Timeline, Playbills Collection

Collection Timeline

1779 to 1945

1779	The School for Scandal; Who's the Dupe?
1784	The Reparation; Harlequin Junior; Or, The Magic Circus
1785	The Strangers at Home; The Jubilee
1786	The Heiress; The Virgin Unmasked The Heiress; The Romp
1794	Fontainville Forest; Harlequin and Faustus; Or, The Devil Will Have His Own The Travellers in Switzerland; Harlequin and Faustus; Or, The Devil Will Have His Own British Fortitude & Hibernian Friendship, Or, an Escape from France; The London Hermit; Or, Rambles in Dorsetshire; An Irishman's Tour through London, or Tully's Vocal and Rhetorical Description of Westminster Abbey, St. James', St. Paul's, The Tower, A Quarrel, A Masquerade, etc. Romeo and Juliet; Dermot and Kathlane; Or, the Irish Wedding; Patrick in Prussia British Fortitude & Hibernian Friendship; Or, An Escape from France; Fontainville Forest; Netley Abbey Robin Hood; Naples Bay; Or, The British Seaman at Anchor; The Follies of a Day
1801	Othello; The Deserter King Lear and his Three Daughters; The Lyar The Rivals, or A Trip to Bath; Turnpike Gate
1802	The Prize or 1, 5, 3, 8; Wags of Windsor; OBI: or, Three Finger'd Jack Birth-day; Who's the Dupe; The Deserter
1803	The Beaux Stratagem; The Lying Valet John Bull; Or, An Englishman's Fire-side; The Flitch of Bacon Tancred & Sigismunda; A Tale of Mystery Pizarro; or, The Spaniards in Peru; The Deuce is in Him Know your own Mind; Child of Nature The Dramatist; or, Stop Him Who Can?; Paul and Virginia Birth-day; Wags of Windsor; Paul and Virginia
1804	Pizarro; or The Spaniards in Peru; Agreeable Surprise Jealous Wife; Black Forest; or, The Natural Son Othello; Gretna Green; Lover's Quarels; Or, Like Master Like Man Suspicious Husband; The Adopted Child He wou'd be a Soldier; Netley Abbey; Turnpike Gate Lover's Vows; Or The Natural Son; A Tale of Mystery Macbeth; The Oracle; The Rival Soldiers Country Girl; Wedding Day; Highland Reel Hear both Sides; All the World's a Stage Wife of two Husbands; The Fairy; Or, Britannia's Triumph John Bull; Or, An Englishman's Fire Side; The Deuce is in Him Marriage Proposal; Love Laughs at Locksmiths Hamlet; Prince of Denmark; Inkle and Yarico Wife of two Husbands; The Fairy; Or, Britannia's Triumph Every One has his Fault; Love Laughs at Locksmiths Soldier's Daughter; The Paragraph Guilty or not Guilty?; Poor Soldier Wife of two Husbands; Old Maid King Henry IV with the Humours of Sir John Falstaff; The Paragraph The Rivals; Or, A Trip to Bath; Prisoner at Large King Henry IV with the Humours of Sir John Falstaff; Highland Reel Soldier's Daughter; The Paragraph Othello; Raising the Wind Guilty or not Guilty?; Love Laughs at Locksmiths Speed the Plough; The Fairy; Or Britannia's Triumph John Bull; Or, An Englishman's Fire Side; The Deuce is in Him King Richard III; Counterfeit Soldier's Daughter; The Paragraph Pizarro; or The Spaniards in Peru; Agreeable Surprise A New Way to Pay Old Debts; Love Laughs at Locksmiths A Cure for Heart Ache; Bon Ton; Or, High Life Above Stairs Duenna; Or, The Double Elopement; Raymond & Agnes; Or, The Bleeding Nun Wild Oats; Or, The Strolling Gentleman; The Honest Yorkshireman; The Register Office Heir at Law; A Tale of Mystery The Young Quaker; Irishman in London; Of Age To-Morrow Pizarro; Or, The Spaniards in Peru; Love Laughs at Locksmiths
1805	He wou'd be a Soldier; Netley Abbey; Turnpike Gate John Bull; Or, An Englishman's Fire Side; The Deuce is in Him The Miser; The Sailor & Soldier; or, Fashionable Amusement; The Merry Mourners The Will for the Deed; The Citizen; A Tale of Mystery Mountaineers; The Oracle; Half an Hour after Supper Ways & Means; Or, A Trip to Dover; Wags of Windsor; Turnpike Gate The Will; Or, All's Well that Ends Well; Matrimony Jane Shore; Raymond & Agnes; Or, The Bleeding Nun Which is the Man?; La Perouse; Or, The Desolate Island Laugh While You Can; La Perouse; Or, The Desolate Island Every One has his Fault; Love Laughs at Locksmiths Wives as they Were, and Maids as they Are; La Perouse; Or, The Desolate Island Voice of Nature; Matrimony; Raising the Wind The Blind Bargain; Or, Hear Him Out; The Shawl; Or, Appearance is against them Hamlet; The Liar Macbeth; Rugantino; Or, The Bravo of Venice; A Grand Masque
