1915 WW1 Lena Ashwell Players Concert in France for British Soldiers Photo Spread UK Sphere 58x41cm EMF. This is an original antique Clipping page spread from the British magazine The Sphere, dated October 1915. The page spread depicts a concert held for British soldiers and nurses in France during World War I. The concert, titled "A Concert in the War Zone for the Boys in Khaki and Blue," took place in an open-air setting under trees. It featured performers entertaining a large audience of "Tommies" (British soldiers) and Red Cross nurses. The concert party, known as the Lena Ashwell Players, traveled to battlefields to provide entertainment for the troops.