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UNIVERSITY OF KENT AT CANTERBURY

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(Royal) Olympic Theatre, Strand, London

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UKC/POS/LDN OLY : 0595535

Playbill advertising JEANETTE'S WEDDING and LITTLE EM'LY (featuring G.F. Rowe) and THE GOOSEBERRY, with music by the band, at the Olympic Theatre, 22 November 1869.

MENTIONED ON THE PLAYBILL:-

author : Buckingham, Leicester, Mr, 1825-1867 & Harris, Augustus, Mr, 1825-1873

actor : Thomson, Augusta, Miss & Clyford, -, Miss & Elliott, George, Mr

author : Halliday, Andrew, Mr, 1830-1877 & Dickens, Charles, Mr, 1812-1870

actor : Emery, S., Mr & Vaughan, H., Mr & Irving, Joseph, Mr & Reinhardt, Mattie, - & Rowe, G. F., Mr

arrangements : Liston, -, Mrs (wife of William Henry Liston)

scene painter : Johnson, John, Mr

composer : Winterbottom, John, Mr

properties designer : Lightfoot, -, Mr

machinery : Staines, T., Mr

gas effects : Peppall, -, Mr

costume designer : Ansell, -, Miss & May, S., Mr

prompter : Sanger, A., Mr

author : Williams, Thomas John, Mr, 1824-1874

actor : Irving, Joseph, Mr & Elliott, George, Mr & Thomson, Augusta, Miss & Montgomery, M., Miss

conductor : Winterbottom, John, Mr


UKC/POS/LDN OLY : 0595536

Playbill advertising THE BOOT ON THE RIGHT LEG and THE WOMAN IN WHITE, at the Olympic Theatre, [1871?]

MENTIONED ON THE PLAYBILL:-

author : unknown

actor : Dalton, H., Mr & Cooke, Alice, Miss & Steinberg, Amy, Miss & Robson, F., Mr

author : Collins, Wilkie, Mr

actor : Billington, -, Mr & Vining, -, Mr & Viner, -, Mrs (wife of Charles Viner) & Dyas, Ada, Miss

scene painter : Hann, Walter, Mr

costume designer : Lewis, -, Mrs

properties designer : Lightfoot, -, Mr

machinery : Huby, -, Mr

composer : Richardson, -, Mr

director : Collins, Wilkie, Mr & Vining, -, Mr


UKC/POS/LDN OLY : 0595537

Playbill advertising THE BOOT ON THE RIGHT LEG and THE WOMAN IN WHITE, with music by the band, at the Olympic Theatre, [1871?]

MENTIONED ON THE PLAYBILL:-

author : unknown

actor : Dalton, H., Mr & Cooke, Alice, Miss & Steinberg, Amy, Miss & Robson, F., Mr

author : Collins, Wilkie, Mr

actor : Billington, -, Mr & Vining, -, Mr & Viner, -, Mrs (wife of Charles Viner) & Dyas, Ada, Miss

scene painter : Hann, Walter, Mr

costume designer : Lewis, -, Mrs

properties designer : Lightfoot, -, Mr

machinery : Huby, -, Mr

composer : Richardson, -, Mr

director : Collins, Wilkie, Mr & Vining, -, Mr

conductor : Richardson, -, Mr


UKC/POS/LDN OLY : 0595538

Playbill advertising NELL and PERFECT LOVE and POPPLETON'S PREDICAMENTS at the Olympic Theatre, 25 February [1871?]

MENTIONED ON THE PLAYBILL:-

author : Halliday, Andrew, Mr, 1830-1877& Dickens, Charles, Mr, 1812-1870

actor : Belmore, George, Mr & Clarke, J., Mr & Terry, Florence, Miss & Saunders, Charlotte, Miss

author : Reece, Robert, Mr, 1838-1891

actor : Liston, William Henry & Irving, Joseph, Mr & Reinhardt, Mattie, - & Johnstone, Eliza, Miss

composer : Reece, Robert, Mr, 1838-1891 & Pede, Thorpe, Mr & Barnard, George, Mr

musical director : Barnard, George, Mr

costume designer : May, S., Mr & Ansell, -, Miss

scene painter : Johnson, John, Mr

properties designer : Lightfoot, -, Mr

machinery : Drummond, Thomas, Mr

director : Liston, William Henry

author : Rae, C. M., Mr

actor : Blakeley, W., Mr & Jordan, H., Mr & Fanshawe, Alice, Miss & Lewellyn, -, Miss


UKC/POS/LDN OLY : 0595539

Playbill advertising a special morning performance of 100 YEARS OLD, featuring Mr. Odell, and CRYPTOCONCHOIDSYPHONSTOMATA, at the Olympic Theatre, 10 July [1875?]

