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== Tommy Atkins in performance ==
 
== Tommy Atkins in performance ==
  
The poem ''Tommy''[http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poems_tommy.htm], featuring "Tommy Atkins", was written and published by [[Rudyard Kipling]] in 1890 poem and reprinted in 1892 in Kipling's ''Barrack-Room Ballads''.  
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The poem ''Tommy''[http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poems_tommy.htm], featuring "Tommy Atkins", was written and published by [[Rudyard Kipling]] in 1890 poem and reprinted in 1892 in Kipling's ''Barrack-Room Ballads''. (Sometimes listed as ''The Ballad of Tommy Atkins''.)
 
   
 
   
 
In 1893,  Henry Hamilton (lyrics) and Samuel Potter (music) wrote the song "Private Tommy Atkins"[http://www.contemplator.com/england/atkins.html] for the musical play ''[[A Gaiety Girl]]'' ()
 
In 1893,  Henry Hamilton (lyrics) and Samuel Potter (music) wrote the song "Private Tommy Atkins"[http://www.contemplator.com/england/atkins.html] for the musical play ''[[A Gaiety Girl]]'' ()

Revision as of 08:44, 6 May 2019

"Tommy Atkins" is a long-standing name for a British Soldier (hence "Tommies") and has been used in the titles of a number of performance pieces (poems, songs, plays, etc.) over the years.

It is also the name of a famous mango cultivar.

Tommy Atkins in performance

The poem Tommy[1], featuring "Tommy Atkins", was written and published by Rudyard Kipling in 1890 poem and reprinted in 1892 in Kipling's Barrack-Room Ballads. (Sometimes listed as The Ballad of Tommy Atkins.)

In 1893, Henry Hamilton (lyrics) and Samuel Potter (music) wrote the song "Private Tommy Atkins"[2] for the musical play A Gaiety Girl ()

In August, 1898, Robert W. Paul directed Tommy Atkins in the Park a short silent comedy film about a soldier and a serving-girl who are courting on a bench, when a fat old lady sits on the bench, interrupting them. Director:

In 2014 Peter Gill created and performed a one-man play called Meet Tommy Atkins as part of the centenary of the First World War (1914-1918).


https://www.westernfrontassociation.com/branches/united-kingdom/midlands-east/events/meet-tommy-atkins-a-one-man-play-by-peter-gill/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_(Kipling_poem)