A Chronological List of Productions at the Theatre Royal, Bath 1900-1938
Compiled by Christine M. Bayliss 2019
1900 - 1901 - 1902 - 1903 - 1904 - 1905 - 1906 - 1907 - 1908 - 1909 - 1910 - 1911 - 1912 - 1913 - 1914 - 1915 - 1916 - 1917 - 1918 - 1919 - 1920 - 1921 - 1922 - 1923 - 1924 - 1925 - 1926 - 1927 - 1928 - 1929 - 1930 - 1931 - 1932 - 1933 - 1934 - 1935 - 1936 - 1937 - 1938
See Also: Theatre Royal, Bath Productions from 1805 to 1862 - 1863 to 1899 - 1900 to 1938 - 1939 to 1981 - 1982 to 2019
ABBREVIATIONS:
BAOS - Bath Amateur Operatic Society
BOS - Bath Operatic Society
RUH - Royal United Hospital
1921
Mon 27 December - Sat 22 January Aladdin
Mon 24 January Theatre closed
Tue 25-29 January Merrie England (B.O.S.)
31 January - 5 February Sir Frank Benson and His Shakespearean Company
Mon 31 January The Merchant Of Venice
Tue 1 February The Taming Of The Shrew
Wed 2 February (mat) The Merchant Of Venice
(eve) Hamlet
Thur 3 February Julius Caesar
Fri 4 February Twelfth Night
Sat 5 February (mat) Julius Caesar
(eve) Hamlet
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7-12 February The Royal Carl Rosa Opera Company
Mon 7 February The Tales Of Hoffman
Tue 8 February Il Trovatore
Wed 9 February Carmen
Thur 10 February Faust
Fri 11 February Samson & Delilah
Sat 12 February (mat) Madam Butterfly
(eve) Maritana
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14-19 February Chu Chin Chow
21-26 February Toto
28 February - 5 March Kissing Time
7-12 March Fair And Warmer
14-19 March The Lilac Domino
21-24, 26 March The Freedom Of The Seas
Fri 25 March Theatre closed - Good Friday
28 March - 2 April The Crimson Alibi
Thur 31 March (special matinee for "Warrior Day") Galatea and Her Birthday. In aid of Earl Haig's Fund To Help Distressed Ex-Servicemen
Fri 1 April (special recital) Sir Johnston Forbes Robertson "An Actor's View of Shakespeare"
4-9 April Daddies
11-16 April Irene
18-23 April Mr. Pim Passes By
25-30 April The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
Mon 25 April The Gondoliers
Tue 26 April The Mikado
Wed 27 April Iolanthe
Thur 28 April The Yeomen Of The Guard
Fri 29 April The Gondoliers
Sat 30 April (mat) The Yeomen Of The Guard
(eve) The Mikado
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2-7 May Nothing But The Truth
9-14 May The Voice From The Minaret
16-21 May A Southern Maid
23-28 May Oh! Julie
30 May - 4 June Ben Greet Players - Sheridan Festival Week
Mon 30 May The School For Scandal
Tue 31 May The Rivals
Wed 1 June The School For Scandal
Thur 2 June The Rivals
Fri 3 June The School For Scandal
Sat 4 June (mat) The Critic
(eve) The Critic
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6-11 June New Shakespeare Company (from Memorial Theatre, Stratford on Avon)
Mon 6 June Antony And Cleopatra
Tue 7 June King Richard III
Wed 8 June (mat) As You Like It
(eve) Antony And Cleopatra
Thur 9 June The Merry Wives Of Windsor
Fri 10 June A Midsummer Night's Dream
Sat 11 June (mat) A Midsummer Night's Dream
(eve) Macbeth
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13-18 June Scandal
20-25 June [Theatre closed]
27 June - 2 July The English Ballet
Mon 4 July Theatre closed
Tue 5-9 July Iolanthe (B.O.S.)
11-16 July [Theatre closed]
18-19 July [Theatre closed]
Wed 20 July Anna Pavlova with corps de ballet and orchestra
Thur 21-23 July [Theatre closed]
25-30 July [Theatre closed]
1-6 August The Maid Of The Mountains
8-13 August Daddy Long-Legs
15-20 August The Blue Lagoon
22-27 August At The Villa Rose
29 August - 3 September Three Wise Fools
5-10 September Three Weeks
12-17 September His Lady Friends
19-24 September Afgar
26 September - 1 October F. Leslie Morton & Guyton Heath's Company
Mon 26-28 September High Jinks
Thur 29 September - 1 October Oh! Joy
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3-8 October Who's Hooper?
10-15 October Paddy The Next Best Thing
17-22 October The Romantic Age
24-29 October The Girl For The Boy
31 October - 5 November Mary Rose
Mon 7-9 November The Merry Widow
Thur 10-12 November Gipsy Love
14-19 November Nightie-Night and Elegant Edward
21-26 November The Sign Of The Cross
28 November - 3 December Eliza Comes To Stay and Sally Gets Her Way
5-10 December The Bare Idea
12-17 December Love Among The Paint Pots and True As Truth
18-25 December Theatre closed for pantomime preparations
Mon 26 December - Sat 28 January Dick Whittington And His Cat
1922
Mon 26 December - Sat 28 January Dick Whittington And His Cat
Mon 30 January Theatre closed
Tue 31 January - 4 February Utopia Limited (B.O.S.)
6-11 February Peg O' My Heart
Thur 9 February (special matinee) Mock Trial in aid of the Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, The Eastern Dispensary and Bath Nursing Institute
13-18 February The Charm School
20-25 February The Knave Of Diamonds
27 February - 4 March The Trump Card
6-11 March A Southern Maid
13-18 March Henry Baynton and His Shakespearean Company
Mon 13 March Hamlet
Tue 14 March King Lear
Wed 15 March (mat) Henry V
(eve) The Taming Of The Shrew
Thur 16 March The Bells
Fri 17 March Romeo And Juliet
Sat 18 March (mat) Julius Caesar
(eve) Othello
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20-25 March Skittles
27 March - 1 April The Edge O' Beyond
3-8 April Brown Sugar
10-15 April Theatre closed - Easter
17-22 April Frank Forbes Robertson and London Company
Mon 17 April (mat) The Call Of The Road
(eve) The Call Of The Road
Tue 18 April The Call Of The Road
Wed 19 April (mat) David Garrick
(eve) The Passing Of The Third Floor Back
Thur 20 April David Garrick
Fri 21 April Mice And Men
Sat 22 April (mat) The Passing Of The Third Floor Back
(eve) The Call of The Road
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Mon 24 April Theatre closed
Tue 25-29 April The Pirates Of Penzance (B.O.S.)
