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William (Willie) Dodge James and his wife Evelyn Forbes moved to West Dean House in 1891. The couple were in the social set of Edward and Alexandra, Prince and Princess of Wales, who visited the property on a number of occasions.  
William (Willie) Dodge James and his wife Evelyn Forbes moved to West Dean House in 1891. The couple were in the social set of Edward and Alexandra, Prince and Princess of Wales, who visited the property on a number of occasions.  


Evelyn James was particularly fond of private and amateur theatricals and founded the 'West Dean Dramatic Club' in 1895. The group's performances were recorded in a scrapbook and are listed below:   
Evelyn James was particularly fond of private and amateur theatricals and founded the 'West Dean Dramatic Club' in 1895. The group's activities can be traced in her personal papers:   
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!Additional Notes
!Additional Notes
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|Caste by T. W. Robertson
|''Caste'' by T. W. Robertson
|25-26 February 1895
|25-26 February 1895
|Chichester Corn Exchange
|Chichester Corn Exchange
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|Diplomacy by B. C. Stephenson and Clement Scott
|''Diplomacy'' by B. C. Stephenson and Clement Scott
|30 October and 2 November 1895
|30 October and 2 November 1895
|Empire Palace Theatre, Edinburgh
|Empire Palace Theatre, Edinburgh
|Lord Rosslyn's Matinées
|Lord Rosslyn's Matinées
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|Dr Johnson by Leo Trevor and The Money Spinner by Arthur Wing Pinero
|''Dr Johnson'' by Leo Trevor and ''The Money Spinner'' by Arthur Wing Pinero
|7-8 January 1896
|7-8 January 1896
|West Dean Park, West Sussex
|West Dean Park, West Sussex
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|Dr Johnson by Leo Trevor and The Money Spinner by Arthur Wing Pinero
|''Dr Johnson'' by Leo Trevor and ''The Money Spinner'' by Arthur Wing Pinero
|27-28 January 1896
|27-28 January 1896
|Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
|Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
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|The Parvenu by G. W. Godfey and The Highwayman by Justin H. McCarthy
|''The Parvenu'' by G. W. Godfey and ''The Highwayman'' by Justin H. McCarthy
|13-14 February 1896
|13-14 February 1896
|Tranby Croft, East Riding of Yorkshire
|Tranby Croft, East Riding of Yorkshire
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|Concert followed by Sweethearts by W. S. Gilbert
|Concert followed by ''Sweethearts'' by W. S. Gilbert
|3 April 1897
|3 April 1897
|The Casino, Biarritz
|The Casino, Biarritz
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|Sweethearts by W. S. Gilbert and A Commission by Weedon Grossmith
|''Sweethearts'' by W. S. Gilbert and ''A Commission'' by Weedon Grossmith
|7-8 January 1897-8?
|7-8 January 1897-8?
|Pavilion Theatre, Buxton, Derbyshire
|Pavilion Theatre, Buxton, Derbyshire
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|Her New Dressmaker by W. R. Walker and Too Clever by Half (author unknown)
|''Her New Dressmaker'' by W. R. Walker and T''oo Clever by Half'' (author unknown)
|11 December 1897
|11 December 1897
|West Dean Park, West Sussex
|West Dean Park, West Sussex
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|His Little Dodge and Kitty Clive by F. Frankfort Moore
|''His Little Dodge'' and ''Kitty Clive'' by F. Frankfort Moore
|7 January 1898
|7 January 1898
|Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
|Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
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|Dandy Dick by Arthur Wing Pinero
|''Dandy Dick'' by Arthur Wing Pinero
|19-20 December 1899?
|19-20 December 1899?
|Town Hall, Rugby
|Town Hall, Rugby
|Organised by Mrs Arthur James
|Organised by Mrs Arthur James
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|Peace and War - a Masque
|''Peace and War'' - a Masque
|13 February 1900
|13 February 1900
|Her Majesty's Theatre, London
|Her Majesty's Theatre, London
|Organised by Mrs Arthur Paget
|Organised by Mrs Arthur Paget
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|A Pantomime Rehearsa and Le Bibelot
|''A Pantomime Rehearsal'' and ''Le Bibelot''
|January 1901
|January 1901
|Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
|Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
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|Masks and Faces by Tom Taylor and Charles Reade
|''Masks and Faces'' by Tom Taylor and Charles Reade
|28 May 1901
|28 May 1901
|Chichester Corn Exchange
|Chichester Corn Exchange
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|Manœuvres of Jane
|''Manœuvres of Jane'' by Henry Arthur Jones
|December 1903
|December 1903
|Market Harborough and Rugby
|Market Harborough and Rugby
|Organised by Mrs Arthur James
|Organised by Mrs Arthur James
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|Cinderella and the Magic Slipper by Leo Trevor
|''Cinderella and the Magic Slipper'' by Leo Trevor
|January 1904
|7-8 January 1904
|Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
|Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
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|Manœuvres of Jane
|''Manœuvres of Jane'' by Henry Arthur Jones
|January 1904
|25 January 1904
|Chichester Corn Exchange
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|''Manœuvres of Jane'' by Henry Arthur Jones
|27 January 1904
|Brighton Alhambra
|Brighton Alhambra
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|The Duke of Killicrankie by Robert Marshall
