Here is some of the information I have accumulated in my never ending search for William Rogers. It may be of use to some of you. Playbill advertising Fred W. Sidney in QUEEN'S EVIDENCE and THE BAY OF BISCAY at the Britannia Theatre, on the commencement of the dramatic season, 15 March 1886. MENTIONED ON THE PLAYBILL:- author : Conquest, George, Mr, 1837-1901 & Pettitt, Henry, Mr, 1848-1893 actor : Sidney, Fred, Mr & Webb, Lizzie ("Little Lizzie Webb") & Mortimer, Charles, Mr & D'Almaine, Beatrice, Miss author : Rogers, W., Mr actor : Mortimer, Charles, Mr & Steadman, Walter, Mr & D'Almaine, Beatrice, Miss & Howe, Lizzie, Miss : Schwenk, Otto Carl, - & Starr, Harry, Mr *********************** UKC/POS/LDN BRI : 0597417 Playbill advertising THE SAILOR'S PROGRESS and THE SPIRITS OF GOOD AND EVIL and LILY LABURNAM, with an astounding performance on the slack wire by Herr Henderson, at the Britannia Theatre, Hoxton, 23 November 1857 and all the week. MENTIONED ON THE PLAYBILL:- author : Pitt, George Dibdin, Mr, 1799-1855 actor : Bird, C. J., Mr & Marchant, F., Mr & Crauford, W. R., Mr & Borrow, C., Miss author : Hazlewood, C. H., Mr actor : Lane, Samuel, Mr & Yarnold, -, Mrs (wife of E. Yarnold) & Wilton, F., Mr & Reynolds, J., Mr scene painter : Cooper, R., Mr & Buller, C., Mr dancer : Stephan, C., Mdlle & Borrow, C., Miss author : unknown actor : Wilton, F., Mr & Rogers, W., Mr & Pettifer, -, Miss & Marchant, F., Mr slack wire performer : Henderson, -, Mr ************************** UKC/POS/LDN BRI : 0599559 Playbill advertising the "comic Christmas pantomime" of LITTLE BUSY BEE, with WORK GIRLS OF LONDON, at the New Britannia Theatre, Hoxton, [1873?] MENTIONED ON THE PLAYBILL:- author : Hazlewood, Colin Henry, Mr actor : Scott, E., Miss & Parry, J., Mr & Elton, E., Mr & Harding, E., Mr & Jacobs, Esther, Miss scene painter : Rogers, Thomas, Mr & Muir, H., Mr harlequin : White, F., Mr & Louis, J., Mr & Newham, W. H., Mr & Stephan, Celeste, Mdlle author : Hazlewood, Colin Henry, Mr actor : Harding, E., Mr & Reynolds, J., Mr & Scott, E., Miss & Dyas, -, Mrs ************************* UKC/POS/LDN HAY : 0595875 Playbill advertising HAMLET and THE ROUGH DIAMOND and BOX AND COX at the Theatre Royal, Hay-Market, 8 March 1850. MENTIONED ON THE PLAYBILL:- author : Shakespeare, William, Mr, 1564-1616 actor : Kean, Charles, Mr & Rogers, -, Mr & Kean, -, Mrs (wife of Charles Kean) & Warner, -, Mrs author : Buckstone, John Baldwin, Mr, 1802-1879 actor : Buckstone, -, Mr & Rogers, -, Mr & Fitzwilliam, -, Mrs & Buckingham, -, Mrs (wife of L.S. Buckingham?) author : Morton, John Maddison, Mr, 1811-1891 actor : Buckstone, -, Mr & Keeley, -, Mr & Stanley, -, Mrs C/POS/LDN HAY : 0595881 ***************************** Playbill advertising the ballet THE SUN AND THE WIND and the plays THE STRANGER and ON THE SLY and OUR MARY ANNE at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 31 October 1864 and during the week. MENTIONED ON THE PLAYBILL:- dancer : Adams, Caroline, Miss & Leclercq, Arthur, Mr & Wright, Fanny, Miss & Leclercq, Charles, Mr author : Kotzebue, August von, Herr, 1761-1819 actor : Howe, -, Mr & Chippendale, -, Mr & -, Beatrice, Mdlle & Keeley, Louise, Miss author : Morton, John Maddison, Mr, 1811-1891 actor : Buckstone, John Baldwin, Mr, 1802-1879 & Rogers, -, Mr & Snowdon, -, Miss & Fitzwilliam, E., Mrs author : Buckstone, John Baldwin, Mr, 1802-1879 actor : Howe, -, Mr & Rogers, -, Mr & Lindley, H., Miss & Lovell, -, Miss ******************************* UKC/POS/LDN HAY : 0595883 Playbill advertising Amy Sedgwick in AN UNEQUAL MATCH, with THE RIFLE AND HOW TO USE IT and a Caledonian ballet romance called HALLOWE'EN, at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 10 October 1859 and during the week. MENTIONED ON THE PLAYBILL:- author : Taylor, Tom, Mr, 1817-1880 actor : Farren, W., Mr & Chippendale, -, Mr & Sedgwick, Amy, Miss & White, -, Mrs (wife of Buckingham White?) author : Bridgeman, J. V., Mr actor : Buckstone, John Baldwin, Mr, 1802-1879 & Rogers, -, Mr & White, -, Mrs (wife of B. Wright?) & Wilkins, -, Mrs dancer : Leclercq, Arthur, Mr & Leclercq, Charles, Mr & Leclercq, Louise, Miss & Leclercq, -, Mr ************************** UKC/POS/LDN HAY : 0595883 Playbill advertising Amy Sedgwick in AN UNEQUAL MATCH, with THE RIFLE AND HOW TO USE IT and a Caledonian ballet romance called HALLOWE'EN, at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 10 October 1859 and during the week. MENTIONED ON THE PLAYBILL:- author : Taylor, Tom, Mr, 1817-1880 actor : Farren, W., Mr & Chippendale, -, Mr & Sedgwick, Amy, Miss & White, -, Mrs (wife of Buckingham White?) author : Bridgeman, J. V., Mr actor : Buckstone, John Baldwin, Mr, 1802-1879 & Rogers, -, Mr & White, -, Mrs (wife of B. Wright?) & Wilkins, -, Mrs dancer : Leclercq, Arthur, Mr & Leclercq, Charles, Mr & Leclercq, Louise, Miss & Leclercq, -, Mr *********************** Playbill advertising THE BALANCE OF COMFORT and THE EVIL GENIUS and EL GAMBUSINO and LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 15 April 1856. MENTIONED ON THE PLAYBILL:- author : Bernard, William Bayle, Mr, 1807-1875 actor : Howe, -, Mr & Rogers, -, Mr & Reynolds, -, Miss & Grantham, -, Miss author : Bernard, William Bayle, Mr, 1807-1875 actor : Chippendale, -, Mr & Buckstone, John Baldwin, Mr, 1802-1879 & Reynolds, -, Miss & Poynter, -, Mrs author : Lumley, H. R., Mr dancer : Ellar, -, Mr & Hidalgo, -, Senor & Perez, Manuel, Senor & Nena, Perea, Senora author : Webster, Benjamin, Mr, 1797-1882 actor : Buckstone, John Baldwin, Mr, 1802-1879 & Villiers, Edwin, Mr & Swanborough, -, Miss & Schott, -, Miss **************************** Playbill advertising Miss Cushman and Miss Blanche Fane in GUY MANNERING and THE LITTLE TREASURE and A KISS IN THE DARK at the Theatre Royal, Hay-Market, 14 November 1855. MENTIONED ON THE PLAYBILL:- author : Terry, D., Mr & Scott, Walter, Sir actor : Villiers, Edwin, Mr & Rogers, -, Mr & Chippendale, -, Mr & Swanborough, -, Miss & Cushman, -, Miss composer : Barnett, John, Mr, 1802-1890 & Fitzwilliam, Edward, Mr author : Harris, A., Mr actor : Howe, -, Mr & Farren, W., Mr & Swanborough, -, Miss & Fane, Blanche, Miss author : Buckstone, John Baldwin, Mr, 1802-1879 actor : Clark, -, Mr & Villiers, Edwin, Mr & Swanborough, -, Miss & Ellis, -, Mrs **************** UKC/POS/LDN HAY : 0595890 Playbill advertising THE MAN OF MANY FRIENDS and THE SULTAN and ONLY A HALFPENNY and JOHN JONES, with ballets by the Spanish Dancers and a march by the band, at the Theatre Royal, Hay-Market, 20-22 September 1855. MENTIONED ON THE PLAYBILL:- author : Coyne, J. Stirling, Mr actor : Buckstone, John Baldwin, Mr, 1802-1879 & Compton, -, Mr & Reynolds, -, Miss & Swanborough, -, Miss dancer : Valles, Pepa, Senorita & Nena, Perea, Senora & Salvador, Antonia, - & Perez, Manuel, Senor author : unknown actor : Howe, -, Mr & Rogers, -, Mr & Fane, Blanche, Miss & Vining, Amelia, Miss singer : Schott, -, Miss composer : Fitzwilliam, Edward, Mr author : Oxenford, John, Mr, 1812-1877 actor : Buckstone, John Baldwin, Mr, 1802-1879 & Chippendale, -, Mr & Swanborough, -, Miss & Chaplin, E., Miss dancer : Nena, Perea, Senora & Perez, Manuel, Senor author : Buckstone, John Baldwin, Mr, 1802-1879 actor : Compton, -, Mr & Cullenford, -, Mr & Vining, Amelia, Miss & Coe, -, Mrs composer : Fitzwilliam, Edward, Mr ************************ Playbill advertising THE IRISH AMBASSADOR and THE IRISH LION (featuring the "celebrated Irish comedian" Mr. Hudson) with A FISH OUT OF WATER and a ballet by the Spanish Dancers, at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 21-23 September 1854. MENTIONED ON THE PLAYBILL:- author : Kenney, James, Mr, 1780-1849 actor : Hudson, -, Mr & Cullenford, -, Mr & Buckingham, -, Mrs (wife of L.S. Buckingham?) & Reynolds, -, Miss dancer : Nena, Perea, Senora & Ruiz, Antonio, Senor author : Buckstone, John Baldwin, Mr, 1802-1879 actor : Villiers, Edwin, Mr & Cullenford, -, Mr & Buckingham, -, Mrs (wife of L.S. Buckingham?) & Poynter, -, Mrs dancer : Ruiz, Antonio, Senor & Nena, Perea, Senora author : Lunn, Joseph, Mr, 1784-1863 actor : Cullenford, -, Mr & Rogers, -, Mr & Vining, Amelia, Miss & Woulds, E., Miss Good Luck Mary Mary Rogers <[email protected]> Bendigo Australia