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Book 2: Sans Pareil/Adelphi Theatres—Seasonal Digests: 1806-1899 Sans Pareil/Adelphi Theatres Seasonal Digests: 1806-1899 Theatre developments, history, reviews, performers, authors, genres, audiences. The Adelphi Calendar Project 1806-1900 Alfred L. Nelson and Gilbert B. Cross, General Editors Theodore J. Seward, Jr., Systems Analyst The Adelphi Calendar Project 1806-1900 Alfred L. Nelson and Gilbert B. Cross, General Editors Theodore J. Seward, Jr., Systems Analyst Copyright © 1988, 1992, 2013 and 2016 by Alfred L. Nelson, Gilbert B. Cross, Joseph Donohue. Originally published by Greenwood Press as The Sans Pareil Theatre 1806-1819, Adelphi Theatre 1819-1850: An Index to Authors, Titles, Performers, 1988, and The Adelphi Theatre 1850-1900: An Index to Authors, Titles, Performers and Management, 1992. The Adelphi Theatre Calendar revised, reconstructed and amplified. Copyright © 2016, by Alfred L. Nelson, Gilbert B. Cross, Joseph Donohue. 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Book 2: Sans Pareil/Adelphi Theatres—Seasonal Digests: 1806-1899 iii Book 2: Sans Pareil/Adelphi Theatres—Seasonal Digests: 1806-1899 iv Index to Books Book 1: Sans Pareil/Adelphi Theatres—Curtain Up: 1806-1899 Book 2: Sans Pareil/Adelphi Theatres—Seasonal Digests: 1806-1899 Book 3: Sans Pareil/Adelphi Theatres—Seasonal Summaries: 1806-1849 Book 4: Adelphi Theatre—Seasonal Summaries: 1850-1899 Book 5: Sans Pareil Theatre—Daily Calendars: 1806-1818 Book 6: Adelphi Theatre—Daily Calendars: 1819-1829 Book 7: Adelphi Theatre—Daily Calendars: 1830-1839 Book 8: Adelphi Theatre—Daily Calendars: 1840-1849 Book 9: Adelphi Theatre—Daily Calendars: 1850-1859 Book 10: Adelphi Theatre—Daily Calendars: 1860-1869 Book 11: Adelphi Theatre—Daily Calendars: 1870-1879 Book 12: Adelphi Theatre—Daily Calendars: 1880-1889 Book 13: Adelphi Theatre—Daily Calendars: 1890-1899 Book 14: Sans Pareil/Adelphi Theatres—All-Inclusive Index: 1806-1899 Book 2: Sans Pareil/Adelphi Theatres—Seasonal Digests: 1806-1899 v Book 2: Sans Pareil/Adelphi Theatres—Seasonal Digests: 1806-1899 vi Contents Index to Books ...................................................................................................................................................... v List of Illustrations................................................................................................................................................ xi Book 2 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... xiii Sans Pareil Theatre Seasonal Digest 1806-1807 Ed. John W. Brokaw ..................................................... 1 Sans Pareil Theatre Seasonal Digest 1807-1808 Ed. John W. Brokaw ..................................................... 5 Sans Pareil Theatre Seasonal Digest Summer 1808 Ed. John W. Brokaw ............................................... 7 Sans Pareil Theatre Seasonal Digest 1808-1809 Ed. John W. Brokaw ..................................................... 9 Sans Pareil Theatre Seasonal Digest 1809-1810 Ed. John W. Brokaw ................................................... 11 Sans Pareil Theatre Seasonal Digest Summer 1810 Ed. John W. Brokaw ............................................. 13 Sans Pareil Theatre Seasonal Digest 1810-1811 Ed. Frank McHugh ...................................................... 15 Sans Pareil Theatre Seasonal Digest 1811-1812 Ed. Frank McHugh ...................................................... 17 Sans Pareil Theatre Seasonal Digest 1812-1813 Ed. Frank McHugh ...................................................... 19 Sans Pareil Theatre Seasonal Digest 1813-1814 Ed. Frank McHugh ...................................................... 21 Sans Pareil Theatre Seasonal Digest 1814-1815 Ed. Frank McHugh ...................................................... 