The Era
- 1877 October 14 Country
Edition 40(2038): 5, col. 1
Unsigned news item regarding
unlicensed performance
of Trial by Jury at the Royal Aquarium
- 1877 November 25
Country Edition 40(2044): 5, cols. 3-4
Unsigned review of The
Sorcerer. [appeared in the Town Edition November 18 40(2043):
page nos. needed!]
- 1878 May 26 Country
Edition 40(2070):
6, col. 1
News item about faulty rolling stock on the Midland Railway
delaying
the Sorcerer touring company's arrival in Nottingham from
Edinburgh
- 1878
June 2 Country Edition 40(2071): 5, cols. 1-2
Unsigned
review
of H.M.S. Pinafore [appeared in the Town Edition May 26 40(2070):
page nos. needed!]
- 1879
January 26 41(2105): 7, col. 3
Private Theatricals.
Unsigned
review of amateur performance of H.M.S. Pinafore at Jesmond Dene
- 1879 April 20 [Town
ed.?] 41(2117): [page nos. needed!]
H.M.S. Pinafore
- 1879 April 27 [Country
ed.?] 41(2118): [page nos. needed!]
H.M.S. Pinafore
- 1879 June 15 Country
Edition 41(2125):
12, col. 2
Obituary of Mrs Howard Paul
- 1879 June 15 Country
Edition 41(2125):
12, col. 2
Letter from Newman & Co. regarding Gilbert's play Gretchen
- 1879 December 21
Country Edition 42(2152): 13, col. 1
Unsigned review of the Children's Pinafore
- 1880 January 4 42(2154):
5,
col. 2
GILBERT AND SULIVAN'S NEW OPERA. Unsigned review of the
Paignton
production of The Pirates of Penzance
- 1880 April 11 Country
Edition 42(2168):
5, cols. 1-2
OPERA COMIQUE. Unsigned review of The Pirates of
Penzance
[appeared in Town Edition 4 April - full
reference needed]
- 1881 October 1 44(2245):
5
THE SAVOY THEATRE. Unsigned description of the new Savoy
Theatre
- 1882 January 14 44(2260):
7 col. 3
Unsigned report of the publication of a commemorative
programme
to mark the 250th night of Patience
- 1882 February 4 44(2263):
8 col. 1
THEATRICAL GOSSIP. [complete transcription follows] MISS
JESSIE
BOND of the Savoy Theatre (Lady Angela, in Patience), is by
medical
advice reluctantly compelled to take some weeks' rest, and hopes to
return
thoroughly restored.
- 1882
February 11 44(2264): 5 col. 4
Gilbert and Sullivan's new
comic
opera [details of prototype plot of what was to become Iolanthe]
- 1882 March 25 44(2270):
8,
col. 1
THEATRICAL GOSSIP. [complete transcription follows] MR
D'OYLY
CARTE
arrived in England on Tuesday last from New York, per S.S. Germanic.
- 1882 March 25 44(2270):
8,
col. 2
Correspondence from Henry P. Stephens of the Gaiety Theatre
and
Richard D'Oyly Carte concerning a dispute over the use of the Savoy
Theatre
for the rehearsal of band parts for Lord Bateman
- 1882 June 24 44(2283):
4,
col. 3
THE DRAMA IN AMERICA. Reports on New York performances of Patience
and of Venus [an adaptation of The Happy Land]
- 1882 July 8 44(2285):
5, col.
3
THEATRICAL CRICKET. Report & scorecard of cricket match
played at
Southampton on July 4th between touring company of H.M.S. Pinafore
and the United Marine Service. U.M.S. won by 71 runs.
- 1882 July 8 44(2285):
8, col.
2
THEATRICAL GOSSIP. [complete transcription follows] MR W.
S.
GILBERT's
amusing and wildly farcical comedy The Wedding March will be
revived
at the Criterion Theatre on Monday.
