The House of Temperley (play 1909-1910) - Revision history

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	* '''Sir John Hawker''' : [[Charles Rock]]		* '''Sir John Hawker''' : [[Charles Rock]]
	* '''Jakes''' : [[Spencer Trevor]]		* '''Jakes''' : [[Spencer Trevor]]
	* '''Ginger Stubbs''' : [[Blake Adams]],~~<br />~~([[Edmund Gwenn]] ~~according~~ to the New-York Tribune)		* '''Ginger Stubbs''' : [[Blake Adams]], ([[Edmund Gwenn]] <ref>According to the New-York Tribune.</ref>)
	* '''Corinthians'''		* '''Corinthians'''
	** '''Lord Rufton''' : [[Stratton Rodney]]		** '''Lord Rufton''' : [[Stratton Rodney]]
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	* [[Conan Doyle on stage]]		* [[Conan Doyle on stage]]

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	[[File:the-graphic-1910-01-15-p80-81-the-prize-ring-as-the-pride-of-merry-england.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|right\|Illustration by [[Septimus Edwin Scott]] in [[The Graphic]] (15 january 1910, p. 80-81)]]		[[File:the-graphic-1910-01-15-p80-81-the-prize-ring-as-the-pride-of-merry-england.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|right\|Illustration by [[Septimus Edwin Scott]] in [[The Graphic]] (15 january 1910, p. 80-81)]]

	[[File:the-daily-mirror-1909-12-23-p8-a-melodrama-of-the-ring-photo.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|right\|Rehearsal of the boxing fight ([[The Daily Mirror]], 23 december 1909, p. 8)]]		[[File:the-daily-mirror-1909-12-23-p8-a-melodrama-of-the-ring-photo.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|right\|Rehearsal of the boxing fight ([[The Daily Mirror]], 23 december 1909, p. 8)]]
			[[File:the-illustrated-sporting-and-dramatic-news-1910-01-15-p823-the-house-of-temperley.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|right\|Photos in [[The Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News]], 15 january 1910, p. 823)]]
			[[File:the-house-of-temperley-1910-02-14-adelphi-theatre-program.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|right\|Program of Adelphi Theatre (14 february 1910)]]

	''The House of Temperley: A Melodrama of the Ring'' is a play written by Arthur Conan Doyle, performed between september 1909 and june 1910 through England with various casts.		''The House of Temperley: A Melodrama of the Ring'' is a play written by Arthur Conan Doyle, performed between september 1909 and june 1910 through England with various casts.
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	== Cast (''Adelphi Theatre'', London, UK) ==		== Cast (''Adelphi Theatre'', London, UK) ==
	~~[[File:the-house-of-temperley-1910-02-14-adelphi-theatre-program.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|right\|Program of Adelphi Theatre (14 february 1910)]]~~

	* '''Sir Charles Temperley''' : [[Ben Webster]]		* '''Sir Charles Temperley''' : [[Ben Webster]]

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	[[File:the-daily-mirror-1909-12-23-p8-a-melodrama-of-the-ring-photo.jpg\|thumb\|~~250px~~\|right\|Rehearsal of the boxing fight ([[The Daily Mirror]], 23 december 1909, p. 8)]]		[[File:the-daily-mirror-1909-12-23-p8-a-melodrama-of-the-ring-photo.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|right\|Rehearsal of the boxing fight ([[The Daily Mirror]], 23 december 1909, p. 8)]]

	''The House of Temperley: A Melodrama of the Ring'' is a play written by Arthur Conan Doyle, performed between september 1909 and june 1910 through England with various casts.		''The House of Temperley: A Melodrama of the Ring'' is a play written by Arthur Conan Doyle, performed between september 1909 and june 1910 through England with various casts.

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			[[File:the-daily-mirror-1909-12-23-p8-a-melodrama-of-the-ring-photo.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|right\|Rehearsal of the boxing fight ([[The Daily Mirror]], 23 december 1909, p. 8)]]

	''The House of Temperley: A Melodrama of the Ring'' is a play written by Arthur Conan Doyle, performed between september 1909 and june 1910 through England with various casts.		''The House of Temperley: A Melodrama of the Ring'' is a play written by Arthur Conan Doyle, performed between september 1909 and june 1910 through England with various casts.

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[[File:the-graphic-1910-01-15-p80-81-the-prize-ring-as-the-pride-of-merry-england.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Illustration by [[Septimus Edwin Scott]]<br />in [[The Graphic]] (15 january 1910, p. 80-81)]]

''The House of Temperley: A Melodrama of the Ring'' is a play written by Arthur Conan Doyle, performed between september 1909 and june 1910 through England with various casts.

On 11 february 1910, Mr. Haldane was present in a box at the Adelphi Theatre, also present were a crowded house of the County of London Regiment of the Territorial Force.

On 14 february 1910, King Edward accompanied by the Queen and Princess Victoria saw the performance of the play at the Adelphi Theatre.

On 3 march 1910, Queen's Park Rangers were taken to see the play at the Adelphi Theatre.

The play is an adaptation of the [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]'s novel : [[Rodney Stone]] (1896).

