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actor-manager, 2, 3, 15, 35, 47, 55, 60, ballet, 66 63, 69, 135, 137, 191, 198, 202 Bandman, Film Control, 244 family, 56, 58 Bandman, Musical Comedy Company, model, 24, 26, 44, 55, 58, 60, 245 104, 105 actor-network theory (ANT), 5, 8, 9, 11, Bandman Eastern Circuit Ltd, 3, 84 12, 21, 70, 96, 97, 164, 171, 187 Bandman Opera Company, 1, 228 Actor’s Tour, or seventy thousand miles with Bandman Varieties Ltd, 3, 84, 85 Shakespeare, An, 31 Bandmann, Circuit, 1, 7, 11, 12, 18, 50, 56, Adelphi Theatre, London, 123 58, 69, 74, 75, 90, 92, 93, 94, 96, 98, Aden, 171, 195 99, 101, 130, 134, 136, 143, 147, advance agents, 10, 18, 157, 186, 217 155, 160, 161, 163, 164, 169, 171, Advance of the Tanks, The, 239 181, 183, 185, 186, 188, 189, 193, Africa, 212 198, 203, 210, 211, 233, 245, 249 African Theatre Trust, 10, 80 Bandmann, Comedy Company, 118, Aleppo, 82, 231 153, 184 Alexandria, 19, 65, 82, 88, 91, 96, 101, Bandmann, Daniel E., 2, 13, 17, 24, 25, 103, 134, 138, 173, 231, 255 26–37, 39, 42, 45, 71, 159, 225 Alexandria Theatre, 40 Bandmann, Dramatic Company, 134 Alhambra Theatre Bandmann, Gaiety Company, 134, 142 Alexandria, 88, 91, 174, 231 Bandmann, Lily C., 17, 24, 35, 36–37, London, 74, 235 39, 43–45, 49, 63, 184 All French, 134 Bandmann, Londoners, 148 Allan, Maud, 228 Bandmann, Manxman Companies, 45, Allan Wilkie Company, 199 47, 136, 182 Allen, Sir Charles, 218 Bandmann, Musical Comedy Company, 74 All-Red Circuit, 80, 81, 147, 221 Bandmann, Opera Company, 20, 50, 68–72, Alone in London, 43 74, 85, 87, 88, 89, 101, 102, 113, Amateur Dramatic Company, 176 119, 126, 127, 128, 129, 131, 141, Amrita Bazar Patrika, The (Newspaper), 145, 146, 157, 162, 163, 171, 174, 74, 107, 160, 221 175, 182, 183, 184, 185, 195, 214, Ancien Régime, 27 229, 249 Aragoz, 101 Bandmann, Repertoire Company, Arcade Amusement Company, 100, 138 Tientsin, 212 Bandmann, Varieties Company, 173 Arcadians, The, 195 Bandmann, Varieties Ltd, 85, 146, 221, Asia, 14 244, 249 Auckland, 28 Bandmann, Variety and Asiatic Cinema Austerlitz tour, 45 Company, 79, 236 Australia, 27, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 42, 62, Bandmann and Charles Touring 80, 82, 90, 147, 198, 246, 256 Company, The Scamps, 180, 233

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Bandmann-Beaudet company, 30, 31, 55 Caine, Hall, 135–36 Bandmann-Palmer, Millicent, 2, 17, 24, Cairo, 1, 13–14, 18, 20, 22, 65, 77, 82, 27, 33, 35–42, 45, 53 96, 99, 101–6, 132, 134, 138, 178, Bandmann-Palmer Shakespearian 180, 203, 231, 255 Company, 39 Calcutta, 3, 12, 15, 18–19, 20, 22–23, Bandmann’s Hippodrome, Bandmann’s 31, 39, 52, 72, 74–76, 77, 79, 82, Theatre, 15, 84, 