Great War Theatre

Examiner of Plays' Summary:

A moderately amusing farce. Lady Hinkson runs a country estate agency to release a man for service. She gets a telegram asking her not to let a cottage to one Blake until she gets further particulars by post. Blake arrives and turns out to be her ex-footman, now a captain, wounded at the Front and employed at the War Office. She has to temporize till the letter comes and fun is got out of this and their past relation. She mends a tear in his trousers. Blake gets the idea that she wants to avoid letting a cottage to him in her neighbourhood out of snobbishness and gives her a piece of his mind justified on the supposition. But then the letter arrives; it is from his mother and removes the objection to his taking the cottage; so all is well. The ex-footman become a captain is present humorously but sympathetically, and I see no harm at all in the piece. Recommended for Licence. G. S. Street

Researcher's Summary:

No evidence of a performance has been found for this play. It may have been intended for an afternoon charity performance, as was the case with Evelyn Glover's two sketches 'A Bit of Blighty' and 'Their Mothers'. However, no evidence of a charity performance at the Kingsway Theatre has been found.

Licensed On: 15 Apr 1918

License Number: 1523

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British Library Reference: LCP1918/7

British Library Classmark: Add MS 66189 W

Performances

Date Theatre Type
N/A Kingsway Theatre, London Unknown Licensed Performance