1-6 May Charles Doran and His Shakespearean Company
Mon 1 May The Merchant Of Venice
Tue 2 May King Henry V
Wed 3 May The Taming Of The Shrew
Thur 4 May Macbeth
Fri 5 May A Midsummer Night's Dream
Sat 6 May (mat) Julius Caesar
(eve) Hamlet
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8-13 May The Great Adventure
15-20 May The Man Who Stayed In Bed and Hogmanay
22-27 May The Very Idea
29 May - 3 June Seven Days' Leave
Tue 30 May (special matinee) The Burgomaster Of Stilemonde
5 June - 12 August The Lena Ashwell Players Season
Mon 5 June (mat) Diana Of Dobson's
(eve) Diana Of Dobson's
Tue 6 June Diana Of Dobson's
Wed 7 June His House In Order
Thur 8 June His House In Order
Fri 9 June His House In Order
Sat 10 June (mat) His House In Order
(eve) Diana Of Dobson's
12-17 June Candida
19-24 June The Woman In The Case
26 June - 1 July Mrs. Dane's Defence
3-8 July She Stoops To Conquer
10-15 July Twelfth Night
17-22 July Trilby
24-29 July Production unknown as Bath Chronicle not published
31 July - 5 August The Duke Of Killiecrankie
Mon 7 August No repertory published
Tue 8 August The School For Scandal
Wed 9 August (mat) No repertory published
(eve) "
Thur 10 August "
Fri 11 August Diana Of Dobson's
Sat 12 August (mat) The School For Scandal
(eve) Trilby
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14-19 August The Allington Charsley Opera Company Season
Mon 14 August Il Trovatore
Tue 15 August The Barber Of Seville
Wed 16 August Maritana
Thur 17 August Zampa
Fri 18 August The Masked Ball
Sat 19 August (mat) The Huguenots
(eve) The Bohemian Girl
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21-26 August Sally
28 August - 2 September A Bill Of Divorcement
4-9 September Yes! Uncle
11-16 September Chu Chin Chow
18-23 September Mr. Wu
25-30 September The Lost Chord
Wed 27 September (special flying matinee) Hedda Gabler (Mrs. Patrick Campbell )
2-7 October The Maid Of The Mountains
9-14 October The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
Mon 9 October The Mikado
Tue 10 October The Yeomen Of The Guard
Wed 11 October The Gondoliers
Thur 12 October The Pirates Of Penzance and Trial By Jury
Fri 13 October The Yeomen Of The Guard
Sat 14 October (mat) The Mikado
(eve) The Gondoliers
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16-21 October Mary
23-28 October Woman To Woman
30 October - 4 November The Belle Of New York
6-11 November Paddy The Next Best Thing
13-18 November Sybil
20-25 November Kissing Time
27 November - 2 December Actual London Grand Guignol. The plays performed each evening comprised - The Medium, What Did Her Husband Say? The Kill, E. And O.E., and Private Room No. 6
4-9 December Polly With A Past
11-16 December The Quaker Girl
17-25 December Theatre closed for pantomime preparations
Tue 26 December - 20 January Babes In The Wood
1923
Tue 26 December - Sat 20 January Babes In The Wood
Sun 7 January Visit of Captain Gipsy Jim Smith (evangelist)
Mon 22 January Theatre closed
Tue 23-27 January Tom Jones (B.O.S.)
29 January - 3 February Whirled Into Happiness
5-17 February The Lena Ashwell Players Season
5-10 February Widower's Houses and Leah Kleschna
Mon 5 February
Tue 6 February
Wed 7 February (eve)
Thur 8 February
Fri 9 February
Sat 10 February (mat) Leah Kleschna
(eve) Leah Kleschna
Mon 12 February The Likes Of 'Er *
Tue 13 February
Wed 14 February (eve)
Thur 15 February
Fri 16 February
Sat 17 February (mat) The Likes Of 'Er *
(eve) Leah Kleschna
* later re-titled The Likes Of Her
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19-24 February Humpty Dumpty
26 February - 3 March Lass O'Laughter
5-10 March Bulldog Drummond
12-17 March The Way Of An Eagle
19-24 March When Knights Were Bold
26-31 March In The Night Watch
Fri 30 March Theatre closed - Good Friday
2-14 April Henry Baynton and His Shakespearean Company
Mon 2 April The Taming Of The Shrew
Tue 3 April Hamlet
Wed 4 April (mat) The Merchant Of Venice
(eve) Much Ado About Nothing
Thur 5 April The Bells and The Comedy Of Errors
Fri 6 April As You Like It
Sat 7 April (mat) Twelfth Night
(eve) Othello
Mon 9 April
Tue 10 April
Wed 11 April (eve)
Thur 12 April
Fri 13 April
Sat 14 April (mat) Much Ado About Nothing
(eve) King Richard III
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16-21 April Loyalties
Mon 23 April Theatre closed
Tue 24-28 April The Yeomen Of The Guard (B.O.S.)
30 April - 5 May Such A Nice Young Man
7-12 May The Sign On The Door
Mon 14-16 May The Borderer (Julia Neilson & Fred Terry)
Thur 17-19 May The Co-Optimists
21 May - 4 August The Lena Ashwell Players Season
21-26 May The Romantic Young Lady
28 May - 2 June The Rivals
4-9 June The Brave And The Fair
11-16 June The Younger Generation
18-23 June Diplomacy
25-30 June The Beggar Prince
2-7 July Trilby
Mon 9-11 July The Merchant Of Venice
Thur 12 -14 July As You Like It
16-21 July The Tragedy Of Nan
23-28 July Mrs. Gorringe's Necklace
Thur 26 July (special matinee) As You Like It performed by the Lena Ashwell Players in Royal Victoria Park
Mon 30-31 July The Younger Generation
**** Audiences were invited to vote for the plays to be performed in the 2nd half of this week
Wed 1 August (mat)
(eve)
Thur 2 August
Fri 3 August The Beggar Prince
Sat 4 August (mat) Diplomacy
(eve) Diplomacy
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6-11 August The Speckled Band
13-18 August Plus Fours
20-25 August If Winter Comes
27 August - 1 September Frank Forbes-Robertson and Company week
Mon 27 August The Passing Of The Third Floor Back
Tue 28 August Mice And Men
Wed 29 August (mat) The Passing Of The Third Floor Back
(eve) The Call Of The Road
Thur 30 August The Call Of The Road
Fri 31 August Rosemary
Sat 1 September (mat) Rosemary
(eve) David Garrick
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3-8 September A Little Bit Of Fluff
10-15 September At Mrs. Beam's
17-22 September Ambrose Applejohn's Adventure
24-29 September Whirled Into Happiness
1-6 October The Beggar's Opera
8-13 October Secrets (The Macdona Players)
15-20 October The Sheik
22-27 October The Garden Of Allah
29 October - 3 November Gabrielle
5-10 November The Cousin From Nowhere
12-17 November The Co-Optimists
19 November-1 December The Macdona Players Bernard Shaw Repertory Season
Mon 19 November
Tue 20 November
Wed 21 November (mat)
(eve)
Thur 22 November
Fri 23 November
Sat 24 November (mat) Pygmalion
(eve) Man And Superman
Mon 26 November
Tue 27 November
Wed 28 November (mat)
(eve)
Thur 29 November
Fri 30 November
Sat 1 December (mat) Man And Superman
(eve) Pygmalion
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3-8 December The Maid Of The Mountains
Mon 10 December Theatre closed
Tue 11-15 December If I Were King (B.O.S. Dramatic Section)
16-25 December Theatre closed for pantomime preparations
Wed 26 December - Sat 2 February Cinderella
1924
Wed 26 December to Sat 2 February Cinderella
Mon 4 February Theatre closed
Tue 5-9 February The Duchess Of Dantzig (B.O.S.)
11-16 February Partners Again
18-23 February Romance
25 February - 1 March Sir Frank Benson and his Shakespearean Company
Mon 25 February [The Tempest]
Tue 26 February [The Merry Wives Of Windsor]
Wed 27 February (mat) A Midsummer Night's Dream
(eve) [The Rivals]
Thur 28 February A Midsummer Night's Dream
Fri 29 February The School For Scandal
Sat 1 March (mat) Richard II
(eve) Macbeth
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3-8 March Old Mother Hubbard
10-15 March The Last Waltz
17-22 March The Lady Of The Rose
24-29 March The Edge O' Beyond
31 March - 5 April The Yellow Ticket
7-12 April Bluebeard's 8th Wife
14-19 April Theatre closed - Easter
21-26 April Richard! How Could You!
28 April - 3 May Tons Of Money
Mon 5 May Theatre closed
Tue 6-10 May H.M.S. Pinafore and Trial By Jury (B.O.S.)