1806	Barbarossa; "We Fly By Night"; Or, Long Stories King Henry IV; The Citizen Douglas; Lock and Key School for Friends; The Adopted Child The Merchant of Venice; Magic Oak; Or, Harlequin Triumphant Romeo and Juliet; A Tale of Mystery The Gamester; Man of Enterprise; Or, Had At Last Travellers; Or, Music's Fascination; Youth, Love, and Folly The Birth-day; Wags of Windsor; Spanish Dollars; Or, The Priest of the Parish Laugh when you can; Youth, Love, and Folly The Beaux Stratagem; Magic Oak; Or, Harlequin Triumphant
1807	The Jealous Wife; Poor Soldier The Stranger; Soldier' Return; Or, What Can Beauty Do? The Venetian Outlaw; Or, The Bravo of Venice; Ways and Means; Or, A Trip to Dover; Hunter of the Alps The Travellers; or, Music's Fascination; The Children in the Wood Hero of the North; Wags of Windsor Soldier's Daughter; The Prize, Or, 2, 5, 3, 8 Alfonso, King of Castile; Catch Him Who Can Alfonso, King of Castile; Catch Him Who Can The West Indian; The Deserter Alfonso, King of Castile; The Invisible Girl; British Bravery; Or, The Tars Triumphant Curfew; Agreeable Surprise Adrian and Orrila; Or, A Mother's Vengeance!; Weathercock Two Faces under a Hood The Mourning Bride; Five Miles Off, Or, The Finger Post Alfonso, King of Castile; The Turnpike Gate Wives as they Were, and Maids as they Are; Tekeli; Or, The Siege of Montgatz Road to Ruin; Tekeli; Or, The Siege of Montgatz Adrian and Orrila; Or, A Mother's Vengeance!; Animal Magnetism Curfew; Follies of a Day; Or, The Marriage of Figaro Soldier's Daughter; Children in the Wood Way to Keep Him; "We Fly by Night"; Or, Long Stories A Cure for Heart Ache; Tekeli; Or, The Siege of Montgatz Adrian and Orrila; Or, A Mother's Vengeance!; Wags of Windsor Oroonoko; Or, The Royal Slave; Of Age To-Morrow; Raising the Wind The Honey Moon; Ella Rosenberg Travellers; Or, Music's Fascination; Modern Antiques; Or, The Merry Mourners Earl of Warwick; The Purse; Or, The Benevolent Tar; The Invisible Girl Point of Honour; Youth, Love, and Folly; All the World's a Stage London Merchant; Or, The History of George Barnwell; The Farmer English Fleet in 1342; Midnight Hour The Gamester; Animal Magnetism Town and Country; Or Which is Best?; Tekeli; Or, The Siege of Montgatz Jane Shore; The Prize; Or, 2, 5, 3, 8 Alfonso, King of Castile; Agreeable Surprise Travellers; Or, Music's Fascination; Weathercock Time's a Tell-Tale; Hunter of the Alps Point of Honour; No Song No Supper; High Life Below Stairs
1808	Town and Country; Or Which is Best?; Prisoner at Large The Gamester; "We Fly by Night"; Or, Long Stories The Royal Convert; Robin Hood; Or, Sherwood Forest To Marry or Not to Marry?; The Birth-day Wild Oats; Or, The Strolling Gentleman; Tekeli; Or, The Siege of Montgatz Time's a Tell-Tale; Paul and Virginia Venice Preserv'd; Or, A Plot Discovered; The Doctor & Apothecary Heir at Law; Harlequin Negro; Or, Britannia Triumphant Errors Excepted; Or, The True English Soldier; Inkle and Yarico; Tom Thumb the Great Hamlet, Prince of Denmark; Animal Magnetism False Alarms; Or, My Cousin; The Fortress Town and Country; Or, Which is Best?; The Fortress The Belle's Stratagem; The Rival Soldiers; The Honest Yorkshireman The Curfew; Ways & Means; Or, A Trip to Dover The Point of Honour; Tekeli; Or, The Siege of Montgatz; Harlequin Ploughboy; Or, The Poland Robber The Blind Boy; The Chapter of Accidents; The Deaf Lover The Blind Boy; The Invisible Girl; The Follies of a Day; Or, The Marriage of Figaro The Honey Moon; The Fortress The Woodman; Harlequin in his Element; Or, Fire, Water, Earth, and Air The Royal Convert; The Blind Boy False Alarms; Or, My Cousin; The Fortress The Forty Thieves; The Birth-day The Forty Thieves; The Chapter of Accidents The Forty Thieves; The Midnight Hour The Forty Thieves; Five Miles Off; Or, The Finger Post The Fortress; The Forty Thieves The Wonder; Love in a Tub; Rosina
