Brotherton Library Nineteenth-Century Playbills Handlist of playbills of the nineteenth century given to the Library by Mrs Blanche Legat Leigh (died 194 5) and Professor P.H. Sawyer. The collection is shelved in Special Collections: Theatre: Playbills Contents Pages 1-7: 1-65: Given by Mrs Leigh Pages 8-9: 66-75: Given by Professor Sawyer Pages 10-2 9: Index of Authors, Titles and actors 1 -65: Playbills given by Mrs Leigh 1. 7th Feb. 1806. Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The Travellers; or, Music's Fascination, by Andrew Cherry (17 62 -1812). Three Weeks after Marriage, by Arthur Murphy (1727-1805), 2. 14th Feb. 1807. Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The Jealous Wife, by George Colman the elder (1732-94); Tekeli; or, The Siege of Montgatz, by Theodore Edward Hook (17 88-1841). 3. 10th Nov. 1808. Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The Siege of St. Quintin; or, Spanish Heroism, by T . E. Hook; : The Spoil'd Child, by Isaac Bickerstaffe (173 5-1812), 4. 24th July, 1810. Lyceum Theatre, English Opera. The Duenna, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751- 1816); Twenty Years Ago! by Isaac Pocock (17 82 -183 5). 5. 1st April, 1811. King's Theatre, Haymarket. The Earl of Warwick. .6. 10th Oct. 1812. Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Hamlet, Prince, of Denmark, by William Shakespeare (1564 -1616); The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphosed, by Charles Coffey (d.1745) and John Mottley (1692-1750). 7. 25th May, 1813. Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. The Gameste; by Mrs Susannah Centlivre (1667-1723); The Devil to Pay, by C. Coffey and J. Mottley, 8. 22nd June, 1813. Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Douglas, by Rev. John Home (1722-1808); The Pannel, by John Philip Kemble (1757 -1823 ). 9. 6th Sept. 1813* Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. John Bull; or, An Englishman's F ire -side, by George Colman the younger (1762-1836); Killing no Murder, by T.E. Hook. 10. 28th Sept. 1813. Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. Artaxerxes, by Dr. Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-78); ; j . At Home, ascribed to Sir Henry Bate Dudley (1745- 1824); Tom Thumb the Great. • 2 - 11. 5th Oct. 1813. Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The Merchant of Venice, by Shakespeare; Lodoiska, by Thomas John Pitt Dibdin (1771-1841). 12. 29th Oct. 1813. Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. The Beggar's Opera, by John Gay (1685-1732); The Miller and his Men, by I. Pocock. 13. 11th July, 1814. Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. King Richard the Third, by Shakespeare; Lock and Key, by Prince Hoare (17 55-1834). 14. 1st July, 1815. Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Wild Oats; or, The Strolling Gentlemen, by John O'Keeffe (1747-1833); Past Ten O'Clock and a Rainy Night, by T . J. Dibdin. 15. 27th April, 1816. Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, The School for Scandal, by R, B. Sheridan; G a rrick Ju b ilee, including a Pageant of the Characters of Shakespeare. 1 64 2 9th June, 1816. Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. King Henry VIII, by Shakespeare; John of Paris , by I, Pocock. 17. 16th Dec. 1816. Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. Guy Mannering; or, The Gipsey's Prophecy, adapted by Daniel Terry (1789-1829) and Sir Walter Scott; Bluebeard; or, Female Curiosity, by George Colman the younger. 18( 27th Sept. 1817. Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The Suspicious Husband, by Benjamin Hoadly (1706- 57); Frightened to Death, by Walley Chamberlain Oulton (1770? -1820? ) 19. 29th Sept. 1817. Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The Merchant of Venice, by Shakespeare; The Cobler of Preston, by Charles Johnson (1697 - 174 8). 20. 31st March, 1818. Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Rob Roy, The Gregarach, adapted by George Soane (17 90-1860); Follies of a Day; or, The Marriage of Figaro, by Thomas Holcroft (1744-1809). 21. 6th April, 1818. Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Rob Roy, the Gregarach, by George Soane; The Sleeping Draught, by Samson Penley. - 3 - 22. 6th April, 1818. Theatre Royal, English Opera, Strand. Mail Coach Adventures, by Charles Mathews the elder (177 6-183 5). 23. 9th June, 1819. Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. Douglas, by J. Home; • Per sanation, '"by Mar ie-TherSse Kemble (nee De Camp, 1773-183 8); The Critick, by R . B. Sheridan. 24. 15th Jan. 1820. Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. GaUantry; or, Adventures in Madrid, by S. Penley; Jack and the Bean Stalk; or, Harlequin and the Ogre, by Charles Isaac Mungo Pitt Dibdin (17 68- 1833). 25. 26th Feb. 1820. Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. The Antiquary, adapted by I. Pocock and D. Terry; Too Late for Dinner, by Richard Jones (177 9-1851); {also attributed to T.E. Hook). 26. 3rd March, 1820. Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. ■ ■ Don Giovanni, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart(1756-91); Miscellaneous Act; Acis and Galatea, by George Frederick Handel (1685-1759). 