Between the Soup and the Savoury, is a play by Gertrude E. Jennings [wiki] about kitchen servants written in 1880 and first produced in 1910. Jennings wrote 50 plays, mostly one act comedies about social conditions. her hobby horse being women’s suffrage. One hundred years later her plays Between the Soup and the Savory along with Pros and Cons was on stage again and the theatre group’s backstage [youtube] reflections were recorded. This group also preformed two more plays by Jennings — The New Poor and Five Birds in a Cage. And extremely low and behold, this is the same play in 2012 with early computer voices.
Gertrude Jennings Plays
- 1880: Between the Soup and the Savoury
- 1906: Mechanical Jane : a play in one act for three ladies
- 1910: A Women’s Influence
- 1914: Rest Cure. a play in one act
- 1914: Acid Drops: a comedy in one act – workhouse
- 1911: Our Nervous System, a comedy in one act [renamed The Pros and Cons] – marriage troubles
- 1915: Five Birds In A Cage, a comedy in one act – class relations
- 1916: The Bathroom Door: a farce in one act
- 1917: Poached Eggs and Pearls, a canteen comedy in two scenes – working men’s club
- 1918: Allotments – a play in one act
- 1919: At the Ribbon Counter; a comedy in one act
- 1919: Keeping Up Appearances
- 1919: Elegant Edward; a comedy in one act
- 1919: No Servants – a comedy in one act
- 1919: Waiting for the Bus: a comedy in one act – class relations
- 1920: I’m Sorry – It’s Out! – a comedy in one act
- 1920: The New Poor – a farce in one act
- 1920: In the Cellar – a farce in one act
- 1920: Bobby Settles Down – a comedy
- 1921: The Young Person in Pink – a comedy in three acts
- 1922: Hearts to Sell
- 1921: Me and my Diary – a comedy in one act
- 1922: Love Among the Paint Pots – a comedy in three acts
- 1922: Calais to Dover: A farce in one act
- 1923: Isabel, Edward and Anne – a comedy in three acts
- 1923: Cat’s Claws – a comedy in one act
- 1926: Have You Anything to Declare? – a farce in one act
- 1927: Spot – a comedy for two people
- 1928: Scraps – a comedy in one act
- 1928: These Pretty Things – a farcical comedy in three acts
- 1932: Pearly Gates – a comedy in one act
- 1935: Family Affairs – a comedy in 3 acts
- 1930: The Helping Hands; a farce in one act
- 1931: The Bride, a comedy in one act
- 1935: Family Affairs
- 1937: How Now Brown Cow! a comedy in one act
- 1942 Good Neighbours – play in one act
- 1943 Whiskers and Co. – a pantomime in three acts
- 1944: A Sleeping Beauty – pantomime in two acts
- 1944: Too Much Bluebeard – a farce in three scenes for three women
- 1947: In the Fog – a farce in one act
- 1947: Bubble and Squeak – play in three acts
- 1947: Happy as a King – A Comedy in One Act
