From the Westerham Herald for 1934: All roads led to “Franks Hall” near Dartford on Wednesday where a vast audience of nearly three thousand people assembled to witness performances of Shakespeare’s great pageant play “King Henry VIII” which, together with a series of short plays, was presented at the Drama Festival organised by Mrs. Granville ...
Reference: WH0877
An account from the Secretary Miss Gosling herself that same year ‘…in 1921 it became necessary to have a home of our own, as we had met since our formation in 1918 in the Drill Hall, which was no longer available when the soldiers came back. The matter was warmly discussed at a meeting and it ...
Reference: WH0878
In 1926 the Westerham Women’s Institute staged a performance of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar at Squerryes Court. The play, in five acts, was produced by Mrs Granville Streatfeild with incidental music composed and conducted by Miss H. Lubbock. Some key roles were as follows Julius Caesar, Mrs Strolger Calpurnia, Mrs Grace Mark Anthony, Mrs Streatfeild Brutus, Mrs Brown Cassius, Mrs Bowles Metellus Cimber ...
Reference: WH0322
