Appendix II

Tours of ‘The Eight Lancashire Lads’, 1898–1900

Chaplin is believed to have been with the troupe throughout the period detailed below. It is possible that the troupe did not perform at all during the weeks for which there is no record.

1898	week commencing:
	26 December	Theatre Royal, Manchester (Babes in the Wood).
1899	2 January	Theatre Royal, Manchester (Babes in the Wood).
	9 January	Theatre Royal, Manchester (Babes in the Wood).
	16 January	Theatre Royal, Manchester (Babes in the Wood).
	23 January	Theatre Royal, Manchester (Babes in the Wood).
	30 January	Theatre Royal, Manchester (Babes in the Wood).
	6 February	Theatre Royal, Manchester (Babes in the Wood).
	13 February	Theatre Royal, Manchester (Babes in the Wood).
	27 February	Grand Theatre, Manchester.
	6 March	Grand Theatre, Manchester.
	3 April	Oxford Music Hall, Oxford Street, London.
	10 April	Oxford Music Hall, Oxford Street, London.
	17 April	Oxford Music Hall, Oxford Street, London.
	24 April	Oxford Music Hall, Oxford Street, London.
	1 May	Oxford Music Hall, Oxford Street, London.
	8 May	Oxford Music Hall, Oxford Street, London.
	15 May	Oxford Music Hall, Oxford Street, London.
	29 May	Empire, Cardiff.
	5 June	Empire, Swansea.
	17 July	Empire, Nottingham.
	2 October	Paragon, Mile End Road, London.
	9 October	Paragon, Mile End Road, London.
	16 October	Paragon, Mile End Road, London.
	23 October	Paragon, Mile End Road, London.
	6 November	Oxford Music Hall, Oxford Street, London.
	13 November	Oxford Music Hall, Oxford Street, London.
	20 November	Oxford Music Hall, Oxford Street, London.
	27 November	Oxford Music Hall, Oxford Street, London.
	5 December	Oxford Music Hall, Oxford Street, London.
	12 December	Oxford Music Hall, Oxford Street, London.
	19 December	Oxford Music Hall, Oxford Street, London.
	26 December	New Alexandra Theatre, Stoke Newington, London (Pantomime, Sinbad the Sailor).
1900	1 January	New Alexandra Theatre, Stoke Newington, London.
	8 January	New Alexandra Theatre, Stoke Newington, London.
	15 January	New Alexandra Theatre, Stoke Newington, London.
	22 January	New Alexandra Theatre, Stoke Newington, London.
	29 January	New Alexandra Theatre, Stoke Newington, London.
	5 February	New Alexandra Theatre, Stoke Newington, London.
	26 February	Empire Theatre, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
	5 March	Empire Palace, South Shields.
	12 March	Empire Palace, Glasgow.
	19 March	Royal, Holborn (Holborn Empire), London.
	26 March	Empire Palace, Edinburgh.
	2 April	Empire Palace, Birmingham.
	9 April	Empire Palace, Birmingham.
	16 April	Tivoli Music Hall, Strand, London.
	23 April	Tivoli Music Hall, Strand, London.
	30 April	Tivoli Music Hall, Strand, London.
	7 May	Tivoli Music Hall, Strand, London.
	14 May	Tivoli Music Hall, Strand, London.
	21 May	Tivoli Music Hall, Strand, London.
	28 May	Tivoli Music Hall, Strand, London.
	4 June	Canterbury Music Hall, London.
	6 August	Camberwell Palace of Varieties, London.
	20 August	Oxford Music Hall, Oxford Street, London.
	27 August	Oxford Music Hall, Oxford Street, London.
	3 September	Oxford Music Hall, Oxford Street, London.
	10 September	Oxford Music Hall, Oxford Street, London.
	17 September	Palace Theatre, Hull.
	24 September	Empire Theatre, Sheffield.
	1 October	Empire Palace, Leeds.
	8 October	Empire Theatre, Bradford.
	15 October	Palace Theatre, Manchester.
	22 October	Palace Theatre, Manchester.
	29 October	Empire Theatre, Liverpool.
	5 November	Empire Theatre, Liverpool.
	12 November	Empire Theatre, Dublin.
	19 November	Empire Theatre, Dublin.
	26 November	Empire Theatre, Belfast.
	3 December	Empire Theatre, New Cross.
	24 December	According to Chaplin the Lancashire Lads appeared in the pantomime Cinderella at the London Hippodrome, which ran from 24 December to 13 April 1901.