Mr. Keeley as Caleb, and Miss M[ary] Keeley as Bertha.

Albert Smith's "official" adaptation of Dickens's The Cricket on the Hearth performed at the Lyceum Theatre

1845

"It is long since we have witnessed such enthusiasm as that evinced by the audience upon the fall of the curtain." [p. 413]

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  • Review from The Illustrated London News
  • Scene from the play (The Illustrated London News)
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