Great War Theatre

Performances at this Theatre

Date Script Type
29 Jan 1917 Holidays Unknown
4 May 1936 The Black Sheep Of The Family Professional
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The Era, 29 April 1916, and The Stage, 30 April 1916, listed ‘The Charles Denville Famous Players in “The Black Sheep of the Family”‘ at the Byker Grand in Calls For Next Week. Advertised in the Newcastle Sunday Sun, 3 May 1936, as ‘[a] powerful drama … adapted from the well-known song of the same name’. The author of the play is not named, so there is no certainty that it was Gladys Hastings Walton, but no other play with the same title was licensed by the Lord Chamberlain’s Office. However, the Denville Stock Company / Denville Players did perform Gladys Hastings Walton’s play at the Victoria Opera House, Burnley, 15-20 May 1922; the Hippodrome, Burslem, 26 June – 1 July 1922; the Hippodrome, Wallasey, 10-15 July 1922; the Hippodrome, Margate, 8-13 February 1926; and the Theatre Royal, Barry, 22-27 March 1926.