Metropole Theatre, Gateshead

T Edward Ward's Company

The Newcastle Evening Chronicle, Wednesday 29 September 1915, advertised Mrs Frank Bateman and Company at the Metropole, Gateshead, in The Woman in Khaki on Monday-Wednesday, Sapho on Thursday and The Way Women Love on Friday and Saturday. ‘Mrs Frank Bateman and company [are at the Metropole, Gateshead] in The Woman in Khaki, Sapho and The Way Women Love. The first-named piece was highly appreciated by two full houses on Monday. The chief parts were capitally sustained by Fred. W. Goddard, E. S. Rowe, Harry Ainsleigh, Edward Lowrie, Bert Daniels, Percy Shaw, Frank Hancox, Mrs. Bateman, Lily Adeson, Flora Hastings, Marion Vyner, and Lilian Lovell’ (The Stage, 30 September 1915). Noted in The Era, 29 September 1915.

The Era, 5 and 12 January 1916, listed The Little Grey Home In The West (South) as On The Road from 10 January at the Met., Gateshead. Also The Stage, 6 and 13 January 1916. Noted separately n The Era, 12 January 1916, performed by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Vaughan’s company.

Ernest R. Abbott’s company advertised in The Stage, 9 March 1916, for theatres for ‘the Assured Success, “Neither Wife Nor Maid” … The Play People Talk About. The success at the Metropole, Glasgow, was repeated last week at the Metropole, Gateshead'.

‘Emma Litchfield and company are presenting Home Once More to crowded houses [at the Metropole, Gateshead]. The principal members of a good company work hard to make the piece a success, and the efforts of S. P. Goodyer Kettley, Conrad E. Stratford, Lionel Balmont, Tom H. Solly, A. B. Lyons, Emma Litchfield, Lillie Livesey, and Ena Newham are most praiseworthy. The scenery is effective’. The Stage, 23 March 1916.

The Stage, 13 April 1916, reported that Mrs Frank Bateman and company were staging Somebody Knows, Somebody Cares that week at the Metropole, Gateshead; The King and the Orange Girl would be presented on Thursday and Friday.

‘The attraction this week [at the Metropole, Gateshead] is by Winifred Maude and company in Somewhere a Heart is Breaking, which attracted two good houses on Monday. The principal rôles receive capital treatment at the able hands of Will White, Harold Heath, C. Vivian Charles, Victor Du Cane, Hal Wellfox, Winifred Maude, Winnie Crichton, and Freda Beckett. The piece is well staged’. The Stage, 8 June 1916.

Noted in The Era, 20 September 1916.

Performed by Leonard Mortimer's Company.

The Era, 4 and 11 October 1916, listed The Unmarried Mother as On The Road from 9 October at the Metropole, Gateshead. Similarly The Stage, 5 and 12 October 1916. Also noted separately in The Era, 11 October 1916.

The Era, 29 November 1916, listed The Slacker as On The Road from 27 November at the Metropole, Gateshead.

The Era, 29 November 1916, listed The Slacker as On The Road from 27 November at the Metropole, Gateshead.

‘G. Carlton Wallace and company are presenting The Enemy in our Midst to good houses this week. A convincing presentation is given by the company, the principal characters being capitally undertaken by Fredk. Scarth, G. Carlton Wallace, Roy Fortescue, Bon Anderson, William Rea, Henry Parker, Evelyn Carleton, Lydia Mannington, Gertie Henderson, and Phylis Evelyn. The piece is splendidly mounted’. The Stage, 25 January 1917.

The Era, 31 January 1917, listed The Black Sheep of the Family as On The Road from 5 February at the Metropole, Gateshead. When Ethel Monton inserted a theatrical card in The Stage, 8 February 1917, thanking ‘an unknown admirer for beautiful bouquet last week at Glasgow. Black Sheep also sends thanks for pipe’, her address was the Metropole, Gateshead.

The Stage, 2 August 1917, listed His Last Leave as On Tour from 30 July at the Met., Gateshead.

‘Emma Litchfield and company are paying a visit here [the Metropole, Gateshead] with her play “Always Welcome.” The principal characters receive capital treatment at the hands of Conrad E. Stratford, Geoffrey Chate, Tom H. Solly, Thomas Campbell, Wm. Barrett, Emma Litchfield, Annie Laurie, Lillie Livesey, Winifred Rutland, and Clare Elkington’. The Stage, 6 September 1917.

The Stage, 13 September 1917, listed For Motherland as On Tour from 10 September at the Metropole, Gateshead.

Performed as 'The Middy V.C. Comes Home'

‘W. H. Glaze’s company are presenting “Blackmail” to good houses. The principal rôles are undertaken with efficiency by Harry Tresham, R. Smith, Will Scotton, Renée Bevan, R. Wilson, and Nita Langford’. The Stage, 4 October 1917.

‘George Pickett and company present a well-written one-act play, The Pacifist. Dorothy Wilmer gives a praiseworthy delineation of Dr. Madge Verrinder. Other parts are capably done’. The Stage, 2 January 1919.