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Production

Lysistrata (1910)

APGRD id
8900
Start date
11th October 1910
Production Media
Stage-play
Languages
English
Associated ancient works
Lysistrata (Aristophanes)
Scripts:
Lysistrata (1911) (Laurence Housman (1865-1959))
APGRD Notes
Premiere production of Laurence Housman's translation; performed in October 1910 to open Gertrude Kingston's Little Theatre. Performance seen and reviewed by Virginia Woolf.
URI
https://apgrd.classics.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/8900
Related Content
Person Credit Notes
Gertrude Kingston Actor Lysistrata
Cavendish Morton Producer
Margaret Watson Actor Calonice
Dorothy Minto Actor Myrrhina
Maud Cressall Actor Lampito
Charles Danvers Actor Strymodorus (Chorus Leader)
Thomas Sidney Actor Commissioner
Isabel Merson AKA Isabella Merson Actor Chorus
Guy Rathbone Actor Cinesias
Herbert Standing Actor Herald
James Geldard Actor First Spartan Ambassador
A. R. Dight Actor Second Spartan Ambassador
Alma Dudley Actor Peace
Everard Vanderlip Actor First Athenian
Robert Harcourt Actor Second Athenian
Annie Eliza Spong (1870-1957) AKA Anna Spong Dancer
Irene Osborn Spong (1882–1960) Dancer
Venue Country Dates APGRD Notes Festival
The Little Theatre (1910-1949), Little Theatre in the Adelphi (London, Greater London, England) England – The theatre's opening performance.
Title Year Format Content
An anti-war comedy of 412 B.C. - the Gate Lysistrata Photocopy newspaper review
The Gate Theatre Studio … presents Lysistrata Photocopy programme
The Little Theatre Photocopy review
The Little Theatre: Lysistrata - programme Programme programme
Title Contributors Year Format Pagination
Aristophanes in Performance, 421 BC-AD 2007: Peace, Birds and Frogs Vasiliki Giannopoulou, Charalampos Orfanos, Matthew Steggle, Rosie Wyles, Phiroze Vasunia, Angeliki Varakis, Francesca Schironi, Martina Treu, Sean O'Brien, Bernd Seidensticker, Ewen Bowie, Gonda A. H. Van Steen, Malika Bastin-Hammou AKA Hammou, Betine van Zyl Smit, Amanda Wrigley, Michael Silk, Mary-Kay Gamel, Edith Hall Book
The Unexpected Years Laurence Housman (1865-1959) Book