120, 200, 219, 221 85, 87, 89–91, 96, 106–8, 110, Bandmann’s New Theatre, 224 118, 119–20, 131–34, 146, 148, Bangalore, 171, 195 150, 157, 159, 166, 169–70, 175, bangsawan, 14, 112, 115 178, 180, 181, 183, 185, 190, 192, Barbados, 68 193, 197–204, 207–11, 217–23, Bardelys the Magnificent, 149 226, 227, 234, 236, 240, 242–43, Barrett, Wilson, 43–44, 46, 47, 63, 247–50, 255 135–36, 140 Canada, 30, 71, 145, 182, 190 Barrymore, John, 139 Candida, 191, 192 Batavia, Dutch East Indies, 121–25 Casino Girl, The, 69 Bataviaasch nieuwsblad Catch of the Season, The, 195 (Newspaper), 124 Ceylon, 79, 81, 132, 142, 169, 197–98, 223 Battle of the Ancre, The, 239–240 Ceylon Observer, The (Newspaper), 181 Battle of the Somme, The, 237–41 Charles, Dora Phoebe aka Dora Beaman, Justice Frank, 224, 225 Dolaro, 180 Beaudet, Louise, 30, 31, 32, 35 Charley’s Aunt, 134–35 Beech, Florence, 21, 204, 220 China, 3, 106, 116, 118, 127, 143, 149, Beirut, 82 160, 165, 168–70, 180, 189, 241 Belle of New York, The, 132, 134 Chinese Honeymoon, A, 132, 190 Bell’s Life, The (Chronicle), 36 Chocolate Soldier, The, 132 Ben Hur, 140 chorus girls, 21, 172–73, 176 Bengalee, The (Newspaper), 107 cinema, 3, 23, 62, 75, 77–79, 80, 82, 84, Benson, Frank, 89 91–92, 111, 112, 113, 115, 158, Berlin, 34 216–17, 221, 227, 230–31, 233, betweenness centrality, 6 241, 243–44, 248, 252, 255 Beyrouth, 231 Cinema Committee, 238 Bilimoria, A. J., 235 Cingalee, The, 71, 190 Biopolitics, 24–26, 54 Claudian, 43 Bioscope, The (Newspaper), 243 closeness centrality, 6 Bombay, 12, 17–20, 23, 31, Cohen, Elias Moses, 89, 153, 201 76–78, 82, 85, 87, 89, 91, Cole, Harry, 21, 122, 182 96, 108–11, 119–20, 132, Colombo, 20, 80, 81, 96, 171, 184, 195, 134–35, 147–48, 149–52, 199, 202–4, 210, 217, 255 153, 157, 159, 166, 169, colonial, 7, 10, 12, 13–15, 19, 21, 31, 54, 171–72, 178, 184, 186, 58, 66, 74, 96, 98, 101, 105–9, 191, 193, 195, 197, 199, 112–13, 115, 119, 121, 123, 124, 203, 209, 212, 217–18, 220, 131, 142, 150, 153–62, 164, 170, 221–30, 235, 241, 242, 250, 176, 178–80, 186, 194, 198, 212, 252, 255 215, 217, 220, 224, 229–45, Bombay City Improvement Trust, 108 248, 257 Bombay Gazette (Newspaper), 225 colonial bureaucracy, 22 Bouwmeester, Louis, 123 colonialism, 2, 91, 111 Bovill, C. H., 143 Come Inside, 134 Brazil, 2 comedy, 20, 31, 36, 65, 87, 108, 131, 134, Britain Prepared, 237–38, 241 135, 141–42, 158, 206, 220, 221, 245 Brough company, 108 Comic Opera Company, 178 Burlesque, 31, 41, 66 concert, 66 Burma, 132, 142, 179 contact zones, 16, 97 Burmah, 3 Cooper, Patience, 175, 247