1809	Othello, The Moor of Venice; Is He a Prince?
1810	A Grand Selection of Sacred Music The Way to get Married; Of Age To-morrow The Merry Villagers; The Birth-day; The Happy Disguise; The Hunter of the Alps Othello, Moor of Venice; The Spoil'd Child Lover's Vows; Blue Beard: Or, Female Curiosity Percy; Earl of Northumberland; Catherine and Petruchio; Or, The Taming of the Shrew
1811	Macbeth; Bombastes Furioso!; The Lady of the Rock The Chapter of Accidents; Matrimony; Miss in her Teens Oroonoko; Or, The Royal Slave; A Tale of Mystery; Provocation; Or, Perfidy Punished Laugh when you can; Rosina The Exile; Or, The Desarts of Siberia; Valentine & Orson; Or, The Wild Man of Orleans Jane Shore; Bon Ton; Or, High Life above Stairs Italian Monk!; Valentine & Orson; Or, The Wild Man of Orleans Of Age To-morrow; Catharine and Petruchio; Or, The Taming of the Shrew; No Song No Supper The Haunted Tower; Bombastes Furioso!; The Prize; or, 2, 5, 3, 8 Pizarro; Or, The Spaniards in Peru; The Poor Soldier Cymbeline, King of Britain; The Beggar on Horseback Hit or Miss!; The Waterman; Or, The First of August; Of Age To-morrow Ways and Means; Or, A Trip to Dover; Hit or Miss!; Killing no Murder
1812	The Venetian Outlaw; Or, The Bravo of Venice; The Blind Boy; Blue Beard; Or, Female Curiosity The Cabinet; Catherine and Petruchio; Or, The Taming of the Shrew George Barnwell; Rosina Alfonso; King of Castile; The Poor Sailor; Or, Little Bob and Little Ben Venoni: Or, The Novice of St. Mark's; The Death of Capt. Cook The Grecian Daughter; The Death of Capt. Cook Castle Spectre; Love Laughs at Locksmiths Isabella; The Blind Boy King Richard III; The Masque of Comus Wild Oats; Or, The Strolling Gentleman; Harlequin Gladiator; Or, The Fairy of the Grotto Romeo and Juliet; Bombastes Furioso; High Life Below Stars Cymbeline; La Perouse The Castle Spectre; The Turnpike Gate John Bull; Or, An Englishman's Fire Side; The Young Hussar; Or, Love and Mercy Jane Shore; The Young Hussar; Or, Love and Mercy The Honey Moon; The Poor Soldier Isabella; Or, The Fatal Marriage; The Review; Or, The Wags of Windsor Alexander the Great; Killing No Murder George Barnwell; Harlequin & Humpo; Or, Columbine by Candlelight
1813	The Rivals; Harlequin & the Red Dwarf; Or, The Adamant Rock Remorse; Raising the Wind False Alarms; Or, My Cousin; How to Die for Love! The Devil's Bridge; Honest Thieves A Grand Selection; The Creation Douglas; Aladdin; Or, The Wonderful Lamp A Grand Selection of Music Douglas; Ode on the Passions; Bombastes Furioso; The Romp First Impressions; Or, Trade in the West; The Weathercock First Impressions; Or, Trade in the West; The Turnpike Gate Illusion; Or, The Trances of Nourjahad; The School for Authors; Who's To Have Her? Illusion; Or, the Trances of Nourjahad; Who's To Have Her?; Modern Antiques; Or, The Merry Mourners Orange Boven; Or, More Good News; Illusion; Or, The Trances of Nourjahad; Two Strings to Your Bow
1814	Wild Oats; Or, the Strolling Gentleman; Leander & Leonora; Modern Antiques The Messiah; Mount of Olives; A Grand Miscellaneous Act Macbeth; The Mock Doctor Macbeth; The Ninth Statue; Or, the Irishman in Bagdad
1815	Jane Shore; The Valley of Diamonds; Or, Harlequin Sinbad Romeo and Juliet; The Valley of Diamonds Jean de Paris; Ways and Means; Or, A Trip to Dover; The Valley of Diamonds; Or, Harlequin Sinbad School for Scandal; The Valley of Diamonds; Or, Harlequin Sinbad All in the Wrong; The Valley of Diamonds: Or, Harlequin Sinbad School for Scandal; The Valley of Diamonds; Or, Harlequin Sinbad Jean de Paris; The Birth-day; The Valley of Diamonds; Or, Harlequin Sinbad All in the Wrong; The Valley of Diamonds: Or, Harlequin Sinbad The Provok'd Husband; The Valley of Diamonds: Or, Harlequin Sinbad Second part of The Messiah; Selection from Acis & Galatea; A Grand Selection The West Indian; The Children in the Wood King Richard II; Past Ten o'Clock! and a Rainy Night Siege of Belgrade; Jean de Paris Siege of Belgrade; Past Ten o'Clock! and a Rainy Night Jean de Paris; Pas Ten o'Clock! and a Rainy Night; The Valley of Diamonds; Or, Harlequin Sinbad The Unknown Guest; Past Ten o'Clock! and a Rainy Night The Unknown Guest; Past Ten o'Clock! and a Rainy Night Mount of Olives; A Grand Selection; Liberation of Germany; Grand Battle Sinfonia School for Scandal; Gallimaufry; The Woodman's Hut The Peasant Boy; Chrononhotonthologos; The Woodman's Hut What's A Man Of Fashion?; Cymon; Mrs. Wiggins