12-17 May The Outsider
19-24 May Outward Bound
26-31 May Seven Days' Leave
Sat 31 May (mat) The Man From Toronto
2-7 June What A Change
9 June - 12 July The Lena Ashwell Players Season
9-14 June The Devil's Disciple
16-21 June The Witness For The Defence
23-28 June Mr. Pim Passes By
30 June - 5 July The Country Wife
Mon 7-9 July The Younger Generation
Thur 10-12 July Diana Of Dobson's
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14-19 July The Dover Road
21-26 July [Theatre Closed]
28 July - 2 August [Theatre Closed]
4-9 August Eliza Comes To Stay
11-16 August The Rotters
18-23 August Passers By
25-30 August The Cat And The Canary
1-6 September Frank Forbes-Robertson and Company
Mon 1 September The Passing Of The Third Floor Back
Tue 2 September
Wed 3 September (mat)
(eve)
Thur 4 September
Fri 5 September
Sat 6 September (mat) The Passing Of The Third Floor Back
(eve) David Garrick and The Acid Test
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8-13 September The Way Of An Eagle
15-20 September Carnival
22-27 September The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.
Mon 22 September The Mikado
Tue 23 September The Yeomen Of The Guard
Wed 24 September (no mat) Cox And Box and H.M.S.Pinafore
Thur 25 September The Mikado
Fri 26 September Ruddigore
Sat 27 September (mat) Ruddigore
(eve) Ruddigore
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29 September - 4 October Mrs. Dane's Defence
6-11 October The Compton Comedy Company in a Repertory of Old Comedies and Other Plays. Complete repertory unknown.
Mon 6 October
Tue 7 October
Wed 8 October (mat)
(eve)
Thur 9 October
Fri 10 October
Sat 11 October (mat) The Rivals
(eve) The Passionate Elopement
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13-18 October Sally
20-25 October It Pays To Advertise
27 October - 1 November Mrs. Patrick Campbell and Company.
Mon 27 October
Tue 28 October
Tue 28 October 3pm Election Meeting
Wed 29 October (mat)
(eve)
Thur 30 October
Fri 31 October Magda
Sat 1 November (mat) The Second Mrs. Tanqueray
(eve) The Thirteenth Chair
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3-8 November The Happy Mariner
10-15 November Bath Operatic Society (Dramatic Section)
Mon 10 November Tilly Of Bloomsbury
Tue 11 November Jane
Wed 12 November (mat) Tilly Of Bloomsbury
(eve) Jane
Thur 13 November Tilly Of Bloomsbury
Fri 14 November Jane
Sat 15 November (mat) Jane
(eve) Tilly Of Bloomsbury
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17-22 November Stop Flirting
24-29 November Whirled Into Happiness
1-6 December Nothing But The Truth
8-13 December The Beggar's Opera
15-25 December Theatre Closed for pantomime preparations
Fri 26 December - 24 January Little Jack Horner
1925
Fri 26 December - 24 January Little Jack Horner
Mon 26 January Theatre closed
Tue 27-31 January Les Cloches De Corneville (B.O.S.)
2-7 February The Wandering Jew
Thur 5 February (special flying matinee) The Ship (Bristol Little Theatre Company)
9-14 February A Repertoire of Standard Opera (Godwin-Hallett Grand Opera Company) Complete repertory unknown.
Mon 9 February
Tue 10 February
Wed 11 February (mat)
(eve)
Thur 12 February
Fri 13 February
Sat 14 February (mat) The Masked Ball
(eve) The Daughter Of The Regiment
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16-21 February In The Next Room
23-28 February So This Is London
2-7 March Tons Of Money
9-14 March The Lillies Of The Field
Thur 12 March (special flying matinee) The Two Mr. Wetherbys (Bristol Little Theatre Co)
16-21 March The Farmer's Wife
23-28 March Plays Of Shakespeare & Old English Comedy. Sir Frank Benson and His Shakespearean Company Mon 23 March
Tue 24 March
Wed 25 March (mat)
(eve)
Thur 26 March A Midsummer Night's Dream
Thur 26 March (afternoon) "Shakespeare As Empire Builder" talk by Sir Frank Benson
Fri 27 March
Sat 28 March (mat) As You Like It
(eve) Hamlet
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30 March - 4 April The Beauty Prize
6-10 April Theatre closed - Easter
Sat 11-18 April The Belle Of New York
Mon 20 April Theatre closed
Tue 21-25 April Patience (B.O.S.)
27 April - 2 May The Maid Of The Mountains
4-9 May East Of Suez
Fri 8 May (special matinee) The Great Broxopp (B.O.S. Dramatic Section). In aid of The Bath Ear, Nose And Throat Hospital
11-16 May When Knights Were Bold
18-23 May The Devil To Pay
Thur 21 May (special matinee) Hamlet (Mrs. D.Valentine Munro's Shakespeare Class possibly also known as the Bath Branch of The British Empire Shakespeare Society)
25-30 May The Rat
1-6 June The Eye Of Siva
8 June - 25 July The Lena Ashwell Players Season
8-13 June The Earth
15-20 June The Importance Of Being Earnest
22-27 June The Skin Game
29 June - 4 July The Truth About Blayds
6-11 July Her Husband's Wife
13-18 July Dandy Dick
Mon 20-21 July The Tragedy Of Nan
Wed 22-24 July The Doctor's Dilemma (Gala performance on 23rd)
Sat 25 July The Earth
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27 July - 1 August Spring Cleaning
3-8 August Possessions
10-15 August Madame Pompadour
17-22 August Patricia
24-29 August The Rising Generation
31 August - 5 September Tarnish
7-12 September Anna Christie
14-19 September The Street Singer
21-26 September Betty
28 September - 3 October Sally
5-10 October Storm
12-17 October The Sport Of Kings
19-24 October The Balkan Princess
26-31 October Visit of Frank Forbes-Robertson and Company.
Mon 26 October
Tue 27 October
Wed 28 October (mat)
(eve)
Thur 29 October
Fri 30 October
Sat 31 October (mat) Rosemary "That's For Remembrance"
(eve) David Garrick and Yellow Roses
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2-7 November White Cargo
Tue 3 November (afternoon) Lecture "Shakespeare The Man" given to Bath Branch of The
British Empire Shakespearean Society
9-14 November Grumpy (B.O.S. Dramatic Section)
16-21 November Little Nelly Kelly
23-28 November Pollyanna
30 November - 5 December Educating A Husband and The Swan Song
7-12 December No, No, Nanette
13-25 December Theatre closed for pantomime preparations
Wed 16 December (eve) Tilly Of Bloomsbury (B.O.S. Dramatic Section). In aid of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Sat 26 December - 30 January 1926 Jack And The Beanstalk
1926
Sun 26 December - 30 January Jack And The Beanstalk
Mon 1 February Theatre closed
Tue 2-6 February The Emerald Isle or The Caves Of Carric-Cleena (B.O.S.)
Thur 4 February (3pm) Christian Science Lecture
8 February -17 April and 26 April - 19 June The Bath Players Season
8-13 February Dear Brutus
15-20 February The Second Mrs. Tanqueray
22-27 February Billeted
1-6 March A Doll's House
8-13 March Daddy Long-Legs
15-20 March A Pair Of Silk Stockings
22-27 March Hamlet (in modern dress)
Mon 29 March - 1 April Good Friday and Travelling Man
Fri 2 April Theatre closed - Good Friday
Sat 3-10 April Facing The Music
12-17 April The Silver Box
Mon 19 April Theatre closed
Tue 20-24 April Princess Ida (B.O.S.)
26 April- 1 May Milestones
3-8 May The Hypocrites
Thur 6 May (special matinee) The Merchant Of Venice (Mrs. D.Valentine Munro's Shakespeare Class)
10-15 May R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)
17-22 May The Admirable Crichton
24-29 May Ambrose Applejohn's Adventure
31 May - 5 June The Gay Lord Quex
7-12 June Prunella or Love In A Dutch Garden
14-18 June Lord Richard In The Pantry
Sat 19 June Lord Richard In The Pantry and a special programme of three one-act plays, scenes from favourite plays of the season and songs.
