Great War Theatre

Performances at this Theatre

Date Script Type
N/A The Businessman Unknown
5 Oct 1914 Gentlemen, the King! Professional
4 Jan 1915 The Coward Professional
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The Yorkshire Evening Post, 2 January 1915, noted that next week Evie Greene, Horace Hunter and Lily Hammersley would appear in 'Naturalised' at the Bradford Empire. And The Stage, 7 January 1915, noted that Horace Hunter and company were performing ‘that patriotic sketch’ Naturalised.
7 Apr 1915 Passing Events Professional
14 Feb 1916 5064 Gerrard Professional
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Bradford One of the smartest of plays of the revue order is '5064 Gerrard' which as the name would suggest is bang up to date in motif and action, 'ringing up' Bradfordians to 'something real good' in the way of bright entertainment. The cast is a strong one comprising George French the well-known comedian with such talented associates as Lafayette Rannsley, Syd Crossley, Dorothy Monkman, Connie Kaye, and Anna Dorothy. A full London Company of 50 Artistes will sustain the revue with properties of elaborate character and schemes of colour illuminating costumes and scenic pictures amounting the latest word in up to date entertainment. Mr George French is a favourite in Bradford as much for his dancing as for his capacity as a fun merchant. Miss Anna Dorothy is a chic American comedian who is the leading lady. 5064 Gerrard it may be added is the phone number of the famous Leicester Square Alhambra. (Bradford Weekly Telegraph – Friday 11 February 1916)
26 Mar 1917 The Only Peace Professional
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'Mr. Arthur Bourchier will present "Find the Woman," the intensely dramatic story of American police methods, at the Empire Theatre, Bradford, next week … As a “curtain raiser,” a bright little play entitled “The Dean’s Dream; or the Only Peace,” will be staged. It is an entirely new play to be produced for the first time on any stage at Bradford next Monday’ (Bradford Weekly Telegraph, 23 March 1917). Noted in The Era, 28 March 1917: ‘Mr. Arthur Bourchier and company in “Find the Woman,” preceded by “The Dean’s Dream”’. A review of ‘Find The Woman’ in the Bradford Weekly Telegraph, 30 March 1917, does not mention ‘The Dean’s Dream; or The Only Peace’.
8 Oct 1917 A Kiss For Cinderella Professional
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The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, Monday 8 October 1917, listed A Kiss for Cinderella at the Empire Theatre, Bradford that day. Otherwise the dates are conjectural.
15 Oct 1917 Inside the Lines Professional