Ladies First
Examiner of Plays' Summary:
The idea of this production [...] there is a 'woman's efficiency league' rigidly exclusive of men, and men get into it disguised as women, It is obvious that such a scheme would lend itself very easily to improprieties [...] In the first scene the men are outside the 'league; one Grimsby wants to see his wife, and his son, his mother; a [...] They agree to disguise themselves as women [...] Inside they enjoy themselves, but there seems to be nothing but romping, then they go to a gambling hell, which is raided by the women as policemen, then they are all reconciled. Mingled with this silliness is a good deal - in songs and c. - of well-meant stuff about women working for the country: it is clearly not meant to ridicule the movement.
Licensed On: 26 Aug 1915
License Number: 3778
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British Library Reference: LCP1915/23
British Library Classmark: Add MS 66109 B
Performances
Date | Theatre | Type | |
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6 Sep 1915 | Hippodrome, Portsmouth | Unknown | Licensed Performance |
6 Sep 1915 | Hippodrome, Portsmouth | Professional | |
13 Sep 1915 | Alhambra, Bradford | Professional | |
20 Sep 1915 | Alhambra, Glasgow | Professional | |
27 Sep 1915 | Palace Theatre, Manchester | Professional | |
4 Oct 1915 | Hippodrome, Leeds | Professional | |
11 Oct 1915 | Empire Theatre, Middlesbrough | Professional | |
18 Oct 1915 | Hippodrome, Newcastle | Professional | |
25 Oct 1915 | King's Theatre, Edinburgh | Professional | |
1 Nov 1915 | Hippodrome, Nottingham | Professional | |
8 Nov 1915 | Theatre Royal, Dublin | Professional | |
15 Nov 1915 | Hippodrome, Sheffield | Professional | |
22 Nov 1915 | Hippodrome, Liverpool | Professional | |
29 Nov 1915 | Hippodrome, Brighton | Professional | |
13 Dec 1915 | Empire Theatre, Islington | Professional | |
20 Dec 1915 | Empire Theatre, Hackney, London | Professional | |
27 Dec 1915 | Hippodrome, Boscombe | Professional | |
3 Jan 1916 | Empire Theatre, Shepherds Bush, London | Professional | |
10 Jan 1916 | Hippodrome, Norwich | Professional | |
17 Jan 1916 | Palace Theatre, Leicester | Professional | |
24 Jan 1916 | Hippodrome, Southampton | Professional | |
31 Jan 1916 | Hippodrome, Bristol | Professional | |
21 Feb 1916 | Pleasure Gardens Theatre, Folkestone | Professional | |
20 Mar 1916 | Hippodrome, Southend | Professional | |
27 Mar 1916 | Empire, Chiswick | Professional |