Great War Theatre

Address: Lancaster, UK

Performances at this Theatre

Date Script Type
14 May 1917 Hullo! Projectiles! Amateur
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Performed twice-nightly between 14 and 19 May 1917, the play was a 'home-made' revue performed by female munition workers employed at the nearby national projective factory. Profits went to the Lancaster Infirmary, to which each munition girl contributed a penny from her weekly wages.
27 May 1918 Somewhere In Somerset Professional
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Noted in The Stage, 30 May 1918: the company included Albert Bruno and Dorothy Vere.
28 Jul 1919 Settling Day Professional
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‘The principal turns this week [at the Lancaster Hippodrome] are by Fred Hutchings, a smart comedian; Minnie Muir, a dainty comedienne; Jeannie Counsell, a popular vocalist; Duncan and Brasque in “Settling Day,” and the Phil Ascot Four, in clever dances’. The Stage, 31 July 1919.