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copyright, 7, 18, 21, 22, 32, 48, 57, 60, economics of touring, 85, 119, 165 66–67, 71, 87, 140, 142, 188–91, 192 Edward Theatre, Bombay, 147 Corinthian Theatre, Calcutta, 78, 107, Edwardes, George, 20, 60, 70, 71, 74, 87, 159, 247–49 89, 122, 142, 173, 176, 190, 192, Corlass, Georgie aka Georgina Major, 21, 195, 255 172, 174, 183–84, 188, 202–3 Egypt, 2, 3, 51, 65, 68, 71, 82, 101–4, Corsican Brothers, The, 28, 31, 32, 33 134, 138, 145, 169, 179, 180, 189, Count of Luxembourg, The, 134 197, 230 Country Girl, The, 71, 175 Egyptian Idol, The, 45, 47, 48 Court Theatre of New Strelitz, 27 Elder, Dempster and Company, 68 Courtneidge, Robert, 127 Ellis, Fred, 190 Coyne, Fred, 202, 209 Elphinstone Bioscope Company, 78, 235, Crook, J. R., 52, 230–31, 233 236 Elphinstone Picture Palace, 78 Daily Chronicle, The (Newspaper), 157 Empire, The (Newspaper), 219 Daily Gazette (Newspaper), 158 Empire Theatre Daily Malta Chronicle, The (Newspaper), Bombay, 87, 108, 120 99–101 Cairo, 82, 231 Dalbagni, Augusto, 18, 82, 83, 103, 104, 106 Calcutta, 18, 23, 39, 52, 76, 77, 79, 85, Dallas, Henry, 21, 70–74, 76, 92, 136, 88, 118, 120, 146, 181, 200, 217, 141, 146, 167, 190 218, 220, 221, 222, 226, 227, 228, Dallas and Bandmann Opera Company 235, 244, 246–49 aka Bandmann and Dallas Opera Malta, 101 Company, 71, 72 English Comedy Company, 2, 99 Dallas Company, 72 Entrepôt, 19, 96–99, 115–16, 130, 160 Dallas Musical Comedy Company, 70 Era, The (Magazine), 1, 37, 44, 45, 64, Damascus, 82, 231 68, 81, 138, 146, 220, 231 David Garrick, 65 errant theatre controversy, 111 Davis, Tracy C., 90, 152, 255 ethnography, 9–10, 164, 165 Dead or Alive, 29 ethnomethodology, 9 degree centrality, 6, 247 Europe, 14 Delhi, 242 Evans, Gertrude, 45, 48 Delicate Ground, 36 Evans, Percy aka Percy Mortimer, 48 demographics, 14 Excelsior Cinematograph Syndicate, 78 Denny, Reginald, 249 Excelsior Theatre, Bombay, 229, 235, divorce, 17, 33, 35, 45, 48–51, 54, 242 136, 180 extraterritoriality, 188, 215 divorce plays, 140 drama, 20, 34, 40, 47, 62, 74, 102, 107, Far East, 24, 74, 82, 88–89, 96, 108, 118, 117, 127, 129, 131, 141, 158, 159, 120, 132, 142, 147, 149, 163, 165, 177, 198, 203, 225, 236, 251 179, 182, 191, 192, 197, 198, 203, Duchess of Dantzic, The, 71 220, 223, 237 Duke of York’s Theatre, 148 Far East, The (Newspaper), 129 Duse, Eleonora, 246 Faraday, Michael George, 206–7 Dutch East Indies, 14, 116, 121–22, 151, farce, 41, 135, 145, 148, 177 160, 189 Faust, 28 the First World War, 4, 15, 24, 44, 77, Earl and the Girl, The, 123, 126 79, 82, 87, 91, 101–4, 115, 132, East Lynne, 40, 134, 182 141, 145, 146, 150, 173, 181, 242, Eccentric Club, London, 54 249–50 economic model, 54 Florodora, 123, 190 economic networks, 17, 59 Forman, Colonel R. H., 224 economic sociology, 5, 24 Forsythe, Blanche, 66–68, 182, 183 economics, 4, 17, 23, 35, 54, 59, 64, 90, Foucault, Michel, 111 92–95, 96–97, 130 foundation-stone ceremony, 20, 223