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21 June - 7 August The Lena Ashwell Players Season
21-26 June The Likes Of 'Er * and The House With The Twisty
Windows (* later re-titled The Likes Of Her)
28 June - 3 July The Witch
5-10 July The Romantic Age
12-17 July The White Headed Boy
19-24 July Tilly Of Bloomsbury
26-31 July What Every Woman Knows
2-7 August Trelawny Of The Wells
Thur 5 August (special matinee) Fame And The Poet, The Death Of Tintagiles and The Proposal in aid of the Lady Mayoress's Fresh Air Fund
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9-14 August Eliza Comes To Stay
16-21 August The Last Of Mrs. Cheyney
23-28 August The Merry Widow
30 August - 4 September It Pays To Advertise
6-11 September Hay Fever
13-18 September Saint Joan
20-25 September No, No, Nanette
27 September - 2 October The Farmer's Wife
4-9 October The Belle Of New York
11-16 October The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
Mon 11 October The Gondoliers
Tue 12 October Ruddigore
Wed 13 October (no mat) Cox & Box and The Pirates Of Penzance
Thur 14 October Patience
Fri 15 October Ruddigore
Sat 16 October (mat) Patience
(eve) The Gondoliers
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18-23 October Katja, The Dancer
25-30 October The Ghost Train and A Little Fowl Play
1-6 November The Country Wife
8-13 November Are You A Mason?
15-20 November A Cuckoo In The Nest
22-27 November White Cargo
29 November - 4 December The Cat's Cradle
6-11 December Bath Operatic Society (Dramatic Section)
Mon 6 December Sunday
Tue 7 December Isabel, Edward And Anne
Wed 8 December (mat)
(eve)
Thur 9 December
Fri 10 December
Sat 11 December (mat) Isabel, Edward And Anne
(eve) Sunday
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13-18 December The Green Goddess
20-26 December Theatre closed for pantomime preparations
Mon 27 December - 22 January Dick Whittington
1927
Mon 27 December - 22 January Dick Whittington
Mon 24 January Theatre closed
Tue 25-29 January Merrie England (B.O.S.)
31 January - 5 February Just Married
7 February-19 March The Lena Ashwell Players Season
7-12 February The Little Minister
14-19 February Come Out Of The Kitchen
Thur 17 February (3pm) Poetic reading by Mr. John Masefield which included two of his unpublished poems
21-26 February Crime And Punishment
28 February - 5 March Miss Hobbs
7-12 March The Marriage Of Columbine
Thur 10 March (2.45pm) Concert by Dame Clara Butt and others
14-19 March Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde
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21-26 March Stop Flirting
28 March - 2 April This Woman Business
4-9 April Ask Beccles
11-16 April Theatre closed - Easter
18-23 April Patsy From Paris and When The Lights Go Out
Mon 25 April Theatre closed
Tue 26-30 April The Mikado (B.O.S.)
2-7 May Visit of Frank Forbes-Robertson
Mon 2 May David Garrick and Yellow Roses
Tue 3 May The Call Of The Road
Wed 4 May (mat) David Garrick and Yellow Roses
(eve) Comin' Thro' The Rye
Thur 5 May Comin' Thro' The Rye
Fri 6 May Comin' Thro' The Rye
Sat 7 May Comin' Thro' The Rye
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9-14 May The Naughty Wife
16-21 May The Man With A Load Of Mischief
23-28 May Henry Baynton and His Shakespearean Company
Mon 23 May Hamlet
Tue 24 May Othello
Wed 25 May (mat) The School For Scandal
(eve) King Henry Vlll
Thur 26 May The Melting Pot
Fri 27 May The Melting Pot
Sat 28 May (mat) As You Like It
(eve) The Taming Of The Shrew
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30 May - 4 June Rookery Nook
6-11 June The Ringer
13-18 June The Last Of Mrs. Cheyney
20 June - 6 August The Lena Ashwell Players Season
20-25 June The Ware Case
27 June - 2 July Mary Goes First
4-9 July The Fugitive
11-16 July The Magistrate
18-23 July The Land Of Promise
Thur 21 July (special matinee) Bernice (In aid of Mayoress's Fresh Air Fund)
Mon 25-27 July Jane Clegg
Thur 28-30 July Trilby
Mon 1-2 August The Land Of Promise
Wed 3-6 August His House In Order
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8-13 August Mr. What's His Name
15-20 August Devonshire Cream
22-27 August A Cuckoo In The Nest
29 August - 3 September Is Zat So
5-10 September Compromising Daphne
12-17 September The Ghost Train and The Man In The Street
19-24 September The Joker
26 September - 1 October Yvonne
3-8 October The Bensonians - Sir Frank Benson & Company
Mon 3 October The Merchant Of Venice
Tue 4 October Monsieur Beaucaire
Wed 5 October (mat) The Merchant Of Venice
(eve) Julius Caesar
Thur 6 October Hamlet
Fri 7 October The School For Scandal
Sat 8 October (mat) Julius Caesar
(eve) Hamlet
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10-15 October Just A Kiss
17-22 October Alf's Button
24-29 October High Jinks
31 October - 5 November The Student Prince
7-12 November The 100th Chance
Mon 14-16 November The Young Person In Pink (B.O.S. Dramatic Section)
Thur 17-19 November Quinneys (B.O.S. Dramatic Section)
21-26 November No, No, Nanette
28 November - 3 December The Fanatics
Thur 1 December (2.30pm) The Fateful Mirror and The True Tale Of A Fair Ladye And Her Fiddler. Performed by Bath amateurs in aid of Denville Hall - a home for aged actors and actresses. Songs were also performed and there was an address by Sir Gerald du Maurier
5-10 December Maria Marten or The Murder In The Red Barn
12-17 December The Creaking Chair
18-25 December Theatre closed for pantomime preparations
Mon 26 December - 28 January Little Miss Muffet
1928
Mon 26 December - 28 January Little Miss Muffet
Mon 30 January Theatre closed
Tue 31 January - 4 February Monsieur Beaucaire (B.O.S.)
6-11 February Gala Nights with Lydia Kyasht (dancer)
13-18 February The Farmer's Wife
20-25 February Rose Marie
27 February - 3 March Escape
5-10 March Thark
12-17 March Rookery Nook
19-24 March Lady, Be Good
26-31 March Charley's Aunt
Mon 2-6 April Theatre closed - Easter
Sat 7-14 April Yellow Sands
16-21 April The Whole Town's Talking
Mon 23 April Theatre closed
Tue 24-28 April Ruddigore (B.O.S.)
