Aldwych Gallery

A Member of Tattersall's

A scene from the play A Member of Tattersall's, by Captain H.S.Browning, which opened at the Whitney Theatre (now the Novello Theatre, Aldwych, London) on 28 February 1912.
The stage production featured a live horse (playing the role of Plutocrat'), seen here being led on stage by Peter Perks the bookmaker, played by Rutland Barrington. The jockey was played by Archie Arbuthnot.
1912

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The Golden Land of Fairy Tales

Promotional postcard for The Golden Land of Fairy Tales translated and adapted by A. H. Quaritich & Maurice Raye; music Heinrich Berte. The original Die Goldene Maerchen-welt (Hofoper, Vienna, 2nd April 1893) seems to have been a ballet. First produced Aldwych Theatre, 14th December /1911. The reverse has a message from the fairies in the show -children will have to see us ... Red Riding Hood, Puss in Boots, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty & Snowdrop all in one" Date: circa 1905

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Flagging his home town at the Eagle Hut, WW1

An American sailor sticks a flag into a huge map adorning the wall of the Eagle Hut in Aldwych, London, in order so he may meet other American soldiers and sailors from the same area. the Eagle Hut in Aldwych, London. The YMCA supplied British servicemen away from home in the UK and overseas with a place to eat, drink, relax, and write letters home. As American troops arrived in large numbers, the organisation committed to supplying a home from home for them in Englands capital. Operating from mid-August 1917, the YMCAs Eagle Hut was officially opened on 3 September by US ambassador W.H. Page.The Eagle Hut was established by four American businessmen based in London: E.C. Carter, Robert Grant, Grant Forbes and Francis E Powell. It stood at the point where the Indian High Commission and some of Bush House now stand, slightly west of the bottom of Kingsway on the north side of Aldwych. The Club could serve up to 5000 meals a day, provide a bed for overnight stays and was run by 800 volunteers, most of them women. Date: 1919

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