Collection of theatre programs from the Criterion Theatre

Box 1: A-C
Title Creator Date Notes
The Arcadians Rupert Clarke and Clyde Meynall 6-Aug-10 Constance Lait, Leith Harvey, Fred England, Essie Perrin. 2 copies, one with handwritten notion 12th August 1910 on front
Arcadians "The Revival" JC Williamson presenting. Royal Comic Opera production 6-Sep-13 Sybil Arundale, WS Percy, Robert Whyte, Vivien Talleur
The Arcadians Mark Ambient 13-Sep-13 WS Percy, Robert Whyte (1st appearance in Australia), Reginald Roberts, Celia Ghiloni, Stella Esdaile.
Ambrose Applejohn's Adventure. An Arabian Night Story Walter Hackett 2-Sep-22 Lawrence Grossmith (1st appearance in Australia), Edmund Duggan, Doris Kendal, Adelaide Gunn
The Arcadians Rupert Clarke & Clyde Meynall Aug-10 Constance Lait, Leith Harvey, Fred England, Essie Perrin. Duplicate copy
Captain Applejack in "Ambrose Applejohn's Adventure". An Arabian Night Story Walter Hackett 2-Sep-22 Lawrence Grossmith , Edmund Duggan, Doris Kendal, Adelaide Gunn. 2 green-coloured programs
The Amazons. An original farcical romance. First production in Australia Arthur W. Pinero 1 July 1893 Mr Ward, George S Titheradge, Edith Blande, Mrs Robert Brough,
The Amazons. A farewell Benefit to Mr Boucicault A W Pinero 1896 Mr Ward, George S Titheradge, Mr Bouicault, Mr Carey
All the King's Horses C E Openshaw 18-Feb-28 Norman McKinnel, Irene Vanburgh, Ronald Ward, Marjorie Playfair
L'Aiglon (the Eaglet) Edmund Rostand 3-Nov-17 Kathlene McDonell, Roy Redgrave, Charles Waldron, Emma Temple, Beryl Bryant, J. Plumpton Wilson, Kenneth Brampton
Elsie Adair Elsie Adair and her New York Vaudeville Company 3 July 1897 Alton Brothers, Percy Clifton, Hugh J Emmett, Neva Carr-Glynn. Pink coloured program
Elsie Adair Elsie Adair and her New York Vaudeville Company 3 July 1897 Alton Brothers, Percy Clifton, Hugh J Emmett, Neva Carr-Glynn. Green coloured program
Criterion Theatre Magazine Printed and published by Mortons Ltd. 1926 Criterion publication Sydney's theatres, Criterion Theatre J.C. Williamson Ltd.
As You Like It Shakespearean Comedy April 2 1910 Oscar Asche, Lily Brayton, G. Kay Souper, John Arbuthnot
Aren't we All? Frederick Lonsdale April 18 1925 Irene Vanbrugh, Dion Boucicault, Ronald Ward, Reginald Wykeham
Aren't we All? Frederick Lonsdale April 12 1924 Irene Vanbrugh, Dion Boucicault, Reginald Wykeham, Martin Walker, Janet Eccles
Aren't we All? Frederick Lonsdale Apr-24 Irene Vanbrugh, Dion Coucicault, Reginald Wykeham, Martin Walker, Janet Eccles. 6 green & yellow coloured programs, one with extra insert, and one with scene of action pasted on.
