Great War Theatre

Performances at this Theatre

Date Script Type
22 Feb 1915 The Glorious Day Professional
21 Jun 1915 Mary from Tipperary Unknown
21 Jun 1915 It's A Long Way To Tipperary Professional
28 Jun 1915 Mary from Tipperary Professional
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First staged on 28 June, and intended for subsequent tour.
5 Jul 1915 Searchlights Professional
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The Stage, 1 July 1915, listed Searchlights as On Tour from 5 July at the Royal, Chatham. Also The Era, 30 June 1915.
9 Aug 1915 In the Hands of the Hun [In the Hands of the Huns] Professional
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Takings for this weeks' performances totaled £337 with the highest taking on Saturday, followed by Wednesday (The Stage, 19 August 1915)
6 Sep 1915 The Unmarried Mother Professional
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Oswald Cray advertised in The Stage, 16 September 1915, that the gross takings at the Theatre Royal, Chatham the previous week were £424 17s 10d with his South Company.
20 Mar 1916 The Sunshine of Paradise Alley Professional
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Two performances a night plus matinee on Wednesday
8 May 1916 The Man Who Stayed At Home Professional
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The Stage, 4 May 1916, listed The Man Who Stayed at Home (Taylor Platt) as On Tour from 8 May at the Royal, Chatham. Advertised in the East Kent Gazette, 6 May 1916.
15 May 1916 The Enemy In Our Midst Professional
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Advertised in the East Kent Gazette, 13 and 20 May 1916.
9 Jun 1916 John Raymond's Daughter or A Soldier's Love Child Professional
4 Sep 1916 Home Once More Professional
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Advertised in the East Kent Gazette, 2 September 1916. And when Miss Emma Litchfield’s company advertised Home Once More in The Stage, 31 August 1916, the address for the following week was the T.R., Chatham.
9 Oct 1916 The Wife With Two Husbands Professional
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Advertised in the Maidstone Telegraph, 7 October 1916.
11 Dec 1916 Should a Woman Forgive? Professional
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Performed by Will Casey and company.
18 Dec 1916 The Soldier Priest Professional
5 Feb 1917 The Robbery of the Lyons Mail [adapted from the French 'Le Courier de Lyons' Unknown
2 Apr 1917 The Spirit of the Empire Professional
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Performed for one week.
23 Apr 1917 The Girl and the Blackguard Professional
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Twice nightly 6.40 and 9pm. Matinee Wednesday at 2.30. (Kent Messenger and Gravesend Telegraph - Saturday 21 April 1917)
21 May 1917 The Black Sheep Of The Family Professional
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Advertised in the East Kent Gazette, 19 May 1917: ‘Arthur Hinton presents a new and up-to-date Drama, entitled The Black Sheep of the Family’.
9 Jul 1917 A Mother's Prayer Professional
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Two performances per night plus matinee on Wednesday. Performed as The Middy V.C. Comes Home
16 Jul 1917 His Wife's Husband Unknown
30 Jul 1917 The Unmarried Mother Professional
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Advertised in the East Kent Gazette and the Kent Messenger & Gravesend Telegraph, 28 July 1917.
15 Oct 1917 The Man Who Stayed At Home Professional
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The Stage, 11 and 18 October 1917, listed The Man Who Stayed at Home (Red Co.) as On Tour from 15 October at the Royal, Chatham. The East Kent Gazette, 13 October 1917, advertised for the week beginning Monday 15 October The Man Who Stayed at Home at the Theatre Royal, Chatham.
12 Nov 1917 The Girl from Ciro's Professional
7 Jan 1918 For Sweethearts and Wives Professional
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Advertised in the East Kent Gazette, 5 January 1918: ‘Arthur Rosebery presents his full London company in the great Naval Play of To-day, For Sweethearts and Wives’.
3 Jun 1918 Peace Time Prophecies or Stories Gone Wrong Professional
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The East Kent Gazette, Saturday 1 June 1918, advertised that ‘Ralph Haslam, by arrangement with Andre Charlot, will Present his Original No. 1 Company in Bubbly, a New Musical Play which has been running with enormous success at the Comedy Theatre, London. An All-star Cast’ at the Theatre Royal, Chatham, on Monday 3 June and twice nightly throughout the week with a Wednesday matinee.
1 Jul 1918 His Last Leave Professional
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Advertised in the Maidstone Telegraph and the Kent Messenger & Gravesend Telegraph, both 6 July 1918: ‘Friday and Saturday, Last Two Nights at 6.20 and 8.35, Mr. F. E. Chabot presents the Original Drama, “His Last Leave”’.
12 Aug 1918 Real Sports Professional
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Advertised in the East Kent Gazette, 10 August 1918 as ‘the Musical Sporting Naval and Military Play … The Full London Company of Artistes includes Hettie Gale, Dave O’Toole, Will Priestly [sic], and Fred Ellis’.
26 Aug 1918 Married on Leave Professional
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This performance (theatre and start date) is included in a list of forthcoming performances of “Married on Leave” in The Stage of Thursday 1 August 1918.
30 Sep 1918 The Girl from Ciro's Professional
2 Jun 1919 Tails Up Professional
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At the Theatre Royal, Chatham, ‘June 2nd. and Twice Nightly throughout the week, and Matinee on Wednesday at 2.30, Frederick G. Lloyd presents, by arrangement with Andre Charlot, the highly successful Musical Extravaganza, Tails Up, Now playing to crowded houses at the Comedy Theatre, London’. East Kent Gazette, 31 May 1919.
1 Sep 1919 The Girl from Ciro's Professional
27 Oct 1919 Peace Time Prophecies or Stories Gone Wrong Professional
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The East Kent Gazette, Saturday 25 October 1919, listed among ‘coming events’ Bubbly at Chatham Theatre on Monday 27 October and throughout the week. It also carried a separate advertisement for the Theatre Royal, Chatham, listing Bubbly there twice nightly throughout the week beginning Monday 27 October. An advertisement in the East Kent Gazette, Saturday 1 November 1919, confirmed that that day would be the last night of Bubbly and that a different production would be at the Chatham Theatre from 3 November.
15 Dec 1919 The Freedom of the Seas Professional
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Robert Brasher's company performed for the week.
6 Sep 1920 The Amorist Professional