MENTIONED ON THE PLAYBILL:-

author : Ennery, Adolphe d', Monsieur, 1811-1899 & Plouvier, Edouard, Monsieur, 1821-1876

actor : Odell, E. J., Mr & Rignold, W., Mr & Willes, Louise, Miss & Harris, Nelly, Miss

author : Collette, Charles, Mr

actor : Collette, Charles, Mr & Pepper, Belville, Mr & Philips, Nellie, Miss & Wilton, Blanche, Miss


UKC/POS/LDN OLY : 0595922

Playbill advertising JEANETTE'S WEDDING and LITTLE EM'LY (featuring G.F. Rowe) and THE GOOSEBERRY, with music by the band, at the Olympic Theatre, [1869?]

MENTIONED ON THE PLAYBILL:-

author : Buckingham, Leicester, Mr, 1825-1867 & Harris, Augustus, Mr, 1825-1873

actor : Thomson, Augusta, Miss & Clyford, -, Miss & Elliott, George, Mr

author : Halliday, Andrew, Mr, 1830-1877 & Dickens, Charles, Mr, 1812-1870

actor : Emery, S., Mr & Vaughan, H., Mr & Irving, Joseph, Mr & Reinhardt, Mattie, - & Rowe, G. F., Mr

arrangements : Liston, -, Mrs (wife of William Henry Liston)

scene painter : Johnson, John, Mr

composer : Winterbottom, John, Mr

properties designer : Lightfoot, -, Mr

machinery : Staines, T., Mr

gas effects : Peppall, -, Mr

costume designer : Ansell, -, Miss & May, S., Mr

prompter : Sanger, A., Mr

author : Williams, Thomas John, Mr, 1824-1874

actor : Irving, Joseph, Mr & Elliott, George, Mr & Thomson, Augusta, Miss & Montgomery, M., Miss

conductor : Winterbottom, John, Mr


UKC/POS/LDN OLY : 0595923

Playbill advertising A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING and BLUE BEARD RE-PAIRED and NO at the Royal Olympic Theatre, 2-4 June 1866 and during the week.

MENTIONED ON THE PLAYBILL:-

author : Taylor, Tom, Mr, 1817-1880

actor : Vincent, G., Mr & Montague, H. J., Mr & Terry, Kate, Miss & Terry, Florence, Miss

author : Bellingham, Henry, Mr

actor : Stephens, W. H., Mr & Terrott, W. M., Mr & Sheridan, -, Miss & Everard, H., Miss

composer : Offenbach, Jacques, Monsieur, 1819-1880

musical arranger : Tully, J. H., Mr

scene painter : Craven, Hawes, Mr

costume designer : Harris, -, Mrs & May, S., Mr

properties designer : Lightfoot, -, Mr

machinery : Chapman, -, Mr

director : Wigan, Horace, Mr

author : unknown

actor : Soutar, R., Mr & Stephens, W. H., Mr & Sheridan, -, Miss & Stephens, -, Mrs


UKC/POS/LDN OLY : 0595924

Playbill advertising the re-opening of the Royal Olympic Theatre, after "extensive alterations and improvements," with performances of THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME and THE HIDDEN HAND and MY WIFE'S BONNET, 2 November 1864.

MENTIONED ON THE PLAYBILL:-

author : Oxenford, John, Mr, 1812-1877

actor : Edgar, -, Mr & Andrews, -, Mr & Sheridan, -, Miss & Cooper, H., Miss

author : Taylor, Tom, Mr, 1817-1880

actor : Neville, Henry, Mr & Coghlan, H., Mr & Terry, Kate, Miss & Moore, Louise, Miss

composer : Tully, J. H., Mr

costume designer : May, -, Mr & Lewis, -, Mrs

properties designer : Lightfoot, -, Mr

machinery : Chapman, -, Mr

scene painter : Craven, Hawes, Mr & Grieve, Walford, Mr

author : Morton, John Maddison, Mr, 1811-1891

actor : Taylor, J. G., Mr & Evans, D., Mr & Melvin, -, Miss & Harland, -, Miss


UKC/POS/LDN OLY : 0595925

Playbill advertising A MATCH IN THE DARK and A BLIGHTED BEING and TO OBLIGE BENSON on the opening night of the season, 16 October 1854, and during the week.

