Great War Theatre

Address: Rothesay, Isle of Bute PA20, UK

Performances at this Theatre

Date Script Type
5 Apr 1918 Five Days Leave, Somewhere In France Unknown
5 Apr 1918 Five Days Leave, Somewhere In France Professional
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The sketch was licensed on 25 March 1918 for performance on Friday 5 April 1918 at the Empire Theatre, Rothesay, the principal town on the Isle of Bute. Advertisements and notices in the local Rothesay weekly newspaper, the Buteman and West Coast Chronicle, on Friday 22 and 29 March and 5 April 1918 show that the musical burlesque ‘Thumbs’, in seven scenes, was performed at the Empire Theatre, Rothesay, for one week only beginning Monday 1 April. The sketch's author, George A Street, performed in 'Thumbs' in various Scottish towns in late 1917 and into 1918 (e.g. Motherwell Times, 2 November 1917; Stirling Observer, 11 December 1917; etc., etc. up to the Perthshire Advertiser, 20 March 1918). It is therefore likely that Street was performing in Rothesay on 5 April 1918. However, neither he nor ‘Five Days’ Leave’ is mentioned in the Buteman and West Coast Chronicle, although the notice that appeared on 5 April 1918 was printed before the sketch was purportedly to be performed for the first time that evening.