Theatre Royal, Guildford

Performed by Gilbert Heron and company.

The Stage, 4 October 1917, listed The Man Who Stayed at Home (Red Co.) as On Tour from 4 October at Guildford (3 days). ‘[Next week on] Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings, and matinee Saturday, at 2.30, the Taylor Platt Company ... will present “The Man who Stayed at Home,” the sensational spy play, which is described as thrilling and amusing’ (Surrey Advertiser, 26 September 1917).

The Surrey Advertiser, 5 October 1918, advertised the Taylor Platt company in The Man Who Stayed at Home at the Theatre Royal, Guildford, for the week beginning Monday 7 October.

‘During the present week the problem play, “The Unmarried Mother,” is being presented every evening, and at a matinee on Saturday afternoon. The part of Eileen, the unmarried mother, is sustained by Miss Betty Emery, whose views on the question raised by the play are very outspoken’. Surrey Advertiser, 26 February 1919. However, when Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wallace (Miss Muriel Monteath) inserted a theatrical card in The Stage, 27 February 1919, she was playing the title-role in The Unmarried Mother at the Royal, Guildford.

Performed for three nights.

The Stage, 25 September 1919, listed Nurse Benson as On Tour from 29 September at the R., Guildford.

The Era, 3 December 1919, listed ‘Will H. Glaze presents “His Last Leave”’ in Next Week’s Calls for Monday 8 December at the Guildford Royal. And The Stage, 4 and 11 December 1919, listed His Last Leave as On Tour form 8 December at the R., Guildford.

Performed by Robert Brasher's company for the week.

‘Jerrold Robertshaw and company present “The K.C.” “The K.C.” is a blend of real humour and pathos. In the part of Sir Benjamin Oddington, the K.C., Jerrold Robertshaw finely represents the touchy old man who suffers from a bad memory until he goes back to take up the defence of a worthless young man The part is a difficult one, but in such able hands is all that could be desired. Mr Robertshaw is well supported by J. W. Austin, as David Hyslop, William Daunt, as the worthless lover of the K.C.’s daughter plays cleverly. The butler, Beagle, is in the safe hands of Lincoln Calthorpe. Ray Desmond, as the discarded mistress of Arthur Dawson, shows dramatic skill, and Greta Wood, as Dorothea, is effective’. The Stage, 15 December 1921.