Great War Theatre

Address: London, UK

Performances at this Theatre

Date Script Type
10 Jan 1939 Annajanska, The Wild Grand Duchess Professional
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Performed until at least 20 January 1939. Cast and creatives were: Elspeth March (Annajanska), W. E. Holloway (General Strammfest), Reginald Cornish (Schneidekind) and Stuart Gray (first soldier); also Stewart Granger (producer) and G. R. Schjelderup (designer). Also performed were 'Village Wooing' and 'The Dark Lady of the Sonnets', both by Bernard Shaw. '... about the incredible Annajanska the Bolshevik Empress, I have nothing to say. I can only assume that Mr. Shaw wrote it with his left hand while he was shaving with his right’. (Era, 12 January 1939)