Pavilion, Mossend

Performed the full week (Bellshill Speaker, 14 September 1917)

'During the whole week there has been no gainsaying the fact that the Pavilion management have secured a powerful attraction in the sensational playlet, “The Hun.” This playlet, in its entirety, is built upon present-dav incidents in the great war, armed with such first-rate players as Katherine Da-koyd and Mr Charles Castella in the principal roles of Louise (the Belgian girl), Mons. Carmoy (grandparent of Louise), and The Hun (Prussian Officer), and with the absolute limit in stagecraft employed in the production, it is not in the least surprising that the sketch has “caught on” in such amazing fashion. From the rise to the fall of the curtain everyone is enraptured by the sensational scenes enacted before them in such realistic fashion' (Bellshill Speaker, 14 September 1917)

The Bellshill Speaker, Friday 24 February 1922, advertised at the Mossend Pavilion in the week commencing Monday 27 February ‘Special attraction. For one week only. Special and expensive engagement of the well-known actress, Cissie Langley (London) and No. 1 Company’ in Only a Dream (Monday and Tuesday); Nurse Cavell, Martyr (‘Pronounced one of the finest sketches ever written, showing how this Nurse sacrificed her life at duty’s call’) on Wednesday and Thursday; The Trail of Shame on Friday; and ‘Sketch (selected) on Saturday. The cast of Nurse Cavell, Martyr was: General Von Muller, murderer, Mr P. Gale; Henri de Belfort, a victim of German culture, Mr Jack Langley; Pat O’Leary, of the Dublin Fusiliers, Mr L. North; Father Poland, a Priest, Mr J. Laurie; Nurse Cavell, Cissie Langley. The scene was the interior of a nursing home in Brussels. Also: ‘Bumper programmes are being submitted at this house [the Mossend Pavilion] during the week, both in the shape of plays and pictures. Cissie Langley (London) and her No. 1 Company are carrying through first-class selections from their repertoire. On Monday and Tuesday the play was, “Only a Dream,” and dealt with the vital question of “Should a man marry again for the sake of his motherless child?” On Wednesday and Thursday the story of how Nurse Cavell sacrificed herself at duty’s call was vividly portrayed. To-night “The Trail of Shame” is the principal attraction. This sketch is after the style of “Damaged Goods,” and is, of course, for adults only. To-morrow a special sketch will be submitted’. Bellshill Speaker, Friday 3 March 1922.