Ellen Terry and Her SistersPemberton, T. Edgar (Thomas Edgar)
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Ellen Terry and Her Sisters
Pemberton, T. Edgar (Thomas Edgar)
Actresses -- Great Britain -- Biography; Terry, Ellen, Dame, 1847-1928
Performed by command before the Sultan, Viceroy, & His Royal Highness
the Prince of Wales, by the Band of the 1st Life Guards.
Dedicated by the composer, Mr Henry King of Bath, to Miss Kate Terry.
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On Friday to conclude with & on Saturday to commence with the
LITTLE SAVAGE
Major Choker Mr Shephard
Mr John Parker Mr Charles Wyndham
Mr Lionel Larkins Mr J. Robins
Jonathan Mr R. Soutar
Lady Barbara Choker Mrs Chas. Jones
Kate Dalrymple Miss Ellen Terry
Musical Director Mr Williams
Doors open at seven o'clock. Performance to commence at half-past.
Private Boxes £3. 3s. and £1. 11s. 6d.
Prices:--Stalls 6/. Lower Circle 5/. Upper Circle 2/.
Pit 1/. Gallery 6d.
Box Office open from eleven to two.
CHAPTER VI
CHIEFLY AT THE QUEEN'S THEATRE
As the carrier-dove invariably, and often after a period of long
absence, wings its way back to its first home, so in due time Ellen
Terry, bringing with her her long-desired message, fluttered back to the
stage. We have seen how in 1866 she appeared at the Olympic, playing
Helen to her sister's Julia, in "The Hunchback." This was a special
occasion, but in the following year she, to the great delight of the
public, entered once more on a regular engagement. This was at the
Queen's Theatre in Longacre, and it came at the right time. In the
August of 1867 playgoers had mourned for the loss of their beloved Kate
Terry. In the following October Ellen Terry was at hand to take her
place in their hearts. In the previous June she had acted at the Holborn
Theatre in a short-lived play by Tom Taylor, entitled "The Antipodes, or
Ups and Downs of Life." In it she had the support of a good company,
which included that wonderful actress Charlotte Saunders; but though the
drama dealt more or less effectively with the racing element in England
and the digging element in Australia, it gave little or no chance to
the performers, and is only mentioned here for purposes of record.
It was at the Queen's that the new laurels were to be won.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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