. M. De Solla (7 perfs, 11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)
• Hannah Jacobs: Miss Rosabel Morrison (7 perfs, 11 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1899)
• policemen, beggars, dancers, lamplighters, pedlars, congregation, cantor, choristers, rioters, pedestrians, children: [blank name] (1 perf, 11 Dec 1899)

(musical drama, 7 acts) by Charles Reade, Charles Warner (21 times, 26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)

Summary Cast:

• Coupeau: Charles Warner (21 perfs, 26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)
• Gouget: Fuller Mellish (21 perfs, 26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)
• Lantier: Charles Cooper (21 perfs, 26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)
• Poisson: Charles Langley (21 perfs, 26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)
• Mes Bottes: Alfred P. Phillips (21 perfs, 26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)
• Bibi: Capel Smith (21 perfs, 26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)
• Bex Sali: F. P[alliser] Lomnitz (21 perfs, 26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)
• Jacques: Fred Martin (21 perfs, 26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)
• Pierre Colombe: Walter Selby (21 perfs, 26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)
• Pierre: P. Grahame (21 perfs, 26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)
• Adolphe: Cecil May (21 perfs, 26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)
• Gervaise: Miss Grace Warner (21 perfs, 26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)
• Virginie: Miss Beatrice Homer (21 perfs, 26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)
• Little Nana: Miss Lily De Becker (21 perfs, 26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)
• Madame Rouge: Miss Alice Barnett (21 perfs, 26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)
• Phoebe Sage: Miss Sydney Fairbrother (21 perfs, 26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)
• Juliette: Miss Lena Brophy (21 perfs, 26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)
• Delphine: Miss A. Cross (21 perfs, 26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)
• Louise: Miss Clara Sims (21 perfs, 26 Dec 1899 - 13 Jan 1900)

(drama, 6 acts) by Stanislaus Stange (28 times, 5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)

Summary Cast:

• Marcus Vinicius: Robert Taber (28 perfs, 5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)
• Petronius: J[ohn] H. Barnes (28 perfs, 5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)
• Nero: G[eorge] W. Anson (28 perfs, 5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)
• Tigellinus: Edward Sass (28 perfs, 5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)
• Aulus Plautius: Henry Doughty (28 perfs, 5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)
• Little Aulus: Miss Valli Valli (28 perfs, 5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)
• Caius Hasta: C. Keen Chute (28 perfs, 5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)
• Chilo Chilonides: Robert Pateman (28 perfs, 5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)
• Vitelius: A[rthur] G. Poulton (28 perfs, 5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)
• Regulus: W. G. Hurst (28 perfs, 5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)
• Afer: Walter Knight (28 perfs, 5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)
• Lucan: [Paul] Vincent (28 perfs, 5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)
• Terpnos: Lancelot Holt (28 perfs, 5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)
• Diodorus: Barry (28 perfs, 5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)
• Poppaea: Miss [Ellen L.] Wallis (28 perfs, 5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)
• Eunice: Miss Daisy Atherton (28 perfs, 5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)
• Crispinilla: Miss Madeleine Rees (28 perfs, 5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)
• Rubria: Miss Mercedes Leigh (28 perfs, 5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)
• Dapha: Miss Queenie Brooke (28 perfs, 5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)
• Paulina: Miss Lula Lang (28 perfs, 5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)
• Junia: Miss Eva Burnette (28 perfs, 5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)
• Servilla: Miss Inthea Pitz (28 perfs, 5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)
• Pretorian Guard, soldiers, slaves, Nubian guards, charioteers, Vestal virgins, senators, citizens: [blank name] (1 perf, 5 May 1900)
• Glaucus: Frank[lin] Dyall (28 perfs, 5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)
• Ursus: Edmund Gurney (28 perfs, 5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)
• Linus: Edgar B. Payne (28 perfs, 5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)
• Nazarius: Leopold Profeit (28 perfs, 5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)
• Tiresias: Stafford Gray (28 perfs, 5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)
• Pomponia: Miss E[mily] Brinsley-Sheridan (28 perfs, 5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)
• Actae: Miss Maud Vernon (28 perfs, 5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)
• Lygia: Miss Lena Ashwell (28 perfs, 5 May 1900 - 1 Jun 1900)

(drama, 5 acts) by George R. Sims, Arthur Shirley (21 times, 15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)

