The Burgomaster Of Stilemond

Examiner of Plays' Summary:

This is a poignant little war-drama of the days of 1914 in Belgian Flanders. It is realistic yet reasonable in its sketch of the horrors of the German occupation. The burgomaster's daughter is married to the Hun Lieutenant who, with the major, is sent to take possession of her father's house, and finds himself in an agonizing position when the gentle old man is condemned to be shot because one of the German officers has been murdered - probably by one of his own taking vengeance upon a brutal bully. The burgomaster is to be killed because he will not provide a bogus criminal to be executed for what has undoubtedly been a crime: and the discussion of the situation between father and daughter and son-in-law is in the best though least typical style of the famous author. Specially to be praised is the manner in which murderers as well as murdered are shown to be victims of a hideous system of militarism: and the play thus performs fine through sad propaganda work. Recommended for licence. Ernest A. Bendall.

Licensed On: 25 Sep 1918

License Number: 1789

British Library Reference: LCP1918/16

British Library Classmark: Add MS 66198 HH

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Performances

Date	Theatre	Type
2 Oct 1918	Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh	Unknown	Licensed Performance
4 Oct 1918	Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh	Professional	Read Narrative The play was initially planned to be performed on Wednesday 2, Thursday 3 and Friday 4 October 1918. However, 'The Scotsman' announced on 3 October that the play was to be postponed until Friday 4 October when it would make its world premiere. Cast: Martin Harvey, Miss N. de Silva, Vere Bennett, Fred Grove, Walter Pearce, Leo Caselli, Alfred Ibberson, Rutland Barrington, J. Cooke Beresford, Roger Alywyn, Alfred Fisher (actor & Stage Manager), Leonard Cassell (actor & Assistant Stage Manager).
11 Oct 1918	Grand Theatre, Leeds	Professional	Read Narrative Performed on 11 and 12 October 1918.
23 Oct 1918	Windsor Theatre, Sheffield	Professional
24 Oct 1918	Court Theatre, Liverpool	Professional	Read Narrative Performed on 24, 25 and 26 October 1918.
9 Nov 1918	Theatre Royal, Birmingham	Professional
12 Nov 1918	New Theatre, Cardiff	Professional	Read Narrative Performed between 12 and 15 November 1918.
28 Nov 1918	Prince's Theatre, Bristol	Professional
4 Dec 1918	Pleasure Gardens Theatre, Folkestone	Professional	Read Narrative Performed here on 4 and 5 December 1918.
1 Sep 1919	Theatre Royal, Torquay	Professional	Read Narrative Presented as part of a series of plays at the theatre this week by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.
29 Sep 1919	Court Theatre, Liverpool	Professional	Read Narrative Performed as part of a series of plays this week.
13 Oct 1919	Theatre Royal, Halifax	Professional	Read Narrative Performed as part of a series of plays presented at the theatre this week.
27 Oct 1919	Theatre Royal, Nottingham	Professional	Read Narrative Performed as part of a series of plays.
10 Nov 1919	Scala Theatre, London	Professional
9 Mar 1920	His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen	Professional	Read Narrative Performed for one night.
11 Mar 1920	Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh	Professional	Read Narrative Performed for one night only at a special matinee in aid of homes for nurses broken in the war.
22 Mar 1920	?, Birmingham	Professional	Read Narrative Performed over the following two weeks alongside other plays.
19 Apr 1920	Theatre Royal, Manchester	Professional	Read Narrative Performed as part of a series of plays.
13 Aug 1920	Opera House, Blackpool	Professional	Read Narrative Performed for one night by Martin Harvey and M. de Silva, at a matinee performance in aid of the funds of the Blackpool Victoria Hospital.
4 Sep 1920	Unknown Theatre, Harrogate	Professional	Read Narrative Princess Victoria was present at the performance, given as a matinee.
4 Nov 1920	Prince's Theatre, Bristol	Professional	Read Narrative Presented for a Thursday matinee as part of the week's repertoire at the theatre.
18 Nov 1920	New Theatre, Oxford	Professional	Read Narrative Performed as part of the week's repertoire of plays.
23 Nov 1920	Theatre Royal, Brighton	Professional	Read Narrative Performed as an evening performance at 8pm as part of a series of plays over the week.
1 Dec 1920	?, Cardiff	Professional	Read Narrative Performed on 1 December as a special matinee on behalf fo the actors' Benevolent Fund. It was part of a scheme which recommended that there should be a matinee for the fund of every London success after it had achieved 100 performances (Era, 17 November 1920)
17 Dec 1920	Kennington Theatre, Kennington	Professional	Read Narrative Performed on Friday and Saturday by Martin Harvey, N. de Silva and company.
