REVIEWS OF EARLY PERFORMANCES

The Paignton Performance

• Contemporary accounts of the Paignton performance from The Glasgow Herald,
  The Daily News and The Era.

The New York Premiere and American Tours

• Review of the New York opening from the New York Tribune, 1 January, 1880.
• Review of the New York opening from the New York Times, 1 January, 1880.
• Account of the New York opening from The Era, 18 January, 1880.
• Problems with American Tours from The Era, 22 February, 1880.

The Original London Run

• Review of the first night of the original London production from Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper, 4 April 1880.
• Review of the first night of the original London production from The Glasgow Herald,
  5 April 1880.
• Review of the first night of the original London production from The Morning Post,
  5 April 1880.
• Review of the first night of the original London production from The Standard,
  5 April 1880.
• Review of the first night of the original London production from The Times,
  5 April 1880.
• Review of the first night of the original London production from The Pall Mall Gazette,
  6 April 1880.
• Review of the first night of the original London production from The Graphic,
  10 April 1880.
• Review of the first night of the original London production from The Era,
  11 April 1880.
• Alice Barnett takes over the part of Ruth, from The Examiner, 14 August 1880
• Cast changes during the original run reported in The Times, 1881.

London Revivals

• Review of the first London revival, 1888, from The Times.
• Review of the second London revival, 1900, from The Times.
• Review of the third London revival, 1908, from The Times.

On Tour

• B Company in Bristol, from The Bristol Mercury, 11 October 1880
• B Company in Bristol, from The Bristol Mercury, 12 October 1880
• B Company in Bristol, from The Era, 17 October 1880
• B Company in Leicester, from The Leicester Chronicle, 13 November, 1880
• B Company in Liverpool, from The Liverpool Mercury, 16 November 1880
• D Company in West Hartlepool, from The Daily Gazette (Middlesborough), 4 January 1881
• B Company in Edinburgh, from The Era, 22 January 1881
• D Company in Chester, from The Cheshire Observer and The Era, 29 January, 1881
• B Company in York, from The York Herald, 16 February 1881
• D Company in Cardiff, from The Western Mail, 28 February, 1881.
• B Company in Liverpool, from The Liverpool Mercury, 2 March, 1881
• C Company¹ in Manchester, from The Manchester Times, 19 March, 1881
• E Company² in Portsmouth, from The Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle,
  20 April, 1881
• C Company in Dublin, from The Era, 23 & 30 April, 1881
• E Comapny in Southampton, from The Era, 7 May 7, 1881
• C Company in Bristol, from The Bristol Mercury, 17 May 1881
• C Company in Huddersfield, from The Huddersfield Daily Chronicle, 21 June 1881
• E Company in Douglas from The Isle of Man Times & General Advertiser, 16 July 1881
• C Company in Edinburgh from The Era, 30 July 1881
• E Company in Derby from The Derby Mercury, 3 August 1881
• E Company in Portsmouth, from The Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle,
  17 August, 1881
• C Company in Belfast, from The Belfast News Letter, 23 August 1881
• E Company in Norwich, from The Era, 24 September 1881
• E Company in York, from The Era, 8 October 1881
• C Company in Bristol from The Bristol Mercury, 29 November 1881
• C Company in Bristol from The Era, 3 December 1881
• No. 1 'Pirates' Company in Huddersfield from The Huddersfield Chronicle, 22 April 1882
• No. 1 'Pirates' Company in Sheffield, from The Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, 25 April 1882 and The Era, 29 April 1882
• No. 1 'Pirates' Company in Dundee from The Dundee Courier & Argus 8 & 9 May 1882
• No. 1 'Pirates' Company in Leeds, from The Era, 24 June 1882
• No. 1 'Pirates' Company in Manchester, from The Manchester Times, 19 August 1882
• No. 1 'Pirates' Company in Dublin, from The Era, 16 September 1882
• No. 1 'Pirates' Company in Liverpool, from The Liverpool Mercury, 26 September 1882
• No. 1 'Pirates' Company in Sheffield, from The Sheffield & Rotherham Independent, 12 December, 1882
• 'Pinafore' and 'Pirates' Company in Cardiff, from the Western Mail, 15 May, 1883

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