Difference between revisions of "Tommy Atkins"
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| − | + | In 1890 [[Rudyard Kipling]] wrote and published the poem ''Tommy''[http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poems_tommy.htm], featuring "Tommy Atkins" and intended to honour the ordinary British soldier. It was 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]]'' () | ||
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| + | In 1895 a stage play called ''[[Tommy Atkins]]'' was written by Ben Landeck and Arthur Shirley. | ||
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. The film was apparently a remake of Alfred Moul's ''The Soldier's Courtship'' (1896). | 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. The film was apparently a remake of Alfred Moul's ''The Soldier's Courtship'' (1896). | ||
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| + | In 1915 Tommy Atkins, a British silent war film directed by Bert Haldane and starring Blanche Forsythe, Jack Tessier and Roy Travers, was released. It was based on the 1895 play. | ||
In 2009 the Spaniel In The Works Theatre Company performed ''[[Tommy Atkins and The Canary Girl]]'', a play based on Gloucester Archive recordsand focusing on the lives and experiences of workers at the Gloucester munitions factory, and local soldiers, during the First World War (1914-1918). | In 2009 the Spaniel In The Works Theatre Company performed ''[[Tommy Atkins and The Canary Girl]]'', a play based on Gloucester Archive recordsand focusing on the lives and experiences of workers at the Gloucester munitions factory, and local soldiers, during the First World War (1914-1918). | ||
Revision as of 09:06, 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[1].
Tommy Atkins in performance
In 1890 Rudyard Kipling wrote and published the poem Tommy[2], featuring "Tommy Atkins" and intended to honour the ordinary British soldier. It was 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"[3] for the musical play A Gaiety Girl ()
In 1895 a stage play called Tommy Atkins was written by Ben Landeck and Arthur Shirley.
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. The film was apparently a remake of Alfred Moul's The Soldier's Courtship (1896).
In 1915 Tommy Atkins, a British silent war film directed by Bert Haldane and starring Blanche Forsythe, Jack Tessier and Roy Travers, was released. It was based on the 1895 play.
In 2009 the Spaniel In The Works Theatre Company performed Tommy Atkins and The Canary Girl, a play based on Gloucester Archive recordsand focusing on the lives and experiences of workers at the Gloucester munitions factory, and local soldiers, during the First World War (1914-1918).
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).