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France, 30 Hodgson, Leyland, 249 Frank Matcham Theatre, 227 Holloway, John, 89, 150, 159, 174, 227 Freear, William, 52 Hong Kong, 1, 30, 45, 54, 72, 96, Fuhrmann Henschel, 123 118–21, 157, 166, 168, 170, 173, 178, 212, 213, 255–56 Gaiety Theatre Honolulu Theatre Circuit, 81 Bombay, 87, 108 Hughes Musical Company, USA, 212 London, 12, 90, 119, 123, 124, 142, Humayan Properties Ltd, 244 143, 162, 195 Yokohama, 125 Ibsen, Henrik, 129 gala performance, 20, 96, 103–6 Imeson, Florence, 169–70 Geisha, The, 20, 69, 70, 127, 132, 153, 190 Imperial Theatre General Barter, 224, 225 Osaka, 126, 157 George, Muriel, 206–7, 211 Tokyo, 125–26, 128, 130, 145, 157, George V, 150, 226, 236 160, 220, 228 Germany, 26, 30, 35, 37, 44 India, 2–3, 15, 19, 22, 30–31, 39, 51, Gibraltar, 1–3, 21, 23, 51–52, 65, 71, 55, 68–72, 74, 78–80, 82, 84, 98–99, 135, 155, 171, 173, 178, 88–89, 106–11, 127, 132, 143, 147, 181, 203, 230, 232, 233, 249, 257 149–51, 153, 158–60, 165, 167, Gibraltar Chronicle (Newspaper), 232 170, 172, 174–76, 178–80, 181, Gilbert and Sullivan, 87, 132, 134, 143, 185, 191–95, 197–200, 203, 209, 153, 157, 176 212, 216–17, 220–21, 227, 236–38, Girl in the Train, The, 134 242–44, 246–52, 254–55 Girls of Gottenberg, The, 224 infrastructure, theatrical, 4, 18, 22, 63, Glasgow, 39 93, 101, 103, 111, 119, 130, 216, Globalization, 1, 3–4, 8, 13–16, 58, 92, 229, 247 245 intellectual property, 20, 22, 77, 142, Goa, 107, 175 188, 191–92 Gondoliers, The, 134 intermediary, 12, 58, 73, 98 Grand Opera House Iraq, 82 Calcutta, 74, 76, 87, 107, 190, 198, 224 Toronto, 30 Jaffa, 82, 231 Granovetter, Mark, 30 Jamaica, 68 Greig, Edvard, 224 Jane Shaw, 40 Grossmith, George Jr., 143 Japan, 3, 4, 96, 98, 165, 166, 175 Gunn, John, 190 Japan Gazette, The (Newspaper), 50 Guyana, 68 Japan Times, The (Newspaper), 126 Java, 3, 121 Haifa, 82 jazz, 148 Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2 Jerusalem, 82, 231 Hall, Marie, 88 joint-stock company, 3, 15, 67, 73, 79, Hamlet, 28, 30, 34, 36, 39, 40, 42, 112, 194, 202 149–51 Joyce, Archibald, 153 Handbook to Singapore, 111 jungju, Beijing-style, 117 Hauptman, Gerhart, 123 Hawaii, 30 Kantara, Egypt, 101 Heydays, The, 40 Karagöz, 101 Hill, Lilian, 52 Karaka, Jehangir Framji, 18, 76, 77, 222, Hill, Moyna, 50, 52, 209 224, 225–29, 252 Hindu Wedding, 250 Kelly, Mary, 32, 35 historical anthropology, 95 Khedival Opera House, 101, 103 historical network analysis, 5–9 Khedive of Egypt, 68, 102–3 historical network theory, 245 Kinemacolor, 226, 235, 255 historical research, 4 King of Cadonia, The, 220 Hitchcock, Alfred, 249 kinship, 25, 48, 56, 245

