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Theatre Royal Covent-Garden :This present Friday, March 11, 1814 will be performed a Grand Selection from the compositions of the most favorite author, ancient and modern. In which Madame Catalani will sing Holy, holy, Lord, Sul margine, with new variations by Pucitta, the Duetto Ah perdonna, with Mr. Braham, and at the end of the first act, the national air of God save the Kin... Between the first and second parts, Mr. S. Wesley will (by desire) repeat his new concerto for the organ and on Wednesday will be performed the first act of the Creation, composed by Dr. Haydn, with two grand miscellaneous act ... The new dramatick romance called The Wandering Boys, or, the Castle of Olival, continuing to be well received ... will be repeated tomorrow. The new opera of the Farmer's wife continues to be received with the most enthusiastic applause ... and will be repeated on Tuesday next. Tomorrow, the Beggar's opera, compressed into two acts ... After which, the Farce of The Pannel ... Shakspeare's tragedy of King Richard the Third will be performed on Monday ... to which will be added the Melo-Drama of Aladdin; or, The Wonderful lamp. On Tuesday ... the new opera of The Farmer's wife with the new pantomime of Harlequin & the swans; or, the Bath of beauty ...

Covent Garden Theatre (E. Macleish, 1814)

Theatre Royal, Covent Garden ...This evening, Wednesday, April 26, 1837, will be presented (with the original music by Matthew Locke) Shakspeare's tragedy of Macbeth ... After which, ninth time, an entirely new farce called the Modern Orpheus, or Music the food of love ... to conclude with the favorite operatic romance of Quasimodo, or, The gypsey girl of Notre Dame. Overture & music selected from the works of Carl Maria von Weber ... To-morrow, Thursday (4th time) Brian Boroihme, or, The Maid or Erin : To conclude with ... Mr. Sheridan Knowles' historical play of William Tell ... On Friday, will be performed (by particular desire) the play Ion, written by Mr. Serjeant Talfourd ... after which, the original drama of The country squire ... To conclude with The Modern Orpheus ... On Monday will be produced a new historical tragedy to be called Strafford ... Mr. Osbaldiston has the honor of announcing ... that his benefit will take place on Monday, the 8th of May on which occasion will be presented Shakspeare's historical play of King Henry the Eighth ...

Covent Garden Theatre (S. G. Fairbrother, 1837)

Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden :Mr. Frederick Gye having in the most generous spirit placed this theatre at the disposal of the council for a benefit in aid of the funds of the Royal Dramatic College, this evening, Thursday, March 29, 1860: the entertainments will commence ... with the first act of Sir Bulwer Lytton's play of Money : to be succeeded by the trial scene from Shakspeare's Merchant of Venice ... after which, a selection from the late Douglas Jerrold's nautical drama of Black-eyed Susan ... to be followed by a scene from the fifth act of Macbeth ... the screen scene from the fourth act of Sheridan's comedy of School for scandal ... during the evening, a selection of vocal music ... J. Maddison Morton's farce of Box & Cox ... the celebrated Christy Minstrels will give selections from their popular entertainment : to conclude with the new and successful sketch, by Montague Williams and F. C. Burnand ... entitled B. B. ...

Royal Italian Opera (London, England) (Printed by Peel's Steam Machine, 1860)

Theatre Royal, Sadler's Wells :Lessees. Messrs. Greenwood and Phelps, under the management of Mr. Phelps, Wednesday, Aug. 26, Thursday, 27, Friday, 28, & Saturday 29, will be produced ... Westland Marston's play of The Patrician's daughter ... to be followed by an interlude by Charles Selby entitled A Lady & gentleman in a peculiarly perplexing predicament ... To conclude with the farce entitled Manoeuvring ... Henry IVth will be repeated twice next week : Shakspere's tragedy of Romeo and Juliet ... will be speedily produced : Sergeant Talfourd's tragedy of Ion is also in a forward state of rehearsal ...

Sadler's Wells Theatre (London, England) (S. G. Fairbrother, printer, 1846)

Theatre Royal, Sadler's Wells :Lessee, Thomas Longden Greenwood ... Under the management of Mrs. Warner and Mr. Phelps ... Friday, September 6, 1844, and Saturday, 7th, the performances will commence with Sheridan Knowles's play of The Hunchback ... after which, the popular farce of The Nervous Man ... to conclude with the laughable farce called The Railroad Station ... On Monday and Tuesday ..., the tragedy of The Bridal, On Wednesday and Thursday, Sheridan's comedy of The Rivals, On Friday and Saturday ... Shakspere's tragedy of Hamlet ... in preparation, Shakspere's tragedy of King John ...