As You Like It Shakespearean Comedy 2 July 1894 Hild Spong, C. Fabert, Wm Holman, Aimee Moore
As You Like It Shakespearean's Exquisite pastoral comedy 1888 Essie Jenyns, WJ Holloway, Albert Norman, Nita Steele, Collet Dobson. 2 copies
The Argyle Case Harriet Ford & Harvey J. O'Higgins in co-operation with Detective William J. Burns May 9 1914 Charles A Millward & William Harrigan, Gertrude Boswell, Arthur Styan, EW Morrison Maggie Moore
The Argyle Case Harriet Ford & Harvey J. O'Higgins in co-operation with Detective William J. Burns June 6 1924 Charles A Millward & William Harrigan, Gertrude Boswell, Arthur Styan, EW Morrison Maggie Moore
Betsy F.C Burnand Dec 1889 GW Anson, DG Boucicault Junr, Hans Phillips, GS Titheradge, Robert Brough, Mrs Robert Brough, May Burney. 2 copies, 1 green coloured and 1 Pink coloured
Baby Mine Margaret Mayo 13-Oct-17 Robert Greig, Beatrice Holloway, Marian Marcus Clarke
Baby Bunting Fred Thompson & Worton David January 1 1921 Dorothy Brunton, William Greene, Cyril Ritchard, Field Fisher, Eddie Nable
Baby Bunting Fred Thompson & Worton David 8-Jan-21 Dorothy Brunton, William Greene, Cyril Ritchard, Field Fisher, Eddie Nable
The Belle of Brittany Leedham Bantock & PJ Barrow. Lyrics Percy Greenbank 18-Mar-11 Tom Walls, Harold Thorley
The Belle of Brittany Leedham Bantock & PJ Barrow. Lyrics Percy Greenbank February 25 1911 Tom Walls, Harold Thorley. 2 copies
The Bells. King Rene's Daughter Sir Henry Irving's version. One act play adapted from Danish by WG Wills 30-Mar-12 HB Irving, Eric Maxon. Frank Tyars, Ericon, Dorothea Baird.
Bella Donna James Bernard Fagan's adaption of Robert Hitchen's novel 1-Mar-13 Julius Knight, Martin Lewis, Dorothy Cumming
The Beggar Student Carl Millocker. Libretto Wm Beattie-Kingston 1890 Clara Thompson, Lilian Tree, Knight Aston, John Forde
A Beggar on Horseback Edward Ferris Apr-08 Marcourt Beattie, Madge McIntosh
Beauty and the Barge WW Jacobs & Louis N Parker Sep-05 Mr Brough, Carter Pickford, Winifred Fraser, Kate Cair
Bachelors Robert Buchanan Esq May 11 1888 Brenda Gibson, Dion Boucicault, W. Wallace. Fragment of program
Bachelors Robert Buchanan Esq May 1888 Brenda Gibson, Dion Boucicault, W. Wallace. Fragment of program
Bachelors (Revival) Robert Buchanan Esq June 13 1888 GW Anson, Cecil Ward, Robert Brough, Dion Boucicault Junr
Barabbas Marie Corelli May-01 Alfred Woods & Maud Williamson
The Benefit of the Doubt Arthur W Pinero 1896 Kate Bishop, Mr Boucicault, Mrs. Brough
Barbara. A fool's Paradise Jerome K. Jerome. Sydney Grundy Sept 1890 WF Clitherow, Owen Harris, Lilian Seccombe, Mrs Robert Brough. Frank Cates, Cecil Ward, Minnie Howarde
A Bad Penny. Charley's Aunt W. Lestocq. Brandon Thomas 26 December 1893 EW Thomas AE Matthews, Blanche Carlyle.
Barbara. The Rocket Jerome K Jerome. Arthur W Pinero September 1889 Mrs. Robert Brough, Miss Lilian Seccombe, Ellie Norwood. Robert Brough, Miss Fanny Enson
Belinda. An April Folly A.A. Milne 2-May-25 Irene Vanburgh, Dion Boucicault
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife Alfred Savoir (adapted from French by Arthur Winperis) 22-Sep-23 Gertrude Elliott, Aubrey Mather, Anne McEwen, Mayne Lynton
The Bird of Paradise Richard Walton Tully May 25 1918 Muriel Starr, Frank Harvey, Louis Kimball, Maggie Moore.
Business Before Pleasure Montague Glass 17-Aug-18 James Waters, Nick Adams, Maggie Moore
Brown Sugar Lady (Arthur) Lever 4-Sep-26 Jack Dunne, Jackson Wilcox, Margaret Damer. 1 flyer and 2 programs
Broadway Jones George M. Cohan 6-Feb-16 Fred Niblo, Josephine Cohan
Bright Side Up Books, lyrics, music by Ernest C. Rolls and Alf Lawrence 27-Feb-32 Gus Bluett, Jennie Benson
The Breadwinner W. Somerset Maugham 1933 Athene Seyler, Nicholas Hannen
Bought and Paid For George Broadhurst 17-Apr-15 Muriel Starr, Dorothy Davies, William Harrigan, Charles A. Millward. 2 programs
The Boomerang Winchell Smith & Victor Mapes 8-Jul-16 Hale Hamilton, Myrtle Tannehill
The Bohemian Girl Michael W Balfe's romantic opera 3 February 1887 Signor Verdi, John Forde, Miss Colbourne-Baber, Fanny Liddiard
The Blue Bird Maurice Maeterlinck (Trans by Teixeira de Mattos) Apr-12 Maude Plunkett, Frederick Keade. 6 programs
School Matinees of The Blue Bird E. Desmond Deane's compilation of explanatory notes of story, scenes and composer, Balfe for school children 1912 Maude Plunkett, Frederick Keade.