MENTIONED ON THE PLAYBILL:-

author : unknown

actor : Vining, Frederick, Mr & Wigan, Alfred, Mr & Maskell, -, Miss & Wigan, -, Mrs (wife of Alfred Wigan)

author : Taylor, Tom, Mr, 1817-1880

actor : Leslie, -, Mr & Cooper, Harwood, Mr & Danvers, -, Mr & Turner, E., Miss

author : Taylor, Tom, Mr, 1817-1880

actor : Emery, -, Mr & Robson, F., Mr & Marston, -, Miss & Turner, E., Miss


UKC/POS/LDN OLY : 0595926

Playbill advertising THE TIMES and SHYLOCK and THE WANDERING MINSTREL at the Olympic Theatre, 15 August [1853?] and during the week.

MENTIONED ON THE PLAYBILL:-

author : Daly, John, Mr

actor : Cooke, G., Mr & Shalders, W., Mr & Turner, Ellen, Miss & Gordon, Harriett, Miss

author : Talfourd, Francis, Mr, 1828-1862 & Shakespeare, William, Mr, 1564-1616

actor : Bender, C., Mr & Cooke, G., Mr & Robson, F., Mr & Adams, Isabel, Miss

scene painter : Shalders, William, Mr

costume designer : Allen, -, Mr & Rawlings, -, Mrs

machinery : Matthews, -, Mr

appointments : Lightfoot, -, Mr

musical director : Barnard, -, Mr

author : unknown

actor : Bender, C., Mr & Charles, F., Mr & Bartlett, -, Mrs (wife of B. Bartlett?) & Gordon, Harriett, Miss


UKC/POS/LDN OLY : 0595927

Playbill advertising THE FIRST NIGHT and THE BENGAL TIGER and THE WANDERING MINSTREL at the Royal Olympic Theatre, 1 January - 1 February 1854.

MENTIONED ON THE PLAYBILL:-

author : unknown

actor : Wigan, Alfred, Mr & Leslie, -, Mr & Horton, P., Miss & Wyndham, -, Miss

author : Dance, Charles, Mr, 1794-1863

actor : Wigan, Alfred, Mr & Robson, F., Mr & Wigan, -, Mrs (wife of Alfred Wigan) & Marston, -, Miss

author : unknown

actor : White, J. H., Mr & Lindon, -, Mr & Stevens, -, Miss & Marston, -, Miss


UKC/POS/LDN OLY : 0595928

Playbill advertising THE CAMP AT THE OLYMPIC and THE MASTER PASSION for the opening of the new season at the Royal Olympic Theatre, 17 October 1853.

MENTIONED ON THE PLAYBILL:-

author : Planche, James Robinson, Mr, 1796-1880

actor : Wigan, Alfred, Mr & Wigan, -, Mrs (wife of Alfred Wigan) & White, -, Mr & Watson, -, Mr

skater : Medex, -, Miss & Turtle, -, Miss & Carter, -, Miss & Wood, -, Miss

scene painter : Dayes, -, Mr & Wilson, J., Mr

wig maker : Wilson, W., Mr

costume designer : Brown, -, Mr & Curl, -, Mrs

properties designer : Moreland, -, Mr

machinery : Sutherland, -, Mr

orchestra leader : Barnard, -, Mr

musical arranger : Reed, T. German, Mr

author : unknown

actor : Emery, -, Mr & Robson, F., Mr & Wigan, Alfred, Mr & Stirling, -, Mrs

stage manager : Wigan, Alfred, Mr


UKC/POS/LDN OLY : 0595929

Playbill advertising THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE and THE HAPPY MAN and TO OBLIGE BENSON at the Royal Olympic Theatre, 1 May 1854 and during the week.

MENTIONED ON THE PLAYBILL:-

author : Buckstone, John Baldwin, Mr, 1802-1879

actor : Robson, F., Mr & White, J. H., Mr & Chatterley, -, Mrs & Stevens, -, Miss

author : unknown

actor : Cooper, Harwood, Mr & White, J. H., Mr & Turner, E., Miss & Dormer, -, Miss

author : Taylor, Tom, Mr, 1817-1880

actor : Emery, -, Mr & Robson, F., Mr & Marston, -, Miss & Wyndham, -, Miss


UKC/POS/LDN OLY : 0595932

Playbill advertising THE TICKET OF LEAVE MAN and B.B. at the Royal Olympic Theatre, 15 February 1864 and during the week.

