Great War Theatre

Address: London, UK

Performances at this Theatre

Date Script Type
N/A The Romany Girls Unknown
24 Feb 1915 The Sacrifice Unknown
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No evidence of this performance taking place has been found.
24 Mar 1915 He, She, and Another: A May-Night Idyll Unknown
24 Mar 1915 The Cup Of Tea Unknown
5 Jun 1915 Country Gentry At Lunch Unknown
5 Jun 1915 The Dependant Unknown
25 Sep 1915 When Fate is Kind Unknown
22 Feb 1916 Hello Charlie! Unknown
13 Jan 1917 Karel Havlicek Borovsky Unknown
9 Feb 1917 A Question Of Identity Amateur
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Play in one-act by Thelma Cohen. Produced at the Cripplegate Institute on Feb.9. Sir Ralph Anstey. Mr. Grant Moline Bertie Andrews. Mr. Stanley T. O'Croom Evelyn Waycott Miss Ethel Samuel Chambermaid Miss Phyllis Samuel This new one-act play presented by the Warwick Repertory Club at a bohemian concert given at the Cripplegate Institute proved to be a well-written piece with an ingenious plot, neatly played Sir Ralph Anstey a Government official is staying at a West End hotel and a paragraph appears in the newspapers to the effect that it is his intention to spend the weekend in the country. In his supposed absence, a lady in evening dress obtains admission to his rooms, and, is interrupted in the hurried search she is making by the return of Sir Ralph who has not gone away to the country after all. The mysterious visitor, to whom he is evidently unknown, asks him his business declaring that she is Sir Ralph's wife. He in reply states that he is an intimate friend of the occupier of the flat, and expected to find him there. The lady there upon tells a story of how, ten years ago, Sir Ralph married her in Australia but cruelly deserted her and her purpose in entering his apartments in his absence is to make a search for certain incriminating letters which will furnish evidence for the divorce proceedings she intends taking. There is a knock at the door, and the lady acts upon the suggestion that she shall remain in the adjoining room while it is ascertained who the visitor is. Sir Ralph's friend, Bertie Andrews, enters, and is persuaded to impersonate the Government official on the lady's return. She declares that she has never seen the new arrival before, while he asserts as positively that he is her husband, Sir Ralph Anstey. The lady is made to realise that she has been trapped, and at length admits that she is Evelyn Waycott a notorious spy in the pay of the German Government and that the object of her search was certain papers she knew to be in Sir Ralph's possession. He allows her to depart but has arranged that the spy shall be arrested as she leaves the hotel. Mr. Grant Moline was natural and effective in his impersonation of Sir Ralph, and Miss Ethel Samuel did well as the female spy; while Mr. Stanley T. O'Croom gave excellent support as Bertie Andrews. (The Era - Wednesday 14 February 1917)
16 Feb 1917 The Return of the Columbine Unknown
16 Feb 1917 The Wonder Garden Unknown
29 Nov 1919 The Man Who Stayed At Home Amateur
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Performed for one night by the Delphic Dramatic Society.