Original Production, Savoy Theatre, 1882-3

• Account of the Dress Rehearsal, from The Nottinghamshire Guardian, 1 December 1882
• First Night Review from Reynolds Newspaper, 26 November 1882
• First NIght Review from the Daily News, 27 November 1882
• First Night Review, from the Morning Advertiser, 27 November 1882
• First Night Review from The Times, 27 November 1882
• First Night Review from The Pall Mall Gazette, 28 November 1882
• First Night Review from The Era, 2 December 1882
• First Night Review from The Graphic, 2 December 1882
• First Night Review from The Penny Illustrated Paper, 2 December 1882
• First Night Review from the Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 27 November 1882
• First Night Review from the Birmingham Daily Post, 27 November 1882
• First Night Review from The Bristol Mercury, 27 November 1882
• First Night Review from Lloyd's Weekly Paper, 3 December 1882
• Illustration from The Graphic, 23 December, 1882
• Unfavourable Comment from The Ipswich Journal, 2 December, 1882 and The Bury and Norwich Post, 27 February 1883
• Further Comment from the Birmingham Daily Post, 4 December 1882
• Gladstone sees Iolanthe from The Huddersfield Daily Chronicle, 7 December, 1882
• Comment from The Royal Cornwall Gazette 8 December, 1882
• Special Matineé for the Theatrical Profession from The Times, 17 February 1883
• 300th Performance and Cast Changes from The Times, 24 September 1883
• Review of Grossmith's The Drama on Crutches which was played as an after piece, from The Times, 12 November 1883

1901 Revival, Savoy Theatre

• Review of the 1901 revival at the Savoy from The Times

1907-8 Revivals, Savoy Theatre

• Review of the 1907 revival at the Savoy from The Times
• Review of the 1908 revival at the Savoy from The Times

On Tour

• No. 2 'Iolanthe' Company in Bath, from The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post, 4 January 1883 and The Era, 6 January 1883
• No. 1 'Iolanthe' Company in Manchester, from the Manchester Times, 3 March 1883 and The Era, 3 March 1883
• No. 2 'Iolanthe' Company in Worcester, from Berrow's Worcester Journal, 10 March 1883
• No. 1 'Iolanthe' Company in Liverpool, from the Liverpool Mercury, 13 March 1883
• No. 1 'Iolanthe' Company in Dublin, from Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser, 27 March 1883
• No. 2 'Iolanthe' Company in Portsmouth, from The Era, 24 March 1883
• No. 1 'Iolanthe' Company in Leeds, from The Leeds Mercury, 24 April 1883 and The Era, 28 April 1883
• No. 1 'Iolanthe' Company in Hull, from The Hull Packet and East Riding Times, 4 May 1883 including details of a cricket match played by the company against Hull Town
• No. 1 'Iolanthe' Company in Sheffield, from The Era, 12 May, 1883
• No. 2 'Iolanthe' Company in Derby, from The Derby Mercury, 16 May, 1883
• No. 1 'Iolanthe' Company in Bristol, from The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post, 5 June, 1883
• No. 1 'Iolanthe' Company in Brighton, from The Era, 16 June 1883
• No. 1 'Iolanthe' Company in Preston, from The Lancaster Gazette, 30 June, 1883
• No. 1 'Iolanthe' Company in Newcastle, from The Era, 4 August, 1883
• No.1 'Iolanthe' Company in Glasgow, from the Glasgow Herald, 7 August 1883
• No. 1 'Iolanthe' Company in Liverpool, from the Liverpool Mercury, 23 October, 1883 and The Era, 27 October, 1883
• No 1 'Iolanthe' Company in Birmingham, from the Birmingham Daily Post, 6 November, 1883
• No. 1 'Iolanthe' Company in Bristol, from The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post,
  12-19 November, 1883
• "E" Company (No. 2 'Iolanthe' Company) in Colchester, from The Essex Standard, 9 February, 1884
• "F" Company (No. 1 'Iolanthe' Company) in Edinburgh, from The Era, 8 March, 1884
• "F" Company in Glasgow, from the Glasgow Herald, 1 April, 1884
• "F" Company in Liverpool, from the Liverpool Mercury, 15 April, 1884
• "E" Company in Barrow-in-Furness, from The Era, 19 April, 1884
• "F" Company in Hull, from The Hull Packet, 2 May, 1884 and The Era, 3 May 1884
• "E" Company in South Shields, from The Era, 7 June, 1884
• "F" Company in Belfast, from The Belfast News-Letter, 10 June, 1884 and The Era, 14 June, 1884
• "F" Company in Dublin, from Freeman's Journal, 17 June, 1884 The Era, 21 June, 1884
• "E" Company in Douglas, from The Isle of Man Times, 19 July, 1884
• "F" Company in Devonport, from The Era, 19 July, 1884
• "E" Company in Lichfield, from The Era, 2 August, 1884¹
• "F" Company in Croydon, from The Era, 2 August, 1884
• "F" Company in Brighton, from The Era, 2 August, 1884
• "F" Company in Cardiff, from Western Mail, 5 August, 1884
• "E" Company in Derby, from The Derby Mercury, 6 August, 1884
• "E" Comapny in Margate, from The Era, 9 August, 1884
• "F" Company in Birmingham, from Birmingham Daily Post, 19 August, 1884 and The Era, 23 August, 1884
• "F" Company in Nottingham, from The Derby Mercury, 27 August, 1884.
• "F" Company in Bradford from The Era, 6 September, 1884
• "F" Company in Newcastle from The Era, 27 September, 1884
• Review from the Staffordshire Sentinel, 16 November 1895, submitted to the Archive by Louis Silverstein
• Review from the Manchester Guardian, 4th April 1932, submitted to the Archive by Samuel Silvers

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