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Kobe, Japan, 125–26, 167, 255 Macbeth, 28, 38, 150 komedi stambul, 14 Maclaren, Millicent, 42, 44 Kuala Lumpur, 255 Maclaren, William, 17, 39, 42, 44–45 kunqu, Beijing Style, 117 Maclaren-Bandmann Company, 44, 49 Kursaal Theatre, Cairo, 20, 82, 83, Madan, J. J., 79, 247–49 102–4, 104, 231 Madan, Jamshedji Framji, 18, 79, 84–85, Kyoto, 127, 255 91–92, 107, 229, 235, 237, 242–43 Madan & Sons, 243 Madan Theatres Ltd, 78, 252 La Cigale, 69 Madras, 199 La Scala, Bombay, 147 Major, Warwick, 76, 84, 108, 184, 195, Lady Frederick, 221 203–4, 207, 247 Lady Madcap, 126 Malay regions, 14 Lady Windermere’s Fan, 46, 134 Malay States, 3 Lang, Matheson, 58, 89, 136, 149–52, Malaya, 151 159–60, 198–99, 227, 255 Malaya Tribune, The (Newspaper), 178 Lang-Holloway Company, 159, 227 Malta, 2, 3, 65, 68, 71, 98–101, 132, 134, Langtry, Lillie, 89 140, 155, 203 Last Days of the Pompadour, The, 27 Manchester, 39 law and litigation, 22, 187, 215 Manila, 14, 96, 132, 150, 175, 213, Lawrence, T. E., 105 214, 255 Leader, The (Newspaper), 236 Manners, Miss Majorie, 148 Leavitt, Michael B., 220 Manolesque, Molly aka Molly Leon, Connie, 173 Leicester, 180 Lewis, Charles, 52, 233 Manxman, The, 20, 45–47, 48, 63–65, Lewis, Nancy aka Annie Lewinstein, 134, 135–36, 137, 145 52, 233 Maria Stuart, 40 Life of a Recruit, 242 Marks, Lew, 242 likay, 14 Marriage Market, The, 170 limited liability company, 14, 66–67, 69, Marsh, Alex, 207, 209 73, 84 Mary Queen of Scots, 39, 40 Lionel Monckton and Howard Matcham, Frank, 219, 227 Talbot, 127 Maurice E. Bandmann War Films, Little Christopher Columbus, 69 238, 241 Liverpool, 39, 40 Maurier, George Du, 136 Locked in a Flat, 148 McGrath, James, 85–86, 184–86, London, 4, 12, 15, 27, 31, 33, 34, 36–37, 220, 247 39, 42, 44, 46–47, 48, 50, 54, 64, McIntosh, Hugh, 80, 197 73, 74–77, 90, 123–25, 131–32, Mediterranean and the East 136, 137, 140, 141–42, 147–48, Entertainment Syndicate, 3, 152–55, 156, 157, 159, 161–62, 65–69, 73, 74, 79 164–65, 169, 171, 173, 178–79, 180, melodrama, 20, 27–29, 32, 36, 43, 192, 195, 196, 204, 206, 207–9, 68–69, 87, 108, 134–36, 148, 198 210–11, 219–20, 224, 235, 241 Menaka aka Leila Sokhey, 185, 249, 251 London and China Telegraph, The Merchant of Venice, The, 27, 28, 33, 57, (Newspaper), 113 123, 149, 199 London Bioscope and Variety Company, Merry Widow, The, 124, 132, 148 The, 74, 235 micropolitics, 18–20, 93–95, 98, 100 Lopez, Stephen, 173, 184–86, 240, 247, migration, 25 249–51, 255 Mikado, The, 68, 127–29, 157 Lord Chamberlain, 48, 157, 159 Millar, Gertie, 173 Lyceum Theatre Minerva Theatre, Calcutta, 107 London, 27, 36 Miss Hook of Holland, 125 Shanghai, 117–18 mobility, 4, 15–17, 26, 63, 64, 113, 142, Lyric Opera Company, 190 188–89 Lyric Theatre, London, 123, 204 Morgan, Merlin, 153