30 April - 5 May The Ringer
7-12 May Bath Shakespeare Festival Week (Mrs. D.Valentine Munro's Company)
NB: All plays had female casts
Mon 7 May The Merchant Of Venice
Tue 8 May Hamlet
Wed 9 May (mat) As You Like It
(eve) Romeo And Juliet
Thur 10 May As You Like It
Fri 11 May Macbeth
Sat 12 May (mat) The Merchant Of Venice
(eve) Hamlet
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14-19 May Lord Babs
21-26 May The Terror
28 May - 14 July The Bath Players Season
28 May - 2 June Windows
4-9 June A Bill Of Divorcement
11-16 June Mary Rose
18-23 June Mr. Wu
25-30 June The Man From Toronto
2-7 July Lord Richard In The Pantry
9-14 July Milestones
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16 July - 11 August The Lena Ashwell Players Season
16-21 July The Professor's Love Story
Mon 23-25 July Outward Bound
Thur 26-28 July The Thirteenth Chair
Mon 30 July - 1 August Diplomacy
Thur 2-4 August French Leave
Mon 6-8 August The Sport Of Kings
Thur 9-11 August The Case Of Rebellious Susan
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13-18 August Eliza Comes To Stay
20-25 August Dracula
27 August - 1 September The Bat
3-8 September The Rising Generation
10-15 September The Constant Nymph
17-22 September The Godwin Opera Company
Mon 17 September Maritana
Tue 18 September Il Trovatore
Wed 19 September (mat) The Barber Of Seville
(eve) Tannhauser
Thur 20 September Carmen
Fri 21 September Faust
Sat 22 September (mat) La Traviata
(eve) The Bohemian Girl
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24-29 September The Crooked Billet
1-6 October Tip-Toes
8-13 October The Man Who Changed His Name
15-20 October Compromising Daphne
22-27 October Mercenary Mary
29 October - 3 November Lido Lady
5-10 November The Wrecker
Fri 9 November (3pm) Vladimir de Pachmann (concert pianist)
12-17 November Devonshire Cream
19-24 November Bath Operatic Society (Dramatic Section)
Mon 19 November The Best People
Tue 20 November The Last Of Mrs. Cheyney
Wed 21 November (mat) The Last Of Mrs. Cheyney
(eve) The Best People
Thur 22 November The Last Of Mrs. Cheyney
Fri 23 November The Best People
Sat 24 November (mat) The Best People
(eve) The Last Of Mrs. Cheyney
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26 November - 1 December The Co-Optimists (a musical entertainment)
3-8 December My Son John
10-15 December Frank G.Cariello & His West End Company
Mon 10 December The Walls Of Jericho
Tue 11 December The Walls Of Jericho
Wed 12 December (mat) The Walls Of Jericho
(eve) The Thief
Thur 13 December The Thief
Fri 14 December Raffles
Sat 15 December (mat) The Thief
(eve) Raffles
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16-25 December Theatre closed for pantomime preparations
Wed 26 December - 2 February Little Bo-Peep
1929
Wed 26 December - 2 February Little Bo-Peep
Mon 4 February Theatre closed
Tue 5-9 February The Rebel Maid (B.O.S.)
11-16 February Two White Arms
18-23 February The Ghost Train
25 February - 2 March Hamilton Deane and His Company
Mon 25 February At The Villa Rose
Tue 26 February At The Villa Rose
Wed 27 February At The Villa Rose
Thur 28 February Frankenstein
Fri 1 March Frankenstein
Sat 2 March (mat) Frankenstein
(eve) At The Villa Rose
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4-9 March The Blue Train
Mon 11 March Theatre closed
Tue 12-16 March The Legend Of The Miracle (in aid of the Waifs & Strays Soc.)
18-23 March Plunder
25-30 March Theatre closed - Easter
1-6 April The Silent House
Mon 8 April Theatre closed
Tue 9-13 April Iolanthe (B.O.S.)
15-20 April Young Woodley
22-27 April Bath Shakespearean Week - Edward Dunstan & Company
Mon 22 April The Taming Of The Shrew
Tue 23 April Hamlet
Wed 24 April (mat) Julius Caesar
(eve) Becket (by Lord Alfred Tennyson)
Thur 25 April The Merry Wives Of Windsor
Fri 26 April The Rivals
Sat 27 April (mat) Macbeth
(eve) Othello
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29 April - 4 May Hit The Deck
6 May - 6 July Northampton Repertory Company Season
6-11 May Alice-Sit-By-The-Fire
13-18 May The Lie
20-25 May Her Temporary Husband
27 May - 1 June The Fake
3-8 June The Mask And The Face
10-15 June The Builder Of Bridges
17-22 June On Approval
Mon 24-26 June* On Approval
Thur 27-29 June* If Four Walls Told
* Replaced advertised production of The Lilies Of The Field
Mon 1-3 July If Four Walls Told
Thur 4-6 July The Silver Cord
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8-13 July The Silver King
15 July - 10 August The Lena Ashwell Players Season
Mon 15-17 July The Schoolmistress
Thur 18-20 July The Green Goddess
Mon 22-24 July The Enchanted Cottage
Thur 25-27 July The Sign On The Door
Mon 29-31 July The Adventures Of Lady Ursula
Thur 1-3 August The Lilies Of The Field
Mon 5-7 August Caste
Thur 8-10 August I'll Leave It To You
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12-17 August Rope
19-24 August The Terror
Fri 23 August (special flying matinee) Miss Peggy O'Neil in Honeymoon + songs and other
entertainment
26-31 August The House Of The Arrow
2-7 September Sunny
9-14 September Unholy Orders (first performance of play by local author Arnold Ridley - later re-titled Third Time Lucky)
16-21 September Marigold
23-28 September The Godwin Opera Company
Mon 23 September The Tales Of Hoffman
Tue 24 September Il Trovatore
Wed 25 September (mat) Faust
(eve) Carmen
Thur 26 September The Bohemian Girl
Fri 27 September The Barber Of Seville
Sat 28 September (mat) The Tales Of Hoffman
(eve) Maritana
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30 September -5 October So This Is Love
7-12 October Yellow Sands
14-19 October Looking For A Wife
21-26 October Interference
28 October - 2 November Bird In Hand
4-9 November The Man At Six
Thur 7 November (mat) Twelfth Night (Mrs. D.Valentine Munro's Company)
11-16 November A Damsel In Distress
18-23 November Bath Operatic Society (Dramatic Section)
Mon 18 November Lord Richard In The Pantry
Tue 19 November The High Road
Wed 20 November (mat) The High Road
(eve) Lord Richard In The Pantry
Thur 21 November The High Road
Fri 22 November Lord Richard In The Pantry
Sat 23 November (mat) Lord Richard In The Pantry
(eve) The High Road
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25-30 November Thark
2-7 December Farewell of Sir Frank Benson
Mon 2 December The School For Scandal
Tue 3 December The Rivals
Wed 4 December (mat) The Rivals
(eve) She Stoops To Conquer
Thur 5 December The School For Scandal
Fri 6 December She Stoops To Conquer
Sat 7 December (mat) She Stoops To Conquer
(eve) The Rivals
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9-14 December A Little Bit Of Fluff
15-25 December Theatre closed for pantomime preparations
Thur 26 December - 1 February 1930 Jack And Jill
1930
Thur 26 December - 1 February Jack And Jill
Mon 3 February Theatre closed
Tue 4-8 February The Geisha (B.O.S.)
10-15 February The Patsy
Mon 17-19 February The Invisible Foe and Waterloo
Thur 20 February 3pm Jan Kubelik (concert by Czech violinist)
Thur 20 February The Invisible Foe and Waterloo
Fri 21 February The Melting Pot
Sat 22 February (mat) The Melting Pot
(eve) The Invisible Foe and Waterloo
24 February - 1 March Brothers
3-8 March To What Red Hell
10-15 March The Green Lamp
17-22 March The Sacred Flame
24-29 March The Flying Fool (by local playwright Arnold Ridley)
31 March - 5 April Plunder
Mon 7 April Theatre closed
Tue 8-12 April The Rose Of Persia (B.O.S.)
14-17, 19 April Everyman (Burbridge Players)
Fri 18 April Theatre closed - Good Friday
21 April - 28 June Bristol Repertory Players Season
21-26 April Her Temporary Husband
28 April - 3 May Anthony And Anna
5-10 May The Twelve Pound Look, Pantaloon and The Old Lady Shows
Her Medals (Three one-act plays by J.M.Barrie)
12-17 May Magic and So Good
19-24 May Mary Stuart and The Flower Of The Seven Tears
26-31 May The Letter
2-7 June Ask Beccles
9-14 June Her Husband's Wife
16-21 June The Case Of Lady Camber
23-28 June A Social Convenience and The Man In The Street
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30 June - 5 July Trial By Jury and Aren't We All (B.O.S.)
