Theatre Royal, Bury

The Stage, 25 March 1915, listed The Man Who Stayed at Home (Taylor Platt) as On Tour from 25 March at the Royal, Bury.

The Era, 25 August 1915, reported, ‘Twice nightly: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Mr. and Mrs. Cassidy present “The Beggar Princess” [c.f. under Rochdale above]; Thursday and Friday, “The Woman in Khaki”, and Saturday, “Sapho,” presented by Mr. [sic] Frank Bateman and company’ at the Royal, Bury.

Performers: Matthew H Glenville and Co.

When Miss Emma Litchfield’s company advertised Home Once More in The Stage, 25 May 1916, the address for the following week was the T.R., Bury.

This week's booking is listed in an advertisement in The Stage, 12 April 1917. The Era, 11 and 25 July 1917, reported that on Friday 20 July Charles Locke's company gave the first performance of a new play new play The Woman Who Dared by Frederick H. U. Bowman.

The Era, 25 July 1917, reviewed The Woman Who Dared, a drama in five acts by Frederick H. U. Bowman, ‘produced for the first time on any stage at the Theatre Royal, Bury, on Friday, July 20’. The cast was: Clifford Carlton, Villiers Stanley; Vincent Stacey, Frank Hertie; Sir Waldemar Russel, M.P., and Edmund Kerrigan, C. Elton Morgan; Archie Dean, Charles Locke; Mollie Benson, Muriel Kavanagh; Blanche Leroy, Flo Norman; Evelyn, Clare O’Sullivan. ‘The opening scene introduces Archie Dean. He is valet to Clifford Carlton, a wealthy young newspaper proprietor, and is sent by him with a message to Evelyn, daughter of Sir Waldemar Russell, M.P., who has coerced her into marrying Vincent Stacey, a man sixty years her senior. Archie learns from Mollie, the maidservant at Stacey’s, that Evelyn is ill-treated by her senile bridegroom. The message tells Evelyn that Clifford, whom she secretly loves, has accepted her invitation to afternoon tea. A series of sensational incidents follow, in which, of course, the hero and heroine of the story play prominent parts. The moral which the author desires to convey is the evil results of marriages between vicious old men and innocent young girls. Mr. Charles Locke, who has produced the play in masterly style, appears in the rôle of Archie, the valet, with a serio-comic penchant for inventions, and, in conjunction with Miss Muriel Kavanagh, a most promising young comedienne, as Mollie, not only helps materially to carry the story forward, but also infuses some bright humour into the lighter passages. Miss Clare Sullivan is a dainty Evelyn, and not only looks pretty, but speaks her lines with discretion and refinement. Mr. Frank Hertie carries a heavy burden on his shoulders by his clever impersonation of the vicious old husband, Vincent Stacey. The dual rôle of Edmund Kerrigan and Sir Waldemar Russell must have presented many difficulties to Mr. C. Elton Morgan, but he emerges with flying colours every time; while Miss Flo Norman as the adventuress, Blanche Leroy, is just as callous as the author intended. The hero, Clifford Carlton, has a thoroughly capable exponent in Mr. Villiers Stanley. He is an actor of fine power, and in his ,love scene with Evelyn proved himself particularly fervent and sincere’.

'Arthur Rosebery’s stirring naval drama opens to-morrow for a week with a strong London company and all the original naval effects at the Theatre Royal, Bury’. The People, 19 August 1917. Was that Bury, Lancashire, or Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk?

‘Mr. E. R. Abbott’s company present the drama “Neither Wife nor Maid,” Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. On Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, “Sapho.” The Era, 12 September 1917.

The Stage, 27 September 1917, noted The Coward Who Made Good as On Tour from 24 September at the Royal, Bury.

Venue and dates mentioned in advertisements in The Stage, 6 and 13 June 1918. It is The Broken Trail that is listed as on tour at the Royal, Bury from 10 June in The Stage, 13 June 1918.