Document ID ET-D198a
| Archive Location | ET PROGS ET-D1-234, ET-D1-234 1860-1899 (BL) Loan 125/21/4 |
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| Document description | notice |
| Date | 1898 |
| Document form | M - Miscellaneous (eg. menu, invitation, recipe) |
| Document attributes | Enclosure |
| General notes | Inserted in ET-D198. Nellie Farren Testimonial Fund. Additional information. Ellen Terry will occupy a seat on the bench in Trial by Jury; two copies. |
| Language | English |
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The Nellie Farren Testimonial Fund Benefit Performance, Thursday, March 17th, 1898. Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Waterlow & Sons Limited, Theatrical Printers, London Wall, London
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Lines to be spoken by Edward Terry, Esq. Old friend and comrade, many and oft's the time that you and I have interchanged in rhyme counters of mirth and coinage of caprice, bright from the mint of Byron and of Reece. We've danced and sung together, always gay mates, in those dear days of old when we were playmates. We've memories, I, who speak, and you, who listen, that cause our hearts to throb, our eyes to glisten in such an unison as friendship mellows; And so, perhaps, as mouthpiece for our fellows, "Tis fitting I should speak, who at your side, - in welcome wild to you, - so oft have stood and watched you, in stage-parlance, "make your wood," as, large your laughing legend you would write across the face of London night by night. Star of Burlesque! – was ever such a Boy? Incarnate gaiety, instinct with joy, an elf of laughter and a sprite of song, compact of quicksilver you danced along: small marvel that you brought the houses down and drew all captive the delighted Town, that still remembers in its play-house chat "How splendid Nellie Farren was in that!
The Nellie Farren Testimonial Benefit Fund
Patron: HRH, The Prince of Wales, K.G.
Executive Committee:
George Edwardes, Esq, Chairman.
Edward Terry, Esq.
Arthur Collins, Esq.
Charles J. Fulton, Esq.
Arthur Cohen, Esq.
Walter Pallant, Esq Joint Hon. Treasurers
E.C. Silverthorne, Esq. Joint Hon. Treasurers.
Charles J. Davies, Esq. Joint Hon. Secretaries
Charles L. Coltson, Esq. Joint Hon. Secretaries
Horace Lennard, Esq. Joint Hon. Secretaries
Programme of Special Benefit Performance in aid of the above fund given at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on Thursday March 17th 1898.
Prices of Seats: -
Private boxes - Twenty to one hundred guineas
Orchestra stalls - Five guineas
Grand circle - Two guineas
Other rows - Fifteen shillings
Balcony, First and Second rows - Half a guinea
Other rows - Seven shillings and sixpence
Pit stalls - One guinea
Reserved Pit - Half a guinea
Amphitheatre - Two shillings and sixpence
Hon Acting Manager - Sidney Smith Esq.
Sold by
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WATERFLOW & SONS LIMITED PRINTERS, LONDON WALL, LONODN
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General Committee
His Grace the Duke of Beaufort, K.G.
His Grace the Duke of Newcastle.
His Grace the Duke of Fife, K.T.
The Earl of Hardwicke.
The Earl of Durham.
The Earl of Londesborough.
The Earl of Kilmorey, K.P.
The Earl Carrington.
Lord Archibald Campbell.
Lord Alington.
Lord Rothschild.
Lord Russell of Killowen.
Lord Farquhar.
The Honble. Humphry Sturt, M.P.
Sir Frederick Milner, Bart, M.P.
Sir John Edwards-Moss, Bart.
Sir Edward Lawson, Bart.
Sir J. Blundell Maple, Bart, M.P.
Lieut. Gen. Sir Frederick Marshall.
Sir Edward Clarke, Q.C, M.P.
Sir Henry Irving.
Sir Arthur Sullivan.
Sir Squire Bancroft
Sir Douglas Straight.
Abud, C.J, Esq.
Aird, John, Esq, M.P.
Alexander, George, Esq.
Astley, Hugh, Esq.
Beit, Alfred, Esq.
Brunton, Spencer, Esq.
Burdett-Coutts, W. L. A., Esq, M.P.
Burnand, F. C, Esq.
Butler, Richard, Esq.
Carson, Charles L, Esq.
Carte, R D'Oyly, Esq.
Chudleigh, Arthur, Esq.
Corlett, John, Esq.
Davis, James, Esq.
Dutton, Frank M., Esq.
Engelbach, E, Esq.