MENTIONED ON THE PLAYBILL:-

author : Williams, Montagu, Mr & Burnand, Francis Cowley, Sir, 1836-1917

actor : Atkins, -, Mr & Maclean, -, Mr & Stephens, -, Mrs & Conway, -, Miss

author : Taylor, Tom, Mr, 1817-1880

actor : Neville, H., Mr & Wigan, Horace, Mr & Raynham, -, Miss & Foote, Lydia, Miss

scene painter : Telbin, William, Mr


UKC/POS/LDN OLY : 0595977

Playbill advertising THE WINDMILL and HENRY DUNBAR, with a ballet from PRINCE CAMARALZAMAN, at the Royal Olympic Theatre, 8 January 1866 and during the week.

MENTIONED ON THE PLAYBILL:-

author : Morton, Edward, Mr

actor : Younge, -, Mr & Stephens, W. H., Mr & Foote, Lydia, Miss & Stephens, -, Mrs

author : unknown & Braddon, Mary Elizabeth, -, 1837-1915

actor : Neville, H., Mr & Montague, H. J., Mr & Terry, Kate, Miss & Leigh, Ellen, Miss

director : Wigan, Horace, Mr

scene painter : Craven, Hawes, Mr

dancer : Simmonds, E., Miss


UKC/POS/LDN OLY : 0595978

Playbill advertising NINE POINTS OF THE LAW and ALFRED THE GREAT and THE CLOCKMAKER'S HAT at the Royal Olympic Theatre, 20 February 1860 and during the week.

MENTIONED ON THE PLAYBILL:-

author : Taylor, Tom, Mr, 1817-1880

actor : Addison, -, Mr. & Wigan, Horace, Mr & Stirling, -, Mrs & Cottrell, -, Miss

author : Brough, Robert Barnabas, Mr, 1828-1860

actor : Robson, Frederick Thomas, Mr & Herbert, -, Miss & Emden, -, Mrs (wife of W.S. Emden) & Vining, F., Mr

scene painter : Telbin, W., Mr & Saunders, H., Mr & Weedon, E., Mr

composer : Barnard, -, Mr

choreographer : Milano, M., Mr

machinery : Sutherland, -, Mr

properties designer : Lightfoot, -, Mr

costume designer : May, S., Mr & Curl, -, Mrs

wig maker : Clarkson, Mr.

director : Emden, William Samuel, Mr

author : Robertson, Thomas William, Mr, 1829-1871

actor : Cooke, G., Mr & Charles, F., Mr & Stephens, -, Mrs & Emden, -, Mrs (wife of W.S. Emden)


UKC/POS/LDN OLY : 0595979

Playbill advertising THE CAMP AT THE OLYMPIC and THE MASTER PASSION for the opening of the new season at the Royal Olympic Theatre, 17 October 1853.

MENTIONED ON THE PLAYBILL:-

author : Planche, James Robinson, Mr, 1796-1880

actor : Wigan, Alfred, Mr & Wigan, -, Mrs (wife of Alfred Wigan) & White, -, Mr & Watson, -, Mr

skater : Medex, -, Miss & Turtle, -, Miss & Carter, -, Miss & Wood, -, Miss

scene painter : Dayes, -, Mr & Wilson, J., Mr

wig maker : Wilson, W., Mr

costume designer : Brown, -, Mr & Curl, -, Mrs

properties designer : Moreland, -, Mr

machinery : Sutherland, -, Mr

orchestra leader : Barnard, -, Mr

musical arranger : Reed, T. German, Mr

author : unknown

actor : Emery, -, Mr & Robson, F., Mr & Wigan, Alfred, Mr & Stirling, -, Mrs

stage manager : Wigan, Alfred, Mr


UKC/POS/LDN OLY : 0595980

Playbill advertising NO and THE FROZEN DEEP and FAUST AND MARGUERITE at the Royal Olympic Theatre, 3 December 1866 and during the week.

MENTIONED ON THE PLAYBILL:-

author : unknown

actor : Clayton, John, Mr & Cowdery, -, Mr & Vincent, G., Mr & Sheridan, -, Miss

author : Collins, Wilkie, Mr

actor : Montague, H. J., Mr & Cooper, H., - & Foote, Lydia, Miss & St. Henry, -, Mrs

author : Halford, John, Mr

actor : Farren, E., Miss & Sheridan, -, Miss & Vincent, G., Mr & Murray, Dominick, Mr

scene painter : Craven, Hawes, Mr

machinery : Cooper, -, Mr

properties designer : Lightfoot, -, Mr

costume designer : May, S., Mr & St. Henry, -, Mrs

musical arranger : Tully, J. H., Mr

director : Wigan, Horace, Mr