THE COLONEL

Chronology of
Productions and Performances
[in progress]

 

Date(s) Theatre Run Source
1881 Feb 2 – Prince of Wales’s 550 Who’s Who
1881 Jul 4 Cardiff, Theatre Royal Theatre Museum V&A
1881 Oct 4 Abergeldie Castle, Command performance before Q. Victoria Who’s Who
c. 1881 Oct 17–22 Norwich, Theatre Royal Brit. Lib. / Playbill, Prince of Wales’ Theatre
c. 1881 Oct 17–22 Leicester, Theatre Royal Brit. Lib. / Playbill, Prince of Wales’ Theatre
1881 Oct 31 Hull, Theatre Royal Backstage / Univ. Hull, Playbill Coll.
1881 Nov 11–14 Brighton, Theatre Royal and Opera House Backstage / Univ. Kent, Playbill Coll
1882 Mar 17 Crystal Palace Theatre Museum V&A
1882 Apr 17 Worcester, Theatre Royal Theatre Museum V&A
1883 Apr [?] – Imperial Theatre, Westminster Backstage / Bodleian Lib., John Johnson Coll.
1883 Mar 5 – Swansea, New Theatre and Star Opera House [1 week] Backstage / Univ. Kent, Melville Coll.
1884 Apr [?] Prince’s Backstage / Bodleian Lib., John Johnson Coll.
1884 Jun 4 Prince’s Theatre Museum V&A
1884 Aug Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York Who’s Who, s.v. "Buckstone, Rowland"
1887 Jul 25 Comedy Theatre, London Theatre Museum V&A; Who’s Who describes this as an "important revival"
1894 Mar 2 Ealing, Lyric Hall Theatre Museum V&A

Sources:

Theatre Museum V&A : Theatre Museum, Victoria & Albert Museum, Index, email response by Theatre Museum Enquiry Service
Backstage : database: www.backstage.ac.uk
Who’s Who : Who’s Who in the Theatre, ed. John Parker, 2nd ed., London: Pitman, 1914.
[Its list of Longest Running Plays 1875–1919 is available online.]