| Main Performers | Miss Agnes Nicholls,
Mr Frederick Ranalow,
Lady Maud Warrender,
Gordon Cleather - vocals,
Albert Sammons - violin,
Auriol Jones - pianoforte,
O'Connor Morris |
| Orchestra or Band | Massed Bands of the Brigade of Guards,
Band of HM Irish Guards
Irish Pipers and Drummers (St Joseph's School, Longsight, Manchester) |
| Conductors | A Williams,
C Harris,
C H Hassall |
| Set List | 'The National Anthem', arr. Sir Michael Costa (Agnes Nicholls, Lady Maud Warrender),
March: 'The Irish Flag', C Milligan Fox (A W),
'Fantasia on Irish Melodies', F Godfrey (Massed Bands of the Brigade of Guards),
'The Ould Lad', Hamilton Harty (Gordon Cleather),
'Let Erin Remember The Days of Old', arr. Stanford (Gordon Cleather),
'Antrim Glen Song', arr. C Milligan Fox (Lady Maud Warrender),
'Irish Battle Hymn', arr. Stanford (Lady Maud Warrender),
Songs: 'Maire, My Girl', George Aitken (Frederick Ranalow),
Violin Solo: 'Irish Airs', arr. A Sammons (Albert Sammons),
'Sea Wrack', Hamilton Harty (Agnes Nicholls),
Irish War Marches (Irish Pipers and Drummers),
'The Wearin' of the Green' (Irish Pipers and Drummers)
INTERVAL
March: 'The Birds', Sir Hubert Parry (Massed Bands of the Brigade of Guards),
'The Green Banks of the Suir', arr. C Milligan Fox (Gordon Cleather),
'The Jug of Punch', arr. Stanford,
Irish Country Songs: 'I Know Where I'm Goin' (Agnes Nicholls),
'A Ballynure Ballad', arr Herbert Hughes (Agnes Nicholls),
Violin Solo: 'Bagatelle', Albert Sammons (Albert Sammons),
'Variatioins on a Theme', Corelli (Albert Sammons),
'The Minstrel Boy', Moore (Frederick Ranalow),
'O I'm Not Myself At All', Lover (Frederick Ranalow),
Naval Patrol: 'Britain's First Line', A Williams (Massed Bands of the Brigade of Guards),
Duet: 'Oft, in the Stilly Night' (Lady Maud Warrender, Gordon Cleather),
Fantasia: 'For King and County', Ord Hume (Irish Guards, Massed Bands of the Brigade of Guards),
'Rule Britannia' (Massed Bands of the Brigade of Guards) |
| Royal Presence | HM Queen Alexandra,
HRH Princess Victoria,
Grand Duchess George of Russia |
| Performance Notes | The event was organised by the Countess of Limerick on behalf of the Soldiers' Free Refreshment Buffets in London and Ireland. The buffets provided free food and hot drinks for soldiers coming from or returning to the Western Front during the First World War and were entirely organised and run by women.
Shamrock was disrtibuted to the audience by several ladies: Countess Zia Torby, Countess Nada Torby, Marchioness of Granby, Lady Sarah Wilson, Lady Diana Manners, Countess of Chesterfield, Countess of Portarlington, Lady Amy and Lady Doris Gordon-Lennox, Lady Evelyn Baring, Lady Gwendolen Churchill, Lady Cynthia Asquith. the Hon. Eva Cadogan, the Hon. Lady Bathurst, Lady Oranmore and Browne, Miss Joan Astley, Miss Betty Stuart Wortley, Miss Nancy Cunard, Miss Violet de Trafford, Miss Vera Dugdale, Miss Violet Keppel, Miss Vera Paget, Miss Violet Warrender, Miss A Williams-Bulkeley, Mrs Winston Churchill, Miss Melita Keppel, and Miss Hoskin. |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1916/14),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1916/2) |
| Ticket Prices | 1s (gallery)-7s 6d (arena)
£2 2s-£4 4s (boxes) |