Eden Theatre, Bishop Auckland

The Era, 29 December 1915, listed The Little Grey Home in the West (South) as On The Road from 27 December at the Eden, Bishop Auckland. Also The Stage, 30 December 1915, without specifying a ‘North’ or ‘South’ company.

When G. Carlton Wallace’s companies advertised The Enemy in our Midst in The Era, 9 and 16 August 1916, the address for communications for this week was the E.T., Bishop Auckland.

‘Gladys Walton’s domestic drama, “The Black Sheep of the Family,” which held the boards at the Eden Theatre last night for the time in Auckland, was accorded a hearty reception. Mr Arthur Hinton, in the title role, portrayed the character of the “Hon. Ralph Sylvester,’ eldest son of “Lord Arlingham,” with realism. He was supported in the four acts by a competent company, and special mention must made of Miss Ethel Morton [sic], as “Loyale Dare”; Mr Roland Willis, as “Ralph’s” youngest brother; Chauney Morns [sic], as “Lord Arlingham”; and Miss Alice Jordan, as the latter’s wife. The action of the play took place in England (at Arlingham Hall) and in New York, a period of four years being covered’. Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough, 16 January 1917.

The Era, 12 December 1917, listed both Neither Wife Nor Maid and Sapho as On The Road from 10 December at the Theatre Royal, Darlington. On the other hand, when Ernest R. Abbott’s company advertised in The Stage, 13 December 1917, ‘Two Sure Attractions’, Neither Wife Nor Maid and Sapho: ‘Big Comedy Element in Both Plays’, Abbott himself gave his address that week as the Eden T., Bishop Auckland.

The evidence for this week is that The Stage, 22 and 29 August 1918, listed both The Queen and the Knave and Emma Litchfield as On Tour from 26 August at the E., Bishop Auckland; and that The Era, 28 August 1918, listed The Queen and the Knave as On The Road from 26 August at the E., Bishop Auckland.

The Stage, 6 February 1919, listed The Unmarried Mother as On Tour from 3 February at the E., Bishop Auckland.

The Stage, 20 and 27 February 1919, listed The Girl Who Changed Her Mind as On Tour from 24 February at the E., Bishop Auckland.