first performance
Note from G.B. Shaw, in Anecdotes about 19th Century Authors

On 21 April 1894, the first performance of Shaw's Arms and the Man took place at the Avenue Theatre, and the play ran till 7 July.

'It passed for a success,' Shaw reported, 'the applause on the first night being as promising as could be wished . . . To witness it the public paid £1777-5s-6d., an average of £23-2s-5d per representation . . .'

first performance Note from G.B. Shaw, in Anecdotes about 19th Century Authors

first performance
Note from G.B. Shaw, in Anecdotes about 19th Century Authors