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|12-13 January 1905
|London?
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|17-18 January 1905
|Rugby
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|''The Duke of Killicrankie'' by Robert Marshall
|TBC
|TBC
|Chichester Corn Exchange
|Chichester Corn Exchange
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|The Duke of Killicrankie by Robert Marshall
|''The Duke of Killicrankie'' by Robert Marshall
|February
|9-10 February 1905
|Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
|Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
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|In the Cause of Charity by Leo Trevor and 'Imitations' by Miss Gladys Marsden and Scenes from The Hunchback by James Sheridan Knowles
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|23-24 May 1905
|New Theatre, Oxford
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|''In the Cause of Charity'' by Leo Trevor and 'Imitations' by Miss Gladys Marsden and scenes from ''The Hunchback'' by James Sheridan Knowles
|15-16 December 1905
|15-16 December 1905
|Chichester Corn Exchange
|Chichester Corn Exchange
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|The Isle of Pharawai by Don Pedro de Zulueta
|''The Isle of Pharawai'' by Don Pedro de Zulueta
|December 1906
|14 December 1906
|Chichester Corn Exchange
|Chichester Corn Exchange
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|A Queen's Messenger by J. Hartley Manners, Op = O' = Me Thumb by Frederick Fenn and Richard Pryce and A Privy Council by Major W. P. Drury and Richard Pryce
|''A Queen's Messenger'' by J. Hartley Manners, ''Op = O' = Me Thumb'' by Frederick Fenn and Richard Pryce and ''A Privy Council'' by Major W. P. Drury and Richard Pryce
|28 February 1908
|28 February 1908
|Chichester Corn Exchange
|Chichester Corn Exchange
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|Concert
|Concert
|July 1908
|7 July 1908
|Bryanston Square, London
|Bryanston Square, London
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|The Mollusc by Hubert Henry Davies
|''The Mollusc'' by Hubert Henry Davies
|1909
|19 January 1909
|Chichester Corn Exchange
|Chichester Corn Exchange
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|The Mollusc by Hubert Henry Davies
|''The Mollusc'' by Hubert Henry Davies
|13 February 1909
|20 January1909
|The Opera House, Tunbridge Wells
|Midhusrt Sanatorium
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|The Mollusc by Hubert Henry Davies
|''The Mollusc'' by Hubert Henry Davies
|January 1909
|22 January 1909
|Brighton Alhambra
|Brighton Alhambra
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|The Mollusc by Hubert Henry Davies
|''The Mollusc'' by Hubert Henry Davies
|26 January 1909
|The Cordes Hall, Sunninghill
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|''The Mollusc'' by Hubert Henry Davies
|13 February 1909
|The Opera House, Tunbridge Wells
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|''The Mollusc'' by Hubert Henry Davies
|6 May 1909
|6 May 1909
|The Kingsway Theatre, London
|The Kingsway Theatre, London
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|The Mollusc by Hubert Henry Davies
|''The Mollusc'' by Hubert Henry Davies
|9 June 1909
|Ealing Hippodrome
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|The 'Tariff Reform Play'
|14 December 1909
|Chichester Corn Exchange
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|Midhusrt Sanatorium
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|Concert
|9 January 1910
|Chichester Corn Exchange
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|The Mollusc by Hubert Henry Davies
|'Musical entertainment' 'the doll play'
|26 January 1909
|18 January 1910
|The Cordes Hall, Sunninghill
|Sandrigham
|Visting Edward VII and Queen Alexandra
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|''The Marriage of Kitty'' adapted from French by Cosmo Gordon-Lennox
|8 February 1910
|Chichester Corn Exchange
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|The Marriage of Kitty adapted by Cosmo Gordon-Lennox
|''The Marriage of Kitty'' adapted from French by Cosmo Gordon-Lennox
|11 February 1910
|11 February 1910
|Brighton Alhambra
|Brighton Alhambra
|King Edward VII present
|King Edward VII present
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|The Marriage of Kitty adapted by Cosmo Gordon-Lennox
|''The Marriage of Kitty'' adapted from French by Cosmo Gordon-Lennox
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|18 February 1910
|Chichester Corn Exchange
|Theatre Royal Portsmouth
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|The Marriage of Kitty adapted by Cosmo Gordon-Lennox
|Concert
|18 February 1910
|21 February 1910
|Portsmouth Theatre Royal
|Brighton Dome
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|The Marriage of Kitty adapted by Cosmo Gordon-Lennox
|The 'doll' play like at Sandringham - musical comedy. Also Collaborators and duologue
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|26-27 December 1910
|Ealing Hippodrome?
|West Dean Park, West Sussex
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Latest revision as of 12:26, 28 November 2023

West Dean House

West Dean House near Chichester in West Sussex was used for private theatricals by the James family in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

William (Willie) Dodge James and his wife Evelyn Forbes moved to West Dean House in 1891. The couple were in the social set of Edward and Alexandra, Prince and Princess of Wales, who visited the property on a number of occasions.

