La Marseillaise

Examiner of Plays' Summary:

This production is designed mainly to celebrate Alsace and Lorraine and their reunion with France. The first tableau shows the reception of Pouget de Lisle by the Mayor of Strasbourg in 1792 and his singing of the Marseillaise. There is then recited a poem on the same subject. After that an officer and an Alsacian maiden recite alternately verses in praise of Alsace a passing homage is offered to Verdun and then the Allies greet Alsace and Lorraine with appropriate verses. Some people might think all this premature, but it is at least is sincere and spirited. Recommended for Licence. G. S. Street

Researcher's Summary:

No performance has been found. The licensed date, 25 April 1918, was a Thursday. There were two Pavilion theatres in London: one in Mile End and one at the Piccadilly Circus end of Shaftesbury Avenue. The Stage, 4 April 1918, carried an advertisement inserted by the Pavilion Theatre, Mile End, London E, seeking a ‘First-class Revue, to open Monday, April 22. Only first-class Production entertained’. The Stage, 18 April 1918, included in ‘Calls for Next Week’ Marie Lloyd, Bransby Williams and other revue artistes at the London Pavilion (the one at the Piccadilly Circus end of Shaftesbury Avenue?). The Stage, 25 April 1918, included in ‘Calls for Next Week’ Grock and Partner, Cicely Courtneidge and other revue artistes at the London Pavilion (the one at the Piccadilly Circus end of Shaftesbury Avenue?).