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Morra, Norah, 174 Orchid, The, 71, 190 Mousmé, The, 20, 127–29, 134, 157 Orr, C. W. J., 231, 233 Mr Tom Payne, 148 Osaka, Japan, 125, 126, 127–29, 130, Mr Wu, 158 157, 160, 255 Mrs. Alfred Hart, 100 Osaka Shiusu Kaisja, Japanese Opera Mrs. Oscar Beringer, 40 Company, 124 Mrs Patrick Campbell, 39 Osanai, Kaoru, 129 Muret, Hettie aka Torrianno, 171, Othello, 28, 150 195–97, 211 Our Miss Gibbs, 90, 132, 134 Murray Hill Theatre, New York, 33 music, 15, 42, 109, 124, 127, 148, 153, 160, 175, 204–6, 207–9, 224, 227, Palestine, 82 229–30, 232, 254 pantomime, 36, 66, 152, 186, 203 music hall, 28, 42, 64, 79, 101–2, 124, Paris, 15, 34, 124, 136, 153, 156, 250 146, 174 Parsi Theatre, 14, 18, 78, 112, 115, 121, musical comedy, 1–2, 20, 41, 62, 68–70, 74, 151, 161, 248 96, 117, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126–27, partnerships, 18, 57, 63, 70, 73–79, 81, 130, 131, 132, 134, 143–46, 153, 95–97, 146 160–61, 162, 166, 171–72, 176–78, Passing of the Third Floor Back, The, 149 182, 195, 204, 205, 245, 249, 255 passports, 25–26, 44, 51, 256 musical directors, 21, 74, 164, 211 Pavlova, Anna, 85, 87, 246–49 musicians, 15, 17, 21, 74, 107, 122, 134, Peace Celebrations Committee, 1919, 104 136, 163, 172, 174–75, 175, 186, 250 Peer Gynt Suite, 224 Peggy, 90, 129, 132, 134, 143–44, 145, 160 Peking, 2, 167, 170 Narcisse, 27, 31, 33, 36 Peking and Tientsin Times, The Naughty Wife, The, 158 (Newspaper), 241 nautch dancing, 247 Penang, 72 networks, 3–11, 13–15, 17, 19–20, 22, 24, performance networks, 20 55–56, 58, 77, 78, 91–95, 96, 142, Peru, 2 156–57, 164, 186, 211, 216, 233, Pete: A Drama in Four Acts, 136 243–46, 249, 257 Peter Pan, 195 New Empire Theatre, 51, 232, 235 Philippine Islands, 3 New York, 2, 27, 30, 32, 33, 37, 44, Piccadilly Theatre, Cairo, 82, 231 46–47, 80, 152, 246 Pierrot company, 180 New York Clipper, The (Newspaper), 71, 145 Play Pictorial (Magazine), 143 New York Dramatic Mirror, The playright. See copyright (Newspaper), 46 Port Said, 101, 171, 195, 231 New York Herald, The (Newspaper), 190 Printania Theatre, Cairo, 101 New York Times, The, 30 Prisoner of Zenda, The, 134, 135 New Zealand, 27, 30, 90 Probyn, Elsie, 174 newspapers, 1, 8, 10, 11, 14, 18, 23, 28, public sphere, 96, 111, 131, 155–56 68, 91, 101, 109, 119, 124, 126, publics, 2, 4, 12, 16–17, 21, 98, 131–41, 131, 134, 157, 200, 224, 234, 142, 155, 159, 162, 217, 225 243, 256 Pune, 195 Niblo’s Garden, New York, 27 Night of the Party, The, 153 Night Out, A, 145 Québec, 190 Nightbirds, 207, 209 Queen Mary, 150, 236 North America, 212 Queen Victoria, 2, 107 Novelty Theatre, Bombay, 229, 235 Quo Vadis?, 140, 141

