Cambridge Theatre, Spennymoor

'Mr Charles Locke and his up-to-date company will present the modern drama For Motherland, at the Cambridge Theatre, Spennymoor, next week. The Motherland is one of those dramas which appeal to those made lonely by the war. The action of the play takes place during those fateful days, August 4th and 5th, 1914, when all our naval men were called to action. On Friday night there will a special drama entitled The Woman Who Dared. The title itself predicts plenty of thrill and excitement’ (Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough, Saturday 11 August 1917). Noted in The Stage, 16 August 1917.

‘Mr Charles Locke and his up-to-date company will present the modern drama For Motherland, at the Cambridge Theatre, Spennymoor, next week. For Motherland is one of those dramas which appeal to those made lonely by the war. The action of the play takes place during those fateful days, August 4th and 5th, 1914, when all our naval men were called to action. On Friday night there will a special drama entitled The Woman Who Dared. The title itself predicts plenty of thrill and excitement’. Daily Gazette For Middlesbrough, 11 August 1917.

‘Emma Litchfield’s company are appearing here [the Cambridge, Spennymoor] with “Always Welcome” and “The King of the Gipsies.” The principal characters are ably played by Emma Litchfield and Conrad E. Stratford, who are well supported by a fine combination’. The Stage, 29 November 1917.

‘Emma Litchfield’s company provide the attraction for New Year week with “Home Once More” and “Sorrows of Satan” [at the Cambridge, Spennymoor]. The leading parts are played by Misses Litchfield, Gertie Moody, and Winifred Rutland, Messrs. T. C. Jackson, Conrad E. Stratford, and R. Power’. The Stage, 3 January 1918.

When Arthur Hinton advertised in The Stage, 17 January 1918, for theatres for The Black Sheep of the Family his address for the following week was the Cambridge T., Spennymoor. At this stage Arthur Hinton’s company seems consistently to have been performing Gladys Hastings Walton’s The Black Sheep of the Family.

The Stage, 16 and 23 January 1919, listed On Leave For His Wedding as On Tour from 20 January at the Camb, Spennymoor. Edward F Furneau’s Personal Companies advertised Clifford Rean’s On Leave For His Wedding in The Stage, 30 January 1919: ‘The real military play. All records broken, Cambridge Theatre, Spennymoor (refer)'.

Performed 16-21 June 1919.

Performed in repertory for the week alongside 'The Rival Mothers' and 'Queen of the Red Skins'.

Other pieces performed included: 'Has England Forgotten' and 'Lady Audley's Secret'. Cast included: Ernest Lodge, Charles Childe, and Frank Pearce.