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 James and Lillian's work as actors, writers and producers is volumlous.  In the table below I have mentioned just some of the theatres they worked in over the years but the truth is they problably appeared in just about every theatre in the British Isles.  Judging from my research so far they were welcomed everywhere they went and were loved by their audiences and their peers alike.  J Rice Cassidy's Company was also a very profitable  business.  For instance, in October of 1900 a performance of "The God of War" was staged at "The Queen's Theatre" in Chester-Le-Street, near Durham.  In just one night the profits from the show amounted to £39 which may not sound very much by today's standards but using the retail price index to calculate what that would be worth today £39 becomes £3025.00.  Not bad for one nights work.  When you also take into consideration that they also performed in much larger venues often to packed houses it's fair to say that James and Lillian may well have been the Edwardian equivalent of Posh and Becks!!

 

PLAY TITLE

YEAR/OPENING DATE

AUTHOR/PLAYWRIGHT

ROLE

LOCATION

EVICTION

1888

HUBERT O'GRADY

DERMOT MCMAHON

THE NEW THEATRE ROYAL, BELFAST
EVICTION

1889

HUBERT O'GRADY DERMOT MCMAHON THE ROYAL ALBERT GAINSBOROUGH

CINDERELLA

1890

AUTHOR UNKOWN

 UNKNOWN

THE GRAND THEATRE GLASGOW

SWEET INNISFAIL

1890

RICHARD DOWLING "A SLIP OF A BOY" DENNY DOON THEATRE ROYAL WOLVERHAMPTON

SWEET INNISFAIL

1891

RICHARD DOWLING

COCKNEY GENTLEMAN'S SERVANT

THEATRE ROYAL WOLVERHAMPTON

LITTLE JACK AND THE BIG BEANSTALK

1891

AUTHOR UNKNOWN WIDOW SMITH COATBRIDGE ROYAL
MULDOONS PICNIC

1891

barry and fay RICE CASSIDY PRODUCER ONLY PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE, GRIMSBY