1816	Romeo and Juliet; Harlequin & Fortunio; Or, Shing-Moo and Thun-Ton The Recruiting Officer; The Poor Soldier Venice Preserved; The Miller & His Men The School for Scandal; The Miller & His Men The School for Scandal; John of Paris The School for Scandal; The Bee Hive Othello, the Moor of Venice; Raising the Wind Coriolanus; Or, The Roman Matron; The Broken Sword
1817	The Humorous Lieutenant, Or, Alexander's Successors; Harlequin and the Sylph of the Oak: Or, the Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green The Iron Chest; Frighten'd to Death Macbeth; The Inn-keeper's Daughter The Revenge; The Libertine Coriolanus; The Libertine The Mountaineers; The Libertine Julius Caesar; The Libertine First Part of King Henry the Fourth; No Song, No Supper; Aurora; Or, The Flight of Zephyr Cato; The Libertine Macbeth; Raising the Wind The Stranger; No Song, No Supper The Stranger; The Libertine
1818	Retribution; Or, The Chieftain's Daughter; Harlequin Gulliver, or, The Flying Island The Stranger; The Miller & His Men Pizarro; Blue Beard; Or, Female Curiosity The Merchant of Venice; Rosina The Clandestine Marriage; Love, Law, & Physick Fazio; The Wedding Day; The Sleep Walker The Clandestine Marriage; The Barber of Seville The Earl of Warwick; The Wedding Day; The Libertine Jane Shore; Harlequin Munchausen, or, The Fountain of Love
1819	Richard III; The Sleeping Draught Hamlet, Prince of Denmark; Love Laughs at Locksmiths A New Way to Pay Old Debts; The Prisoner at Large The Iron Chest; Plot and Counterplot; Or, The Portrait of Michael Cervantes Othello, Moor of Venice; Turn Out The Rival Queens; Or, The Death of Alexander the Great; The Liar The Rivals; Don Giovanni; Or, A Spectre on Horseback Romeo and Juliet; Mother Goose The School for Scandal; The Marriage of Figaro The School of Reform; Or, How to Rule a Husband; The Libertine Peasant Boy; Bombastes Furioso King Richard III; The Mayor of Garret Coriolanus; Or, The Roman Matron; Tom Thumb The Great; The Sleep Walker Mary Stuart; Harlequin and Don Quixote; Or, Sancho Panza in his Glory
1820	The Hebrew; Love Laughs at Locksmiths The Night Watch; Cockney Ghost, or, the Old One Taken In; Don Juan Anna Boleyn! or, Virtue Betrayed; Yellow Dwarf or, Harlequin King of the Golden Mines; Pay to Day & Trust To-Morrow! Macbeth; The Jew and The Doctor Twelfth Night; Selections from Shakespeare; Katharine & Petruchio Pizarro; Children in the Wood
1821	The Tempest; Too Late for Dinner The Tempest; Or, The Enchanted Island; The Grand Tour; Or, Stopped at Rochester A Cure for the Heart Ache; The Coronation; The Spectre Bridegroom; Or, a Ghost in spite of Himself The Liar; The Coronation; Giovanni in London Geraldi Duval; The Coronation; Monsieur Tonson Two Gentlemen of Verona; The Carnival In the Great Square of Milan; The Two Pages of Frederick the Great
1822	Secrets worth Knowing; The Coronation; Monsieur Tonson The Tempest; Harlequin and Mother Bunch; Or, The Yellow Dwarf Town and Country; Adeline, the Victim of Seduction; The Veteran; Or, The Farmer's Sons; Monsieur Tonson The Beaux Stratagem; Rosina Two Gentlemen of Verona; The Carnival In the Great Square of Milan; Aladdin; Or, The Wonderful Lamp Cymbeline; Brother and Sister The Actress of Allwork; Love Among the Roses: Or, The Master-Key; The Turnpike Gate All in the Dark! Or, the Banks of the Elbe; The Invisible Girl; The Spoil'd Child Guy Mannering; Halt of the Caravan; Old & Young
1823	The Marriage of Figaro; The Duel; Or,My Two Nephews; Harlequin & the Ogress; Or, The Sleeping Beauty of the Wood The Heir at Law; Cupid & Folly; or, the Court of Love; Stella & Leatherlungs; or, A Star and a Stroller The Winter's Tale; The Cataract of the Ganges; Or, The Rajah's Daughter
1824	The Merry Wives of Windsor; Deaf as a Post; Spanish Gallants Pizarro; The Spirits of the Moon; Or, The Inundation of the Nile King Richard III; My Own Man Macbeth; The Family Fete; Or, the Two Little Sisters; The Miller's Maid
1825	Faustus; The Sleeping Draught
1827	Macbeth; The Mountain Sylph Barbarossa; The Gambler's Fate; Or, a Lapse of Twenty Years Lovers' Vows; The Weathercock; The Guerilla Chief Douglas; Rob Roy Macgregor; Or, Auld Lang Syne
1828	Critic; Killing No Murder; Harlequin & Cock Robin; Or, the Babes in the Wood The Poor Gentleman; Critic Adelgitha; The Dumb Savoyard, and His Monkey The Lord of the Manor; The Birth-day; X. Y. Z.