26 Oct 1921	Lyceum Theatre, London	Professional	Read Narrative Performed on Wednesday and Thursday matinees for the season, by John Martin Harvey returning from his Canadian tour. The season ended around late November/early December.
8 Apr 1922	Theatre Royal, Worthing	Professional	Read Narrative Performed by the London company with Martin Harvey for one night only.
10 Apr 1922	?, Birmingham	Professional	Read Narrative Performed as part of Sir John Martin Harvey's tour which included a number of plays. This was the first performance of the tour.
25 May 1922	Theatre Royal, Worcester	Professional
26 May 1922	Theatre Royal, Leamington Spa	Professional	Read Narrative Performed as a Flying Matinee on Friday afternoon.
30 May 1922	Theatre Royal, Bath	Professional	Read Narrative Special matinee. Also listed as being performed on Friday 2 June (Western Morning News, 24 May 1922)
1 Jun 1922	Lyceum, Taunton	Professional	Read Narrative A special performance.
2 Jun 1922	Theatre Royal, Plymouth	Professional	Read Narrative Flying matinee.
7 Jun 1922	Opera House, Tunbridge Wells	Professional
8 Jun 1922	King's Theatre, Southsea	Professional	Read Narrative Flying matinee.
8 Sep 1922	Theatre Royal, Nottingham	Professional
29 Sep 1922	Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh	Professional	Read Narrative Performed for one night as part of a week's repertoire by the company.
13 Oct 1922	Grand Theatre, Leeds	Professional	Read Narrative Performed for one night as part of a week's repertoire by the company.
3 Nov 1922	Prince's Theatre, Bristol	Professional	Read Narrative Performed for one night as part of a week's repertoire by the company.
17 Nov 1922	Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield	Professional	Read Narrative Performed for one night as part of a week's repertoire by the company.
4 Dec 1922	Theatre Royal, Bournemouth	Professional	Read Narrative Performed for one night as part of a week's repertoire by the company.
4 Dec 1922	Theatre Royal, Bournemouth	Professional	Read Narrative Performed as part of the week's programme.
23 Feb 1923	Garrick Theatre, London	Professional	Read Narrative Performed on 23 and 24 February by Martin Harvey, to close his season.
14 Mar 1923	Grand Theatre, Falkirk	Professional	Read Narrative Performed for one matinee whilst the company were appearing at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow.
23 Mar 1923	His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen	Professional	Read Narrative Performed on the Friday only by Martin Harvey. Other plays performed this week by Harvey include 'Via Crucis' (Mon-Thurs) and 'David Garrick' (Saturday).
27 Mar 1923	Her Majesty's Theatre, Dundee	Professional	Read Narrative Performed Monday and Friday.
10 Apr 1923	Royal Court, Liverpool	Professional	Read Narrative Performed for the night as part of the company's visit to the theatre this week.
16 Apr 1923	Opera House, Blackpool	Professional
24 Apr 1923	Theatre Royal, Birmingham	Professional	Read Narrative Performed for one night as part of a week's repertoire by the company.
11 Nov 1924	Theatre Royal, Birmingham	Professional	Read Narrative Performed for one night as part of a week's repertoire by the company.
18 Nov 1924	Grand Theatre, Hull	Amateur	Read Narrative Performed for one night as part of a week's repertoire by the company.
5 Jan 1925	Theatre Royal, Brighton	Professional	Read Narrative Performed for one night as part of a week's repertoire by the company.
10 Feb 1925	Theatre Royal, Nottingham	Professional
23 Feb 1925	Theatre Royal, Huddersfield	Professional	Read Narrative Performed for one night as part of a week's repertoire by the company.
24 Feb 1925	Opera House, Blackpool	Professional	Read Narrative Performed for one night as part of a week's repertoire by the company.
27 Mar 1925	Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh	Professional	Read Narrative Performed for one night as part of a week's repertoire by the company.
13 Apr 1925	Theatre Royal, Bournemouth	Professional	Read Narrative Performed for one night as part of a week's repertoire by the company.
2 Nov 1925	Ambassadors, London	Professional	Read Narrative Performed for three weeks only prior to Martin-Harvey's Canadian tour.
12 Feb 1927	Hippodrome, Golders Green, London	Professional	Read Narrative Performed for one night as part of a week's repertoire by the company.
17 Feb 1927	King's Theatre, London	Professional	Read Narrative Performed as a matinee.
22 Feb 1927	New Theatre, Oxford	Professional	Read Narrative Performed on Tuesday and Saturday matinee as part of a week's repertoire by the company.
13 Jun 1927	Garrick Theatre, London	Professional	Read Narrative Performed by Sir John Martin Harvey here until late July 1927.

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