NRS
's comedy Private Room opened at the Westminster Theatre
in London; it seems not to have been published.
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(24 February 1934): 10
Performance of text
T. S. Eliot
The Family Reunion, another verse play by TSE
and his first with a contemporary setting, had its opening performance at the Westminster Theatre
in London.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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Drabble, Margaret, and Jenny Stringer, editors. The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. Oxford University Press, 1996.
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Performance of text
Ethel Lilian Voynich
In 1890, ELV
was, alongside Stepniak, both translating for and editing Free Russia, the journal of the Society of Friends of Russian Freedom
, for whom she smuggled forbidden books into Russia, meeting...
Performance of text
Lesley Storm
LS
's best-known play, Black Chiffon, had its premiere in London at the Westminster Theatre
. It ran for over 400 performances. The celebrated Flora Robson
played the lead role.
Morgan, Fidelis, editor. The Years Between: Plays by Women on the London Stage 1900-1950. Virago, 1994.
401
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46-7
Textual Production
Dorothy L. Sayers
The play is based on the life of William of Sens
, a twelfth-century architect who rebuilt part of the Cathedral after a fire. The Zeal of Thy House was transferred to London's Westminster Theatre
.