?, Newcastle

The precise date is conjectural. From an article by Norman K Veitch, Hon. Sec., on Clarion Dramatic Societies: ‘The Newcastle Society finished their season by giving five performances to members of the club during the eight days ending April 25. The plays presented were Fynge’s [sic – J. M. Synge’s] “Shadows of the Glen,” E. Priestley’s “Ashes,” Lindon Donald’s “Recognition of the Union,” Gilbert’s “Pygmalion and Galatea,” Galsworthy’s “The Silver Box,” Shaw’s “The Showing-up of Blanco Posnet” and “Major Barbara,” and Neil Lyons’s “Getting at Facts.” Of this list only “Pygmalion and Galatea,” “The Silver Box,” and, I believe, “Shadows of the Glen,” have ever been played in Newcastle before except by the Clarion Dramatic Club'. Clarion, 8 May 1914.