Picture No | 10642846 |
Date | September 1914 |
Description | Scenes from a play, Tommy Atkins, at the Lyceum Theatre |
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Scenes from a play entitled Tommy Atkins, at the Lyceum Theatre, London. It was no doubt put into production to help encourage recruitment in the early days of the First World War. Actors included Herbert Williams, Jessie Winter, Fred Morgan, Henry Lonsdale, Frank Lister and Maitland Marler. The play featured the popular wartime song, It's a Long Way to Tipperary.
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Source | Illustrations by Norman Morrow in The Bystander, 9 September 1914, p529 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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