Concerts at the Front

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Occupation	Dodie Smith	DS secured a few unremarkable acting jobs, many of them on tour, and one of them at the recently launched Everyman Theatre in Hampstead. She was especially pleased to be invited on tour with...
Occupation	Cicely Hamilton	CH ran a repertory theatre company affiliated with Concerts at the Front, which played to soldiers in France and Germany. Whitelaw, Lis. The Life and Rebellious Times of Cicely Hamilton. Women’s Press, 1990. 152-3, 172 Todd, Janet, editor. Dictionary of British Women Writers. Routledge, 1989. 309

The Actresses' Franchise League , led by Lena Ashwell , organised entertainment for troops, first at English army bases and later in France; these eventually became known as Concerts at the Front.

Whitelaw, Lis. The Life and Rebellious Times of Cicely Hamilton. Women’s Press, 1990.

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Lena Ashwell used her Actresses' Franchise League connections to recruit the popular farce writer, Gertrude Jennings , to write plays for Concerts at the Front.

Hirshfield, Claire. “The Actresses’ Franchise League in Peace and War: 1913-1918”. New England Theatre Journal, Vol.

, 1994, pp. 35-49.

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