(All proceeds to the Mayor's Hospital Appeal Fund)
7 July - 2 August Theatre closed
4-9 August The Apple Cart
11-16 August The Girl Friend
18-23 August Passing Brompton Road
25-30 August Between 5 And 7
1-13 September Frank G.Cariello & His West End Company
Mon 1-3 September Lady Windermere's Fan
Thur 4 September (special flying matinee) Nelson Keys and Grand Star Company
Thur 4-6 September The Importance Of Being Earnest
Mon 8-10 September In The Night
Thur 11-13 September An Ideal Husband
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15-20 September When Blue Hills Laughed
22-27 September Alf's Button
29 September - 4 October A Warm Corner
6-11 October Lucky Girl
13-18 October Rose Marie
20-25 October The Middle Watch
27 October - 1 November Symphony In Two Flats
3-8 November Grumpy (B.O.S. Dramatic Section)
10-15 November By Candle Light
17-22 November Journey's End
24-29 November No, No, Nanette
1-6 December Aloma
8-13 December The Godwin Opera Company
Mon 8 December Il Trovatore
Tue 9 December The Daughter Of The Regiment
Wed 10 December Maritana
Thur 11 December The Tales Of Hoffman
Fri 12 December Martha
Sat 13 December (mat) Rigoletto
(eve) The Bohemian Girl
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14-25 December Theatre closed for pantomime preparations
Fri 26 December-31 January Cinderella
1931
Fri 26 December - 31 January Cinderella
Mon 2 February Theatre closed
Tue 3-7 February The Arcadians (B.O.S.)
9-14 February Mr. Cinders
16-21 February Two Deep
23-28 February Wild Cat Hetty
2-7 March Charley's Aunt
9-14 March Third Time Lucky (by local playwright Arnold Ridley originally produced in Bath under the title Holy Orders)
16-21 March My Wife's Family
23-28 March The First Mrs. Fraser
30 March - 4 April Theatre closed - Easter
6-11 April Almost A Honeymoon
13-18 April Lilac Time
Mon 20-22 April Tons Of Money
Thur 23-25 April Rookery Nook
27 April - 2 May The Private Secretary
4 May - 1 August Gerard Neville and His Repertory Players
4-9 May The Chinese Bungalow and Counter Attack
11-16 May The Great Adventure, Redeemed and The Margaret Upton Trio (M.U.T.)
18-23 May The Cuckoo In The Nest, The Double Cross and M.U.T.
25-30 May Nell Gwynne
Sun 31 May 3.15pm Christian Science lecture
1-6 June Our Flat, To-Morrow and M.U.T.
8-13 June Trilby, Box And Cox and M.U.T.
15-20 June The Sorrows Of Satan and M.U.T.
22-27 June Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
29 June - 4 July Ambrose Applejohn's Adventure
6-11 July Interference
13-18 July Moths
20-25 July Spring Cleaning
Mon 27-31 July The Yellow Ticket
Sat 1 August David Garrick
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3-8 August He Walked In Her Sleep
10-15 August On The Spot
17-22 August Traffic
24-29 August Eliza Comes To Stay
31 August - 5 September The Maneater
7-12 September Marigold
14-19 September Lord Babs
21-26 September Potiphar's Wife
28 September -10 October The O'Mara Opera Company
Mon 28 September Il Trovatore Tue 29 September Faust
Wed 30 September (mat) The Daughter Of The Regiment
(eve) Maritana
Thur 1 October Carmen
Fri 2 October Rigoletto
Sat 3 October (mat) The Barber Of Seville
(eve) The Bohemian Girl
Mon 5 October The Tales Of Hoffman
Tue 6 October Carmen
Wed 7 October (mat) Il Trovatore
(eve) Madame Butterfly
Thur 8 October Maritana
Fri 9 October Faust
Sat 10 October (mat) Madame Butterfly
(eve) The Barber Of Seville
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12-17 October A Murder Has Been Arranged
Mon 19 October Theatre closed
Tue 20-24 October Princess Charming (B.O.S.)
26-31 October The Middle Watch
2-7 November Michael And Mary
Mon 9 November Love-In-A-Mist
Tue 10 November Milestones
Wed 11 November Love-In-A-Mist
Thur 12 November Love-In-A-Mist
Fri 13 November Love-In-A-Mist
Sat 14 November Milestones
16-21 November The Second Man
23-28 November Bath Operatic Society (Dramatic Section)
Mon 23 November The Dover Road
Tue 24 November A Damsel In Distress
Wed 25 November The Dover Road
Thur 26 November A Damsel In Distress
Fri 27 November The Dover Road
Sat 28 November A Damsel In Distress
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30 November - 5 December Full House or One Exciting Night
7-12 December The Rascal
14-19 December Autumn Crocus
20-25 December Theatre closed for pantomime preparations
Sat 26 December-30 January Old Mother Hubbard
1932
Sat 26 December -30 January Old Mother Hubbard
Mon 1 February Theatre closed
Tue 2-6 February The Lilac Domino (B.O.S.)
8-13 February The Crime At Blossoms
15-20 February There's Always Juliet
22-27 February Room For Two
29 February - 5 March Peg O' My Heart
7-12 March Her First Affaire and an un-named curtain raiser of "matrimonial comedy vintage"
14-19 March Theatre closed
Mon 21-25 March Theatre closed - Easter
Sat 26 March - 2 April London Wall
4-9 April Treasure Trove (The London Players) Three one-act plays in repertory each followed by a variety show
Mon 4 April Tragedy
Tue 5 April Buried Treasure
Wed 6 April (mat) Tragedy
(eve) Tragedy
Thur 7 April Nemesis
Fri 8 April Buried Treasure
Sat 9 April (mat) Nemesis
(eve) Nemesis
Mon 11 April Theatre closed
Tue 12-16 April The Pirates Of Penzance (B.O.S.)
18-23 April The Summertime Cabaret
25-30 April The Summertime Cabaret
2-7 May The Compulsory Wife
9-14 May Art And Mrs. Bottle
16-21 May While Parents Sleep
23 May - 20 August English/London Repertory Players Season
23-28 May Loose Ends
30 May - 4 June Outcast
6-11 June The Cat And The Canary
13-18 June The Barton Mystery
20-25 June Bulldog Drummond
27 June - 2 July Nell Gwynne
4-9 July Within The Law
11-16 July Witness For The Defence
18-23 July David Garrick with prologue
25-30 July The Thief
1-6 August The Green Bottle
8-13 August Tilly Of Bloomsbury
Mon 15-19 August Leah Kleschna
Sat 20 August (mat) Trilby
(eve) Trilby
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22-27 August It's A Girl
29 August - 3 September The Great Truth
5-10 September It's A Boy
12-17 September The O'Mara Opera Company
Mon 12 September The Tales Of Hoffmann
Tue 13 September Rigoletto
Wed 14 September (mat) Faust
(eve) Carmen
Thur 15 September Madame Butterfly
Fri 16 September Il Trovatore
Sat 17 September (mat) The Daughter Of The Regiment
(eve) Maritana
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19-24 September The Barretts Of Wimpole Street
26 September - 1 October Bitter Sweet
3-8 October Britannia Of Billingsgate
10-15 October Marigold
17-22 October The Belle Of New York
24-29 October The Green Pack
31 October - 5 November The Calendar (B.O.S., Dramatic Section)
7-12 November The Beggar's Opera
14-19 November Dick Tubb with … Black And White Follies
21-26 November Allan Wilkie with Miss F.Hunter Watts and Shakespearean Company
Mon 21 November The Merchant Of Venice
Tue 22 November Macbeth
Wed 23 November (mat) Twelfth Night
(eve) The School For Scandal
Thur 24 November Hamlet
Fri 25 November As You Like It
Sat 26 November (mat) The Tempest
(eve) She Stoops To Conquer
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28 November - 3 December The Improper Duchess
5-10 December The Last Guest
12-25 December Theatre closed for pantomime preparations
Mon 26 December - 28 January Little Red Riding Hood
1933
Mon 26 December - 28 January Little Red Riding Hood
Mon 30 January Theatre closed
Tue 31 January-4 February Dorothy (B.O.S.)
