Great War Theatre

Examiner of Plays' Summary:

"Tails Up" additions for the Comedy Theatre, shortly. --------------------------- There are four new scenes for the above revue. The first sketch is called 'The Strange Tale of 500 years after the War' and satirizes lightly the attitude of learned Professors in reconstructing history from relics. From excavations at Aldershot. Salisbury Plain, and Leicester Square remarkable deductions are made as to the military inhabitants' doings at their chief centres of activity. Then comes the quaint tale of 'The Charm that Failed' in the summoning of the spiritual agency of Henry VIII to give counsel to a middle-class modern father, anxious to prevent a wilful daughter's marriage. A 'Charm that Worked' is the didactic vision of slangy off-hand lover during the present peace-orgies of the more formal and courtly love-making of his ancestors in the days of Waterloo celebrations. Last of all comes the rather more elaborate story of the 'Butler Who Had Seen Better Days', and who in topsy-turvy times is officiating, although he turns out to be a Marquis, as a well-mannered butler to the vulgar millionaire whose daughter is being courted by his nephew. The scenes are all innocently entertaining and are Recommended for Licence. Ernest A. Bendall.

Licensed On: 9 Dec 1918

License Number: 1904

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British Library Reference: LCP1918/21

British Library Classmark: Add MS 66203 K

Performances

Date Theatre Type
N/A Unknown Licensed Performance