Le Bioscope d'H. Spencer Clarke (août 1899)

H. Spencer Clarke, qui a collaboré pendant quelque temps avec les sociétés Lever et Nestlé, propose désormais des séances avec son bioscope. À Gravesend, les séances ont lieu au Grand Theatre, vers la mi-août :

GRAND THEATRE.-This music hall was crowded in every part on the evening of Bank Holiday, a fact which the proprietors thoroughly merited, seeing that an excellent programme had been prepared. A feature was Mr. H. Spencer Clarke’s Bioscope, and not a few of theses animated photographs were of an amusing character. The descriptive songs by Mr. Arthur Combes were exceedingly well rendered, and Miss Doris Vere, comedienne; Sisters Vanderbilt, duettists and dancers; Miss Dot Forde, serio; Dante and Duval, tramp comedians; and Charles Rutland, comedian, were all immensely enjoyed. A military sketch by Harry Calden’s Combination, and entitled “Love and Duty,” had plenty of sensational parts in it and was pourtrayed with great success. “The Agent’s Office” was a very laughable sketch by the Eccentric Three. Another good programme is advertised for next week.

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Gravesend Reporter, North Kent and South Essex Advertiser, Saturday 12 August 1899, p. 5.

Mais on ne connaît pas le titres des vues présentées au public.

Le Royal Bioscope d'H. Spencer Clarke (novembre 1899)

Quelques mois plus tard, H. Spencer Clarke revient à Gravesend avec son projecteur, rebaptisé pour l'occasion "Royal Bioscope" . Le spectacle a lieu au Grand Theatre of Varietes :

GRAVESEND
GRAND THEATRE OF VARIETES.-Proprietors, Captain H.E. Davis and Mr J. Collins.-This week we have here Rice, Rose, and Davis, and the Half in several new and successful sketches; Neltie Cavendish, comedienne; Albert Fielding, eccentric comedian; Lily Wilford, burlesque actress and speciality dancer; George Mackney, character vocalist; Dolly Drew, serio; Bert Reeves, descrptive vocalist; Nellis Gylmour, ballad vocalist; and Spencer Clarke, with his Royal Biograph.

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The Era, 25 November 1899, p. 22.

Mais toujours aussi peu d'informations sur la programmation.

Le Royal Bioscope d'H. Spencer Clarke (avril 1900)

H. Spencer Clarke dispose d'un bioscope et participe à des soirées au cours desquelles il présente des films. C'est le cas à Gravesend, où des représentations sont données les 27 et 28 avril 1900.

Gravesend Reporter, North Kent and South Essex Advertiser, 14 avril 1900, p. 4.

Quant au répertoire de films, nous n'avons guère d'informations si ce n'est la série de vues de guerre.