Oliver Twist, 43 Radha and Krishna, 250 opera, 68 ragtime, 148 Opera Comique, London, 32, 48 railways, 4, 10, 86, 130, 182, 202 opium trade, 106, 115–17 Rangoon, 82, 131, 150, 169, 199, 255

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Rangoon Gazette (Newspaper), 177 Sierra Leone, 212 Rebecca, 249 Sign of the Cross, The, 20, 44, 68, 132, Reeve, Ada, 172, 174, 197–98 135, 140 –41, 145 Referee, The (Newspaper), 148 Silver King, The, 48, 134 repertoire, 4, 12, 20–21, 29, 31, 33, 39, Silver Slipper, The, 190 40, 42–43, 48, 60, 63, 68, 70, 74, Singapore, 1, 3, 19, 71–72, 96, 115, 82, 86, 93, 96, 100, 102, 103, 107, 111–16, 118–19, 131, 134, 144, 151, 112, 123, 124, 129, 131–41, 142, 157, 159, 160, 166, 167, 169–70, 145, 149, 151–52, 156, 157–58, 176, 181–82, 204, 212, 217, 241, 162, 163, 171–73, 182, 198, 204, 246, 255–57 210, 229, 241 Sketch, The (Magazine), 37, 41, 107 Reynolds and Donegal, 147 Smith, G. Albert, 236 Richard III, 28 Smith, Roy H., 181, 184, 185 Richardson, Charles E., 207–9 Society of Authors, 191, 192 Rickards, Harry, 80, 82, 147 Society Sphinx, A, 100 Riga, 52 Somerset Maugham, William, 221 Robbers, The, 28 South Africa, 49, 70, 80, 88–90, 135, Romeo and Juliet, 37, 45 149, 150, 174 Rosse, Martin, 148 South America, 2, 14, 21, 69, 71, 179, Rosslyn Sisters, 148 182, 212 Roxy Cinema, 246 South China Morning Post (Newspaper), Royal Opera House, Bombay, 18, 20, 23, 54, 119 76, 77, 111, 120, 148, 149, 159, Spring Chicken, The, 123 191, 217, 220, 222, 223, 228, 242, Springfield, Maurice, 175 246, 252–55 Stage, The (Magazine), 46, 52, 63, 74, Royal Theatrical Fund, 27 189, 195, 220 Runaway Girl, The, 70, 122, 123, 132, 174 Stage Yearbook, 165, 166, 169 Russell, David Forbes, 184, 247 Stamford, Gordon, 146 Standard, The, 36 Salome, 159 Standard Theatre, New York, 30 Savoy, Lucille, 147 Star Theatre, The, Calcutta, 159 Schiller, Friedrich, 40 Statesman (Newspaper), 157, 240 Schlesinger, Isidore, 10, 60, 80–81 steamships, 4, 13, 14, 68, 157, 213 School for Scandal, The, 38, 39, 45 Stephen, Arratoon, 76–77, 108, Schouwburg, 123 217, 219 Batavia, 121 stock company, 31, 33, 40, 43, 54.See also Surabaya, 121 joint-stock company science, 8, 14, 158, 227 Straits Settlements, 3, 127, 143, 150 Second Mrs Tanqueray, The, 140 Straits Times (Newspaper), 1, 70, 71, 128, the Second World War, 186, 249 157, 181, 241, 246 Shakespeare, 10, 15, 28–30, 31, 34, 39, Strand Theatre, The, 181 41, 58, 88, 127, 148–52, 159, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 198–200, 227, 230 