Fitzwilliam, G, Wentworth, Esq.
Fraser, Thomas, Esq.
Gatti, S. Esq.
Gilbert, W. S, Esq.
Gilmer, Albert, Esq.
Gill, C, F, Esq.
Graves, Robert, E, Esq.
Greet, Wm, Esq.
Griffiths, Murray, Esq.
Grossmith, George, Esq.
Grundy, Sydney, Esq.
Hare, John, Esq.
Harrison, Frederick, Esq.
Hawtrey, Charles H, Esq.
Hirsch, Adolph, Esq.
Homer, H, J, Esq.
Hollingshead, John, Esq.
Jones, Henry Arthur, Esq.
Jousiffe, Sydney, Esq.
Lane, Henry A, Esq.
Lane, Mrs. Sara.
Ledger, Edward, Esq.
Lowenfield, H, Esq.
Lutz, W. Meyer, Esq.
Marks, H. H, Esq, M.P.
Matthews, Charles W, Esq.
Maude, Cyril, Esq.
Meyer, Carl, Esq.
Moore, George, Esq.
Musgrove, George, Esq.
Neumann, L, Esq.
Newnham Davis, Lieut. Col. N.
Newton, H. Chance, Esq.
Penley, W, S, Esq.
Pinero, A. W, Esq.
Rothschild, Alfred de, Esq.
Rothschild, Leopold de, Esq.
Roberts, Arthur, Esq.
Robertson, J. Forbes, Esq.
Sassoon, Reuben, Esq.
Smith, A. Talbot, Esq.
Spalding, Augustus F. M, Esq.
Tennent, Hector N, Esq.
Thomas, Leo P, Esq.
Toole, J. L. Esq.
Tree, H. Beerbohm, Esq.
Waterlow, Philip H, Esq.
Weber, Harry, Esq.
Wenher, Julius, Esq.
Wootten, Herbert, E, Esq.
Wyndham, Charles, Esq.
Wynne-Finch, Major Seymour.
Honorary Stage Managers: Mr. J. A. E. Malone, Mr. H. J. Loveday, Mr. W. H. Seymour, Mr. H. H. Vincent, Mr. A. E. Dodson, and Mr. Frank Damer.
Honorary Musical Directors: Mr. Ivan Caryll, Mr. Francois Cellier, Mr. Victor Champion, Mr. J. M. Glover, Mr. Sidney Jones, Mr. Carl Kiefert, Herr Meyer Luiz.
The following have been supplied, free of charge, for this occasion: Grand Piano by Messrs. Ascherberg & Co, Berners Street, W; Street Piano Organ by Messrs, Chiappi & Co, Ltd, Mr. W. Clarkson, Mrs. May. Messrs. Morris Angel & Son, and J. A. Harrison Company Ltd; Wigs by Mr. W. Clarkson; Electrical effects by Mr. Poynton, Gaiety Theatre; Flowers by Messrs. G. Adams & Co, 39, New Bond Street, W: Sandwiches by Mr A. Lunn, Gow's Restaurant, Strand; Sweets by Fullers Limited; Tea and Coffee by the Ladies' Own Tea Association, 90 New Bond Street.
Box Office under the Direction of Mr. L. W. Warmsley
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Limited
Managing Director, Arthur Collins
The Directors have given the Theatre, free of expense, for this performance, and Mr. Arthur Collings has kindly undertaken the Direction of the Stage.
Programme of Special Matinee Performance for the benefit of the Nellie Farren Testimonial Fund, Thursday, March 17th, 1898, commencing at 12.30.
The Committee tender their thanks to the Managers and Artists who have co-operated with them and given their services on this occasion.
Overture "Babes in the Wood" Glover
The Drury Lane Orchestra
Papa's Wife. A musical comedietta. Written by Seymour Hicks Music by Ellaline Terriss
Gerald Singleton - Mr. Seymour Hicks
Edward (a servant) - Mr. Harry Nicholls
Kate Wetherby - Miss Ellaline Terriss
Song "Generous Mr. Green" G. Le Brun
Miss Marie Lloyd. Accompanied by Mr. Hermann Fincke.
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The sketches for this programme have been kindly given by Messrs. Alfred Bryan, Dudley Hardy, C. Harrison, Wallis Mackay, Phil May, J. Bernard Partridge; the illustrations have been kindly reproduced by Carl Hentschel; printing and stationery supplied by Messrs. Waterlow and Sons Ltd.
