Imperial Theatre, Canning Town

Performed by Oswald Waller and Gloria Laurence.

The Stage, 3 and 10 February 1916, listed The Unmarried Mother (South) as On Tour from 7 February at the Imperial, Canning Town.

Performed by Will Casey and company.

When Miss Emma Litchfield’s company advertised Home Once More in The Stage, 11 and 18 January 1917, the address for the week beginning 15 January was the Imperial, Canning Town. And when Mrs. Lillie Livesey (Mrs. Lionel Balmont) of the Home Once More company inserted a theatrical card in The Stage, 18 January 1917, her address was the Imperial, Canning Town.

Between them The Era, 9 and 16 May 1917, listed The Enemy in our Midst (Carlton Wallace’s) as On The Road from 14 May and 21 May at the Imperial, Canning Town.

When Charles Locke advertised in The Era, 10 October 1917, and in The Stage, 25 October 1917, seeking theatres for For Motherland, his address was the Imperial, Canning Town.

The Stage, 21 March 1918, listed P. T. Selbit’s Love and The Law at the London Imperial in Calls For Next Week; and Love and The Law as On Tour from 25 March at the Imp., Canning Town.

This performance (theatre and start date) is included in a list of previous performances of “Married on Leave” in The Stage of Thursday 1 August 1918. The Stage of Thursday 1 August 1918 noted, ‘All records for drama beaten last Saturday at Canning Town’.

The Stage, 13 and 20 February 1919, listed The Unmarried Mother as On Tour from 17 February at the Imperial, Canning Town. The Unmarried Mother was also listed at the London Imperial in Calls For Next Week in The Stage, 13 February 1919.