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Standard Theatre, Bishopsgate, Shoreditch, London

UKC/POS/LDN STD : 0600156

Playbill advertising play entitled, "Old London Bridge in the days of Jack Sheppard and Jonathan Wild" at the Standard Theatre, High Street, Shoreditch, London, 19 - 21 March [18--]. The name of the theatre has been added to the playbill in an unidentified hand

Standard Theatre, Bishopsgate, Shoreditch, London, England

1800 (circa)

play 1
OLD LONDON BRIDGE IN THE DAYS OF JACK SHEPPARD AND JONATHAN WILD

UKC/BIG/POS/LDN STD : 0648782

Playbill advertising A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS, PORK CHOPS, BLUE JACKETS, THE LADY OF LYONS and TAMING THE SHREW at the Standard Theatre 7 April 1854. Also appearing the Barnum Children.

Standard Theatre, Bishopsgate, Shoreditch, London, England

7.4.1854

theatre troupe : Barnum Children

play 1
A NEW WAY TO OLD DEBTS

author : Massinger, Philip, Mr., 1583-1640
actor : Gaston, E. B., Mr.
actor : Mead, T., Mr.
actor : Rayner, Joseph, Mr.
actor : Gordon, J. W., Mr.
actor : Gates, John, Mr.
actor : Pennett, G., Mr.
actor : Lewis, H., Mr.
actor : Dolphin, J., Mr.
actor : Howard, G., Mr.
actor : Wright, Mr.
actor : Cooke, Adelaide, Miss
actor : Gibson, Clara, Miss
actor : Gates, J., Mrs
actor : Rogers, E., Miss
actor : Brock, C., Miss

play 2
PORK CHOPS

actor : Wild, G., Mr.
actor : Gaston, E. B., Mr.
actor : Lewis, H., Mr.
actor : Williams, F., Miss

play 3
BLUE JACKETS

author : Stirling, Edward, Mr., 1807-1894
actor : Gates, John, Mr.
actor : Gordon, J. W., Mr.
actor : Gaston, E. B., Mr.
actor : Dale, John, Mr.
actor : Bigwood, George Barnes, Mr., 1829-1915
actor : Dolphin, Mr.
actor : Morgan, Mr.
actor : Reeves, Fanny, Miss
actor : Terry, Eliza, Miss

play 4
LADY OF LYONS, THE

author : Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873
actor : Gaston, E. B., Mr.
actor : Lewis, H., Mr.
actor : Pennett, G., Mr.
actor : Gordon, J. W., Mr.
actor : Wright, Mr.
actor : Gates, John, Mr.
actor : Mead, T., Mr.
actor : Dale, John, Mr.
actor : Bird, Mr.
actor : Howard, G., Mr.
actor : Jones, Mr.
actor : Cooke, Adelaide, Miss
actor : Honner, R., Mrs
actor : Gibson, Clara, Miss
actor : Terry, M., Miss
actor : Brock, B., Miss

play 5
TAMING THE SHREW

author : Shakespeare, William, Mr., 1564-1616
actor : Gates, John, Mr.
actor : Howard, G., Mr.
actor : Mead, T., Mr.
actor : Dolphin, Mr.
actor : Bigwood, George Barnes, Mr., 1829-1915
actor : Gordon, J. W., Mr.
actor : Wright, Mr.
actor : Smith, Mr.
actor : Wilkins, Mr.
actor : Jones, Mr.
actor : Kingdom, Mr.
actor : Lewis, H., Mr.
actor : Carty, Mr.
actor : Ward, Mr.
actor : Honner, R., Mrs
actor : Brock, B., Miss
actor : Gates, J., Mrs

Barnum Children to perform the popular entertainment Testing a Lover and also will dance their popular Hornpipe

UKC/POS/LDN STD : 0596409

Playbill advertising MY POLL AND MY PARTNER JOE and THE DUCHESS OF MALFI and THE WINTER'S TALE and THE BLUE JACKETS and A DREAM OF LIFE and THE CROSS-BOW LETTER and THE LAST HOPE and KATHARINE AND PETRUCHIO and THE LADY AND THE D--L, with a negro entertainment by E.W. Mackney, between 23 and 25 May 1859.

Standard Theatre, Bishopsgate, Shoreditch, London, England

manager : Douglass, John, Mr., 1814-1879

23.5.1859 = 28.5.1859

play 1
MY POLL AND MY PARTNER JOE

author : Haines, John Thomas, Mr., 1799-1843
actor : Honner, Mrs. (wife of R. Honner)
actor : Morton, Frederick, Mr.
actor : Mordaunt, J., Mr.
actor : Terry, Eliza, Miss

play 2
DUCHESS OF MALFI, THE

author : unknown
actor : Johnstone, James, Mr.
actor : Morton, Frederick, Mr.
actor : Glyn, Miss
actor : Rayner, Alfred, Mr.

