Winslow History | Travelling theatre, 1911

Travelling theatre, 1911

Buckingham Advertiser, 18 Nov

STANDARD THEATRE
SWAN FIELD, WINSLOW.

Proprietress … … MRS. FRANK JAMES.
Manager … … MR. F. JAMES.

First time in Winslow of this very popular Company
with a Repertoire of

First Class Plays and Dramas,
Musical Comedies and Farces,
Sufficient to please the most fastidious.
Come, See, and Judge for yourself.

THURSDAY Evening, November 23rd – Grand Opening Night. The Beautiful Play in Three Acts, entitled –
“ALL THAT GLITTERS,”
or, The Serpent on the Hearth.
Full of mirth and interest from beginning to end.

FRIDAY Evening, November 24th, will be produced
with special Scenery and Effects –
“The Unknown,” or a River Mystery.

SATURDAY Evening, Nov. 25th, the People’s
Night, that ever Popular Play, the –
“Flowers of the Forest” or the
Gipsey’s Vengeance.
(Introducing the Famous Country Dance.)

MONDAY Evening, Nov. 27th, The Great London
Success –
“The Land of the Living.”

Concluding each Evening with Singing, Dancing,
and a Laughable Farce. Time permitting.

Front Seats, 1s.; Pit, 6d.; Gallery, 3d.

Notes

The Standard Theatre company toured the country: they were in Ross-on-Wye in February-March, Glastonbury in June, Droitwich in July, Southam in September. They set up at Ford Meadow at the end of September, and continued there until moving to Winslow on 23 Nov. The performances took place in a "large building".

The Swan Field later became the Sports Club, then the site of Winslow County Secondary School.