This year Fred’s Theatre will be staging three one-act plays written during the First World War. This blog will present a series of posts on these extraordinary works, their playwrights and the context in which they were written.
The Plays
Black ‘Ell by Miles Malleson
X=0: A Night of the Trojan War by John Drinkwater
The Munition Worker by Alec Holmes (Lady Aimée Byng Hall Scott)
Venues and Dates
The Bear Pit, Stratford-upon-Avon: 23-26 March 2016 Book your tickets!
Preview Wednesday at 19:30; Thursday to Saturday at 19:30; matinee on Saturday at 14:00
The Cockpit Theatre, Marylebone, London: 29-30 March 2016
Tuesday to Wednesday, 19.30
Stan’s Café, Birmingham: 31 March-2 April 2016
Thursday to Saturday, 19:30; matinee on Saturday at 14:00 Book your tickets!
After-Show Talk: 31 March with Dr Andrew Maunder (University of Hertfordshire), Martin Killeen (Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham), Peter Malin (Director)
Additional Dates in April:
Studio Theatre, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield
Tuesday 26 April (time tbc)
Aphra Theatre, University of Kent, Canterbury
Thursday 28 April, 2pm performance as part of the conference: Pack Up Your Troubles: Performance Cultures in the First World War (performance open to the public)
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