Sadler's Wells Theatre (London, England) (S. G. Fairbrother and Son, printers, 1844)

Miss O'Neill's night :Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden: This present Saturday, April 29 1815, will be acted the tragedy of the Grecian daughter ... After which (2nd time) Milton's revived masque of Comus ... the original musick by Handel and Arne, with additions by Bishop, the overture by Cherubini. ... Mr. Kemble will perform on Monday, Coriolanus, on Thursday, The Stranger ... After which, the new melo-drama called The Forest of Bondy, or, The Dog of Mortargis ... after which, The Sleep walker, to which will be added, Zembuca ...

Covent Garden Theatre (E. Macleish, 1815)

Theatre Royal, Sadler's Wells :Lessee, Thomas Longden Greenwood ... Under the management of Mrs. Warner and Mr. Phelps of the Theatres Royal, Drury Lane, Covent Garden, and Haymarket, Friday, August 16th, 1844, and Saturday, 17th, the performances will commence with the admired play of The Stranger ... After which, the interlude of A Thumping legacy ... To conclude with the laughable farce all Bachelors' Buttons.

Sadler's Wells Theatre (London, England) (S. G. Fairbrother and Son, printers, 1844)

Theatre Royal, Sadler's Wells :Sole lessee, Mr. Phelps : last night of performance ... The public is respectfully informed that a performance will take place at this theatre, on Saturday, August 17th, 1861, for the benefit of an artist, suffering from severe illness, Mr. Phelps, ... has most liberally granted the use of the theatre, free of charge, and his son, Mr. Edmund Phelps, has kindly consented to sustain two characters ... The entertainments will commence at a Quarter to seven, with four scenes from Sheridan Knowles' Play of The Hunchback ... A song, by Miss Fanny Josephs, To be followed by three scenes from The Love Chase ... In the course of the Evening, Mrs Stirling will deliver an address, written by Tom Taylor, Esq. to be followed by a selection of scenes from Shakespeare's comedy of As You Like It ... After which, the trial scene, from Shakespeare's play of The Merchant of Venice ... In the course of the evening, Miss Caroline Parkes will give her new entertainment song, entitled The Delights of the dance, After which two scenes from Sheridan's comedy of The School for Scandal ... The whole to conclude with Buckstone's favorite farce, entitled A Kiss in the dark ...

Sadler's Wells Theatre (London, England) (Henry Pownceby, Steam Machine Printer, 1861)

Theatre Royal, Sadler's Wells :Lessees, Messrs. Greenwood and Phelps, under the management of Mr. Phelps, this evening, Friday, Sept. 21st, there will be no performance, in consequence of the Churchwardens of the Parish having appointed the day as one of humiliation and prayer : To-morrow, Saturday, Sept. 22nd, 1849, will be presented ... Colley Cibber's comedy of She Would and She Would Not ... to be followed by the petite comedy, in two acts, of A Day After the Wedding ... to conclude with ... a new farce by J. Wooler, entitled Plots for Petticoats : Shakspere's play of Measure for Measure will be repeated on Monday and Tuesday : Shakspere's play of The Tempest will be performed on Wednesday and Thursday : The Merchant of Venice will be repeated in a few days : the production of Shakspere's tragedy of Antony & Cleopatra ... is unavoidably postponed until October ...

Sadler's Wells Theatre (London, England) (S. G. Fairbrother, printer, 1849)

Pascal Bruno, founded on Mr. Hook's novel, having been received most enthusiastically throughout, will be repeated every evening :Theatre Royal St. James's : This evening, Friday, December 29, 1837 will be performed a popular burletta, founded on and called Guy Mannering ... After which, the famous burletta written by Boz. entitled Is She his wife? or, Something singular! ... To conclude with ... an entirely new romantic burletta, in two acts, called Pascal Bruno, adapted from Mr. Theodore Hook's translation of the celebrated tale by Mons. Alexandre Dumas ... The Incidental music selected and composed by Mr. G. F. Stansbury, the dances arranged by Mrs. Wells, the scenery by Mr. Nicholls ... In the course of the piece, Mr. Wright and Madame Sala will dance their celebrated burlesque of The Cuchacha.

Saint James' Theatre (London, England) (1837)

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