Summary Cast:

• George Thornton: Ernest Leicester (21 perfs, 15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)
• Captain Darville: Arthur Bruce (21 perfs, 15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)
• Bill Mullins: Edmund Gurney (21 perfs, 15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)
• Dido Bunce: Rudolph Lewis (21 perfs, 15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)
• "The Coughdrop": J. C. Bland (21 perfs, 15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)
• John Scarth: Vivian Everard (21 perfs, 15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)
• Whiffin: John Hirst (21 perfs, 15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)
• Leeson: F. Owen Baxter (21 perfs, 15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)
• Job Gargoyle: Cooper Curtis (21 perfs, 15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)
• Hargitt: Alfred Grahame (21 perfs, 15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)
• footman: Albert Sims (21 perfs, 15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)
• Doctor Lynn: E[ric?] Thurston (21 perfs, 15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)
• Marion Thornton: Miss Laura Hansen (21 perfs, 15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)
• Barbara Scarth: Miss Eva Williams (21 perfs, 15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)
• Biddy Mullins: Miss Marie Hassell (21 perfs, 15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)
• Nurse Randall: Miss Elsa Wylde (21 perfs, 15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)
• maidservant: Miss Frieda Eden (21 perfs, 15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)
• Dick: Miss Kate Tyndall (21 perfs, 15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)
• Wally: Miss Sydney Fairbrother (21 perfs, 15 Jan 1900 - 3 Feb 1900)
• ambulance corps, rustics: [blank name] (1 perf, 15 Jan 1900)

(drama, 5 acts) by Seymour Hicks, Frederick G. Latham (110 times, 19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)

Summary Cast:

• Sir John Derrick: Henry Vibart (110 perfs, 19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)
• Wilfred Derrick: Aubrey Mallalieu (110 perfs, 19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)
• Lotan Hackett: Robert Pateman (110 perfs, 19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)
• James Strangeways: W[illiam] L. Abingdon (110 perfs, 19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)
• Harry Belt: Harry Nicholls (110 perfs, 19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)
• Mr. Welldon: H[enry] J. Carvill (110 perfs, 19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)
• Lieut. Charles Andover R. N.: Charles Thursby (110 perfs, 19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)
• Gen. Bellingfield: C[harles] M. Lowne (110 perfs, 19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)
• Lieut. Richard Dare: Herbert Sleath (86 perfs, 15 Sep 1899 - 8 Dec 1899), Julius Knight (24 perfs, 19 Aug 1899 - 14 Sep 1899)
• Lieut. Camperdown R.N.: F. Owen Baxter (86 perfs, 15 Sep 1899 - 8 Dec 1899), Charles Wellesley (24 perfs, 19 Aug 1899 - 14 Sep 1899)
• Lieut. Turrell: Harry Trevor (110 perfs, 19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)
• Midshipman Horatio Winter: Miss Marie Neilson (74 perfs, 27 Sep 1899 - 8 Dec 1899), Master Sefton (24 perfs, 19 Aug 1899 - 14 Sep 1899), Master Gerald Denny (12 perfs, 15 Sep 1899 - 27 Sep 1899)
• Bos'un Shelly: Webb Darleigh (110 perfs, 19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)
• Governor of Dartmouth Prison: Clarence Holt (110 perfs, 19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)
• Mary Derrick: Miss Suzanne Sheldon (110 perfs, 19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)
• Polly Tumble: Miss Florence Lloyd (110 perfs, 19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)
• Martha Belt: Mrs. Henry Leigh (110 perfs, 19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)
• Florence Hackett: Mrs. [Cecil] Raleigh (110 perfs, 19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)
• Convict 90: [A. C.] Hardie (110 perfs, 19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)
• Convict 64: Stanley Brett (110 perfs, 19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)
• Convict 48: Dudley Clinton (110 perfs, 19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)
• Convict 20: F. G. Bayly (110 perfs, 19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)
• 1st warder: R. Forsyth (110 perfs, 19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)
• 2nd warder: Dilke (110 perfs, 19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)
• burglar's wife: Miss Mariette Hyde (110 perfs, 19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)
• quartermaster: [William] Dempsey (110 perfs, 19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)
• a waiter: Hodding (110 perfs, 19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)
• mess waiter: T. Hill (110 perfs, 19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)
• detective: Hood (110 perfs, 19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)
• Kevin: Baylis (110 perfs, 19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)
• railway porter: R. C. Elers (110 perfs, 19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)
• newsboy: Master Green (101 perfs, 19 Aug 1899 - 29 Nov 1899), Master Lowther (9 perfs, 30 Nov 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)
• refreshment boy: Master Thornton (101 perfs, 19 Aug 1899 - 29 Nov 1899), Master Collard (9 perfs, 30 Nov 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)
• officers, convicts, yokels, sailors, beaters, soldiers, roughs: Unlisted (110 perfs, 19 Aug 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)
• countryman: Herbert Briscoe (74 perfs, 27 Sep 1899 - 8 Dec 1899)