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== Cast (''Adelphi Theatre'', London, UK) ==
[[File:the-house-of-temperley-1910-02-14-adelphi-theatre-program.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Program of Adelphi Theatre (14 february 1910)]]

* '''Sir Charles Temperley''' : [[Ben Webster]]
* '''Captain Jack Temperley''' : [[Claude King]]
* '''Sir John Hawker''' : [[Charles Rock]]
* '''Jakes''' : [[Spencer Trevor]]
* '''Ginger Stubbs''' : [[Blake Adams]],<br />([[Edmund Gwenn]] according to the New-York Tribune)
* '''Corinthians'''
** '''Lord Rufton''' : [[Stratton Rodney]]
** '''The Duke of Broadwater''' : [[A. S. Homewood]]
** '''Col. Dacre''' : [[Frank Ridley]]
** '''Jerry''' : [[Arthur Burne]]
** '''George''' : [[A. Corney Grain]]
** '''Mr. Poyntz''' : [[Freeman H. May]]
** '''Sir Charles Bunbury''' : [[H. Ford]]
* '''Sir George Gascoigne''' : [[Archibald Forbes]]
* '''Mr. James Parton West''' : [[A. G. Craig]]
* '''General Craufurd''' : [[Charles Combe]]
* '''of the Prize Fight'''
** '''Tom Cribb''' : [[Bassett Roe]]
** '''Joe Berks''' : [[A. S. Homewood]]
** '''Tom Belcher''' : [[Hubert Willis]]
** '''Gloster Dick''' : [[Reginald Davis]]
** '''Gentleman Jackson''' : [[Stanley Turnbull]]
** '''Buckhorse''' : [[Ernest Cosham]]
** '''Dutch Sam''' : [[Wilton Ross]]
** '''Bill Richmond''' : [[W. Wallace]]
** '''Jack Scroggins''' : [[E. C. Barton]]
** '''Tom Molineaux''' : [[Geo Welsh]]
** '''Dan Mendoza''' : [[V. Lusk]]
** '''George Cooper''' : [[E. Cresfan]]
** '''George Maddox''' : [[Frank Emery]]
** '''Caleb Baldwin''' : [[R. J. Bell]]
** '''Jack Randall''' : [[W. Coats Bush]]
** '''Tom Spring''' : [[Arthur F. Thorn]]
* '''Hopkins''' : [[Charles Combe]]
* '''Smith''' : [[Frank Ridley]]
* '''Mercer''' : [[Ernest Cosham]]
* '''Sergeant Holden''' : [[J. Byron]]
* '''Stable Lad''' : [[Arthur Bachner]]
* '''Waiter''' : [[George Shelley]]
* ...
* '''Lady Temperley''' : [[Russ Wythal]]

* '''Producer''' : Herbert Jarman
* '''Costumes, uniforms and dresses''' : Tom Heslewood
* '''Fights''' : F. Hinnington
* '''Music''' : Brigata Bucalossi

== Cast (''GrandTheatre'', Hull, UK) ==

* '''Sir Charles Temperley''' : [[Stratton Rodney]]
* '''Sir John Hawker''' : [[Murray Carson]]
* '''Lady Temperley''' : [[Claire Pauncefoot]]
* '''Ethel Morley''' : [[Una Venning]]
* '''Ginger Stubbs''' : [[Blake Adams]]
* '''Captain Jack''' : [[Claude King]]

== Cast (''Gaiety Theatre'', Hastings, UK) ==

* '''Sir Charles Temperley''' : [[Howard Rose]]
* '''Captain Jack Temperley''' : [[Lionel Glenister]]
* '''Sir John Hawker''' : [[Clifton Boyne]]
* '''Ginger Stubbs''' : [[Charles D. Cleveland]]
* '''Ethel Morley''' : [[Sheila O'More]]

* '''Producer''' : [[Lionel Glenister]], Ingram's Company

== Programme of Acts & Scenes ==

Time : 1812
* Act I : Temperley Manor
* Act II
** Scene 1 : Tom Cribb's Saloon, "The Union Arms," Panton St. Haymarket. ''(an hour is supposed to elapse)''
** Scene 2 : The Same
* Act III
** Scene 1: Glen Cottage, Three Bridges, Sussex (Taraining Quarters of Gingerstabbs)
** Scene 2 : Hammer's Farm. The King-Side at Crawley Down. ''(The Curtain will be lowered duringthe 1st round to indicate a lapse of time, and will rise on the th round of the fight)''
* Act IV
** Scene 1 : Committee Room of Watier's Club
** Scene 2: In the Treaches before a Spanish Fortress

Scenery by F. L. Schmitz

== Programme of Music ==

* Overture : "Old English Melodies" - Godfrey
* Selection : Before Act II "Songs" - Sir Henry Bishop
* Melodies : Before Act III "Ye ? English" - Basquit
* Airs : Before Act IV "Scottish" - Myddleson
* March : "Scipio" - Handel

== Performances ==

'''Cast Adelphi'''
* 28 december 1909 - 30 may 1910 (last nights) : ''Adelphi Theatre'' (London, UK)
* 12-17 september 1910 : ''New Theatre Royal'' (Portsmouth, UK)
* 31 october - 5 november 1910 : ''Grand Theatre'' (Hull, UK)

'''Cast Hastings'''
* 12-14 september 1910 : ''Gaiety Theatre'' (Hastings, UK)

'''Unknown Cast'''
* 1910-1911 : ''Grand Theatre'' (Southampton, UK)
* 12-17 november 1910-1911 : ''Prince's Theatre'' (Bristol, UK)
* 7-12 november 1910 : Park Row Playhouse (Bristol, UK)
* autumn 1910 : ''The Royal Carl Rosa Grand Opera'' (Bath, UK)

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* [[Conan Doyle on stage]]