6 February - 1 April & 10 April - 26 August English Repertory Players Season
6-11 February Can The Leopard…?
13-18 February The Queen's Husband
20-25 February The Ware Case
27 February - 4 March The Man In Possession
6-11 March The Silver Box
13-18 March The Outsider
Thur 16 March (special matinee) Passing Brompton Road (B.O.S. Dramatic Section in aid of R.N.L.I.)
20-25 March His House In Order
27 March - 1 April The Lady Of The Camellias
Mon 3 April Theatre closed
Tue 4-8 April The Gondoliers (B.O.S.)
10-13, 15 April A Message From Mars
Fri 14 April Theatre closed - Good Friday
17-22 April The Man In The Stalls
24-29 April The Eternal City
1-6 May "9.45"
8-13 May Carnival
15-20 May The Queen Was In The Parlour and Her Legal Advisor
22-27 May The Chinese Puzzle
29 May - 3 June The Firebird (N.B. Not ballet of same name)
5-10 June Fair And Warmer
12-17 June John Glayde's Honour
19-24 June Bella Donna
26 June - 1 July Number Seventeen
3-8 July The Right Age To Marry
10-15 July Miss Cinders
17-22 July The Builder Of Bridges
24-29 July The Letter and monologues from The Sorrows Of Satan, The Silver King and other plays
31 July - 5 August Scotch Mist and several recitations
7-12 August Almost A Honeymoon and pianoforte solos
14-19 August Behold We Live
Mon 21-25 August The Sign On The Door
Sat 26 August (mat) Outcast
(eve) Outcast
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28 August - 2 September Recipe For Murder and Breakfast For Two
4-9 September Another Language
11-16 September Lilac Time
18-23 September The Brontes
25-30 September Hold My Hand
2-7 October Fresh Fields
9-14 October The Gipsy Princess
16-21 October Bath Shakespeare Festival
Mon 16 October Macbeth
Tue 17 October The School For Scandal
Wed 18 October (mat) Macbeth
(eve) Romeo And Juliet
Thur 19 October Will Shakespeare
Fri 20 October The School For Scandal
Sat 21 October (mat) Romeo And Juliet
(eve) The Winter's Tale
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23-28 October Crime On The Hill
30 October-4 November Bath Operatic Society (Dramatic Section)
Mon 30 October The Likes Of Her * and Ebb Tide
Tue 31 October Diplomacy
Wed 1 November (mat) Diplomacy
(eve) The Likes Of Her * and Ebb Tide
Thur 2 November Diplomacy
Fri 3 November The Likes Of Her * and Ebb Tide
Sat 4 November (mat) The Likes Of Her * and Ebb Tide
(eve) Diplomacy
* Originally titled The Likes Of 'Er
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6-11 November The Holmeses Of Baker Street
13-18 November The Maid Of The Mountains
20-25 November The Green Bay Tree
27 November - 2 December Beau Nash
4-9 December Private Lives and The Absent-Minded Lady
11-25 December Theatre closed for pantomime preparations
Tue 26 December - 27 January Dick Whittington
1934
Tue 26 December - 27 January Dick Whittington
29 January - 3 February The Infinite Shoeblack
5-10 February The Dubarry
12-17 February Ten Minute Alibi
Mon 19 February Theatre closed
Tue 20 February - 3 March The Desert Song (B.O.S.)
5 March - 22 September English Repertory Players Season
5-10 March Dangerous Corner
12-17 March The Painted Veil
19-24 March 77, Park Lane
26-29, 31 March The Passing Of The Third Floor Back
Fri 30 March Theatre closed - Good Friday
2-7 April On The Spot
9-14 April Death Takes A Holiday
16-21 April The Chinese Bungalow
23-28 April Just Married
Tue 24 April (mat) Journey's End - A special matinee by the unemployed in aid of
The Somerset Mission to The Deaf and Dumb
30 April - 5 May She Had To Come Back
7-12 May Secrets
14-19 May Pygmalion
21-26 May Nothing But The Truth
28 May - 2 June Diana Of Dobson's
4-9 June Without Witness
11-16 June Marry At Leisure
18-23 June It's You I Want
25-30 June The Outsider
2-7 July Woman To Woman
9-14 July What Happened To Jones
16-21 July Mr. Wu
23-28 July The Farmer's Wife
30 July - 4 August Diversion
6-11 August Black Coffee
13-18 August The Pelican
20-25 August Romance
27 August - 1 September Yellow Sands
3-8 September The Fake
10-15 September The Anatomist
Mon 17-21 September The 13th Chair
Sat 22 September (mat) Nell Gwynne
(eve) Nell Gwynne
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24-29 September High Temperature
1-6 October The Man Who Was Fed Up
8-13 October The Student Prince
15-20 October Laburnum Grove
22-27 October Mr. Cinders
29 October - 3 November Bath Operatic Society (Dramatic Section)
Mon 29 October S.O.S.
Tue 30 October Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
Wed 31 October (mat) Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
(eve) S.O.S.
Thur 1 November Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
Fri 2 November S.O.S.
Sat 3 November (mat) S.O.S.
(eve) Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
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5-10 November The Chocolate Soldier
12-17 November Sixteen
19-24 November The Belle Of New York
26 November - 1 December My Wife's Family
3-8 December The Wind And The Rain
10-25 December Theatre closed for pantomime preparations
Wed 26 December - 2 February Little Miss Muffet
1935
Wed 26 December - 2 February Little Miss Muffet
Mon 4 February Theatre closed
Tue 5-9 February Nina Rosa (B.O.S.)
11-16 February Charley's Aunt
18-23 February Mercenary Mary
25 February - 2 March Eliza Comes To Stay preceded by 'a song mélange'
4 March - 15 June English Repertory Players Season (also known as Gerard
Neville Repertory Players) except for w/c 1 April
4-9 March To Have The Honour
11-16 March The Late Christopher Bean
18-23 March Alibi
25-30 March The Old Folks At Home preceded by a short musical scene
1-6 April The Mikado (B.O.S.)
8-13 April Hindle Wakes and Interlude
15-20 April Outward Bound
22-27 April The Sport Of Kings
29 April - 4 May The Last Of Mrs. Cheyney
6-11 May So This Is London
13-18 May The Land Of Promise
20-25 May The Second Mrs. Tanqueray
27 May - 1 June The Manxman
3-8 June The Witness For The Defence
Mon 10-14 June Other Mens Wives
Sat 15 June Lord Richard In The Pantry
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17 June - 31 August Pelican Players Season
17-22 June Autumn Crocus
24-29 June The Maitlands
1-6 July Queer Cargo
8-13 July Mrs. Moonlight
15-20 July The Truth Game
22-27 July The Winding Journey
29 July - 3 August Slings And Arrows
5-10 August Mixed Doubles
12-17 August Too True To Be Good
19-24 August Meet The Wife
Mon 26-28 August Fair And Warmer
Thur 29-31 August Spring Cleaning
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2-7 September The Geisha
9-14 September It's You I Want
16-21 September The Shining Hour
23-28 September The Girl Friend
30 September - 5 October Sally Who?
7-12 October The Dominant Sex
14-19 October Sally
21-26 October Les Ballets Russes
28 October - 2 November Lilac Time
4-9 November The Rose Without A Thorn (B.O.S. Dramatic Section)
11-16 November Sporting Love
18-23 November Nothing Ever Happens
25-30 November Jack O' Diamonds
2-25 December Theatre closed / pantomime preparations
Thur 26 December - Sat 1 February Jack & Jill
1936
Thur 26 December - Sat 1 February Jack & Jill
No performance at theatre on 21 January following the death of King George V on 20th.
Mon 2 February Theatre closed
3-8 February The Cingalee (B.O.S.)
