Great War Theatre

Address: Manchester, UK

Performances at this Theatre

Date Script Type
7 Sep 1914 Allies Professional
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Performers included: Pierre de Bussy (actor), Arthur Lawrence (actor), Brian Ogdvile (actor), Ella Erskine (actress). It was produced by Miss Ella Erskine.
9 Nov 1914 The Girl With The Wink Unknown
10 May 1915 Ghost and the Girl Unknown
3 Jul 1916 A Rustic Romance Unknown
15 Jan 1917 A Soldier, A Girl And A Jolly Jack Tar Professional
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6.40 & 8.50 Welcome return of Miss Hetty King in her latest successes. The McNaughtons, Lydia and Francis, George Carnell, May Erne, The Five Jovers, Little Kitty Buchan, WIlfred Burnand. Duncan and Godfrey in a comedy conversation concerning "A Soldier, a Girl and a Jolly Jack Tar." (Manchester Evening News - Friday 12 January 1917)
3 Mar 1917 Smith VC Professional
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Performed from 3 to 9 March 1917 by Miss Edith Carter and company. Others in the bill included: Albert Whelan, Charles Cohan, the Hebrew Comedian, The Joannys with their shadow pantomime, Miss Jennie Hartley a popular vocalist; and the Six Musical Navvies.
5 Nov 1917 The Grousers Unknown
5 Aug 1918 Flying Colours Professional
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At the Empire ‘“The Johnson ‘Ole,” with Harry Thurston as “Old Bill,” is a bracing sketch, brim full of khaki humour’. Manchester Evening News, 6 August 1918.
14 Oct 1918 Tar And Feathers Unknown