Shaftesbury Theatre, London

First performance on 22/12/1916. On 31st December Harry Lauder received news from his wife in Scotland that his son, Capt. John Currie Lauder, had been killed in France. The Shaftesbury management immediately closed the theatre and Lauder travelled back to Scotland where his wife had become seriously ill. He returned to London on 4th January and went on stage that evening. In an interview with The Pall Mall Gazette, 5th January 1917, Mr Lauder said "It will be hard to wear a smiling face while the heart is aching. But we all have our work to do, our duty to perform. And, may be, it is my duty to bring brightness and comfort to hearts that are as sore-stricken as my own ... The highest respect we can pay to the memory of those who have fallen in this great struggle for right against might, for freedom against despotism, is to grit our teeth, keep our sorrows locked in our hearts, and cheer and encourage and help each other until we have gained the victory for which our loved ones fought."

This was a mixed professional and amateur production with 70 principle performances, each either a well-known theatre star of a society amateur performer. It included performances by the Welsh Guards band and the Royal Welsh choir as well as by stars including: Mlle Delysia, M Leon, Jack Buchanan, Miss Winifred Barnes, Mr Jospeh Coyne, Miss Violet Loraine. Society performers included: Lady Newnes, Duchess of Westminster, Lady Abbott Anderson, Landy Kent, Countess Poulett, Messrs, Normal McKinnel, Ben Webster and Misses Lilian Braithwaite and Viola Tree. One review commented: 'The North Wales Heroes' Memorial was as Welsh as Welsh could be. Welsh Guards played Welsh music, pretty girls in Welsh costume served tea, and all the Welsh gods and goddesses, not to speak of Arthur and all his Knights with their respective ladies, appeared in Mr Louis Parker's Welsh Pageant. One of the treasures of Britain handed over into the Cauldron of Sacrifice was a toy Tank. The Princess Royal was present with her daughters'. (Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 19 December 1917)