Genre

• drama (6)
• musical drama (1)

Music, Composers and Musicians

• overture (from With Flying Colours): [Edward Jones] (19 Aug 1899)
• graceful dance from Henry VIII [[Arthur S.] Sullivan] (19 Aug 1899)
• Frohliche Stucke: [Sarakowski] (19 Aug 1899)
• selection from ballet: "Victoria and Merry England" [[Arthur S.] Sullivan] (19 Aug 1899)
• valse: "Souvenir de Vienne" [[Karl M.] Ziehrer] (19 Aug 1899)
• morceau mignon: "Salut d'Amour" [[Edward W.] Elgar] (19 Aug 1899)
• morceau mignon: "Czardas" [Michiels] (19 Aug 1899)
• prelude: "Children of the Ghetto" [[William W.?] Furst] (11 Dec 1899)
• grand fantasia: "Songs of Shakespeare's Time" (11 Dec 1899)
• [[J.] Hamilton Clarke] (11 Dec 1899)
• selection: "Lohengrin" [[W. Richard] Wagner] (11 Dec 1899)
• waltz: "Fidelity" [Andrew J. Levey] (11 Dec 1899)
• march: "Tommy's Own" [John Crook] (11 Dec 1899)
• selection (from "Yeoman of the Guard"): [[Arthur S.] Sullivan] (11 Dec 1899)
• overture (from Banditenstreiche): [[Franz] Suppe] (26 Dec 1899)
• selection (from Iolanthe): [[Arthur S.] Sullivan] (26 Dec 1899)
• waltz: "Fidelity" [Andrew J. Levey] (26 Dec 1899)
• dance: "Russian" [Blavatsky] (26 Dec 1899)
• fantasia: "English Airs" (26 Dec 1899)
• march: "Tommy's Own" [John Crook] (26 Dec 1899)
• overture (from Lustspiel): [[Adelbert P.] Keler Bela] (15 Jan 1900)
• selection: "Dorothy" [Collier] (15 Jan 1900)
• waltz: "Fidelity" [Andrew J. Levey] (15 Jan 1900)
• march: "A Frangesca" [Mario de Costa] (15 Jan 1900)
• fantasia: "English Airs" (15 Jan 1900)
• selection: "Songs" [Leslie Stuart] (15 Jan 1900)
• march: "With Flying Colours" [[Edward] Jones] (15 Jan 1900)
• overture (from Lustspiel): [[Adelbert P.] Keler Bela] (05 Feb 1900)
• selection: "Dorothy" [Collier] (05 Feb 1900)
• waltz: "Fidelity" [Andrew J. Levey] (05 Feb 1900)
• march: "A Frangesca" [Mario de Costa] (05 Feb 1900)
• fantasia: "English Airs" (05 Feb 1900)
• selection: "Songs" [Leslie Stuart] (05 Feb 1900)
• march: "With Flying Colours" [[Edward] Jones] (05 Feb 1900)
• overture (from Bonnie Dundee) (10 Mar 1900)
• "Berceuse Ecossaise" (10 Mar 1900)
• "Scottish dance No. 1" (10 Mar 1900)
• "Romance" (10 Mar 1900)
• "Scottish dance No. 2" (10 Mar 1900)
• march: "The Scottish Peers" (10 Mar 1900)
• "Fantasia on Scottish Melodies" (10 Mar 1900)
• "Farewell to Lochaber" (10 Mar 1900)
• "Solo for Cor Anglais" (10 Mar 1900)
• interlude: "The Camp" (10 Mar 1900)
• march (10 Mar 1900)
• "The Battle of Killiecrankie" (10 Mar 1900)
• finale: "Song of Victory" (10 Mar 1900)