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19:00, 8 September 2025 Helen Brooks talk contribs created page Race (Created page with "Evidence of the involvement of people of colour within private and amateur theatricals is poorly evidenced in the historical record. This page aims to gather together evidence to better support our historical understanding and research of the historical contribution of people of colour to private and amateur theatricals. At Hinchingbrook, in November 1787 Lord Sandwich reportedly had taken over managing the thunder and the lightning. It was noted that 'formerly a ''Bla...") Tag: Visual edit
18:42, 8 September 2025 Helen Brooks talk contribs created page Gordon Castle (Created page with "''The Times'', on 28 September 1792 reported that 'the Theatrical mania has reached Scotland, where the bonny Duchess is enlivening the Society of her Friends'. On 2 October 1792, the ''Courier'' reported that a 'pretty little theatre' had been built at Gordon Castle and that the nobility and gentry were amusing themselves with private theatricals.") Tag: Visual edit
18:40, 8 September 2025 Helen Brooks talk contribs created page Eaton Hall Theatre (Created page with "There was an evening's entertainment entitled Lord Grosvenor's Gala at the Eaton Hall Theatre on 6 September 1788. A prologue critical of the Restoration and Charles II was spoken. On 20 September 1788 ''Hamlet'' and ''High Life Below Stairs'' were staged at the theatre. In 1789, on 19 September the ''World'' reported that ''Othello'' and ''Much Ado About Nothing'' had been performed. The celebrated comic actress, Dorothy Jordan, was reported as being present at some of...") Tag: Visual edit
18:14, 8 September 2025 Helen Brooks talk contribs created page The Arts League (Created page with "The Arts League refers to the Arts League of Service was one of the many associations, societies, leagues and institutions devoted to the arts, which emerged after the First World War. They were conceived of as part of a larger project of reconstruction and motivated by post-war desire to make art accessible. They had a conference in Nottingham in March 1921 where they invited many of these groups and trade unions representations and pledged to exert efforts to bring th...") Tag: Visual edit
17:53, 8 September 2025 Helen Brooks talk contribs created page The Jutland Boys (Created page with "The Jutland Boys were a troupe of ten non-professional performers during the Great War. Their first performance was at the Euston Palace on 20 November 1916. Their act was called 'Jack Ashore' and the Examiner of Plays, Ernest Bendall described the act as: <blockquote>a little sketch introducing popular songs with connecting dialogue, for rendering by discharged naval men who took part in the battle of Jutland. It pretends, of course, to nothing in the way of dramatic in...") Tag: Visual edit
17:44, 8 September 2025 Helen Brooks talk contribs created page The Ten Tommies (Created page with "The Ten Tommies were a troupe of ten performers during the Great War. They advertised themselves as being music hall artists and actors who 'were to the front in the first great rush of volunteers' and who after having 'been through the "great adventure" were now 'able once more to entertain the public'. Their first performance was the 11 September 1916 at the Bath Palace. Their final performance was 19 July 1919 at the Runnacleave Theatre, Ilfracombe.") Tag: Visual edit