Grand, Gravesend

The Gravesend & Northfleet Standard, 6 October 1914, advertised at the Grand Theatre Hilda Beverley’s company in Foiled By A Woman on Monday-Wednesday and in When There Was War, or, The Great Conspiracy (‘A New Melodrama, founded on the events of the present European Crisis') on Thursday-Saturday. Both plays were by Joseph Wharncliffe. ‘The title of the play for the week-end [at the Grand Theatre] is “When there was war," or "The Great Conspiracy." This is a finely written work … by Joseph Wharncliffe, and in based upon the events of the present European crisis. Under such circumstances it should prove more than usually interesting, and should not be missed by any who are lovers of a thrilling dramatic performance’ (Gravesend & Northfleet Standard, 9 October 1914).