The, 31–32 Shakespeare Wallah, 56 structural holes, 58 Shanghai, 2, 30, 72, 96, 116–18, 150–51, Sudan, 99, 103 160, 166, 167, 170, 174–76, 178, Sudermann, Hermann, 40–41 212–14, 255 Suez Canal, 4, 101, 103 Shanghai Caledonian Society, 150 Sultan of Egypt, 104–6 Shankar, Uday, 185, 249, 250 Surabaya Dutch East Indies, 122 Shaw, George Bernard, 129, 191–92 Sweet Nell of Drury Lane, 149 Sherry, Madame, 71 Syria, 82 shingeki, 127 Shop Girl, The, 90, 132 Takarazuka, Japan, 130 Shubert Brothers, 63, 190, 246 Taming of the Shrew, The, 149 Sienkiewcz, Henryk, 141 Tangiers, 2

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Tares, 39, 40 Trinidad, 68 Taylor, Tom, 29 Twinning, T. V., 107 Teikoku-za theatre, Osaka, 128 telegraphy, 158 United Kingdom, 2, 39, 66, 189–90, 249 tent cinemas, 235 United States of America, 2, 14, 32, 45, Terry, Ellen, 89, 174 62, 63, 82, 87, 137, 143, 146, 189, theatre and performance studies, 8–9 190, 214, 230, 250 theatre buildings, 9, 12, 22, 64, 77 Théâtre de la Monnaie, 148 Vaidya, Narayan T., 109–10 theatre management, 59, 87, 184, 213 Vane, Charles, 150, 160 Theatre Manoel, Malta, 99 variety, 20, 36, 60, 62, 74, 77, 79–82, 88, Theatre Royal 103, 105–6, 117, 121, 129, 131–32, Auckland, 28 134, 141–42, 144–48, 176, 185, Calcutta, 18, 76, 88, 108, 132, 217, 186, 197, 198, 206, 213, 221, 229, 219–20, 235 231, 233–35, 236, 245 Gibraltar, 231 vaudeville, 33, 41, 79, 103, 134, 144–46, Hong Kong, 118–21 147, 180, 198, 221 Khartoum, 103 vaudeville circuits, US, 81 London, 64 Victoria Theatre, Singapore, 112–15, theatrescapes, 16 116, 119 theatrical touring, 21, 22–23, 45, Vision of Salome, The, 159 64, 66, 84, 87, 163, 165, Voice from the Minaret, The, 158 168, 179, 186 Thring, G. Herbert, 191–92 Tientsin, 167, 170, 212–14, 241, 255 Wallace, Malcolm, 2, 65, 99, 234 Times of Ceylon, 80 Webb, Bessie, 185, 249 Times of India (Newspaper), 1, 39, 85, 91, West Indies, 2, 21, 68–69, 71, 98, 143, 108–10, 147–48, 157, 221, 224, 203, 212 226, 229, 235, 242–43 Western American Vaudeville Tivoli Circuit, 80, 81, 147, 197 Association, 81 Tivoli Theatre, Ltd, 80 Wilde, Oscar, 46, 134, 135, 159 Tokyo, 1, 124, 125–26, 128–30, 145, Wilkie, Allan, 58, 89, 151, 153, 159, 188, 156–57, 160, 167, 171, 220, 228, 191–92, 198–202, 214, 255 238, 241 Williams and Rankin, 147 Toreador, 126 Williamson, J. C., 58, 60, 62, 91, 246 Toto, 153, 154 Woman of No Importance, The, 134 Town Hall, Singapore, 217 tragedy, 108, 148 Yokohama, 12, 19, 21, 71, 96, 125–26, translation, 8, 11, 127, 192 129, 135, 155, 160, 167, Tree, Herbert Beerbohm, 60, 183–84, 255 137–39, 190 Yûrakuza Theatre, Tokyo, 126 Trilby, 20, 47, 48, 65, 68, 134–35, 136–39, 145, 182, 189 zenana, 74, 159–60, 221