Caste T.W Robertson February 1890 Penny Lyndale, G.S. Titheridge, G.W. Anson, Mrs Robert Brough. Flyer with newspaper review on back
Caste. Hours T.W Robertson Percy Lyndal, S. Titheridge, Robert Brough, Patti Browne
Caroline W. Somerset Maugham Mar-28 Irene Vanbrugh, Dion Boucicault, Norman McKinnel
Called Back Adapted from Hugh Conway's novel Geo Regnold, Johnson Weir, Miss Salter
The Cat and the Canary John Willard May-23 Sidney Stirling, Eily Malyon, Mayne Lynton, Jane Savile. 2 copies
Carter the Great Charles Joseph Carter, Stage Magician May-20 Carter the Magician
Cheating Cheaters Max Marcin Dec-17 Charles Waldron, Kathlene MacDonell
Chorus Lady James Forbes Sep-14 Muriel Starr, Maggie Knight, Gerald Harcourt, Frederick Ward
Captain Applejack in "Ambrose Applejohn's Adventure". An Arabian Night Story Walter Hackett Sep-22 Lawrence Grossmith, Edmund Duggan, Doris Kendal. 2 copies
Can't Pay? Won't Pay! Dario Fo 1978 Maggie Steed, Karen Drury, Alfred Molina. Criterion UK. Sticker 'Cecil'
Cymbeline William Shakespeare November 1887 Essie Jenyns, W.J. Holloway, Robert Inman
Cinderella Fairy Pantomime by Stanley Rogers November 1887 Dora Denton, Ruth Lincoln, Meredith Meredro. 2 copies, one blue coloured. One with August 1909 written on it in ink.
Cymbeline William Shakespeare November 1887 Essie Jenyns, WJ Holloway, Robert Inman. Flyer with newspaper review on back
My Little Girl. The Country Girl Mr Boucicault. William Wycherley Mr Titheridge, Mr Boucicault, Miss Temple. Mr Lawrence, Mr Greenway, Mr Lyndal.
Comrades Brandon Thomas and B.C. Stephenson Mr Cates, Mr Lawrence, Mr Titheridge, Mrs Brough
The Colleen Bawn (or The Bride of Garryowen) Dion Boucicault Miss E Romer, Mrs Florence Trevelyan, Miss Boucicault, Dion Boucicault Junr
Cradle Snatchers Russell Medcraft & Norma Mitchell Apr-27 Olive Sloane, Arthur Cornell, Bertha Belmore, Sidney Stirling, Doris Fitton
Cobra Martin Brown Jan-27 Judith Anderson, Olga Lee, Henry Daniell. 3 copies
Come Over Here Adapted by Frank Dix 1913 Olive Godwin, Violet Millman, Maie Vaughan, Charlie Stone, Edmund Sherras
The Command to Love Rudolph Lothar and Fritz Gottwald. Adapted by Theo Shall Feb-33 Theo Shall, Kenneth Brampton, Jean Duncan, Grace Hart
Corrobboree. A series of plays: What a Pal: A Night at the Inn: Les Deux Pierrots: A Nocturne in Two Flats: Trial scene from the Merchant of Venice Perpetrated by Mr Harvey & Mr Stirling Jun-18 Mr Kimbell: Mr Harvey: M. Albert: Miss Star, Mr Beck: Mr De Lacey, Mr Champney, Mr Espinosa
Count Hannibal Stanley Weyman. Adapted by Oscar Asche and Norreys Connell Apr-10 Oscar Asche, Lily Brayton.
