Euston Theatre, London

The Stage, 18 December 1919 listed a matinee performance of Kitty Breaks Loose at the Euston Theatre on Boxing Day, but it may have been performed twice according to The Stage's review below and a reference in The Stage, 19 February 1920. ‘On Friday, December 26, 1919, was presented here [at the Euston] a comedy in three acts and four scenes, by Kingston Stack, entitled “Kitty Breaks Loose.” ... The title of, and several of the scenes in, this comedy (which was played at two special holiday matinees at the Euston last week) raised expectations which were not always realised. The piece has the clash of class for its familiar theme and there is some more or less original and effective fun in the first act from a tea-party given by titled people to demobilised Tommies. But the good ideas in the comedy - and there are several - have not been sufficiently developed, with the result that more than one scene is allowed to run to seed. This is particularly noticeable in the last act, when one certainly expects that plebeian hero to turn the tables on his aristocratic companions. A simple handshake brings down an altogether too abrupt curtain, and the spectator is left wondering what really happens afterwards. According to the programme “Kitty Breaks Loose” was played at the Euston “prior to West-End production” - a statement which is scarcely correct ... It should be thoroughly overhauled before any definite bid is made for a West End run ... There was an attractive scene in Act 2 showing children dancing to a barrel organ'. The Stage, 1 January 1920.