D'Oyly Carte B Company Tour 1888

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H.M.S. Pinafore and The Pirates of Penzance

H.M.S. Pinafore

Sir Joseph	Henry Lytton
Capt Corcoran	Walter Fisher
Ralph Rackstraw	Samuel Gilbert
Dick Deadeye	Lawrence Gridley
Bill Bobstay	Harold Poole
Bob Beckett	George de Pledge
Josephine	Ivy Bonheur, except Louie Henri¹ (23 Jan.)
Hebe	Nancy Pounds
Little Buttercup	Fanny Harrison

The Pirates of Penzance

Major General	Henry Lytton
Pirate King	Harold Poole
Samuel	Walter Fisher
Frederic	Samuel Gilbert
Sgt. of Police	Lawrence Gridley
Mabel	Ivy Bonheur
Edith	Louie Henry
Kate	Lily Pounds
Isabel	Nancy Pounds
Ruth	Fanny Harrison

Musical Director: P. W. Halton (to 4 Feb.) Thomas Silver (from 20 Feb.)

1. Henri had to take over part way through Act II on 12 Mar. Bonheur resumed on 13 Mar.

Venues

			PF	PP
2 - 7 Jan.	M - Sa	Opera House, Devonport	M - Sa
9 - 14 Jan.	M & Tu	St. John's Hall, Penzance	M & Tu
	W	Assembly Rooms, Camborne	W
	Th	Druid's Hall Redruth	Th
	F & Sa	Drill Hall, Falmouth	F & Sa
16 - 21 Jan.		Concert Hall, Truro	M - Sa
		New Town Hall, Launceston
		Bideford
		Drill Hall, Tiverton
23 - 28 Jan.	M	Public Hall, Exmouth	M
	Tu & W	Assembly Rooms, Teignmouth	Tu & W
	Th & F	Alexandra Hall, Newton Abbot	Th & F
	Sa		Sa
30 Jan. - 4 Feb	M - W	Royal Albert Theatre, Gloucester	M - W
	Th	Assembly Rooms, Malvern	Th
	F & Sa	Public Hall, Dudley	F & Sa
6 - 11 Feb.	M - W	St. George's Hall, Walsall	M - W
6 - 11 Feb.	Th - Sa	Theatre Royal, Leamington	Th - Sa
13 - 18 Feb.	M - W	Lyric Hall, Ealing	M - W
		Teddington	Th - Sa
		Edmonton	Th - Sa
20 - 25 Feb.	M - Sa	Theatre Royal, Croydon	M - Sa
27 Feb. - 3 Mar.	M - Sa	Theatre Royal, Portsmouth	M - Sa
5 - 10 Mar.	M - Sa	Prince of Wales Royal Theatre, Southampton	M - Sa
12 - 17 Mar.	M - Sa	Gaiety Theatre, Hastings	M - Sa
19 - 24 Mar	M & Tu	Corn Exchange, Maidstone	M & Tu
	W & Th	Ashford	W & Th
	F & Sa	Theatre Royal, Canterbury	F & Sa
26 - 31 Mar	M - Sa	Lecture Hall and Opera House, Chatham	M - Sa
2 - 7 Apr.	M - Sa	Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne	M - Sa
9 - 14 Apr.	M - W	Great Hall, Tunbridge Wells	M - W
9 - 14 Apr.	Th - Sa	Exhibition Palace, Folkestone	Th & F	Sa
16 - 21 Apr.	M - W	Town Hall, Stourbridge	M & Tu	W
	Th - Sa	Theatre Royal, Worcester
22 - 28 Apr.	M - Sa	Theatre Royal, Cheltenham	M - W	Th - Sa
30 Apr - 5 May	M - Sa	Theatre Royal, Bath	M - W	Th - Sa
7 - 12 May	M - W	New Theatre, Oxford	W	M & Tu
7 - 12 May	Th - Sa	Royal Court Theatre, Reading	Th & F	Sa
14 - 19 May	M - W	Theatre Royal, Cambridge	M	Tu & W
14 - 19 May	Th - Sa	Public Hall, Ipswich	Th	F & Sa
21 - 26 May	M - Sa	Prince of Wales's Theatre, Greenwich	M - W	Th - Sa
28 May - 2 Jun.	M - W	Corn Exchange, Chelmsford	M & Tu	W
28 May - 2 Jun.	Th - Sa	Theatre Royal, Bury St. Edmunds	F & Sa	Th
4 - 9 Jun.	M - Sa	Theatre Royal, Norwich	M - W	Th - Sa
11 - 16 Jun.	M - Sa	Royal Aquarium, Great Yarmouth	M - W	Th - Sa

The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado,
then The Yeomen of the Guard

The Pirates of Penzance

Major General	Henry Lytton
Pirate King	Harold Poole
Samuel	S. Willoughby
Frederic	Walter Fisher (25 Jun. - 1 Sep.); Dudley Yates (17 - 22 Sep.); Frank Boyle (24 Sep. - 27 Nov.)
Sgt. of Police	Lawrence Gridley
Mabel	Ivy Bonheur
Edith	Louie Henry
Kate	Lily Pounds
Isabel	Nancy Pounds
Ruth	Ada Rose

