Great War Theatre

Address: Edmonton, London N18 2BZ, UK

Performances at this Theatre

Date Script Type
N/A Settling Day Unknown
21 Dec 1914 The Bully Of Berlin [The Beast of Berlin] Professional
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Performed alongside 'The Knighthood of Posner'.
4 Jan 1915 Mad Dog. New Pantomimical Patriotic Sketch Professional
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Performed by the Six Brothers Luck company.
22 Feb 1915 Love and Laughs Unknown
3 May 1915 It's A Long Way To Tipperary Professional
17 May 1915 In the Hands of the Hun [In the Hands of the Huns] Professional
23 Aug 1915 Remember Belgium [licensed as 'George Grant'] Professional
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‘"Remember Belgium," a drama, is the Edmonton Empire's attraction’. Reynold’s Newspaper, Sunday 22 August 1915. The company is not identified.
4 Oct 1915 The Unmarried Mother Professional
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The Stage, 7 October 1915, listed The Unmarried Mother as On Tour from 4 October at the Empire, Edmonton. Oswald Cray advertised in The Stage, 14 October 1915, that ‘Hundreds [were] Turned Away Last Saturday Night at the Empire, Edmonton, with my North Company of “The Unmarried Mother”’.
31 Jul 1916 Somewhere A Heart Is Breaking [The Coward Who Made Good] Professional
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The Stage, 22 June 1916, published an advertisement inserted by Miss Winifred Maude’s Company seeking a theatre for Somewhere A Heart Is Breaking for August 7, following the Empire, Edmonton. The Stage, 3 August 1916, noted that Somewhere A Heart Is Breaking was On Tour from 31 July at the Empire, Edmonton.
21 Aug 1916 Home Once More Professional
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The Era, 23 August 1916, listed Home Once More as On The Road from 21 August at the Emp., Edmonton. And when Miss Emma Litchfield’s company advertised Home Once More in The Stage, 24 August 1916, the address for that week was the Empire, Edmonton.
28 Dec 1916 Robinson Crusoe Unknown
24 Sep 1917 All Dressed Up Professional
29 Apr 1918 His Last Leave Professional
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The Stage, 2 May 1918, listed His Last Leave as On Tour from 29 April at the Emp., Edmonton
10 Jun 1918 Settling Day Professional
24 Jun 1918 A Mother's Prayer Unknown
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Performed as 'The Middy V.C. Comes Home'
2 Sep 1918 For The Flag Unknown
9 Sep 1918 Back to the Wife and Home [Home from the Trenches] Professional
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Home From The Trenches is on tour 9 September at E., Edmonton. The Stage, 5 September 1918.
7 Oct 1918 The Girl Who Changed Her Mind Professional
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The Stage, 3 and 10 October 1918, listed The Girl Who Changed Her Mind as On Tour from 7 October at the E., Edmonton.
20 Jan 1919 Saved By Wireless Professional
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The Stage, 16 January 1919, listed Gilbert Heron and company in Saved by Wireless in Calls for Next Week at the Edmonton Empire.
10 Feb 1919 The Queen and The Knave Professional
5 May 1919 Settling Day Professional
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‘After a successful tour of the provinces, Denton Spencer’s comedy dramatic playlet, “Settling Day,” will be back London in London again next week at the Edmonton Empire [from Monday 5 May 1919] and the week following [from Monday 12 May 1919] it will also pay a return visit to the Shoreditch Empire. Albert Brasque and Cora Duncan have made an enviable reputation by their fine acting in the principal parts’ (The Era, Wednesday, 30 April 1919). Similarly The Stage, 1 May 1919.
7 Jul 1919 14 Days Leave Professional