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Appendix A: Child Actors in Lewis Carroll's Diaries and Letters Appendix A: Child Actors in Lewis Carroll's Diaries and Letters Abbreviations: D Diaries, ed. Edward Wakeling; L Letters, ed. Morton Cohen Adams, Ada often called Addie, stage name Ada Blanche. Whittington and his Cat, Avenue Theatre, 1883. ' ... was an excellent Whittington: she has real talent' (D.7.504, L372, n. 1) Adeson, C. (a boy), Pirate King in The Pirates 0/ Penzance, Savoy, 13 January 1885 (D.8.l61); Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland, Prince of Wales's, 30 December 1886 (D.8.311) Arding [no first name] 'looks about 2 years old, is marvelous in her self-posses­ sion' Act II, Bootie's Baby, 2 July 1888 (D.8.405) Arnold, Blanche Alice in Whittington and his Cat, Avenue Theatre, 1 January 1883 (D.7.504) Arnold, Julia Fairy Godmother in Cinderella at the Parkers, 24 April 1873 (D.6.275, L209, L382) Barrie, Katie Oberon in Ben Greet's open air Midsummer Night's Dream, Devonshire Park, 13 August 1888 (D.8.417) Bateman, Jessie (1877-1940) 'a very pretty page' in The Merchant o/Venice, The Devonshire Theatre, 17 August 1892 (D.9.21) Bateman Children, Kate Josephine b. 1842, Isabel b. 1844 (U98-9, n. 3) Beringer, Vera (b. 1879) Lord Fauntleroy in The Real Little Lord Fauntleroy, 'wonderful naturalness and spirit' 18 June 1888 (D.8.400-01); 'losing her spirit and naturalness' 10 January 1889 (D.8.442); 4 July 1888 calls on her home then on Savile Clarke to discuss revival of Alice with 'either Vera or Isa [Bowman] as hero­ ine' CD.8.408) Bowman, Charlie b.1876 White Rabbit in Alice, Globe, 3 January 1889 (D.8.439), brother to Emma, Isa and Nellie Bowman, Emma b. 1881 usually called Empsie, Emsie or Emmie, surnamed Holmes, her mother's maiden name; in two tableaux devised by Savile Clarke at 251 252 Children and Theatre in Victorian Britain: 'All Work, No Play' the Anglo-Oanish Exhibition, 20 June 1888 (0.8.403); 'a little boy' in Joseph's Sweetheart in Brighton, 22 September 1888 (D.8.426); Oormouse and second ghost in Alice, Globe, 3 January 1889 (0.8.439); ragged child and General Punchikoffin The Rose and the Ring, 5 January 1891 (0.8.546); small part in A White Lie, Avenue Theatre 18 February 1893 (0.9.54); 'beautiful part ... very long' in The Little Squire, Lyric, 6 April 1894 (0.9.139) Bowman, Isa b. 1874 small part in Alice 1886; 'pretty as the little match-girl dying in the snow, as Tomelise and as a Japanese kitchen-maid' at Anglo-Oanish Exhibition, 20 June 1880 (0.8.403); recommended to Savile Clarke (0.8.439, L710); 'a delightful Alice' in Alice, Globe 3 January 1889; 'little Ouke of York' in Richard III, Globe, 28 March 1889 (0.8.451); 20 April 1889 (0.8.453); 11 May 1889 (0.8.455) Bowman, Nellie (Helen 'Nellie' Holmes) b. 1877 small part in Joseph's Sweetheart, Vaudeville, 20 July 1888 (0.8.412); again 'very prettily as the little boy' in Brighton, 22 September 1888 (0.8.426); 'Clarence's son ... sweetness itself' in Richard III, Globe, 28 March 1889 (0.8.451) Burley, Minnie dancer in minuet, The Rose and the Ring, Prince of Wales's, 8 January 1891, (0.8.546-7) Cameron, Violet (1863-1949) 'a graceful child' as Queen Mab in The Children in the Wood, Orury Lane 18 January 1873 (0.6.257) Carlo, Phoebe b. 1874 'looked sweet' in The Silver King, Princess's, 28 March 1883 (0.7.525); took on role of Cissie 'very nicely', 15 May 1885 (D.8.197); little boy Kit in Hoodman Blind, Princess's, 29 August 1885 (D.8.234); discussed engagement as Alice, 30 October 1886 (0.8.304); 'splendid as Alice' 30 Oecember 1886 (D.8.311, L657, n. 1); small part in The Golden Ladder, 11 February 1888 (0.8.381); Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Devonshire Park, 13'August 1888 (0.8.417, L581-2 n. 1, L644-5) Charles, F. Living Miniatures, Haymarket, 2 March 1867 (0.5.202) Clark, Evelyn Twenty Minutes with a Tiger and Beauty and the Beast, at the Simpsons' home, 8 January 1874 (0.6.310) Clitherow, Maude 'acted very sweetly' in The Silver King, Princess's, 28 March 1883 (0.7.525) Coote, Bertie b. 1868, younger brother of Carrie and Lizzie; 'hardly more than a clever baby' in The Babes in the Wood, Sadlers' Wells, 9 January 1874 (0.6.311); Clown in Goody Two-Shoes, Adelphi, 13 January 1877 (0.7.13, L270 n.l); 'as good as ever' in Red Riding Hood, Adelphi, 2 October 1877 (D.7.75); 'as usual' in Robin Hood, Adelphi, 31 Oecember 1877 (0.7.91) Coote, Carrie b. 1869 Columbine in Goody Two-Shoes, Adelphi, 13 January 1877 (0.7.13, L270 n. 1); visits her at home, 17 January 1877 (0.7.16); 'as good as ever' in Red Riding Hood, Adelphi, 2 October 1877 (0.7.75); 'the little Prince' in Jane Shore, Princess's, 30 April 1878 and 25 May 1878 (0.7.108, 114); Eva in Uncle Tom's Cabin, Princess's, 9 October 1878 (0.7.142) Appendix A 253 Coote, Lizzie b. 1862 small part in Hop-a' -my-Thumb, Brighton pantomime, 6 January 1874 (D.6.309); 'sprite' in Froggy WiJuld A-Wooing Go (L262, n. 1); Zephyr in Surrey pantomime, 17 January 1877 (D.7.!7); Area Jack in After Dark, Adelphi, 2 October 1877 (D.7.75) Costello, Ada aged 9, in Hutchinson's and Tayleure's Circus, 19 August 1880 (D.7.287) Craig, Edith b. 1869 in Lady Barbara s Birthday, Moray Lodge, 24 January 1883, a performance by six children (D.7.515) Craig, Teddie, [Edward Gordon Craig] b. 1872, as above D' Alcourt, Clara sister of more famous Dorothy, seen on stage in Eastbourne, 5 August 1888 (L 712) D' Alcourt, Dorothy b. 1880 'delicious Dormouse' in Alice in Wonderland, Prince of Wales's, 30 December 1886 (D.8.311); also oyster ghost No.2 by 1 February 1887 (D.8.316); 'speaking Oyster, first fairy, first ghost, and plum-pudding' in Alice, Prince of Wales's, 3 January 1889 (D.8.439); touring as Little Lord Fauntleroy, visited Carroll during the tour on 24 June 1890 (D.8.517); see also L657 Edmonds, Emily played Anne Boleyn and Columbine in Henry VIII, Princess's, 16 January 1856 (D.2.22) Edwards, Percy fairy in A Midsummer Nights Dream, Devonshire Park, 13 August 1888 (D.8.417) Elliston, Clara b. 1870 'leading child' in 'a pretty scene of children', Jack and the Beanstalk, Brighton, 4 January 1878 (D.7.92); 'one of four little sailors' in Cinderella, Brighton, 1 January 1879 (D.7'!53); 'dress-making by day and acting by night' as a shoe-black in After Dark, Brighton, 20 June 1879 (D.7.182) Elliston, Edith elder sister of Clara, 'is 8, and has already appeared in three Pantomimes' by 2 January 1879 (D.7.154); in Aladdin, Brighton, 28 December 1880 (D.7.313) Evans, Polly aged 13, in Hutchinson's and Tayleure's Circus, 19 August 1880 (D.7.287) Fane, Blanche 'very young and acted with amazing spirit' in The Little Treasure, Haymarket, 17 January 1856 (D.2.23) Fearon, Beatrice and Maud '[t]o the Lathbury's for their children's party. The two Fearons, four or five Davies, and a pretty child named Ethel Barry acted Miss Edgeworth's Organ Grinder, and Miss Keating's Beauty and the Beast. Maud Fearon seems to have a real gift for acting' 12 January 1878 (D.7.95) Foote, Lydia The Ticket-aI-Leave Man, Olympic, 2 October 1863 (D.4.248) French, Henri (aged 61/2) and his siblings Marie (8), and Nellie (3) with Minnie (6, not a sister), stage name of a French family, performed on bicycles at the Rink, Eastbourne, on 4 August 1881. 'They are very clever and seem very nice children' (D.7.353) 254 Children and Theatre in Victorian Britain: 'All Work, No Play' Gilchrist, Constance usually called Connie, b. 1865, Harlequin in Goody Two­ Shoes, Adelphi, 13 January 1877 (D.7.13); 'the most gloriously beautiful child' when visited at home on 10 April 1877 (D.7.29); skipping-rope dance at Westminster Aquarium on 2 July 1877 (D.7.45); Harlequin in children's pan­ tomime Red Riding Hood, Adelphi, 2 October 1877 (D.7.75); 'as usual' in Robin Hood, Adelphi, 31 December 1877 (D.7 .91); 'losing her beauty' as Siebel in Little Doctor Faust, Gaiety, 2 October 1878 (D.7.140) Grattan children Goody and Little Boy Blue in Goody Two-Shoes, Adelphi, 13 January 1877 'seemed clever, but hardly worth the excessive praise' (D.7.13) Hanbury, Dorothy hero in The Little Squire, 6 April 1894, 'a sort of "Lord Fauntleroy" play... a clever child of l2 ... but...a little 'common' for such a part' (D.9.139) Hatton, Bessie b. 1875 'perfectly charming Prince of Wales: her enunciation is simply delicious', in Richard III, Globe, 28 March 1889 (D.8.451) Henri, Jenny Sylvius in tableau, Living Miniatures, Haymarket, 2 March 1867 (D.5.202) Hetherington, Dot oyster ghost and little sailor in Alice, Prince of Wales's, 1 February 1887 (D.8.316) Hoare, Mabel child in The Silver King, 15 May 1889 (L905, n. 1); Prince Arthur in King John, Oxford University Dramatic Society, 6 February 1891, 'more refined and ladylike than the ordinary stage-children' (D.8.S50, L905, n.
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