DICK WHITTINGTON

1891

AUTHOR UNKOWN

CAPTAIN McCARTHY

CARDIFF

SWEET INNISFAIL

1892

RICHARD DOWLING DR FITZGERALD AVENUE, SUNDERLAND

ON THE FRONTIER

1893

JAMES HARDIE

MICHAEL O'DARE

COVENTRY OPERA HOUSE

ON THE FRONTIER

1894

JAMES HARDIE

MICHAEL O'DARE

THEATRE ROYAL BOOTLE

THE FAST MAIL

1894

JAMES HARDIE

PATRICK O'DARE

 NEW ROYAL, WEST BROMWICH

THE WORLD AGAINST HER

1895

FRANK HARVEY

BOB MILLETT

THE NEW ROYAL ASTON BIRMINGHAM

SONS OF ERIN

1896

W J PATMORE

TERRY O'HAGAN

 THEATRE ROYAL, DARWEN, LANCASHIRE

HEARTS O' THE WEST

1897

J RICE CASSIDY

 BRIAN O'HAGAN

THEATRE ROYAL, OLDHAM 

SHAMROCK AND THE ROSE

1897

WALTER REYNOLDS

DANNY DUNRAVEN

 ROYAL, COLCHESTER
SHAMROCK AND THE ROSE

1897

WALTER REYNOLDS DANNY DUNRAVEN BRIGHTON GAIETY
SHAMROCK AND THE ROSE

1898

WALTER REYNOLDS DANNY DUNRAVEN THE PRINCES THEATRE BLACKBURN
THE GOD OF WAR

1899

CHARLES WHITLOCK DANDY DONOVAN (DOLLY DALY'S IRISH SERVANT) HARTE'S OPENSHAW THEATRE, MANCHESTER
THE GOD OF WAR

1899

CHARLES WHITLOCK DANDY DONOVAN THEATRE ROYAL, GREENOCK

THE BLIND FOUNDLING

1899

CHARLES H PHELPS

GERALD DALTON

 THEATRE ROYAL, BIRKENHEAD

IN HOLY RUSSIA

1899

LILLIAN CLARE CASSIDY

MICKEY DOLAN

 THE PRINCESS THEATRE, GLASGOW

THE GOD OF WAR

1900

CHARLES WHITLOCK DANDY DONOVAN METROPOLE, MANCHESTER
THE BLIND FOUNDLING

1901

CHARLES H PHELPS RICE CASSIDY PRODUCER ONLY THEATRE ROYAL, DARWEN

ONE WOMAN’S WICKEDNESS

1903

CHARLES H PHELPS

RICE CASSIDY PRODUCER ONLY

THEATRE ROYAL , SMETHWICK

MANS INHUMANITY

1903

CHARLES H PHELPS

 RICE CASSIDY PRODUCER ONLY

COLLESUM, OLDHAM

DAN THE RAKE

1903

MILES WALTERTON, FRANCES GILBERT AND LANCE USHER

DANNY DUNARVAN

QUEENS THEATRE, DUBLIN
IN HOLY RUSSIA

1905

LILLIAN CLARE CASSIDY MICKEY NOLAN PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE,  SALFORD
DAN THE RAKE

1907

MILES WALTERTON, FRANCES GILBERT AND LANCE USHER DANNY DUNARVAN ROYAL OSBORNE THEATRE, MANCHESTER
IN HOLY RUSSIA

1907

LILLIAN CLARE CASSIDY MICKEY NOLAN ROYAL PRINCESS THEATRE, GLASGOW

SEAWEED

1908

LILLIAN CLARE CASSIDY

HON. ALGERNON FITZHUGH

 THEATRE ROYAL, SCARBOROUGH

A ROGUE AT LARGE

1908

LILLIAN CLARE CASSIDY

 UNKNOWN

PALACE THEATRE, NEWCASTLE 

THE LAST OF THE RUBINOFFS

1908

LILLIAN CLARE CASSIDY

 UNKNOWN

THEATRE ROYAL, LINCOLN 

THE WORLD AND THE WOMAN

1909

LILLIAN CLARE CASSIDY

TUT HARDING

PALACE THEATRE, NEWCASTLE 

THE PINCH OF ANOTHER MAN'S SHOES

1911

LILLIAN CLARE CASSIDY

FIGHTING KIT FROM SOUTH AFRICA

ALEXANDRA THEATRE, HULL

GENERAL JOHN REGAN

1913

GEORGE A BIRMINGHAM TIMOTHY DOYLE HUDSON THEATRE NEW YORK
HIS MOTHER'S CROSS

1913

LILLIAN CLARE CASSIDY FATHER MEARY HUDSON THEATRE NEW YORK

GENERAL JOHN REGAN

1914

GEORGE A BIRMINGHAM

TIMOTHY DOYLE

 LIBERTY THEATRE NEW YORK 

SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER

1914

OLIVER GOLDSMITH

OLD HARDCASTLE

 39TH STREET THEATRE, NEW YORK

HIS MOTHER’S CROSS

1915

LILLIAN CLARE CASSIDY

FATHER MEARY

THEATRE ROYAL, LEEDS

 

THE CRATER

1915

LILLIAN CLARE CASSIDY

LOUIS BECKE

 THE PALACE THEATRE, REDDITCH

THE SHAUGHRAUN

1915

DION BOUCICAULT

CONN

 

BETWEEN WIFE AND MOTHER

1915

LILLIAN CLARE CASSIDY

 UNKNOWN

QUEENS THEARE, DUBLIN

LOVES HARD ROAD

1915

LILLIAN CLARE CASSIDY

 UNKNOWN

THEATRE ROYAL, HARROGATE 

THE HOME RULERS

1915

LILLIAN CLARE CASSIDY    
THE PEACEMAKER

1915

JACK THOMAS   EMPIRE THEATRE ROTHERHAM

THE BEGGAR PRINCESS

1916

LILLIAN CLARE CASSIDY

RIGHT HONOURABLE ALGERNON FITZHUGH

THE GRAND, DONCASTER

HIS MOTHERS SON "VC"

1916

LILLIAN CLARE CASSIDY

KERRY KERNAN

METROPOLE, BOOTLE, MANCHESTER

THE SINS OF THE MIGHTY

1917

  TERENCE O'CONNOR THEATRE ROYAL, BURY, LANCS.
LOVE IN A COTTAGE

1918

W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM

  NEW THEATRE OXFORD

TAKING THINGS QUIETLY (COMEDY SKETCH)

1919

AUTHOR UNKNOWN

ZACCHEUS WEBB

IMPERIAL, CANNING TOWN, LONDON

DORA STAYS THE NIGHT

1919

    SCALA, LONDON
A CERTAIN LIVLINESS

1919

  SIR JAMES JUNK ST MARTINS THEATRE, LONDON
THE SOUTHERN MAID

1920

GEORGE EDWARDS   THE GRAND, SOUTHAMPTON

NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH

1920

JAMES MONTGOMERY

 UNKNOWN

 THEATRE ROYAL, GUILDFORD

PETER PAN

1921

J. M. BARRIE

SMEE

 LYCEUM, EDINBURGH

A CASE OF DIAMONDS

1922

SUTTON VANE   THEATRE ROYAL, SHEFFIELD
PETER PAN

1924

J. M. BARRIE SMEE ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE, EDINBURGH
PETER PAN

1925

J. M. BARRIE SMEE PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE, BIRMINGHAM

BIDDY

1925

LAWRENCE COWAN

FATHER O'FLAHERTY

 THEATRE ROYAL, BRISTOL

PETER PAN

1926

J. M. BARRIE SMEE THEATRE ROYAL, BRIGHTON
THE WITNESS FOR THE DEFENCE

1926

A. E. W MASON UNKNOWN KNIGHTSTONE PAVILLION, WESTON SUPERMARE

 

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