23 Sans Pareil Theatre Seasonal Digest 1815-1816 Ed. Franklin Case ........................................................ 25 Sans Pareil Theatre Seasonal Digest 1816-1817 Ed. Franklin Case ........................................................ 27 Sans Pareil Theatre Seasonal Digest 1817-1818 Ed. Franklin Case ........................................................ 29 Sans Pareil Theatre Seasonal Digest 1818-1819 Ed. Franklin Case ........................................................ 31 Adelphi Theatre Seasonal Digest 1819-1820 Ed. Franklin Case ............................................................... 33 Adelphi Theatre Seasonal Digest 1820-1821 Ed. Alfred Nelson & Gilbert Cross ................................... 35 Adelphi Theatre Seasonal Digest 1821-1822 Ed. Alfred Nelson & Gilbert Cross ................................... 39 Adelphi Theatre Seasonal Digest 1822-1823 Ed. Alfred Nelson & Gilbert Cross ................................... 41 Adelphi Theatre Seasonal Digest 1823-1824 Ed. Alfred Nelson & Gilbert Cross ................................... 43 Adelphi Theatre Seasonal Digest 1824-1825 Ed. Alfred Nelson & Gilbert Cross ................................... 47 Adelphi Theatre Seasonal Digest 1825-1826 Ed. Alfrida Lee .................................................................... 49 Adelphi Theatre Seasonal Digest 1826-1827 Ed. Alfrida Lee .................................................................... 51 Adelphi Theatre Seasonal Digest 1827-1828 Ed. Alfrida Lee .................................................................... 53 Adelphi Theatre Seasonal Digest 1828-1829 Ed. Alfrida Lee .................................................................... 57 Theatre Royal, Adelphi Seasonal Digest 1829-1830 Ed. Alfrida Lee ........................................................ 61 Theatre Royal, Adelphi Seasonal Digest Summer 1830 Ed. Alfrida Lee .................................................. 63 Theatre Royal, Adelphi Seasonal Digest 1830-1831 Ed. Alicia Kae Koger .............................................. 65 Theatre Royal, Adelphi Seasonal Digest Summer 1831 Ed. Alicia Kae Koger ........................................ 67 Theatre Royal, Adelphi Seasonal Digest 1831-1832 Ed. Alicia Kae Koger .............................................. 69 Theatre Royal, Adelphi Seasonal Digest 1832-1833 Ed. Alicia Kae Koger .............................................. 71 Theatre Royal, Adelphi Seasonal Digest Summer 1833 Ed. Alicia Kae Koger ........................................ 73 Theatre Royal, Adelphi Seasonal Digest 1833-1834 Ed. Alicia Kae Koger .............................................. 75 Book 2: Sans Pareil/Adelphi Theatres—Seasonal Digests: 1806-1899 vii Theatre Royal, Adelphi Seasonal Digest 1834-1835 Ed. Alicia Kae Koger .............................................. 77 Theatre Royal, Adelphi Seasonal Digest 1835-1836 Ed. Alicia Kae Koger .............................................. 79 Theatre Royal, Adelphi Seasonal Digest 1836-1837 Ed. Alicia Kae Koger .............................................. 81 Theatre Royal, Adelphi Seasonal Digest 1837-1838 Ed. Alicia Kae Koger .............................................. 83 Theatre Royal, Adelphi Seasonal Digest 1838-1839 Ed. Alicia Kae Koger .............................................. 85 Theatre Royal, Adelphi Seasonal Digest 1839-1840 Ed. Alicia Kae Koger .............................................. 87 Theatre Royal, Adelphi Seasonal Digest 1840-1841 Ed. Franklin & Mary Case ..................................... 89 Theatre Royal, Adelphi Seasonal Digest 1841-1842 Ed. Franklin & Mary Case ..................................... 93 Theatre Royal, Adelphi Seasonal
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