Hippodrome, Brighton

Performed for the week by cast including Harry Buss .

‘Camille Clifford and company in “A Girl of the Future”’ are listed among acts at the Brighton Hippodrome in Calls For Next Week in The Stage, 25 January 1917.

Duncan and Godfrey present "A Soldier, a Girl and a Jolly Jack Tar." (The Era - Wednesday 4 April 1917)

Included in the show at the Hippodrome, Brighton is ‘the “presentation,” by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, of a characteristic sample of his inimitable trench humour in a screamingly funny sketch called “That [sic] Johnson ‘Ole.” Mid Sussex Times, Tuesday 15 May 1917.

'There’s a ring of more than ordinary distinction about the programme at the Brighton Hippodrome next week ... the famous actress, Nina Boucicault, is entitled to rank of equal importance, particularly as her first appearance at the Hippodrome next week will be made in that pretty little playlet called “When the Clock Strikes Nine,” which recently delighted London with its Barrie-like mixture' (Sussex Daily News, 4 August 1917). 'The Bank Holiday programme at the Brighton Hippodrome was, as usual, of the most enticing description, and packed "houses" accorded it an enthusiastic reception. A new playlet by Seymour Obermer, "When the Clock Strikes Nine," with Miss Nina Boucicault playing the principal part, was a sufficient attraction in itself to the crowds of pleasure-seekers who filled the town, and it was of a character entirely suited to the audience. Miss Nina Boucicault’s rich vein of humour in the character of Mrs. Lane, the elderly widow, whose son Tom (Tom M. Lloyd) is at the front, and her delicious repartee and perfect acquaintance with the language of our “Tommies” were keenly appreciated. Miss Anne Godfrey and Mr. Hubert Willis were her other gifted colleagues' (Sussex Daily News, 7 August 1917).

'There’s a ring of more than ordinary distinction about the programme at the Brighton Hippodrome next week ... the famous actress, Nina Boucicault, is entitled to rank of equal importance, particularly as her first appearance at the Hippodrome next week will be made in that pretty little playlet called “When the Clock Strikes Nine,” which recently delighted London with its Barrie-like mixture' (Sussex Daily News, 4 August 1917). 'The Bank Holiday programme at the Brighton Hippodrome was, as usual, of the most enticing description, and packed "houses" accorded it an enthusiastic reception. A new playlet by Seymour Obermer, "When the Clock Strikes Nine," with Miss Nina Boucicault playing the principal part, was a sufficient attraction in itself to the crowds of pleasure-seekers who filled the town, and it was of a character entirely suited to the audience. Miss Nina Boucicault’s rich vein of humour in the character of Mrs. Lane, the elderly widow, whose son Tom (Tom M. Lloyd) is at the front, and her delicious repartee and perfect acquaintance with the language of our “Tommies” were keenly appreciated. Miss Anne Godfrey and Mr. Hubert Willis were her other gifted colleagues' (Sussex Daily News, 7 August 1917).

Performed for the week by cast including Harry Buss.

The Era, 24 October 1917, lists ‘The Johnson ‘Ole’ in Next Week’s Calls, Monday 29 October, at the Brighton Hippodrome. ‘The following are among the amusements in Brighton this week … The Hippodrome. Nightly at 6.35 and 8.55. Harry Thurston in the humorous production “The Johnson ‘Ole”’. Mid Sussex Times, 30 October 1917.

Performed by: Mary Mayfren Variety acts on bill

The Mid Sussex Times, Tuesday 21 May 1918, advertised, ‘The big holiday feature [at the Hippodrome, Brighton] is Captain Bruce Bairnsfather’s famous trench comedy, “The Johnson ‘Ole”’.

Advertised in The Stage, 25 July and 1 August 1918.

The Stage, 9 January 1919, listed Jolly Times as On Tour from 13 January at the H., Brighton. Listed as a ‘musical burlesque’ in the Mid Sussex Times, 14 January 1919.

‘Godfrey Tearle is appearing as Philip in “The Boy Comes Home.” He is supported by Amy Coleridge, Maud Scott, Mary O’Toole, and Arthur Bawtree’. The Stage, 20 March 1919.

Noted in the Stage, 24 July 1919.