Fringed gold silk programme with black typography mounted on cream cardboard. Silk programme for Ruddigore, Theatre Royal Jersey, 1887 The Theatre Royal, Jersey hosted the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company under the enterprising skills of owner William Wybert Rousby. Purchasing the theatre in 1868 after acting under previous manager Henry Cornwall (who built the theatre in 1865), Rousby introduced a varied programme of comedy, drama, farce and grand and comic opera. The theatre had already hosted the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1880 and 1882 for their productions of H.M.S. Pinafore and Patience, respectively.