10-15 February Youth At The Helm
17-22 February The Greeks Had A Word For It
24-29 February The Two Mrs. Carrolls
2-7 March Gay Divorce
9-14 March Popular Priced Variety: Mito Trio
16-21 March Popular Priced Variety: Another Big Variety Bill
23-28 March Popular Priced Variety: Felovis (Juggler)
Mon 30 March Theatre closed
Tue 31 March - 4 April The Yeomen Of The Guard (B.O.S.)
Mon 6-10 April Theatre closed - Easter
Sat 11 April - 12 September Pelican Players Season
Sat 11 - 18 April Sweet Aloes
20-25 April A Murder Has Been Arranged and the balcony scene from Romeo And Juliet
27 April - 2 May Nina
4-9 May The Squall
11-16 May Lover's Leap
18-23 May Candida
25-30 May The Patsy
1-6 June Full House
8-13 June White Cargo
15-20 June Aren't We All
22-27 June A Bill Of Divorcement
29 June - 4 July Plus Fours
6-11 July Beloved
13-18 July Peg O' My Heart
20-25 July By Candlelight
27 July - 1 August The Ghost Train
3-8 August Distinguished Gathering
10-15 August Private Lives
17-22 August The Cat And The Canary
24-29 August The Fourth Wall
31 August - 5 September The Late Christopher Bean
Mon 7-11 September Love From A Stranger
Sat 12 September Full House
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14-19 September Popular Priced Variety: The Great Cingalee and Company
21-26 September Popular Priced Variety: Grand Variety Programme with
Tex McLeod
28 September - 3 October Popular Priced Variety: Grand Variety Programme with
Toledo, Elly & Joan
5-10 October Popular Priced Variety: The Famous Four Flying Julians
12-17 October Popular Priced Variety: The Three Calores - Sisters In Syncopation
19-24 October Popular Priced Variety: Coram With Jerry (ventriloquist)
26-31 October Popular Priced Variety: Edgar Benyon with Doris Southern
Mon 2 November Theatre closed
Tue 3-7 November The Middle Watch (B.O.S. Dramatic Section)
9-14 November Popular Priced Variety: Harold Walden
16-21 November Popular Priced Variety: Owen McGiviney
23-28 November Popular Priced Variety: The Masa Hirukawa Company
30 November - 5 December Popular Priced Variety: Bob and Alf. Pearson
7-12 December Popular Priced Variety: The Four Hermans
14-25 December Theatre closed for pantomime preparations
Sat 26 December - Sat 6 February Little Bo-Peep
1937
Sat 26 December - Sat 6 February Little Bo-Peep
Mon 8 February Theatre closed
Tue 9-13 February The Quaker Girl (B.O.S.)
15-20 February The Millionairess
22-27 February Love On The Dole
1-6 March A Waltz Dream
8-13 March Popular Priced Variety: Dawn Davis
Thur 11 March 2.45pm Variety Matinee in aid of the People's Dispensary For Sick Animals
15-20 March Popular Priced Variety: Mr. Wilson Hallett
Mon 22-25, 27 March Popular Priced Variety: The Myron Pearl Company
Fri 26 March Theatre closed - Good Friday
29 March - 3 April Popular Priced Variety: The Act Superb
5-10 April Another Strong Variety Programme
12-17 April Variety At Its Best featuring Wilfred Briton
19-24 April A Stupendous Variety Programme featuring the Two Cromwells
26 April - 1 May Popular Priced Variety: David Poole
3 May - 11 September Anthony Blake Season/Blake Anderson Productions
3-8 May Tovarich
10-15 May The First Mrs. Fraser
On Coronation night 12th May (King George VI) the play was preceded by a relayed message from the King after which Land Of Hope And Glory and The National Anthem was sung
17-22 May Someone At The Door
24-29 May Anthony And Anna
31 May - 5 June Let Us Be Gay
7-12 June Spring Tide
14-19 June The Barretts Of Wimpole Street (extracts from The Merchant Of Venice were performed during one of the intervals)
21-26 June Dusty Ermine
28 June - 3 July Tonight At 8.30. (three one act plays by Noel Coward)
5-10 July The Wind And The Rain
12-17 July The Bat
19-24 July Winners and The Naughty Wife
26-31 July Little Women
2-7 August Fresh Fields
9-14 August The Case Of The Frightened Lady
16-21 August Hay Fever
23-28 August Quality Street
30 August - 4 September Laburnam Grove
Mon 6-8 September It Pay To Advertise
Thur 9-11 September Spring Tide
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13-18 September Popular Priced Variety: The 7 De Guise Seymours
20-25 September Popular Priced Variety: Matthe and Assistant
27 September - 2 October Popular Priced Variety: The Great Flying Flacoris
4-9 October Popular Priced Variety: Wilkie Bard
11-16 October Popular Priced Variety: The Allen Brothers & June
18-23 October Popular Priced Variety: The Four Aces
25-30 October Popular Priced Variety: 20 Singing Scholars - Songs Through
The Ages
1-6 November Popular Priced Variety: The Original Four Hillbillies
8-13 November Popular Priced Variety: The Ovaltineys
15-20 November Popular Priced Variety: Harry Castelli & His Serenaders Band
22-27 November Popular Priced Variety: The Eight Elliotts
29 November - 4 December Popular Priced Variety: Jack Edge
Mon 6 December Theatre closed
Tue 7-11 December The Young Idea (B.O.S. Dramatic Section)
13-26 December Theatre closed for pantomime preparations
Mon 27 December - Sat 22 January Mother Goose
1938
Mon 27 December - Sat 22 January Mother Goose
Mon 24 January Theatre closed
Tue 25-29 January Katinka (B.O.S.)
31 January - 5 February Variety with Stainless Stephen and others (twice nightly)
7-12 February Variety with Norman Evans "
14-19 February Variety with Herschel Henlere "
21-26 February Variety with La Celeste "
28 February - 5 March Variety with Ivan Browning and Henry Starr "
7-12 March Variety with Stanley, Eddie & Mae "
14-19 March Variety with Chung Ling Sen & Co "
21-26 March Variety with Sutherland Felce "
28 March - 2 April Variety with Albert Whelan "
Mon 4 April Theatre closed
Tue 5-9 April Iolanthe (B.O.S.)
Mon 11-15 April Theatre closed for alterations - reseating, redecoration
after new management (The Maddox Family) took over. It
was also Easter
Sat 16 April - 1 October Blake-Anderson Season
Sat 16-23 April Theatre Royal
25-30 April Petticoat Fever
2-7 May Night Must Fall
9-14 May Do You Remember?
16-21 May Tons Of Money
23-28 May Bulldog Drummond Hits Out
30 May - 4 June Milestones
6-11 June Yellow Sands
13-18 June A Cuckoo In The Nest
20-25 June The Two Mrs. Carrolls
27 June - 2 July Passing Brompton Road
4-9 July Monsieur Beaucaire
11-16 July The School For Husbands
18-23 July The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
25-30 July To Have And To Hold (followed by Masque on final night)
1-6 August Housemaster
8-13 August Death On The Table
15-20 August There's Always Juliet
22-27 August The Scarlet Pimpernel
29 August - 3 September Busman's Honeymoon
5-10 September Rookery Nook
12-17 September The Silent House
19-24 September Clive Of India
26 September - 1 October Ambrose Applejohn's Adventure
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3-8 October High Speed Variety: Macari and his Dutch Accordion Serenaders
10-15 October High Speed Variety: Harry Hemsley
17-22 October Variety: Tom Katz & his Saxophone Six
24-29 October Variety: Leonard Henry
31 October - 5 November Variety: G.H.Elliott
7-12 November Variety: Archie and His Famous Stage Band
14-19 November Variety: Four Spallas
21-26 November Variety: Jack & Eddie Eden
28 November - 3 December Variety: the Four Stuarts - BBC Brothers of Harmony
5-10 December Roadhouse (B.O.S. Dramatic Section )
12-25 December Theatre closed for pantomime preparations
Mon 26 December - 4 February Cinderella