FF
began managing a season of plays at the Avenue Theatre
in London.
Johnson, Josephine. Florence Farr: Bernard Shaw’s new woman. Colin Smythe, 1975.
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Performance of text
George Bernard Shaw
GBS
's first play to run at a commercial theatre, Arms and the Man, a satire on romantic notions of war and militarism, was produced by Florence Farr
and Annie Horniman
at the Avenue Theatre
Timeline
By April 1894: English theatre patron Annie Horniman funded...
Writing climate item
By April 1894
English theatre patron Annie Horniman
funded a repertory season at the Avenue Theatre
(later the Avenue Playhouse), London which concentrated on the new drama.
Hartnoll, Phyllis, editor. The Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 4th ed., Oxford University Press, 1983.
