Olympia, Shoreditch

(The Era - Wednesday 25 October 1916)

Advertised in The Era, 14 March 1917.

Advertised in The Era, 20 February 1918.

Advertised as ‘Capt. E. C. Barker [sic] & Cecil Hadley present “A Cushy Job”‘, and listed in Next week’s Calls as ‘Capt. Baker’s Co. in “A Cushy Job”’, both in The Era, 27 February 1918. The Era, 13 March 1918., reported, 'Last week’s business at Shoreditch Olympia was splendid – pleasing to the management and gratifying to the proprietors of the sketch'.

Advertised in The Era, 15 May 1918.

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.

‘Fred Karno’s four-scene production. Rations, supplies the principal attraction in the Olympia programme this week, and is causing hearty laughter among capital audiences. The piece has undergone revision since its last appearances in town, and Tom Drew is now the principal comedian in place of Robb Wilton. Mr. Drew is the life and soul of the piece; his broad style and his keen sense of humour combining to make his performance thoroughly enjoyable. An additional item to the second scene is a capital duet, cleverly rendered by Mr. Drew and Winnie Collins, who remains in the cast as principal lady. Miss Collins has a splendid Golliwog number, which finishes upon a cleverly executed dance, and is loudly applauded. Much new business has been introduced into the last scene; while the present setting, which, by the way, has already seen service in another of Mr. Karno’s productions, certainly makes for improvement. It is difficult to apportion praise or criticism for the remainder of the company, as the programme omits all mention of their names’. The Stage, 6 February 1919.