Pavilion, Pontnewynydd

The Stage, 9 March 1916, advertised, ‘Percy Mavis presents, by arrangement with Will Parkin, the Record-breaking Revue, “The Man in the Moon.” 7 Scenes. Absolutely the Strongest Revue Cast Touring, including:- Griff Hodson, Allen Hanbury, Peter Pan, Bob Rowlands, Percy Mavis, Dorothy Veitch, Ethel Mavis, Flo Inman, Hilda Holmwood, Trixie Simmons. Specialities by Mavis and Mavis, Four Kays, Trixie and Trix, The Radiacs. Powerful Chorus. This [week], Pav., Pontnewynydd [a suburb of Pontypool]'. ‘Will Parkin’s company are here [the Pavilion, Pontypool] with The Man in the Moon. The characters are capably undertaken by Dorothy Veitch, Allan Hanbury, Griff Hodson, George Carpenter, Percy Mavis, Harry Alvey, W. Parkin, Ethel Mavis, Arthur Bright, Hilda Homewood, and Bob Rowlands. Excellent specialities are introduced by Mavis and Mavis, Four Dorotheas and Arthur Bright. The augmented orchestra is conducted by Sidney Jukes’ (The Stage, 9 March 1916).

The Stage, 27 April 1916, listed The Slacker as On Tour from 24 April at the Pavilion, Pontnewynydd. ‘The Slacker … played here [the Pavilion] on Monday to packed houses. The principal parts are in the capable hands of E. Warden, Dennis Leslie, J. W. Wilkinson, Sydney T. Russell, Margaret Frame, Flo Bevan, Pollie Denville, and Maud Elliott’ (The Stage, 27 April 1916).

The Era, 31 May 1916, listed Remember Belgium as On The Road from 29 May at the Pav., Pontnewynydd. Also: ‘Mr. and Mrs. Percy Brown’s company are here [the Pavilion, Pontypool] with Remember Belgium. The various characters receive capable treatment at the hands of Cliff Deane, Frank Kendall, J. P. Lallan, Reg. Brown, Arthur Lowery, Cliff H. Astley, C. Rudstone, Effie Dane, Lizzie Palmer, and Annie Hylton’. The Stage, 1 June 1916. [Pontnewynydd is a suburb of Pontypool.]

The Stage, 21 and 28 September 1916, noted that Somewhere A Heart Is Breaking was On Tour from 25 September at the Pavilion, Pontnewynydd [Pontypool, Torfaen, Wales].

The Era, 25 October 1916, listed The Enemy in our Midst as On The Road from 23 October at the Pavilion, Pontnewynydd.

‘Emma Litchfield and company present “Home Once More” here [the Pavilion, Pontypool]. The authoress, Emma Litchfield, acts well as Mary Lorraine, and Conrad E. Stratford portrays Captain Geoffrey Forrester capably. Geo. Chate, as Lieutenant Eric Lorraine, and Edith Giddings, as Stella Richmond, do good work. Lionel Balmont, Tom H. Solly, Wm. Barrett, Chas. Edwards and Lily Livesey are also in the cast. To-night (Thursday) and the remainder of the week “The King of the Gipsies” is being staged’. The Stage, 29 March 1917.

The Stage, 28 February and 7 March 1918, listed Always Welcome As On Tour from 4 March at the Pav., Pontnewynydd. When Miss Emma Litchfield’s company advertised Always Welcome in The Stage, 28 February 1918, the address for the following week was the Pavilion T., Pontnewynydd. And The Era, 6 March 1918, listed Always Welcome as On The Road from 4 March at the Pavilion, Pontnewynydd. But there is no other evidence that Always Welcome was performed.

The Stage, 13 and 20 February 1919, listed Love, Honour and The Woman as On Tour from 17 February at the Pav., Pontnewynydd.

When Edwin Turner, a member of the Love and The Law company, inserted an advertisement for the play in The Stage, 13 March 1919, his address was Pav., Pontnewynydd, S. Wales.

The Stage of Thursday 29 May 1919 listed “Married on Leave” as on tour that week at Pontnewynydd.

‘Will H. Glaze’s company are presenting “His Last Leave.” Norton Shields sustains the character of Richard Maxwell with distinction, and Dorothie G. Kirke makes a charming Rose Maxwell. James Hart is well placed as Capt. Robert Saltire, and Millie Phillips is successful as Dora Wendover. J. W. Evelyn is excellent as the Rev. James Maxwell. Other parts are effectively played’. The Stage, 26 June 1919.