A Doll's House Henrik Ibsen July 1890 GS Titheradge, Chas. Carrington, Miss Fanny Enson. One large (newspaper) page & 1 program
Dr Wake's Patient W Gayer Mackay & Robert Ord Mar-13 Herbert Fleiming, Carter Pickford, Mrs Brough, Miss Winifred Fraser. 7 April 1906 written in ink on cover
Dr. Pygmalion Harrison Owen Dec-32 Margaret Rawlings, Patricia Wenman, Harvey Adams
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Comyns Carr. Founded on story by Robert Louis Stevenson Mar-12 H.B. Irving, Dorothea Baird. 2 copies
Dr. Bill Hamilton Aïdé. Adapted from the French of Albert Carré Nov 1890 Robert Brough, G.W. Anson, Myra Kemble, Emma Temple. 2 copies
Diplomacy Saville Rowe and Bolton Rowe. Adapted from M. Victorian Sardou's comedy Nov 1889 Robert Brough, G.W. Anson, G.S. Titheradge
Dick. A musical Libretto Alfred Murray. Music Edward Jacobowski February 1888 Robert Brough, E.B. Manning. Fanny Robina. 2 copies
Dick. A musical Libretto Alfred Murray. Music Edward Jacobowski February 1888 Robert Brough, E.B. Manning. Fanny Robina. Newspaper cutting
Dangerous Women F.A. Scudmore Jul-01 Ida Greshamn, Helen Gibson, Alice Deorwyn, Lawrence Dunbar, C.R. Stanford, George Chalmers, Phillip Lytton
Dandy Dick Arthur W. Pinero Sept 1890 G.W. Anson, E.C. Corlesse, Mrs Robert Brough, Florence Harcourt
The Dancing Mistress James T. Tanner Aug-13 Jack Cannot, Louis Victor, Jessie Lonnen
Dame Nature Henri Bataille adapted from the French by Frederick Fenn Jan-12 Stephen T. Ewart, J. Plumpton Wilson, Violet Ley, Marjory Swallow. 2 copies
Daddy Long Legs Produced by E. W. Morrison Mar-17 Kathlene MacDonnell, Charles Waldron
Daddy Long Legs Dramatisation of Jean Webster's story May-26 Renee Kelly, Hylton Allen, Anthony Holles, Dorothy Marler. 2 copies
Dorcas Book by Harry & Edward Poulton. Music by Max Hirschfeld Nov-01 Jean de Lacey, Clarence J. Harvey, Bertha Nilsson, Clara Wisdom
The Earl and the Girl Seymour Hicks (Writer), Ivan Caryll (Composer), Percy Greenbank (Lyrics) Jul-05 John F. Sheridan, Winfield Blake, Heba Barlow, Maude Amber
The Easiest Way Eugene Walter Jun-18 Frank Harvey, Louis Kimball, Norma Mitchell, Maggie Moore
East of Suez W. Somerset Maugham Nov-24 Muriel Starr, Frank Harvey. 2 copies
Enter Madame Gilda Varesi and Dolly Byrne Jul-23 Gertrude Elliott, W. Cronin Wilson. 2 copies
Escape John Galsworthy May-33 Athene Seyler, Nicholas Hannen Coy.
Execute Me Rupert Hughes Jun-13 Fred Niblo, Beatrice Terry
Eyes of Youth Mar Marcin and Charles Guernon Dec-22 Emelie Polini, Frank Harvey. 3 copies.
The Fortune Hunter Winchel Smith May-14 Fred Niblo, Josephine Cohan
The French Spy E. Hill-Mitchelson Jun-01 Charles Holloway, Lawrence Dunbar, Ida Gresham
Fresh Fields Ivor Novello Mar-34 Grace Lane, Jane Wood, Gerald Savory
Madame Butterfly. French Leave David Belasco. Reginald Berkeley Mar-23 Emilie Polini, Frank Harvey. 2 copies
The Forty Thieves Robert Reece Esq Feb 1888 Robert Brough, Fanny Molina. Newspaper cutting
Forty Thieves Robert Reece Esq Feb 1888 Robert Brough, Fanny Molina.
The Fortune Hunter Winchel Smith Mar-13 Fred Niblo, Josephine Cohan
The Fortune Hunter Winchel Smith Apr-13 Fred Niblo, Josephine Cohan. 3 copies
For the Sake of a Woman J. James Hewison Dec-01 Charles Holloway, Lawrence Dunbar, Ida Gresham, 2 copies.
A Fool there Was Porter Emerson Brown Feb-12 Hugh Beckler, Violet Paget