Mimeographed typed British Salonica Army concert party programme: '738 M.T. Company A.S.C. Programme. Slip Your Clutch. A Revue In Three Acts by 2nd Lt. J. A. Lincoln Reed.'

3pp., 4to. Bifolium. Mimeographed typescript in purple ink. In fair condition, on lightly aged and creased paper. Title page reads: '738 M. T. Company A. S. C. | 1917 | Programme. | Slip your Clutch. | A Revue | In Three Acts | by | 2nd Lt. J. A. Lincoln Reed.' The second page carries a 'Synopsis of Scenery': 'Act I A Village Green in Blightly | Act II Scene I - Mikra Bay | Scene II - Serres Road | Act III Interior of the Follies Bergeres Night Cafe Salonique (out of bounds)'. Also the announcement: 'The entire production by members of 738 MET. COMPANY A.S.C.' Names of 'Musical Director and Pianist'; and 'Violinists' are given at the foot of the page, with the whole of the third page carrying the 'Dramatis Personae', with characters including 'Seccotine Blake [i.e. Sexton Blake] from Scotland Yard' and 'Ivor the Dwiver', and with four soldiers playing the 'Village Girls', Phyllis, Elsie, Vera and Milly. The final character, 'Fifi' is accompanied by a '?' Seventeen soldiers are named, all privates and corporals apart from 'Cpl. J. W. Boys', 'Cpl. W. C. Hardy', 'Sgt. J. E. Howard' and '2nd Lt. J. A. Lincoln Reed'. No copy on COPAC. From the papers of Captain George Malleson Butt of the Army Service Corps, who informed his father on 18 August 1917 (in a letter not included with this item) that the performance 'was really most awfully good, it is astonishing how well men make up as girls, better than girls make up as men, of course there was no plot, all written & got up out here, the scenery first rate & the drama & the acting really good, electric light and all modern amenities including a bar, the whole thing is self contained & is touring round it is an eyeopener to see how much can be done with small resources. Programme girls were a few Greeks brought in'.