The Land O' Dreams
Examiner of Plays' Summary:
This vision of a little Italian street-musician who, while sleeping by the wayside, has a lovely dream in which he sees the marble statues of various classical gods and goddesses. At his request they perform various dances, and are followed to his increased delight, by figures symbolizing war, victory, peace, the allies and Britannia to bring the dream to a patriotic finale. Quite innocent and pretty. Recommended for licence. Ernest A. Bendall
Researcher's Summary:
The expected performance at the Hippodrome, Golder's Green, London on 25 July 1918, which was a Thursday, has not been found. The Stage, 18 and 25 July 1918, listed Raffles as On Tour from 22 July at the H., Golder’s Green.
Licensed On: 16 Jul 1918
License Number: 1675
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British Library Reference: LCP1918/12
British Library Classmark: Add MS 66194 DD
Performances
| Date | Theatre | Type | |
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| 11 Jan 1917 | Athenaeum, Glasgow | Unknown |
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Pictures of the author, producer and stage manager, composer and singers appeared in the Glasgow Daily Record (11 January 1917). All were women, and the production was in aid of Scottish Womens’ Hospitals. The Sunday Post, 14 January 1917, published a photograph of around twenty people captioned, ‘Above is depicted “The Earth’s Awakening,” one of the most arresting of the six phantasies in the successful play, “The Land of Dreams" ... The youthful artistes all belong to Glasgow, and their dances and tableaux proved veritable artistic triumphs'. The ‘six phantasies’ mentioned in the Sunday Post is the same number as the separate items listed by the Examiner of Plays in the play of the same title he licensed eighteen months later: dances by statues of various classical gods and goddesses followed by figures symbolizing war, victory, peace, the allies and Britannia. And the dances by the classical statues might be, or might include, what the Sunday Post calls The Earth’s Awakening. However, the Scottish newspapers do not mention the framework of a dreaming Italian street musician or that the ‘phantasies’ have war-related, patriotic themes.
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| 25 Jul 1918 | Hippodrome, Golders Green, London | Unknown | Licensed Performance |