Adelphi Theatre

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Connections Author name Excerpt
Performance of text Florence Marryat
FM and George Neville 's comedy Her World Against a Lie premiered at the Adelphi Theatre .
Mullin, Donald C. Victorian Plays: A Record of Significant Productions on the London Stage, 1837-1901. Greenwood Press, 1987.
149
Performance of text Ethel M. Dell
After forty-five re-issues the novel was dramatised in a version that opened at the Adelphi Theatre in June 1922.
Dell, Penelope. Nettie and Sissie. Hamish Hamilton, 1977.
100
EMD later pursued the hero, Nick Ratcliffe, through two more novels, The Keeper of the...
Performance of text Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
SACD 's play The Speckled Band, based on a Sherlock Holmes short story of eighteen years before, opened at the Adelphi in London.
Redmond, Christopher. A Sherlock Holmes Handbook. Dundurn Press, 1993.
82
Performance of text Dodie Smith
Dear Octopus was revived almost immediately at the Adelphi , in July and August of 1940, and it remains DS 's most frequently revived play. It was published by Heinemann in 1938.
Gale, Maggie B. West End Women: Women and the London Stage, 1918-1962. Routledge, 1996.
226
Grove, Valerie. Dear Dodie: The Life of Dodie Smith. Chatto and Windus, 1996.
107
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
It...
Reception Mary Elizabeth Braddon
The play (at the Adelphi ) featured striking effects and excellent acting, according to an Athenæum review of 28 March 1863.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
1848 (1863): 432
Textual Production Anna Maria Hall
AMH later dramatized The Groves of Blarney, a story that was included in Lights and Shadows of Irish Life. The three-act play, which differed widely from the original story, ran for a whole...

Timeline

18 October 1819: The Sans Pareil theatre (which had hitherto...

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18 October 1819

The Sans Pareil theatre (which had hitherto performed burlettas and other works by Jane Scott ) changed hands and became The Adelphi .
Mander, Raymond, and Joe Mitchenson. The Theatres of London. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963.
14, 16-17, 283
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.
under Jane M. Scott

1834: The Adelphi Theatre introduced the mechanical...

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1834

The Adelphi Theatre introduced the mechanical sinking stage into theatre technology.
Mander, Raymond, and Joe Mitchenson. The Theatres of London. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963.
17

January 1836: Mary Anne Hehl, better known as Mrs Sterling,...

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January 1836

Mary Anne Hehl , better known as Mrs Sterling, achieved acclaim at the Adelphi Theatre .
Macqueen-Pope, Walter James. Ladies First: The Story of Woman’s Conquest of the British Stage. W. H. Allen, 1952.
336-9, 342

1844: Céline Céleste began managing the Adelphi...

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1844

Céline Céleste began managing the Adelphi Theatre
Moody, Jane. “Illusions of authorship”. Women and Playwriting in Nineteenth-Century Britain, edited by Tracy C. Davis and Ellen Donkin, Cambridge University Press, 1999, pp. 99-124.
114
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Moody, Jane. “Illusions of authorship”. Women and Playwriting in Nineteenth-Century Britain, edited by Tracy C. Davis and Ellen Donkin, Cambridge University Press, 1999, pp. 99-124.
114-16

January 1845: J. B. Buckstone's The Green Bushes; or, A...

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January 1845

J. B. Buckstone 's The Green Bushes; or, A Hundred Years Ago opened at the Adelphi Theatre.
Moody, Jane. “Illusions of authorship”. Women and Playwriting in Nineteenth-Century Britain, edited by Tracy C. Davis and Ellen Donkin, Cambridge University Press, 1999, pp. 99-124.
114, 116

27 December 1858: A larger Adelphi Theatre was opened....

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27 December 1858

A larger Adelphi Theatre was opened.
Mander, Raymond, and Joe Mitchenson. The Theatres of London. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963.
17

October 1860: Dion Boucicault's The Colleen Bawn; or, The...

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October 1860

Dion Boucicault 's The Colleen Bawn; or, The Brides of Garryowen opened at the Adelphi Theatre .
Athenæum. J. Lection.
1716 (1860): 360-1
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
Mullin, Donald C. Victorian Plays: A Record of Significant Productions on the London Stage, 1837-1901. Greenwood Press, 1987.
59
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
89

18 November 1861: The English production of Dion Boucicault's...

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18 November 1861

The English production of Dion Boucicault 's The Octoroon, or Life in Louisiana opened at the Adelphi Theatre , London.
Lee, Alfrida. “The 1861-1862 Season”. The Adelphi Theatre 1806-1900.
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth. “Introduction”. The Octoroon; or, The Lily of Louisiana, edited by Jennifer Carnell, Sensation Press, 1999, p. vii - xvii.
xi, xv

14 November 1874: Dion Boucicault's The Shaughraun opened at...

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14 November 1874

Dion Boucicault 's The Shaughraun opened at Wallack's Theatre in New York.
Mullin, Donald C. Victorian Plays: A Record of Significant Productions on the London Stage, 1837-1901. Greenwood Press, 1987.
347
Hawkins-Dady, Mark et al., editors. International Dictionary of Theatre. St James Press, 1992–1996, 3 vols.
I: 735

1887: The Adelphi Theatre was substantially en...

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1887

The Adelphi Theatre was substantially enlarged.
Mander, Raymond, and Joe Mitchenson. The Theatres of London. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963.
18

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