The Touch O' Bonny Scotland
Examiner of Plays' Summary:
This is a simple little scene, as framework for the songs of love and military ardour sung by a Scottish soldier when biding his sweetheart farewell, and afterwards when, at the front, wounded he receives from her a letter and a lock of her hair. Ernest A. Bendall.
Licensed On: 2 Oct 1914
License Number: 2967
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British Library Reference: LCP1914/30
British Library Classmark: Add MS 66078 Q
Performances
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| 8 Oct 1914 | Coliseum, Glasgow | Unknown | Licensed Performance |
| 19 Oct 1914 | Coliseum, Glasgow | Professional |
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Possibly performed by Tom Colley and Co. Incorrectly listed in one newspaper as being performed at the Lyric, Glasgow but all others confirm the Coliseum. Comments - 'a new sketch by a local man which deserves the reception accorded to it', The Stage, 22/10,1914 and 'A sketch, written by a Glasgow gentleman, ... is given a very cordial reception indeed', Scottish Referee, 23/10/1914. Advertised as 'Ae Touch o' Bonnie Scotland; or, Somewhere in France'.
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| 31 May 1915 | Coliseum, Glasgow | Professional |
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Staged during the week of Moss Empires Ltd 3rd Annual Amateur Carnival, a talent contest with a 'Big Star Variety Bill'. Comment - 'a new Scottish song scena entitled [..] Touch o' Bonnie Scotland; or, Somewhere in France', The Stage, 3/6/1917.
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