Booklet: The Cricket Match | Glasgow Women’s Library Collections

Booklet (front): The Cricket Match by Mrs A Lawson Harkness; c.1900s; GWL-2021-5-2

Booklet: The Cricket Match - catalogue of plays published by Abel Haywood & Son Ltd; c.1900s; GWL-2021-5-2

Name/TitleBooklet: The Cricket Match

About this objectThe White House Plays No. 268: The Cricket Match by Mrs A Lawson Harkness - a comedy of school life, in two acts, for eight females (playing time approx. 32 minutes). Price 9d.

Warning: This play is a product of its time; it contains racist and sexist language.

MakerLawson Harkness, A (Mrs)

Maker RoleAuthor

MakerAbel Heywood & Son Ltd

Maker RolePublisher

Date Madec.1900s

Period1900s

Place MadeEngland, Manchester

Place NotesPublishers: Abel Heywood & Son Ltd, The White House, Lever Street, Manchester, 1

Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper

Inscription and MarksFront cover, top right, handwritten in pen: Shirley

MeasurementsH: 182 x W: 122 mm

Subject and Association KeywordsPlays for women

Subject and Association Keywordseducation & learning

Subject and Association KeywordsElocution

Subject and Association DescriptionThe Cricket Match was one of several plays performed by Shirley Henderson (donor) and her classmates in their weekly Speech and Drama class.

Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library

Object TypeBooklet

Object numberGWL-2021-5-2