Scene from Act 2 of Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About Nothing
Don Pedro - Prince of Arragon - Mr Fred Terry
Don John - His Bastard Brother - Mr. H. B. Irving
Claudio - A Young Lord of Florence - Mr. Robert Loraine
Benedick - A Young Lord of Padua - Mr. George Alexander
Leonato - Governor of Messina - Mr. W. H. Vernon
Balthazar - Attendant on Don Pedro - Mr. Bertram Wallis
Borachio - Follower of Don John - Mr. Arthur Royston
Beatrice - Niece to Leonato - Miss Julia Neilson
Scene Leonato's Orchard (W. Mann). Stage Manager: Mr. H. H. Vincent. Musical Director: Mr. William Robins
Duet from "The Forty Thieves" Luts Miss Kate Vaughan and Mr E. W. Royce.
Song "Lend me your aid" Ground (Reine de Saba) Mr. Ben Davies. Accompanied by Mr. Landon Ronald.
Scene I., Act IV., from Shakespeare's Tragedy.
Hamlet
Laertes - Mr. Frank Cooper
Horatio - Mr. Tyars
Claudius - Mr. Cooper Cliffe
Gertrude - Miss Genevieve Ward
Ophelia - Miss Ellen Terry
Scene – A Room In The Palace
Stage Manager Mr. Henry J. Loveday
Ventriloquial Entertainment Mr. John Le Hay
Doll Duet from "The Circus Girl" Lionel Monckton. Miss Kate Seymour and Mr. Edmund Payne.
Off to Australia 1889
The following ladies have kindly undertaken to sell programmes, photographs, violets (Nellie Farren's favourite flowers), sweets &c:
Miss Lena Ashwell, Miss Adelina Baird, Miss Esme Beringer, Miss Vera Beringer, Miss Jessie Bond, Miss Sarah Brooke, Miss Daisy Brough, Miss Mary Brough, Miss Enid Spencer Brunton, Miss Constance Collier, Miss Ellas Dee, Miss Jessie Gunter, Miss Hilda Hanbury, Miss Lily Hanbury, Miss Lily Harold, Miss Flo Henderson, Miss Maud Hobson, Miss Maidie Hope, Miss Beatrice Irwin, Miss Terry Lewis, Miss Ethel Matthews, Miss Grace Palotta, Mrs Raleigh, Miss Brinsley Sheridan, Miss Birdie Sutherland, Miss Ethel Sydney, Mrs. Herbert Waring, Miss Norma Whalley.
1st Act of Lord Lytton's Comedy
Money
Alfred Evelyn -Mr. H. Beerbohm Tree
Sir John Vesey - Mr. John. Hare
Sir Fredk. Blount - Mr. Chas. Hawtrey
Capt. Dudley Smooth (Introduced into Act I.) - Mr. Lewis Waller
Graves - Mr. Lionel Brough
Lord Glossmore -Mr. Herbert Waring
Stout - Mr. Fred. Kerr
Sharp- Mr. James Fernandez
Sir John's Servant - Mr. Arthur Roberts
Georgina Vesey - Miss Evelyn Millard
Servant - Miss Lottie Venne
Lady Franklin - Mrs. John Wood
Scene – Drawing Room at Sir John Vessey's
Recitation "The Dream of Eugene Aram" Hood Henry Irving.
Song "She just walks on" Bennet Scott & A. J. Mills. Miss Louie Freear.
Song "Still wie die nacht" Bohm Miss Clara butt. Accompanied by Mr. S. Little.
Song "The future Mrs. ‘Awkins" Mr. Albert Chevalier. Accompanied by Mr. Alfred H. West.
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Notice
Miss Florence St. John was to have played The Plaintiff in "Trial by Jury" but having been taken seriously ill before the final rehearsal Miss Florence Perry kindly took up the part at very short notice.
Trial by Jury
A Dramatic Cantata by [?] & Arthur Sullivan (By kind permission of Mr D. Oyly Carte)
Characters:
The Learned Jude - Mr. Rutland Barrington
The Defendant - Mr. Courtice Pounds
Counsel for the Plaintiff - Mr. Eric Lewis
Usher - Mr. Walter Passmore
The Associate - Mr W. S Gilbert
The Associate's Wife - Lady Bancroft
The Plaintiff - Miss Florence Perry
Bridesmaids: Miss Phyllis Broughton, Miss Louie pounds, Miss Nellie Stewart, Miss Jessie Huddleston, Miss Aida Jenoure, Miss Ellis Jeffreys, Miss Sybil Carlisle, Miss Grace Palotta, Miss Violet Robinson, Miss Maud Hobson, Miss Ina Repton, Miss Kate Cutler, Miss Emmie Owen, Miss Maggie May, Miss Ruth Vincent, Miss Beatrice Ferrers.
