Great War Theatre

Address: London, UK

Performances at this Theatre

Date Script Type
N/A Marie Odile Unknown
N/A Mavourneed Unknown
N/A Stand and Deliver Unknown
4 May 1915 The Right To Kill Unknown
23 Jul 1915 Peter Ibbetson Unknown
19 Nov 1915 Hide And Seek Unknown
7 Dec 1915 London Voices Unknown
12 May 1916 Hoops Unknown
12 May 1916 Lithuania Unknown
31 Aug 1916 Chu Chin Chow Unknown
31 Aug 1916 Chu Chin Chow Professional
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‘”Chu-Chin-Chow” … a new jewel in the world of dramatic riches. At present we cannot give it a name. It has all the lurid colours of melodrama, all the perfume of romance, all the incongruous humours of pantomime and a lot of music that might well belong to opera… But to most of us the production will be a thing of beauty, melody and life.’ Daily Mirror, 1/9/1916. ‘On one point all the parties assembled at His Majesty’s Theatre last night were unanimous. Nothing so remarkable – so costly and beautiful, so subtly atmospheric – in the way of Eastern illustration has been done on our stage.’ The Globe, 1/9/1916. The show closed at His Majesty's on 22/7/1921 after 2,238 performances.
25 May 1917 A Bit of a Lad Professional
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‘A delightful variation on the ordinary charity entertainment was arranged at His Majesty’s last Friday afternoon [presumably 25 May 1917] by the Women’s League of Service at their “Motherhood” matinee, and it was obviously appreciated by a crowded audience which included Queen Alexandra. A series of turns … was shaped into a rehearsal of a revue … Other helpers on the stage were Mr. Gerald du Maurier and Miss Mabel Russell in “A Bit of a Lad,” and members of the cast at His Majesty’s in scene from “Chu Chin Chow.”’. Illustrated London News, Saturday 26 May 1917.
22 Nov 1934 A Kiss For Cinderella Professional
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The Times, 15 October 1934, reported that the ballroom scene from A Kiss for Cinderella would be among the items performed in aid of the Actors’ Benevolent Fund at the Gerald du Maurier Memorial matinée at His Majesty’s Theatre on 22 November. The Era, 28 November 1934, reported the event.