Irving Amateur Dramatic Club

The Irving Amateur Dramatic Club was founded in London in 1879. It often performed works at St George's Hall. In 1890 its President was Henry Irving himself with Justin McCarthy M.P. and E. S. Willard as vice presidents.

Plays performed by the club:

• 1879: Hamlet and Where There's a Will There's a Way
• 1880: Hamlet, A Little Change, Othello and My Turn Next
• 1881: Othello, Awaking, A Scrap of Paper, A Regular Fix and The Honeymoon
• 1882: Our Bitterest Foe, The Critic, The Lady of Lyons, To Oblige Benson and As You Like It.
• 1883: Our Bitterest Foe, Sweethearts, Woodcock's Little Game, A Lucky Escape, Time and the Hour, Twelfth Night.
• 1884: Money, Deaf as a Post, His Own Guest, As You Like It, Love Labour's Lost.
• 1885: The Love Chase, A Lesson in Love, A Midsummer Night's Dream (scenes from).
• 1886: Married in Haste, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Henry IV Part 1
• 1887: Death of Marlowe, The Silver Shield, Macduff's Cross, and An Unequal Match.
• 1888: Twelfth Night, Two Gentlemen of Verona.
• 1889: Fennel, Our Club, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Much Ado About Nothing.
• 1890: Henry IV Part 1 (at the Lyceum Theatre), A Cozy Couple, The Silver Shield and The Tempest.
• 1891: Engaged, Old Cronies, The Mousetrap, A Chance Interview, and Bygones.
• 1892: As You Like It, The Hobby Horse
• 1893: Cymbeline.