Great War Theatre

Performances at this Theatre

Date Script Type
19 Jul 1918 Five Days Leave, Somewhere In France Amateur
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‘Entertainment In Newry. A well-attended and most successful entertainment in aid of comforts for wounded soldiers in the Newry General Hospital and in the local Military Hospital was given in the Town Hall, Newry, on Friday night last by the Royal Scots, assisted by two young lady vocalists, Miss Masson and Miss Littlewood. The programme embraced selections by the orchestra of the battalion, songs, recitations, and a couple of sketches entitled “Five Days Leave” and “A Barrack-room Scene.”’. Belfast Newsletter, Monday 22 July 1918. Other than the identity of title, there is no evidence that this was the sketch by George A Street.