27. 13th March, 1820. Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The Hebrew, by George Soane; Jack and the Bean Stalk, by C.I. M. P. Dibdin. 28. 28th June, 1821. Theatre Royal, English Opera House, Strand. Two Words: or, Silent not Dumb, by Samuel James ' ' ' Arnold, (1774-1852). Is he JealouB ? by Samuel Beazley, jnr. (1786-1851); • Amateurs and Actors, by Richard Brinsley Peake ; (1792-1847). 29. 2nd July, 1821. Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. King Henry the Fourth, Part the Second, by Shakespeare; Lise et Colin (ballet); Bombastes Furioso, by William Barnes Rhodes (1772-1826). • 30. 8th Dec. 1823. New Theatre,Royal, Drury Lane. • King Richard the Third, by Shakespeare; Love, Lav/, and Physic, by Janies Kenney (1780-184 9). 31. l5thDec. 1823. New Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. King Richard the Third, by Shakespeare; The Cataract of the Ganges; or, The Rajah's Daughter, by William George Thomas Moncrieff (17 94-1857). - 4 - 32. 31st May, 1824. New Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The Poor Gentlemâ.n, by George Colman the younger; A Chinese Divertisement (ballet); Past Ten O'Clock, and a Rainy Night, by T. J Dibdin. 33. 2nd June, 1824. New Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The Cabinet, b y T .J . Dibdin; Two Wives; or, A Hint to Husbands, by John Parry (1776-1851); Killing no Murder, by T . E. Hook. 34. 10th March, 1825. Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. A Roland for an Oliver, by Thomas Morton (c.1764- 1838); Charles the Second; dr, The Merry Monarch, by John Howard Payne (1791-1852); The Miller and his Men, by I. Pocock. 3 5. 6th June, 182 5. Sadler's Wells. Jacko; or, The Ape of Brazil, by T. J. Dibdin; The Man and the Marquis; or, The Three Spectres of the Castle of St. Valori, by T. J. Dibdin; Beauty in a Box; or, The FoundlingPrince and the Vizier's Daughter, by T. J. Dibdin. 3 6. 29th June, 1825. Theatre, Toll-booth, Kirby-Moor-Side. The Tragedy of Jane Shore, by Nicholas Rowe (1674-1718); The Spectre Bridegroom; or, A Ghost in Spite of Himself, by W.G.T. Moncrieff. 37. llth July, 1825. Theatre, Kirby-Moor-Side. Macbeth, King of Scotland, by Shakespeare; The Merry Millers; or, Love in a sack; Love à la Mode, by Charles Macklin (c.1700-97). 3 8. 2 8th Feb. 1826. Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. A Bold Stroke for a Wife, by Mrs. Susannah Centlivre; The Beggar's Opera, by John Gay. 39. 1st March, 1826. Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. Thanksgiving, by Sir John Andrew Stevenson (17 60? -1833); The Creation, by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809); A Grand Miscellaneous Act. 40. 12th April, 182 6. Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. Oberon; or, The Elf-King's Oath, by James Robinson Planche (1796-1880); The Scape-Goat, by John Poole (17 867 -1872). - 5 - 41. 13th: April, .182 6; Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. ; ; . Oberon; or. The Elf-King's Oath, by J.R. ... - . \\ . ; : Planche; The Duel; or, My two nephews, by R.B. Peake. 42. 24th April, 1826. Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. Oberop; or, The Elf-King's Oath, by J.R. Planche; Aladdin. 43. 26th Nov. 1828. Theatre Royal, Liverpool. The Bride of Lammermoor; : A Dead Shot, by John Baldwin Bucks tone (1802 - 7 9); The Lady of the Lake. 44. 1st Dec. 182 8. Theatre Royal, Liverpool. The Africans ; or, War, Love, and Duty, by George Colman the younger; Wives, by Advertisement; or, Courting in the Newspapers, by Douglas William Jerrold (1803-57); : , The, £100 Note, by R.B. Peake. 45. 17th Dec. 1828. Theatre Royal, Liverpool. All in the W rong, by A. Murphy; : . The Secret;, or, The Hole in the W *11, by W.G.T* Moncrieff ; Mary. Queen of Scots; or, The Castle of Loch Leven. 46. 28th April, 1831. Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Alfred the Great; or, The Patriot King, by James Sheridan Knowles (1784-1862); '■ s I , .■ Diorama, by Clarkson Stanfield (1793 -1867); .. The Legion of Honour, by J.R. Planche. 47.i 5th May, 1831. Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Alfred the Great; i or, The Patriot King, by J.S. Knowles;- • r,.i Diorama, -by C. Stanfield; The Legion of Honour, by J.R. Planché. 48. 1 1 th May, 1831. Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Werner ; or, The Inheritance, by Lord George Gordon Byron (17 88-1824); A Day after the Wedding; or, A Wife's First Lesson,, by Mrs. Marie -Thérèse Kemble ; The Brigand, by D. W, Osbaldision. 4 9. 16th May,- 183L Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. Napoléon Buonaparte, Captain of Artillery, General and First Consul, Emperor, and Exile, by Michael Raphino Lacy (1795-1867). - 6 - 50. 14th June, 1831. Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. ■The Legion of Honour, by J.R. Planche. : . ;■ : > ' The Illustrious Stranger; or, Married and Buried, by James Kenney and John Gideon Millingen (17 82 - . - ; .•' ■ 1862); ' ... Turning the Tables, by John Poole; Masaniello ; or, The Dumb Girl of Portici, by .