Tommy Atkins

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In 1893, Henry Hamilton (lyrics) and Samuel Potter (music) wrote the song "Private Tommy Atkins" 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/