Evelyn James was particularly fond of private and amateur theatricals and founded the 'West Dean Dramatic Club' in 1895. The group's activities can be traced in her personal papers:

Play / Performance Dates Location Additional Notes
Caste by T. W. Robertson 25-26 February 1895 Chichester Corn Exchange
Diplomacy by B. C. Stephenson and Clement Scott 30 October and 2 November 1895 Empire Palace Theatre, Edinburgh Lord Rosslyn's Matinées
Dr Johnson by Leo Trevor and The Money Spinner by Arthur Wing Pinero 7-8 January 1896 West Dean Park, West Sussex
Dr Johnson by Leo Trevor and The Money Spinner by Arthur Wing Pinero 27-28 January 1896 Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
The Parvenu by G. W. Godfey and The Highwayman by Justin H. McCarthy 13-14 February 1896 Tranby Croft, East Riding of Yorkshire
Concert followed by Sweethearts by W. S. Gilbert 3 April 1897 The Casino, Biarritz
Sweethearts by W. S. Gilbert and A Commission by Weedon Grossmith 7-8 January 1897-8? Pavilion Theatre, Buxton, Derbyshire
Her New Dressmaker by W. R. Walker and Too Clever by Half (author unknown) 11 December 1897 West Dean Park, West Sussex
His Little Dodge and Kitty Clive by F. Frankfort Moore 7 January 1898 Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
Dandy Dick by Arthur Wing Pinero 19-20 December 1899? Town Hall, Rugby Organised by Mrs Arthur James
Peace and War - a Masque 13 February 1900 Her Majesty's Theatre, London Organised by Mrs Arthur Paget
A Pantomime Rehearsal and Le Bibelot January 1901 Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
Masks and Faces by Tom Taylor and Charles Reade 28 May 1901 Chichester Corn Exchange
Manœuvres of Jane by Henry Arthur Jones December 1903 Market Harborough and Rugby Organised by Mrs Arthur James
Cinderella and the Magic Slipper by Leo Trevor 7-8 January 1904 Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
Manœuvres of Jane by Henry Arthur Jones 25 January 1904 Chichester Corn Exchange
Manœuvres of Jane by Henry Arthur Jones 27 January 1904 Brighton Alhambra
12-13 January 1905 London?
17-18 January 1905 Rugby
The Duke of Killicrankie by Robert Marshall TBC Chichester Corn Exchange
The Duke of Killicrankie by Robert Marshall 9-10 February 1905 Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
23-24 May 1905 New Theatre, Oxford
In the Cause of Charity by Leo Trevor and 'Imitations' by Miss Gladys Marsden and scenes from The Hunchback by James Sheridan Knowles 15-16 December 1905 Chichester Corn Exchange
The Isle of Pharawai by Don Pedro de Zulueta 14 December 1906 Chichester Corn Exchange
A Queen's Messenger by J. Hartley Manners, Op = O' = Me Thumb by Frederick Fenn and Richard Pryce and A Privy Council by Major W. P. Drury and Richard Pryce 28 February 1908 Chichester Corn Exchange
Concert 7 July 1908 Bryanston Square, London
The Mollusc by Hubert Henry Davies 19 January 1909 Chichester Corn Exchange
The Mollusc by Hubert Henry Davies 20 January1909 Midhusrt Sanatorium
The Mollusc by Hubert Henry Davies 22 January 1909 Brighton Alhambra
The Mollusc by Hubert Henry Davies 26 January 1909 The Cordes Hall, Sunninghill
The Mollusc by Hubert Henry Davies 13 February 1909 The Opera House, Tunbridge Wells
The Mollusc by Hubert Henry Davies 6 May 1909 The Kingsway Theatre, London
The Mollusc by Hubert Henry Davies 9 June 1909 Ealing Hippodrome
The 'Tariff Reform Play' 14 December 1909 Chichester Corn Exchange
Concert 9 January 1910 Chichester Corn Exchange
'Musical entertainment' 'the doll play' 18 January 1910 Sandrigham Visting Edward VII and Queen Alexandra
The Marriage of Kitty adapted from French by Cosmo Gordon-Lennox 8 February 1910 Chichester Corn Exchange
The Marriage of Kitty adapted from French by Cosmo Gordon-Lennox 11 February 1910 Brighton Alhambra King Edward VII present
The Marriage of Kitty adapted from French by Cosmo Gordon-Lennox 18 February 1910 Theatre Royal Portsmouth
Concert 21 February 1910 Brighton Dome
The 'doll' play like at Sandringham - musical comedy. Also Collaborators and duologue 26-27 December 1910 West Dean Park, West Sussex
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