1829	Lionel & Clarissa; Assorted Songs; Matrimony; The Invincibles Romeo and Juliet; The Miller & His Men Town & Country; Procrastination, or, the Late Mr. M; Love, Law, & Physic Iron Chest; The Rencontre; or, Love Will Find Out the Way; Love Laughs at Locksmiths
1830	The Maid of Judah; Or, The Knights Templars; A Husband's Mistake; Or, The Corporal's Wedding Venice Preserved; Black Eyed Susan The Gamester; Black Eyed Susan
1831	Drury Lane Theatrical Fund Fourteenth Anniversary Dinner Announcement King John; Romance of a Day Alfred the Great or, The Patriot King!; Timour the Tartar Napolean Bonaparte, Captain of Artillery, General and First Consul, Emperor and Exile Wild Oats; The Little Corporal or, School of Brienne; Blue Beard; or, Female Curiosity Fazio; Country Quarters; The Irish Ambassador
1832	Sixteenth Public Anniversary Festival The Hunchback; The Barber of Seville William Tell; The Magic Car, Or Three Days Trial The Hunchback; His First Campaign; Waverly; Vision of the Bard The School for Scandal; Der Frieschutz;
1833	The Iron Chest; The Quaker; Masaniello Gustavus the Third, Or, The Masked Ball; Scan. Mag.
1835	Drury Lane Theatrical Fund Anniversary Dinner Announcement
1836	The Corsair; The Irish Tutor; Chevy Chase
1837	The Maid of Artois; Deaf as a Post!; The Devil on Two Sticks The Brigand; The Waterman; Guy Mannering
1838	Macbeth; The Miller and His Men The Tempest; Harlequin and Fair Rosamond Or, Old Dame Nature and the Fairy Art
1839	Henrique! Or, The Love-Pilgrim; Katherine & Petruchio; Sayings & Doings! Or, The Rule of the Contrary
1841	My Wife's Dentist; The Rent Day; St. Mary's Eve: A Story of the Solway Tom Noddy's Secret Wild Oats; St. Mary's Eve: A Story of the Solway My Wife's Dentist My Wife's Dentist; The Ladies' Club; St. Mary's Eve: A Story of the Solway Tom Noddy's Secret John Jones; The Rent Day; St. Mary's Eve: A Story of the Solway Tom Noddy's Secret Town and Country; St. Mary's Eve: A Story of the Solway My Wife's Dentist Wild Oats; St. Mary's Eve: A Story of the Solway John Jones My Wife's Dentist; The Rent Day; St. Mary's Eve: A Story of the Solway Tom Noddy's Secret Town and Country; St. Mary's Eve: A Story of Solway John Jones Wild Oats; St. Mary's Eve: A Story of the Solway My Wife's Dentist The Road to Ruin; St. Mary's Eve Tom Noddy's Secret My Wife's Dentist; Suzanne; The Ladies' Club St. Mary's Eve My Wife's Dentist; Suzanne; The Ladies' Club; St. Mary's Eve The Road to Ruin; Suzanne; St. Mary's Eve Wild Oats; Suzanne; St. Mary's Eve Town and Country; Suzanne; St. Mary's Eve Education; Suzanne; St. Mary's Eve The Road to Ruin; Suzanne; St. Mary's Eve Money St. Mary's Eve The Lady of Lyons; Suzanne; Family Jars Money; Suzanne; A Nabob for an Hour The Honey Moon; St. Mary's Eve; Money The Lady of Lyons; Suzanne; A Nabob for an Hour Money; Suzanne; Katherine and Petruchio The Lady of Lyons; Suzanne; The Ladies' Club The Hunchback; St. Mary's Eve; John Jones My Wife's Dentist; The Rent Day; Suzanne; Tom Noddy's Secret Werner: or, the Inheritance; St. Mary's Eve; John Jones Money; The Child of the Wreck; My Wife's Dentist Macbeth; The Child of the Wreck; Bob Short Tom Noddy's Secret; The Philosophers of Berlin; The Child of the Wreck; A Nabob for an Hour Macbeth; The Child of the Wreck; Bob Short Suzanne; The Philosophers of Berlin; The Child of the Wreck; A Nabob for an Hour Suzanne; The Philosophers of Berlin; The Child of the Wreck; A Nabob for an Hour Sweethearts and Wives; The Philosophers of Berline; St. Mary's Eve My Little Adopted; The Philosophers of Berlin; The Child of the Wreck; Sweethearts and Wives The Stranger; Suzanne; A Nabob for an Hour My Little Adopted; Marie Ducange; The Philosophers of Berlin The Stranger; Marie Ducange; Bob Short The Man of the World; Marie Ducange; A Nabob for an Hour Macbeth; Marie Ducange The Man of the World; Marie Ducange; A Nabob for an Hour Money; Marie Ducange Virginius; The Child of the Wreck; Bob Short