Jurymen: Mr. Harry Lytton (Foreman), Mr. Willie Edouin, Mr Norman Salmond, Mr John Coates, Mr E. J. Lonnen, Mr. Richard Green, Mr. W. Louis Bradfield, Mr Jones Hewson, Mr. W. H. Denny, Mr W. M. Seymour, Mr. Mark Kinghorne, Mr Colin Coop, Mr J. J. Dallas, Mr WM. Elton, Mr. J. Furneaux Cook, Mr. Scott Russell, Mr. Herbert Standing, Mr. Arthur Roberts.
Counsel: Mr. J. Comyns Carr, Mr Haddon Chambers, Mr Sydney Grundy, Mr Lionel Monckton, Mr. Edward Rose.
Seats on the bench have been reserved for: Miss Mary Moore, Miss Lydia Thompson, Mr Chas Wyndham & [?][?].
Seats by Counsel: have been reserved for: Miss Kate Stanley, Miss Constance Loseby, Miss Marion Hood, Miss Rose Leclercq, Miss Kate Rorke, Mrs. Dion Boucicault, Miss Carlotta Addison, Miss Fanny Brough, [?]. Cornelie D' Anka.
Crowd in Court: Miss Compton, Miss Florence Young, Miss Helena Dacre, Miss Rosina Brandram, Mrs H. Leigh, Mrs F. H. Macklin, Miss Kate Bishop, Miss Maria Davis, Miss Helen Ferrers, Miss Florence Gerard, Miss Sarah Brooke, Miss Leonora Braham, Miss Irene Vanbrugh, Miss Evelyn Fitzgerald, Miss Beatrice Perry, Miss Nesbitt, Miss Lily Cellier, Miss Louie Henri, Miss Jessie Rose, Miss Daisy Gilpin, Miss Ethel Wilson, Miss Ada Newall, Miss Pattie Reimers, Miss Dorothy Dene, Miss Hetty Dene, Miss Mary C. MacKenzie, Miss Gertrude De Lacy, Miss Valerie De Lacy, Miss Margery Northcote, Miss Millicent Baker, Miss Laurie Elleston, Miss Marguerite Moyse, Miss Ethel Jackson, Miss Lily Twyman, Miss Annie Russell, Mr Chas. J. Fulton, Mr Gillie Farquhar, Mr. Nutcombe Gould, Mr. James Erskine, Mr. W. T. Lovell, Mr. Tim Riley, Mr. J. D. Beveridge, Mr. Chas. Sugden, Mr. Dion Boucicault, Mr. Cory James, Mr. Charles Childerstone, Mr. Joseph Ruff, Mr. Charles Earldon, Mr. Cecil Castle, Mr. Avon Hastings, Mr. Iago Lewys, Mr. Dudley Jepps, Mr. Edwin Bryan, Mr. J. Ivimey, Mr. Leonard Russell.
Produced under the personal direction of the Author
Conductor – Mr. Francois Cellier.
Song "Tommy Atkins" Potter Mr. C. Hayden Coffin.
Song "The Jewel of Asia" Philp Miss Marie Tempest.
A Duologue entitled A Platonic Friendship by I. M [?]
Miss Winifred Emery and Mr Cyril Maude
Orchestral Pot-Pourri "Old Gaiety Days" Meyer Luts
Conducted by the Composer
The school-room scene from the Drury Lane Pantomime, The Babes In The Wood, by Arthur Sturgess and Arthur Collins. Music by J. m. glover
Princess Paragon - Miss Ada Blanche
Marian - Miss Violet Robinson
Miss Gertle Girton - Miss Alice Barnett
The Baron Banbury - Mr. John A. Warden
Reggie - The Babes - Mr. Dan Leno
Chrissie -The Babes - Mr. Herbert Campbell
Lord Chamberlain, Miss Nellie Huxley, Field Marshal, Miss Hooten; Master of the Horse, Miss Walters; Master of the Buckhounds, Miss Lillie Henshaw; Captain of Hussars, Miss Lilian Lee; Captain of the guard, Miss E. Russell; Aide-de-Camp, Miss Rita Harrison; Music Master, Mr. E. Morgan; Porter, Mr. W. Morgan; and the Members of the Drury Lane Company.