play 3
WINTER'S TALE, THE

author : Shakespeare, William, Mr., 1564-1616
actor : Johnstone, James, Mr.
actor : Morton, Frederick, Mr.
actor : Glyn, Miss
actor : Terry, Eliza, Miss

play 4
BLUE JACKETS, THE
V.R. HOW TO MAN THE NAVY

author : Stirling, Edward, Mr., 1807-1894
actor : Lewis, H., Mr.
actor : Rayner, Alfred, Mr.
actor : Terry, Eliza, Miss
actor : Downing, Adelaide, Miss

play 5
DREAM OF LIFE, A

author : Watts, W., Mr.
actor : Bigwood, G. B., Mr.
actor : Rayner, Alfred, Mr.
actor : Honner, Mrs. (wife of R. Honner)
actor : Terry, Eliza, Miss

play 6
CROSS-BOW LETTER, THE

author : unknown
actor : Cooke, G., Mr.
actor : Mordaunt, John, Mr.
actor : Rayner, Mrs. (wife of Alfred Rayner)
actor : Downing, Adelaide, Miss

play 7
LAST HOPE, THE

author : Oxenford, John, Mr., 1812-1877
actor : Celeste, Madame
actor : Johnstone, James, Mr.
actor : Rayner, Alfred, Mr.
actor : Rayner, Mrs. (wife of Alfred Rayner)

play 8
KATHARINE AND PETRUCHIO

author : Shakespeare, William, Mr., 1564-1616
actor : Marston, Henry, Mr.
actor : Glyn, Miss
actor : Cooke, G., Mr.
actor : Ball, Lewis, Mr.

play 9
LADY AND THE D--L, THE

author : Dimond, William, Mr., 1750-1812
actor : Bigwood, G. B., Mr.
actor : Morton, Frederick, Mr.
actor : Honner, R., Mrs.
actor : Terry, Eliza, Miss

performance of a Negro entertainment

negro performer : Mackney, E. W., Mr.

UKC/POS/LDN STD : 0595558

Playbill advertising THE SHAUGHRAUN at the Standard Theatre, 22 July 1889.

Standard Theatre, Bishopsgate, Shoreditch, London, England

manager : Melville, Andrew, Mr., 1853-1896 (actor, theatre proprietor, son of George Melville 1824 - 1898, known as Andrew Melville I, also known as Andrew Emm, real name Andrew Robbins)

22.7.1889 = 5.8.1889

play 1
SHAUGHRAUN, THE

author : Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
actor : Boucicault, Aubrey, Mr., (Son of playwright Dion Boucicault and stage actress Agnes Robertson)

UKC/POS/LDN STD : 0595559

Playbill advertising Ethel Arden and company in EAST LYNNE at the Standard Theatre, 23 March [1891?] and during the week.

Standard Theatre, Bishopsgate, Shoreditch, London, England

manager : Melville, Andrew, Mr., 1853-1896 (actor, theatre proprietor, son of George Melville 1824 - 1898, known as Andrew Melville I, also known as Andrew Emm, real name Andrew Robbins)

23.3.1891 = 18.4.1891

theatre company : Ethel Arden and Company

play 1
EAST LYNNE

author : Wood, Henry, Mrs., 1814-1887
actor : Arden, Ethel, Miss
actor : Danvers, E., Miss
actor : Auton, Holmes, Mr.
actor : Edgar, F., Mr.

UKC/POS/LDN STD : 0595560

Playbill advertising "the great Anglo-American success" THE STILL ALARM at the Standard Theatre, 11 March 1895 and during the week.

Standard Theatre, Bishopsgate, Shoreditch, London, England

manager : Melville, Andrew, Mr., 1853-1896 (actor, theatre proprietor, son of George Melville 1824 - 1898, known as Andrew Melville I, also known as Andrew Emm, real name Andrew Robbins)

9.3.1895 = 23.3.1895

play 1
STILL ALARM, THE

author : Arthur, Joseph, Mr., 1848-1906
author : Wheeler, A. C., Mr.
actor : Elsworthy, Frank, Mr.
actor : Hardman, Alfred, Mr.
actor : Valpy, Belle, Miss
actor : Williams, Margaret, Miss

UKC/POS/LDN STD : 0595561

Playbill advertising the "grand Autumn production" THE GIRL WHO LOST HER CHARACTER at the Standard Theatre, 10 October 1904 "and every evening."

Standard Theatre, Bishopsgate, Shoreditch, London, England

manager : Melville, Frederick, Mr., 1877-1938 (actor, theatre proprietor, playwright, 3rd son of Andrew Melville I, real name Frederick Robbins)
manager : Melville, Walter, Mr., 1875-1937 (actor, theatre proprietor, playwright, eldest son of Andrew Melville I, real name Walter Robbins)

8.10.1904 = 15.10.1904

play 1
GIRL WHO LOST HER CHARACTER, THE

author : Melville, Walter, Mr., 1875-1937 (actor, theatre proprietor, playwright, eldest son of Andrew Melville I, real name Walter Robbins)
composer : Reeves, Edward, Mr., fl.1910 (composer of music for "Bad Woman Dramas")
actor : Lister, Frank, Mr.
actor : Melville, Frederick, Mr., 1877-1938 (3rd son of Andrew Melville I, actor, theatre proprietor, playwright, real name Frederick Robbins)
actor : Audre, Olga, Miss
actor : Drewry, Maude Stewart, Miss
actor : Hildyard, Maud, Miss
scene painter : Muller, E. P., Mr.
scene painter : Douglas, Richard, Mr.
mechanical effects : Rees, Tom, Mr.
properties designer : Crisp, W., Mr.
electrical effects : Coster, Samuel, Mr.
costume designer : Benjamin, Louis, Mr.
producer : Melville, Walter, Mr., 1875-1937 (actor, theatre proprietor, playwright, eldest son of Andrew Melville I, real name Walter Robbins)

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