Great War Theatre

Examiner of Plays' Summary:

This is a musical revue of the usual patter, with just a thread of plot to string together its song dances and scenes. These latter are laid in a Cornish villages, and at Belfridge's, an American store which includes a theatre among its department: at that theatre has been engaged a Russian danseus, who, having quarrelled with the manager, has run away to Cornwall to hide, and is followed by a comic detective who wants to arrest her as a German spy. Another member of the company who goes to Cornwall is the leading actor who promptly falls in love with a village belle and takes her up to town where she goes on the stage Belfridges. Whenever interest in the mid story flags there is introduced a new disguise for the comic detective, who eventually proves to be a bookmaker down on his luck. There is no hint of harm in the pointless nonsense and the songs are stated to be published ones.

Licensed On: 10 Feb 1916

License Number: 53

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British Library Reference: LCP1916/3

British Library Classmark: Add MS 66124 A

Performances

Date Theatre Type
N/A Kursaal, Whitley Bay Unknown Licensed Performance
13 Mar 1916 Kursaal, Whitley Bay Professional
Read Narrative
Fred Melton was engaged at short notice to take up the part of Go-Ahead Slick, the American vaudeville manager in Ambre and Houghton's new revue Going Some at the Kursaal, Whitley Bay. (The Stage - Thursday 16 March, 1916)