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Historia Theatre Company presents
Dear
Chocolate
SoldierA docudrama based
on the letters
(1916 to 1918)
of Bombardier
Edwin Hassall
It is June 1916. A 6 year old girl, Joan Burbridge, watches as her father wraps up a packet of chocolate for the brave soldiers at the front. A thought strikes
her: 'How will the soldier know the chocolate is from me?' Her father obligingly writes on the packet: ‘From Little Joan, Whiterock, Wadebridge, Cornwall’.
Six weeks letter, a green field envelope arrives, addressed to Little Joan. Inside is a letter, sent direct from the fighting at the Somme, by Bombardier
Edwin Hassall of Leek, Staffordshire.
The story of the letters, from ‘The Chocolate Soldier’ to Little Joan, takes us to Armistice, and is told movingly and amusingly, by three actors, in a cabaret
style performance with poetry and popular songs from the period.
ToLittle Joan
The Foxlowe Arts CentreMarket Place Leek Sta�s, ST13 6AD, UK
31st May 2018 • 7.30 (Doors open : 7pm)Tickets at £12 and £10
On tour from 1st to 6th June 2018 Please see overleaf for details
edited and arranged by Kate Glover directed by Kenneth Michaels
edited and arranged by Kate Glover directed by Kenneth Michaels
PREMIERE
DEAR CHOCOLATE SOLDIER CONTINUATION OF THE SUMMER TOUR 2018
Information on the forthcoming AUTUMN AND ARMISTICE TOUR
at www.historiatheatre.com
Friday June 1st at 7.30THE CLUB FOR ACTS AND ACTORSThe Concert Artistes' Association, 20 Bedford St, London WC2E 9HPhttp://www.thecaa.org/For information on tickets, please contact Historia Theatre Company at [email protected]
Saturday June 2nd at 7pm
ALL HALLOWS BY THE TOWER
Byward Street, London EC3R 5BJ
Signi�cant World War One associations:
Tubby Clayton, Vicar for 40 years, served as Army Chaplain
in France and Flanders. He also founded Talbot House
(Toc H) as a place of rest for soldiers on the Front.
Tickets £12 (£10 conc.) available on the door
To reserve places email [email protected]
Wednesday June 6th at 7pmSOLDIERS OF OXFORDSHIRE MUSEUM Park Street Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1SNTickets at £12 and £10 (conc.) available via the website http://www.sofo.org.uk/whats-on/or on 01993 810 212