The Lady of Lyons; Suzanne; My Friend the Captain Foreign Affairs: or, the Court of Queen Anne; My Friend the Captain; The French Spy Virginius; Foreign Affairs: or, the Court of Queen Anne; My Friend the Captain Money; Foreign Affairs: or, the Court of Queen Anne William Tell; Foreign Affairs: or, the Court of Queen Anne; Bob Short Love a la Mode; Foreign Affairs: or, the Court of Queen Anne; Belford Castle: Or, the Scottish Gold-Mine; My Friend the Captain Lady of Lyons; Foreign Affairs: or, the Court of Queen Anne; Bob Short Virginius; Foreign Affairs: or, the Court of Queen Anne; My Friend the Captain The School for Scandal; Foreign Affairs: or, the Court of Queen Anne; John Jones Money; Foreign Affairs: or, the Court of Queen Anne To Marry or Not to Marry; Foreign Affairs: or, the Court of Queen Anne; The French Spy The Hunchback; Foreign Affairs: or, the Court of Queen Anne; John Jones Money; Foreign Affairs: or, the Court of Queen Anne William Tell; Foreign Affairs: or, the Court of Queen Anne; My Friend the Captain To Marry or Not to Marry; The Boarding School; Sweethearts and Wives Town and Country; The Boarding School; Bob Short Money; Boarding School; My Friend, the Captain William Tell; The Boarding School; My Friend the Captain Wild Oats; The Boarding School; Bob Short Money; The Boarding School; Bob Short Virginus; The Boarding School; My Friend The Captain Werner: Or, the Inheritance; Foreign Affairs: or, the Court of Queen Anne; The Boarding School Virginius; The Boarding School; A Nabob for an Hour Town and Country; The Boarding School; My Friend, The Captain Money; The Boarding School; Bob Short Riches, or, the Wife and Brother; Nina Sforza Riches, or, the Wife and Brother; The Boarding School; Sweethearts and Wives Wild Oats; The Boarding School; Fish out of Water Wild Oats; The Beggar of Bethnal Green; Nina Sforza Riches: or, the Wife and Brother; The Beggar of Bethnal Green; Nina Sforza To Marry or Not to Marry; The Prince of Wales Quadrilles; Love Extempore; Suzanne; My Friend, The Captain A Cure for the Heart Ache; Hamlet; Suzanne; The Boarding School
1842	Marriage; The World of Dreams; Or, The Man in the Moon Marriage; The Boarding School; The World of Dreams; Or, The Man in the Moon Marriage; The World of Dreams; Or, The Man in the Moon Marriage; Child of the Wreck; My Wife's Dentist; The World of Dreams; Or, The Man in the Moon Marriage; The World of Dreams; Or, The Man in the Moon Marriage; Foreign Affairs; or, the Court of Queen Anne; School of Reform Marriage; The School of Reform; Speed the Plough; Town & Country Marriage; The School of Reform; Speed the Plough; Town & Country Marriage Marriage Marriage Marriage; Speed the Plough Marriage; Spring and Autumn; or, the Bride at Fifty; My Wife's Dentist Marriage; Town and Country Marriage; The School of Reform Marriage; The Boarding School; My Wife's Dentist Marriage; The Boarding School; My Wife's Dentist Marriage Marriage; The Woman Hater; The Boarding School Marriage; The Woman Hater; My Wife's Dentist Marriage; The Woman Hater; My Wife's Dentist Marriage; The Woman Hater; The Boarding School Marriage Marriage; My Wife's Dentist Marriage; The Woman Hater; The Boarding School Marriage Marriage; The Woman Hater; The Boarding School The Love Chase; The Recruiting Serjeant; The Woman Hater; My Wife's Dentist Marriage; Patter Versus Clatter; The Woman Hater
1843	Blue Beard; Or, Female Curiosity; Punch's Pantomime; Or Harlequin King John; and Magna Charta; Auld Robin Cray
1844	Neck or Nothing; Tom Tom and the Piper's Son Or, The Little Old Woman of the Magic Pipe;
1845	Blue Beard
1847	Louisette; Or, La Chanteuse Des Rues; Le Barbier du Roi D'Aragon
1848	Representation of the Historical Drama Monte Cristo
1849	Duty
1850	Fazio; The Devil's Ring! Or, Fire, Water, Earth and Air Legend of Florence; The Masked Ball!; Hamlet Serve Him Right!; My Heart's Idol, Or, A Desparate Remedy; Olympic Devils: Or, Orpheus and Eurydice
