Doors open at seven o'clock. Performance to commence at half-past.
Private Boxes £3. 3s. and £1. 11s. 6d.
Prices:—Stalls 6/. Lower Circle 5/. Upper Circle 2/.
Pit 1/. Gallery 6d.
Box Office open from eleven to two.
CHAPTER VI
CHIEFLY AT THE QUEEN'S THEATRE
As the carrier-dove invariably, and often after a period of long absence, wings its way back to its first home, so in due time Ellen Terry, bringing with her her long-desired message, fluttered back to the stage. We have seen how in 1866 she appeared at the Olympic, playing Helen to her sister's Julia, in "The Hunchback." This was a special occasion, but in the following year she, to the great delight of the public, entered once more on a regular engagement. This was at the Queen's Theatre in Longacre, and it came at the right time. In the August of 1867 playgoers had mourned for the loss of their beloved Kate Terry. In the following October Ellen Terry was at hand to take her place in their hearts. In the previous June she had acted at the Holborn Theatre in a short-lived play by Tom Taylor, entitled "The Antipodes, or Ups and Downs of Life." In it she had the support of a good company, which included that wonderful actress Charlotte Saunders; but though the drama dealt more or less effectively with the racing element in England and the digging element in Australia, it gave little or no chance to the performers, and is only mentioned here for purposes of record.
It was at the Queen's that the new laurels were to be won.