Doing for the Best (International) assertion single work   drama  
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Issue Details: First known date: 1861... 1861 Doing for the Best
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Production Details

  • First produced at Sadler's Wells Theatre, Islington, London, 13 November 1861.

  • Performed at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, April and June 1868.

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First known date: 1861
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Works about this Work

Royal Victoria Theatre : Monster Attraction : Octoroon, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Freeman's Journal , 20 June vol. 19 no. 1315 1868; (p. 15)

An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of Dion Bouciault's The Octoroon and John Palgrave Simpson's An Atrocious Criminal on 20 June 1868, and H. J. Byron's One Hundred Thousand Pounds and Michael Rophino Lacy's Doing for the Best on 22 June 1868; and advance notice that William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and H. J. Bryon's Pilgrim of Love are in preparation.
Royal Victoria Theatre : One Hundred Thousand Pounds, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 22 June no. 5176 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 23 June no. 5177 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of Henry James Byron's One Hundred Thousand Pounds and Michael Rophino Lacy's Doing for the Best on 22 June 1868.
Royal Victoria Theatre : Doing for the Best 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 24 April no. 5126 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of Michael Rophino Lacy's Doing for the Best on 24 April 1868. The evening's entertainment also included gymnastics and 'Barlow's inimitable versatile entertainment'.
Royal Victoria Theatre : Doing for the Best, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 23 April no. 5125 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of Michael Rophino Lacy's Doing for the Best on 11 April 1868. The evening's entertainment also included Mr Barlow's Grand Polyglot Entertainment, an address by William Hoskins 'in honour of Shakespeare's Birthday' and a presentation of Barlow's 'Life in London'.
Royal Victoria Theatre : Doing for the Best, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 23 April no. 5125 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of Michael Rophino Lacy's Doing for the Best on 11 April 1868. The evening's entertainment also included Mr Barlow's Grand Polyglot Entertainment, an address by William Hoskins 'in honour of Shakespeare's Birthday' and a presentation of Barlow's 'Life in London'.
Royal Victoria Theatre : Doing for the Best 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 24 April no. 5126 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of Michael Rophino Lacy's Doing for the Best on 24 April 1868. The evening's entertainment also included gymnastics and 'Barlow's inimitable versatile entertainment'.
Royal Victoria Theatre : One Hundred Thousand Pounds, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Empire , 22 June no. 5176 1868; (p. 1) The Empire , 23 June no. 5177 1868; (p. 1)

An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of Henry James Byron's One Hundred Thousand Pounds and Michael Rophino Lacy's Doing for the Best on 22 June 1868.
Royal Victoria Theatre : Monster Attraction : Octoroon, &c. 1868 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Freeman's Journal , 20 June vol. 19 no. 1315 1868; (p. 15)

An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of Dion Bouciault's The Octoroon and John Palgrave Simpson's An Atrocious Criminal on 20 June 1868, and H. J. Byron's One Hundred Thousand Pounds and Michael Rophino Lacy's Doing for the Best on 22 June 1868; and advance notice that William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and H. J. Bryon's Pilgrim of Love are in preparation.
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