- 1882 July 15 44(2286):
5,
col. 4
THEATRICAL CRICKET. Report & scorecard of the return
cricket
match played at Southampton on July 7th between touring company of H.M.S.
Pinafore and and the United Marine Service. Pinafore
won on
the first innings, but they ran out of time.
- 1882 July 15 44(2286):
8,
col. 1
THEATRICAL GOSSIP. The Wedding March was hissed by
the
audience,
who interpreted the burlesque hymn which concluded it as a caricature
of
the Salvation Army. "There is a wide-spread, and we think a very
rational,
feeling amongst playgoers that religious topics are best avoided upon
the
stage, and this no doubt led to the strong expression of opinion at the
Criterion on Monday."
- 1882 July 22 44(2287):
8,
col. 1
THEATRICAL GOSSIP. [complete transcription follows] We are
informed
by Mr Smale that the song sung at the end of The Wedding March
at
the Criterion is the same that was sung when the piece was originally
produced
at the Court Theatre.
- 1882 July 29 44(2288):
14,
col. 4
SAVOY
THEATRE - The Duke and Duchess of Connaught, attended by Colonel and
Lady
Adela Larking, Mr and Lady Eleanor Heneage, and Miss Bailey, witnessed
the performance of Patience at this theatre on Wednesday
evening [July 26].
- 1882
August 5 44(2289): 8 col. 1
THEATRICAL GOSSIP. D'Oyly
Carte's
plans for simultaneous productions of the new opera [Iolanthe]
in
America
- 1882 September 23 45(2296):
5 col. 1, pgph. 11
THEATRICAL GOSSIP. News item about Gilbert's yacht
now berthed at Gravesend for the winter and Gilbert supervising
rehearsals
[for Iolanthe]
- 1882
October 14 45(2299): 8, col. 1, pgph. 5
THEATRICAL GOSSIP.
Unsigned
report about costumes for the new Gilbert & Sullivan opera [Iolanthe]
- 1882 October 28 45(2301):
15 col. 3
The Drama in America (from our own correspondent). [complete
transcription follows] "THE SORCERER" will be done on Tuesday next, at
the Bijou Opera House, with John Howson, Charley Campbell, Lillian
Russell,
and Madeleine Lucette in the cast. [this New York production
was not
authorised by Carte]
- 1882 November 11 45(2303):
6 col. 4
"Patience" at Sea. Report of "Twenty sea-sick maidens"
during
a stormy crossing of the Irish Sea
- 1882 November 11 45(2303):
8 col. 1
Theatrical Gossip. Date of simultaneous London and New York
productions
[of Iolanthe] announced as November 25th
- 1882 November 11 45(2303):
10 col. 4
Report of Patience touring company at the Theatre
Royal,
Manchester
- 1882 November 18 45(2304):
8 col. 1
Theatrical Gossip. Iolanthe mentioned by name in a
brief
report about a fairy opera by H. Paulton
- 1882
November 25 45(2305): 5 col. 4
Review of Mr. John Howson
as
John Wellington Wells [The Sorcerer] in New York [this
production
was not authorised by Carte]
- 1882 December 2 45(2306):
4, col. 4
The Drama in America (from our own correspondent). Report on
bad season for Carte in New York and the need for a successful Iolanthe
production.
- 1882
December 2 45(2306): 6 cols. 2-3
Review of Iolanthe
- 1882
December 9 45(2307): 7 col. 3
Prime Minister Gladstone
attends
a performance of Iolanthe
- 1882
December 9 45(2307): 8 col. 1, pgph. 7
American pirates
preparing
to perform Iolanthe
- 1882
December 9 45(2307): 4 col. 4
The Drama in America (from
our
own correspondent). Report on how much Carte's chorus girls are
allegedly
being paid in New York, and on the continuing success of the
[unauthorised] Sorcerer at the Bijou.
