Great War Theatre

Month: August 2018

Eva Elwes’ life and work during WW1 by Mary Newman

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T. Edward Ward's Tours. Now in the 20th Year. Pals by Eva Elwes. Joy-Sister of Mercy by Eva Elwes. Verb, amp:0- 'only two losing weeks since production, Xmas 1914'. Forthcoming Xmas Production. A Striking Family Drama. Unique because so natural. A Wonderful Money-maker. Booking Spring 1916. Stock Season at Prince's, Portsmouth, in November. Address, T. Edward War, this, T. R. Lincoln; next, Queen's, Leeds.

A Prolific Playwright Eva Elwes was a prolific playwright and 17 of her 46 plays, submitted to the Lord Chamberlain for licensing, were written in 1914-18. As well as being a playwright Eva was also an actress in touring companies, sometimes acting in her own plays, such as: Mother Mine, His Mother’s Rosary, Joy Sister… continued →

Finding Eva by Mary Newman

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Anyone who’s ever watched Who do you think you are? will know that ancestor hunting takes its subjects to unexpected places. It led me to Eva Elwes, playwright and actress, and my great-aunt. The chase has involved many hours searching genealogy resources and the British Newspaper Archive, a trip across the globe to the British Library… continued →