To be followed by a Harlequinade concocted by W. Palings and Horace Lennard. Music arranged by J. M. Glover Stage Manager: J. A. E. Malone
Scene – A London Street (Bruce Smith)
Fairy Queen - Miss Ellaline Terriss
Columbine - Miss. Letty Lind
Harlequin - Mr. Willie Warde
Pantaloon - Mr. Fred Storey
Clown - Mr. Edmund Payne
Police Sergeant XX - Mr. Arthur Roberts
Cheesemonger - Mr. Arthur Williams
Fishmonger - Mr. Harry Monkhouse
Rummun, the Restauranteur Mr. Harry Nicholls
Walter at Rummun's Mr. Fred Kaye
Pawnbroker - Mr. Willie Edouin
Street Orator - Mr. Seymour Hicks
Newspaper boy - Mr. Tom Thorne
Soldier - Mr. Will Bishop
Singing Swell - Mr. Huntley Wright
Butcher Boy - Mr. A. Boucicault
Deaf and Dumb Man - Mr. Harry Paulton
Sandwich Man - Mr. Arthur Bourchier
Sandwich Girl - Miss. Decima Moore
Simple Simon - Mr. Edward Righton
Susannah (Maid of all work) - Miss Louie Freear
Registry Office Keeper - Miss Connie Ediss
Tinker - Mr. John Le Hay
Pieman - Mr. Harry Randall
Two Babes - Miss Eva Moore and Mr. H. V. Esmond
Their Nurse - Miss Susie Vaughan
Walking Gent - Mr. Robb Harwood
Cheeky Boy - Master Bottomley
The Boy's Mother - Miss M. A. Victor
Two Little Vagabonds - Miss Katie Tyndall and Miss Sidney Fairbrother
Organ Grinder - Mr. H. De Lange
Constables – Mr. W. L. Abingdon, Mr. Paul Arthur, Mr Sydney Brough, Mr. M. O. Clarey, Mr Leslie Holland, Mr G. Humphrey, Mr Luigi La Blache , Mr. F. M. Macklin, Mr. R. Nainby, Mr Edward Sass, Mr George Shelton, Mr. Fred Terry, Mr. F. Wright, Jr.
Street Dancing Girls – Miss Phyllis Broughton, Miss Madge Greet, Miss Katie James, Miss Alice Lethbridge, Miss Kitty Loftus, Miss Marie Lloyd, Miss Katie Seymour, Miss Topsey Sinden.
Street Singers – Mr. C. Hayden Coffin, Mr. Lawrence Kellie, Mr Barton McGuckin, Mr Norman Salmond.
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Some of "The Boys" who love "Our Nellie" Olympus
Swells – Mr. Maurice Farkoa, Mr. Charles Hawtrey, Mr Lionel Mackinder
Ladies – Miss Lily Hanbury, Miss Evelyn Millard, Miss Violet Vanbrugh
The Conductor's Bank – Herr Meyer Lutz (Conductor) Mr. G. Byng, Mr. Ivan Caryll, Mr. Francois Cellier, Mr. Victor Champion, Mr. John Crook, Mr. James Glover, Lieut Dan Godfrey, Mr. George Jacobe, Mr. Maurice Jacobe, Mr. Edward Jones, Mr. Sydney Jones, Mr. Carl Kiefert, Mr. Alfred Plumpton, Mr, Walter Slaughter, Mr. Leslie Stuart, Mr Howard Talbot, Mr Leopold Wenzel.
Servants (Applying at Registry Office) – Miss Edith Bottomley, Miss Pattie Brown, Miss May Edouin, Miss Audrey Ford, Miss Mary Fawcett, Miss Vane Featherston, Miss Charlotte Granville, Miss Clara Jecks, Miss Alice Kingsley, Miss O. Morrell, Miss Alice Selwyn, Miss Lalor Shiel, Miss Haidee Wright.
Ladies. Swells etc. – Miss Ethel Barrymore, Miss Hilda Spong, Miss Alice Davis, Miss Maggie May, Miss May Sackville, Miss Lucille Graham, Miss Kate Graves, Miss Bella Graves, Miss Lillie Comyns, Miss Rose Brady, Miss Ethel Lennard, Miss M. Prior, Miss Lila Clay, Mr. Sam Sothern, Mr. Gerald Du Maurier, Mr. E. W. Coleman, Mr. Laurence D'Orsay, Mr. Lionel Rignold, Mr George Arliss, Mr. Arthur Eliot, Mr A.G. Poulton, Mr. Arthur Playfair, Mr. Harry Grattan, Mr. Cairns James, Mr. W. R. Powell, Mr. F. M. Wood.
