Hippodrome, Portsmouth
Performances at this Theatre
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6 Sep 1914 | Home from Home | Unknown | |
17 May 1915 | Mad Dog. New Pantomimical Patriotic Sketch | Professional |
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Performed by the Six Brothers Luck company.
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6 Sep 1915 | Ladies First | Professional | |
6 Sep 1915 | Ladies First | Unknown | |
30 Jan 1916 | War Mates | Professional |
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'War Mates' was third on the bill and being performed twice nightly. Other acts in the bill were: Albert Chevalier, and Chung Ling So.
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7 Feb 1916 | Du Théâtre au Champ D'Honneur | Professional |
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Performed by Sarah Bernhardt.
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5 Sep 1916 | In the Trenches | Professional |
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Performed for the week by cast including Harry Buss.
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29 Oct 1916 | Ciro’s Frolics | Unknown | |
13 Nov 1916 | Selling a Pup | Unknown | |
8 Jan 1917 | The Bing Boys Are Here | Professional | |
21 Feb 1917 | When the Clock Strikes Nine | Unknown |
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The performance was licensed for this performance but no record has been found of it taking place.
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26 Mar 1917 | When the Clock Strikes Nine | Professional |
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Performed by Nina Boucicault (Mrs Lane), A S Homewood (Walter Loring), and Joan Blair (Ann Loring). 'The Stage' (29 March 1917) commented that the play 'at times is almost Ibsen-like in its touches and is not without its dramatic moments' and that it 'marks Miss Boucicault's debut in variety'.
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2 Apr 1917 | In the Trenches | Professional |
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Performed for the week by cast including Harry Buss. Also on the bill: Fred Ginnett with his talking horse, the Miller Sutcliffes in Highland sports and pastimes, Thornley Dodge (drawing room entertainer), the Syncopating Septet, Frank Jagger (violinist), Hilda Glyder (entertainer), Daisy Stratton.
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28 May 1917 | Flying Colours | Professional |
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The Era, 23 May 1917, listed ‘Johnson ‘Ole’ in Next Week’s Calls, Monday 28 May, at the Portsmouth Hippodrome.
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10 Sep 1917 | His Number’s Up | Unknown | |
8 Oct 1917 | The Tale of a Ring | Unknown | |
7 Jan 1918 | Vanity Fair, Touring Version | Unknown | |
8 Apr 1918 | A Wife's Dilemma | Professional |
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The Era, 3 April 1918, listed in Calls for Monday 8 April at the Portsmouth Hippodrome a bill that included Constance Drever and company.
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22 Jul 1918 | Parker’s Appeal | Professional |
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Advertised in The Stage, 25 July 1918.
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23 Sep 1918 | Three Cheers | Professional | |
30 Sep 1918 | Airs And Graces | Professional | |
2 Dec 1918 | Jolly Times | Professional |
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The Stage, 28 November and 5 December 1918, listed Jolly Times as On Tour from 2 December at the H., Portsmouth.
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24 Mar 1919 | The Boy Comes Home | Professional |
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‘A variety programme is headed by Godfrey Tearle and company in a one-act play of topical interest, “The Boy Comes Home,” by A. A. Milne’. The Stage, 27 March 1919.
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28 Jul 1919 | Parker’s Appeal | Professional |
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Listed in Calls for Monday 28 July in The Era, 23 July 1919. Similarly The Stage, 24 July 1919.
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