1852	City Madam; John Dobbs; Ladies at Home
1853	William Tell; Obstinate Family; Wanted, 1,000 Spirited Young Milliners for the Gold Diggings."
1858	A Life's Revenge, or Two Loves for One Heart; The Physician's Wife, or, the Voice of Warning
1861	An Ugly Customer; The Colleen Bawn, Or, The Brides Of Garryowen; Blue Beard Music Hath Charms!; Colleen Bawn, Or The Brides Of Garryowen; Love and Hunger Peep O'Day; Or, Savourneen Deelish; Gone To Texas
1862	Octoroon, Or, Life In Louisiana; Colleen Bawn; Or, The Brides Of Garryowen
1863	Beauty or the Beast; Manfred; My Heart's in the Highlands
1864	Under The Rose; The Silver Lining; Cool as a Cucumber The Woman Hater; The Bonnie Fish-Wife; The Area Belle The O'Flahertys, or, the Difficulty of Identifying an Irishman; Cymbeline; Othello; Macbeth Love in Humble Life; The Geneva Cross
1865	Going to the Dogs; As You Like It; The School for Scandal; Cymbeline Going to the Dogs; Romeo and Juliet; The School for Scandal; As You Like It Love's Ordeal; or, the Old and New Regine; The Man of the World; King Lear; Comus Husbands Beware; King John
1866	The Lady of Lyons; Blue Beard; Cool as a Cucumber; The Golden Dustman; Atalanta: The Three Golden Apples
1867	Tom's Wife; Tide & Time! A Tale of the Thames Hamlet; Othello; The Waterman The Best Way; The Liar; Woodcock's Little Game; Olympic Games: Or, the Major, the Miner & the Cock-a-doodle-doo! Faust; The Miller and His Men
1868	Flying Scud! Or, A Four Legged Fortune; Valentine and Orson; Or, Harlequin The Big Bear and The Little Fairy Henry the Eighth; Faw, Fee, Fo, Fum! Or, Harlequin Jack the Giant Killer; King O' Scots
1869	A United Hapy Family; Cyril's Success!; Brown and The Brahmins or, Captain Pop and the Princess Pretty-Eyes Il Trovatore Il Trovatore Slasher and Crasher; The Yellow Passport Did You Ever Send Your Wife To Camberwell?; The Dead Heart Did You Ever Send Your Wife To Camberwell?; Black & White; Whitebait At Greenwich Domestic Economy; The Willow Copse
1871	The Dumb Belle; Daisy Farm Hamlet; The National Anthem
1872	The Rivals; My Neighbour's Wife Which is Which?; To Oblige Benson; Doctor Davey; Isaac of York A Ghost in Spite of Himself; The Undergraduate; Family Jars!
1873	A Dodge for Dinner; Old Soldiers; Lady of the Lane A Mere Blind; Paul Pry; Don Giovanni Charles I Up A Tree; Beggar's Opera; A Yule Log Old Soldiers; Nemesis, Or, Not Wisely But Too Well; Henry IV; The Lottery Ticket Old Soldiers; Nemesis, Or, Not Wisely But Too Well; The Bridal; or, the Maid's Tragedy; Hamlet; What will the Neighbours Say?; The Intrigue! The Dead Shot!; The Wandering Heir The Spectre Lover; La Fille de Madame Angot A Happu Cruise; The Road to Ruin; The Orange Tree, Or, The Humble Bee; Or the Pretty Princess who was Lost at Sea Clever Sir Jacob; The Hypocrite; Seeing Toole Richelieu, Or, The Conspiracy; Simpson & Co.; Six Months Ago
1874	The New Magdalen; Mr. Joffin's Latchkey A Convenient Son-In-Law; Wild Oats; The Realm of Joy Philip; Simpson & Co.; A Husband in Clover The Magic Fife; Much Too Clever; Guy Fawkes Lending A Hand; May, Or, Dolly's Delusion; El Dorado An American Lady; Nomandy Pippins El Dorado; Uncle's Will; Good For Nothing; Mr. and Mrs. White; The Prayer in the Storm; Mr. and Mrs. White He Lies Like Truth; Much Ado About Nothing; Richelieu Redressed Guy Fawkes; The Blind Sister; Jack Long of Texas Hamlet; Fish Out Of Water Les Pres Saint Gervais La Fille De Madame Angot; Oil and Vinegar, A Matrimonial Moral Eclipsing the Sun; The Black Prince The Bengal Tiger; The Merry Wives of Windsor
1875	Money Stage-Land; Good For Nothing! The Two Bonnycastles; Whittington Cupboard Love; Our Boys; Romulus and Remus The Irish Emigrant; Blue Beard Special Entertainment by the Moor and Burgess Minstrels for the Benefit of the Royal Dramatic College The Midsummer Night's Dream Othello All For Her Earnest Appeal; Weak Woman; Intimidad, Or, The Lost Regalia Hamlet Hamlet Pre Aux Clercs False Glitter; Anne Boleyn Henry VIII
1876	The Merchant of Venice Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme; Merchant of Venice; William Tell; Le Medecin malgre lui Macbeth Twelfth Night Othello, The Moor of Venice; Macbeth Blue Devil; My Awful Dad; Cool as a Cucumber Falsely Accused!; Gra-Gal-Machree Richard III; That Beautiful Biceps; The Storm Fiend Night & Morn; Flying Dutchman Macbeth; That Beautiful Biceps; The Storm Fiend London Assurance; Nilsson Or Nothing Crazed; No Thoroughfare Hamlet; The Seaman's Star Macbeth; Diamond Cut Diamond Scenes from Moliere's Les Fourberies de Scapin; Hamlet; The Maid of Orleans