The dresses for Clown, Pantaloon and Harlequin specially made by J. A. Harrison co. Ltd. The Harlequinade will conclude with a Revue Musicale introducing: No 1 – "The French Maid" 1st Tableau – Miss Louie pounds, Mr. Richard Green, 2nd Tableau – Miss Katie Cutler, 3rd Tableau – Mr Murray King. Mr Hugh Metcalf. No 2 – "La Poupee" 1st Tableau – Miss Jessie Huddleston. Mr Courtice Pounds, 2nd Tableau Mr. Norman Salmond, Mr. W. Cheesem, Mr. Conway Dixon, 3rd Tableau Mr Willie Edouin. No 3 – "Dandy Dan" Miss Isa Bowman, Mr. Arthur Roberts. No 4 – "The Geisba" 1st Tableau – Miss Marie Tempest. Mr Frank Boore, 2nd Tableau Mr Hayden Coffin, Mr. D. Hall, Mr E. Snow, 3rd Tableau Miss Letty Lind, Miss Juliette Nesville, Mr. Rutland Barrington, 4th Tableau Mr. Huntley Wright. No 5 – "The Circus Girl" 1st Tableau – Miss Maidie Hope, Mr. Colin Coop, Mr. Harry Monkhouse, Mr. L. Mackinder, Mr. W. Louis Bradfield , 2nd Tableau Miss Katie Seymour, Mr. Edmund Payne, 3rd Tableau Miss Connie Ediss, Mr. Arthur Williams. Reception to Miss Nellie Farren and Presentation of Souvenir Album containing Photographs and Autographs of everyone taking part in this Benefit Performance: The entire production of this Album has been undertaken free of charge by The London Stereoscopic and photographic Company, I.d. The Address written by Mr. Henry Hamilton and spoken by Mr. Edward Terry.
And to unnumbered past delights confesses in summing up the list of your success, from out the laughing echoes of the past they throng, a crowd all joy from first to last: Old friends whose faces all familiar show Little Don Caesar, Fra Diavolo (of burlesque brigands quite the prince and pearl!) Then Thaddeus courting the Bohemian G'yurl: Ruy Blas, whom Monte Cristo close relieves And Ganem, shadowed by the Forty Thieves: Alert Aladdin, chirpy Chinese scamp, feeding with energy "The Sacred Lamp" Ah! Who that ever heard it could forget that street-waif's song? it haunts the memory yet! Your "Little Doctor Faust" who could resist oh? Not one, - I pledge the word of your Mephisto! And for your other triumphs – in their van. To name alone "Sam Willoughby" and "Nan," all these are yours and all are ours in part, we know them as we now yourself, by heart! Bound up with you they're dear to us, to these [indicating audience]. Ay! And to hundreds, thousands over seas. O'er the Atlantic you have cast your spell, and turned Antipodean heads as well; in fact no English speaking spot so barren it hasn't grown some bays for Nellie Farren! But here in London, you're our very own, your foot is on your native – paving stone: your London that has loved you for so long, since first her street-boys whilst your first song and if you're London's why you're ours more still, ours to whose Art you've brought such charm, such skill, such patient work as must command all thanks, all honour we can yield throughout our ranks; and whilst your Public but the Artist view, we know the Artist and the Woman too, and knowing, love her! and it is to pay some little tribute, - in your hands to lay our pride in you (all others' pride above) our little, lightsome labour, all of love, and ask you to accept them, that we're here to wish you sunshine full, unclouded, clear then let me speak to you on all our part and say – one voice vibrating from one heart "May you aye find amid Life's devious ways, "A wealth of peace, a world of happy days," And, - homeliest phrase – but may each word caress you, "Good luck, sweet Nellie Farren, and God bless you!" Henry Hamilton.
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In addition to the Artistes named in this Programme – Miss Ellen Terry will occupy a seat on the Bench in "Trial by Jury": Madame Grigolatis will appear in the Reception Scene: Mons. C. Alias has kindly supplied the bride's costume in "Trial by Jury." Many other ladies and gentlemen offered their services after the Programme had gone to the Press, the names of those who offered will be included should the programme be reprinted.
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