Marie Effie Bancroft

Standard Name: Bancroft, Marie Effie
Used Form: Marie Wilton

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Performance of text Julia Constance Fletcher
The Sketch reported that the opening was attended by Fletcher herself, who appeared on stage after the curtain fell to acknowledge the enthusiastic applause of the audience, and by other luminaries including Oscar and Constance Wilde

Timeline

15 September 1856: Marie Wilton made her London stage debut...

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15 September 1856

Marie Wilton made her London stage debut at the Lyceum Theatre , aged seventeen.
Macqueen-Pope, Walter James. Ladies First: The Story of Woman’s Conquest of the British Stage. W. H. Allen, 1952.
346-8

1865: Actress Marie Wilton borrowed £1000 from...

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1865

Actress Marie Wilton borrowed £1000 from her brother-in-law and became the manager of the re-christened Prince of Wales Theatre ; her fame drew large crowds, turning The Dust Hole into a great success.
Macqueen-Pope, Walter James. Ladies First: The Story of Woman’s Conquest of the British Stage. W. H. Allen, 1952.
347-9
Booth, Michael R. Theatre in the Victorian Age. Cambridge University Press, 1991.
32

November 1865: Society, a comedy by playwright Tom Robertson,...

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November 1865

Society, a comedy by playwright Tom Robertson , opened at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
834
Mullin, Donald C. Victorian Plays: A Record of Significant Productions on the London Stage, 1837-1901. Greenwood Press, 1987.
354

February 1868: Tom Robertson's Play, a comedy in three acts,...

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February 1868

Tom Robertson 's Play, a comedy in three acts, began its run at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London.
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
673-4
Mullin, Donald C. Victorian Plays: A Record of Significant Productions on the London Stage, 1837-1901. Greenwood Press, 1987.
298

31 January 1880: Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, was reopened...

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31 January 1880

Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, was reopened by Marie Wilton and her husband Squire Bancroft after extensive restructuring.
Macqueen-Pope, Walter James. Ladies First: The Story of Woman’s Conquest of the British Stage. W. H. Allen, 1952.
349
Mander, Raymond, and Joe Mitchenson. The Theatres of London. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963.
95, 99

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