- 1882
December 16 45(2308): 5 col. 3
Letter by Richard D'Oyly
Carte
responding to comments about chorus girls' pay in America
- 1882 December 16 45(2308):
10 col. 1
PROVINCIAL THEATRICALS. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS. Pinafore
and Pirates on tour at the Theatre Royal, Dewsbury.
- 1882 December 16 45(2308):
11 col. 2
Pirates drawing good houses at the
Theatre Royal,
Sheffield
- 1882 December 23 45(2309):
8, col. 1
THEATRICAL GOSSIP. MR COURTICE POUNDS, a
young tenor
of much promise, pupil of Mr F. Walker, of the Royal Academy of Music,
has been engaged by Mr D'Oyly Carte for five years to sing the tenor
parts
in the operas of Sullivan and others. He makes his début at Bath
in Iolanthe.
- 1882
December 30 45(2310): 4 col. 1, pgph 15
Unsigned
short
item on Iolanthe
- 1883 January 6 45(2311):
9 col. 2
[complete transcription follows] MR ARTHUR SULLIVAN will
preside at the next anniversary of the Royal Society of Musicians,
March 13th.
- 1883 January 6 45(2311): 10 col. 4
Letter by Richard D'Oyly
Carte about queues at theatres.
- 1883 January 13 45(2312):
10 col. 1
PROVINCIAL THEATRICALS. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.
[complete
transcription follows] BATH. THEATRE ROYAL. - Lessee
and Manager,
Mr. Frederick Neebe. - Iolanthe is
still drawing good houses. The bright and sparkling music is nightly
received
with great favour, and the artists are greeted with much applause.
- 1883 January 20 45(2312):
8 col. 2
THEATRICAL GOSSIP. At
a recent meeting of the general committee of the Leeds Musical
Festival, held in the Town-hall, the Mayor presiding, Mr. Arthur
Sullivan was
unanimously appointed conductor of the festival to be held in October
next.
- 1883 January 20 45(2312):
8 col. 2
THEATRICAL GOSSIP [complete transcription follows]On
the occasion of her last performance at the Savoy, on Wednesday
evening, Miss Julia Gwynne was presented by the members of the company
with an elegant silver card-case and a gold bracelet. [in Iolanthe]
- 1883
January 20 45(2312): 9 col. 1
PROVINCIAL THEATRICALS. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.
More about the Iolanthe
touring
company in Bath
- 1883 March 17 45(2321):
9 col. 1
THE LONDON THEATRES. THE SAVOY. Unsigned review of The
Palace of Truth, revived at a Friday matinée.
- 1883 April 7 45(2324):
7 col. 2
THE LONDON THEATRES. THE SAVOY. Unsigned review of A
Private Wire [curtain-raiser to Iolanthe]
- 1883
September 29 46(2349): 6
col. 1
THE LONDON THEATRES. THE SAVOY. Unsigned report on the 300th
performance of Iolanthe
- 1884 January 12 46(2364):
6 cols. 2-3
Unsigned review of Princess
Ida
- 1884
September 6 47(2398): 3 col. 2
Unsigned review of D'Oyly
Carte
touring company production of Iolanthe in Bradford
- 1884 October 18 47(2404):
15 cols. 1-2
Unsigned review of revival of The Sorcerer
- 1887 November 19 50(2565):
16 cols. 1-2
THE LONDON THEATRES. THE SAVOY. Unsigned review of
revival
of H.M.S. Pinafore
- 1889 December 14 52(2673):
8 col. 4
Review of The Gondoliers
- 1901 December 14 [full reference needed!]
Review
of revival
of Iolanthe; death of W. H. Leon (who was to have played
Mountararat);
D'OC touring company productions in Oxford (Princess Ida, The
Pirates of Penzance); an amateur production of Iolanthe
in
Plymouth
- 1908
July 18 71(3643): 15, col. 1
George Power's recollections
of H.M.S. Pinafore
- 1908
July 18 71(3643): 15, col. 2
Savoy Theatre. Unsigned review
of revival of H.M.S. Pinafore