La Flambee

Examiner of Plays' Summary:

'La flambee' is the torch or flame of patriotic sentiment which suddenly blazes out to clear up the matrimonial differences about to make a neglected wife divorce her faithless husband. At the critical moment, when she is about to receive a midnight call from her lover with a view to arranging their flight, she receives instead an unexpected visit from her husband who seeks sanctuary in her room, eventually explaining that he has just committed a murder. He has killed a German spy, who was pressing him for the plans of the Jura fortifications of which he is the designer and the commandant. His wife's revulsion of feeling promptly brings her back to his arms, while a similar outburst of patriotic sympathy causes her lover to employ his high legal influence for hushing up what is held to be a justifiable crime. Effective in its melodramatic motives and scenes, and, although painful, quite harmless. Recommended for license. Ernest. A. Bendall

Licensed On: 2 Mar 1915

License Number: 3219

British Library Reference: LCP1915/5

British Library Classmark: Add MS 66091 G

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Date	Theatre	Type
19 Jan 1914	Pier Theatre, Eastbourne	Professional	Read Narrative Performers: Cecile Barclay, Rupert Lister
2 Feb 1914	Grand, Accrington	Professional	Read Narrative Performers: Cecile Barclay, Rupert Lister
9 Feb 1914	Theatre Royal, Preston	Professional	Read Narrative Performers: Cecile Barclay, Rupert Lister
23 Feb 1914	Empire, Southend	Professional	Read Narrative Performers: Cecile Barclay, Rupert Lister
23 Feb 1914	Crystal Palace Theatre, London	Professional	Read Narrative Performers: Cecile Barclay, Rupert Lister
2 Mar 1914	Theatre Royal, Nottingham	Professional	Read Narrative Performers: Cecile Barclay, Rupert Lister Review: "a tense, live drama", Nottingham Evening Post
9 Mar 1914	New Theatre, Cardiff	Professional	Read Narrative Performers: Cecile Barclay, Rupert Lister
16 Mar 1914	Grand Theatre, Derby	Professional	Read Narrative Performers: Cecile Barclay, Rupert Lister Review: "a remarkable play in every respect", The Derby Daily Telegraph
23 Mar 1914	Royalty Theatre, Barrow-in-Furness	Professional	Read Narrative Performers: Cecile Barclay, Rupert Lister
6 Apr 1914	Her Majesty's Theatre, Dundee	Professional	Read Narrative Performers: Cecile Barclay, Rupert Lister
13 Apr 1914	Theatre Royal, Glasgow	Professional	Read Narrative Performers: Cecile Barclay, Rupert Lister
20 Apr 1914	Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh	Professional	Read Narrative Performers: Cecile Barclay, Rupert Lister
27 Apr 1914	Tyne Theatre, Newcastle	Professional	Read Narrative Performers:Cecile Barclay, Rupert Lister
11 May 1914	Grand Theatre, Hull	Professional	Read Narrative also on bill: The Attack Performers: Cecile Barclay, Rupert Lister
12 Oct 1914	Grand Theatre, Croydon	Professional	Read Narrative Also on bill: The Attack Performers: Cecile Barclay, Rupert Lister
9 Nov 1914	New Cross Broadway, London	Professional	Read Narrative Also on bill: The Attack Performers: Cecile Barclay, Rupert Lister
16 Nov 1914	Theatre Royal, Preston	Professional	Read Narrative Also on bill: The Attack Performers: Cecile Barclay, Rupert Lister
23 Nov 1914	Shakespeare Theatre, Liverpool	Professional	Read Narrative Performers:Cecile Barclay, Rupert Lister
28 Nov 1914	Theatre Royal, Huddersfield	Professional	Read Narrative Also on bill: The Attack Performers: Cecile Barclay, Rupert Lister
8 Feb 1915	Theatre Royal, Jarrow	Professional	Read Narrative Performers: Cecile Barclay, Rupert Lister
1 Mar 1915	Empire Theatre, Grantham	Professional	Read Narrative Performers: Cecile Barclay, Rupert Lister
4 Mar 1915	Criterion Theatre, London	Unknown	Licensed Performance
8 Mar 1915	Criterion Theatre, London	Professional	Read Narrative Cast included: M Dusquesne (Colonel Felt), Yvonne Mirval (his wife), M Libeau (Comte), M Desplas (the spy), M L Mathot (Marcel Beaucourt). The play was described as 'more potent now, when spy scares are in the air.' (Era, 10 March 1915)
15 Mar 1915	Queen's Theatre, Leeds	Professional	Read Narrative Also on bill: 'Attack' Performers: Cecile Barclay, Rupert Lister
22 Mar 1915	New Theatre Royal, Birkenhead	Professional	Read Narrative Performers: Cecile Barclay, Rupert Lister
2 Apr 1915	New Theatre, London	Professional	Read Narrative Cast included: M Dusquesne (Colonel Felt), Yvonne Mirval (Monique, his wife), M Van den Bosch (Glogau and the mayor), R Tourneur (wine merchant Comte), M Claude Berton (Marcel Beaucourt), Mlle Minne (Therese), Mlle Vara (Annette), Mlle Depernay (the Baron's wife)
19 Apr 1915	Hippodrome, Croydon	Professional	Read Narrative Performers: Cecile Barclay, Rupert Lister
26 Apr 1915	Grand Theatre, Luton	Professional	Read Narrative Performers: Cecile Barclay, Rupert Lister
24 May 1915	Theatre Royal, South Shields	Professional	Read Narrative Performers: Cecile Barclay, Rupert Lister
10 Jun 1915	Theatre Royal, Portsmouth	Professional	Read Narrative Performed by Le Troupe du Théâtre des Galeries St Hubert.
3 Jul 1916	Playhouse, Wakefield	Professional	Read Narrative Performers: Cecile Barclay, Rupert Lister
12 Jan 1918	West Pier Theatre, Brighton	Professional	Read Narrative Performers: Cecile Barclay, Rupert Lister, Blanka Stewart, Frank Follows, John Burton, William Hall, A C Holmes, W Walton Palmer, Gwen Williams, A Vansittart
16 Jun 1919	Prince of Wales Theatre, Grimsby	Professional	Read Narrative Performers: Cecile Barclay, Rupert Lister
29 Jul 1919	Theatre Royal, Leeds	Professional	Read Narrative Performers: Cecile Barclay, Rupert Lister

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