The Mikado

The Mikado:	Harold Poole except William Kemble (26 & 27 Nov.)
Nanki-Poo:	Walter Fisher (25 Jun. - 1 Sep.); Dudley Yates (17 - 22 Sep.); Frank Boyle (24 Sep. - 27 Nov.)
Ko-Ko:	Henry Lytton
Pooh-Bah:	Lawrence Gridley
Pish-Tush:	H. E. Bellamy
Go-To	George de Pledge
Yum-Yum:	Ivy Bonheur
Pitti-Sing:	Louie Henri except Rose von Waldeck (26 & 27 Nov.)
Peep-Bo:	Kate Kavanagh
Katisha:	Ada Rose

Musical Director: Thomas Silver

Venues

25 - 30 Jun.	M & Tu	Pavilion, Buxton	PP	MK
	W & Th	Sale	M	Tu
	F & Sa	Public Hall, Warrington
2 - 7 Jul.	M - Sa	Winter Gardens, Blackpool	M - W	Th - Sa
9 - 14 Jul	M - W	Town Hall Theatre, Harrogate	W	M & Tu
9 - 14 Jul	Th - Sa	West Cliff Saloon Theatre, Whitby	Sa	Th & F
16 - 21 Jul.	M - Sa	Londeborough Theatre, Scarborough
23 - 28 Jul	M - W	Bridlington
23 - 28 Jul	Th - Sa	Theatre Royal, Doncaster
30 Jul. - 4 Aug.	M - W	St Julian's Hall, Guernsey	W	M & Tu
30 Jul. - 4 Aug.	Th - Sa	Theatre Royal, Jersey	Th - Sa
6 - 11 Aug.	M - Sa	Theatre Royal, Jersey		M - Sa
13 - 18 Aug.	M - W	Theatre Royal, Weymouth	W	M & Tu
13 - 18 Aug.	Th - Sa	New Town Hall Theatre, Bournemouth	Sa	Th & F
20 - 25 Aug.		Shanklin
	W & Th	Sandown	Th	W
		Ventnor
27 Aug. - 1 Sep.	M & Tu	Drill Hall, Newport	Tu	M
	W	Assembly Rooms, Worthing		W
	Th - Sa	Exhibition Palace, Folkestone	Sa	Th & F
3 - 8 Sep.		Ashford
		Maidstone
		Canterbury
11 - 15 Sep.	M & Tu	Town Hall, Dover
11 - 15 Sep.	W - Sa	Great Hall, Tunbridge Wells	F & Sa	W & Th
17 - 22 Sep.	M - Sa	Theatre Royal, Eastbourne	Th - Sa	M - W
24 - 29 Sep.	M - Sa	Gaiety Theatre, Hastings
1 - 6 Oct.		Bromley
		Beckenham
	Th - Sa	Lyric Hall, Ealing	F	Th & Sa
8 - 13 Oct.	M - W	Theatre Royal, Colchester	W	M & Tu
		Sudbury
		Harwich
15 - 20 Oct.	M - W	Public Hall, Ipswich	W	M & Tu
	Th	Peterborough		Th
	F & Sa	Exchange Hall, Grantham	Sa	F
22 - 27 Oct.	M - W	Theatre Royal, Kings Lynn	W	M & Tu
22 - 27 Oct.	Th - Sa	Theatre Royal, Cambridge	F & Sa	Th
29 Oct. - 3 Nov	M - W	New Theatre, Oxford	W	M & Tu
29 Oct. - 3 Nov	Th - F	Large Hall, Guildford
5 - 10 Nov	M - Sa	Royal County Theatre, Reading	Th - Sa	M - W
12 - 17 Nov.	M	Basingstoke
	Tu & W	Hamilton Hall, Salisbury	W	Tu
	Th - Sa	Victoria Theatre, Newport
19 - 24 Nov.	M	Town Hall, Stourbridge		M
	Tu & W	Kidderminster
	Th - Sa	Worcester
26 - 27 Nov.	M & Tu	Theatre Royal, Cheltenham		M & Tu

The Yeomen of the Guard

Sir Richard Cholmondeley:

Henry E. Bellamy

Col. Fairfax:

Charles Hildesley (28 Nov. - 8 Dec.); L. Cadwaladr (10 Dec. - 29 Dec.)

Sgt. Meryll:

William H. Kemble

Leonard:

Frank Boyle

Jack Point:

Henry Lytton

Wilfred:

Lawrence Gridley

1st Yeoman:

J. Matthews

2nd Yeoman:

H. Barron

1st Citizen:

Frank Lynne

2nd Citizen:

G. Sinclair

Headsman:

Elsie Maynard:

Rhoda Maitland (28 Nov. - 15 Dec.); Agnes Taylor (17 - 19 Dec.)

Phoebe:

Haidee Crofton (28 Nov. - 8 Dec.); Kate Forster (10 - 29 Dec.)

Dame Carruthers:

Ada Rose

Kate:

Agnes Taylor (28 Nov. - 15 Dec.); Kate Kavanagh (17 - 29 Dec.)

Musical Director: Thomas Silver

The Yeomen of the Guard

28 Nov. - 1 Dec.	M - Sa	Theatre Royal, Cheltenham
3 - 8 Dec.	M - Sa	Theatre Royal, Bath
10 - 15 Dec.	M - Sa	Theatre Royal, Wolverhampton
17 - 22 Dec.	M - Sa	New Theatre Royal, Hanley
24 - 29 Dec.	M	St George's Hall, Walsall
	Tu	Christmas Day — no performance.
	W - Sa	Theatre Royal, Leamington

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