1877	Grand Science Festival Hide & Seek; Harlequin and the Forty Thieves Hide & Seek; Harlequin and the Forty Thieves The Danischeffs; A Wife's First Lesson King Richard III; Matrimony New Men and Old Acres Kerry; Or, Night and Morning; Not such a Fool as he Looks; Grand Evening Concert Masks and Faces, or, Before and Behind the Curtain; The School of Scandal The Wife's Secret; His Last Legs East Lynne; This Side Up Weak Woman; Little Don Caesar de Bazan, or, Maritana and the Merry Monarch Lost in London; Arram-Na-Pogue The Riggs of Mr Briggs, or, the Pleasures of Horsekeeping and Housekeeping She Stoops to Conquer; Rough Diamond Dead Secret; A March Hare Hunt; Should This Meet The Eye Barbazon; England in the Days of Charles II; The Conscription Married Another; Liz. Or "That Lass O' Lowries" Colleen Bawn; During Her Majesty's Pleasure The House of Darnley Ingomar; Hamlet; Family Jars Macbeth; Othello; Hamlet; Family Jars Russia, Or The Exiles of the Angara Taming a Tiger!; My Awful Dad; The Lottery Ticket! A Whirligig; Our Boys; A Fearful Dog Family Ties; Pink Dominos; Henry VIII; Dinorah; Engaged; Beggar's Opera The Dead Secret Henry Dunbar, or, A Daughter's Trial; A Rough Diamond A Whirligig; Our Boys; A Fearful Dog The Day After the Wedding; Sardanapalus Robin Hood and His Merry Little Men The Roll of the Drum; The Robber of the Rhine
1878	Proof, Or, A Celebrated Case My Wife's Out; A Fool and His Money; A National Question Louis XI; Turning The Tables The Vicar of Wakefield Vanderdecken Jeames; Little Doctor Faust A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go, or, Harlequin Sleeping Beauty and the Wicked Demons of the Mystic Pool
1879	The Lady of Lyons; Book The Third, Chapter The First Cousin Dick; The Ladies' Battle; Uncle's Will Once Again; The Girls Joan Pink Dominos! New Babylon The Crimson Rock Othello Rob Roy New Magdalen Nell Gwynne; Hertford Pygmalion and Galatea
1880	The Girls The Wandering Jew Railroad of Life; Or, Danger on the Line Little Em'ly; Fricked! Or, Done on both sides and all Round the Edge La Sonnambula The Queen's Shilling; Old Cronies As You Like It Othello; Nine Points of the Law In Honour Bound; Forget-Me-Not Leave It To Me!; Virginius Mary Stuart; A Clerical Error Macbeth
1881	The Little Mother; Clemency, Or The Power of Love The Cup; The Corsican Brothers The Cup; The Corsican Brothers The Colonel Julius Caesar The Cup; The Belle's Stratagem Ein Wintermärchen The Merchant of Venice Honour; To Parents and Guardians The Half-Way House; The Henwitchers
1882	The Cynic! Two Roses; The Captain of the Watch Two Roses; The Captain of the Watch Richelieu
1883	Pygmalion and Galatea; Comedy and Tragedy Impulse Adrienne Lecouvreur Much Ado About Nothing The Bells; The Captain of the Watch Louis XI The Lady of Lyons; To Oblige Benson The Lady of Lyons; To Oblige Benson Pygmalion and Galatea; A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing; Comedy and Tragedy
1884	Pygmalion and Galatea; Comedy and Tragedy Pygmalion and Galatea Nita's First; Reaping the Whirlwind Richelieu The Great Pink Pearl Much Ado About Nothing The Lottery; The Butler Twelfth Night; or, What You Will Richelieu The Winter's Tale; Cool as a Cucumber
1885	Romeo & Juliet Romeo & Juliet The Magistrate; Twenty Minutes Under an Umbrella Ingomar The Private Secretary; A Bad Penny Culture Louis XI The Bells A Widow Hunt; The Sunny Side The Silver Shield; A Widow Hunt The Guv'nor; Chiselling Olivia; The Balance of Comfort Olivia; The Balance of Comfort Olivia; The Balance of Comfort Olivia Olivia On Change; Only Once More Olivia A Villa To Be Sold; Excelsior Faust Faust
1886	Faust Sophia Faust Faust
1887	Sophia; Nearly Severed Dandy Dick; The Nettle Faust Werner; or, the Inheritance The Wife's Secret; Little Don Giovanni Faust
1889	Macbeth
1890	Casting the Boomerang
1891	The Last Word As You Like It
1892	King Henry The Eighth King Lear
1893	Louis XI Cinderella Cinderella
1895	King Arthur
1896	For the Crown Magda The Bells; Nance Oldfield
1897	Madame Sans-Gene Madame Sans-Gene Madame Sans-Gene A Story of Waterloo; Madame Sans-Gene
1898	The Medicine Man The Medicine Man
1899	The Snow Man The Only Way: A Tale of Two Cities The Only Way: A Tale of Two Cities Robespierre Robespierre
1902	Olivia
1945	The Vicar of Wakefield The Vicar of Wakefield

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