A scene from Loyalties written by John Galsworthy and produced by the Reandean Company, at St Martin’s Theatre, London from 8th March 1922 to 24th February 1923.

   A scene from Loyalties written by the English playwright John Galsworthy (1867-1933) and produced by the Reandean Company, at St Martin’s Theatre, London from 8th March 1922 to 24th February 1923. 

   Meggie Albanesi as Mabel, Ernest Milton as Ferdinand de Levis and Eric Maturin as Captain Ronald Dancy in Loyalties at St Martin's Theatre, in 1922.

Some scenes from Strife written by John Galsworthy (1867-1933) and produced at the Comedy Theatre, London, from 3rd May to 14th June in 1913.

Some scenes from Strife (the Labour War Play) written by the English playwright John Galsworthy (1867-1933) and produced at the Comedy Theatre, London, from 3rd May to 14th June in 1913.

A scene from The Skin Game written by the English playwright John Galsworthy (1867-1933) and first performed at the St Martin's Theatre, London, in 1920.

   The Skin Game is a play by John Galsworthy. It was first performed at the St Martin's Theatre, London, in 1920, and made its way to the Bijou Theatre, Broadway, in the same year.

   At the St Martin's Theatre, London, in 1920 Galsworthy had his first big box-office success with The Skin Game, depicting the clash between old and new money, attempted blackmail, and the effect of unrestrained capitalism on the lives of ordinary people.

The Skin Game, 1920: violence erupts. Edmund Gwenn, centre, with George Eldon left, and Frederick Cooper

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Some scenes from Mary Rose written by James M. Barrie (1860-1937. Mary Rose first opened in London at the Haymarket Theatre, London, running from 22 April 1920 to 26 February 1921, 399 performances.

   Some scenes from Mary Rose written by the Scottish playwright James M.  Barrie (1860-1937.  Mary Rose first opened in London at the Haymarket Theatre, London,  running from 22 April 1920 to 26 February 1921, 399 performances, with Fay Compton as Mary Rose, a role which was written for her by Barrie. 

   It was revived (with many of the same cast still in place) in 1926. 

   Mary Rose opened in New York on Broadway at the Empire Theatre, running from 22 December 1920 to April 1921. The Charles Frohman production was directed by Ben Iden Payne, with Ruth Chatterton as Mary Rose.

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Mary Rose debuted on 22 April 1920 at the Haymarket Theatre in London, with Fay Compton starring Mary Rose.

“The study of a Highlander, too, by Mr. Ernest Thesiger, was a perfect piece of character acting.” Aberdeen Journal, April 23, 1920

“Cameron, now a middle-aged, bearded man, brings back Mary Rose after her disappearance on the island.  After twenty-five years she comes back as youthful and fresh as before, and cannot understand why everybody has changed.  Her mother and father (Miss Mary Jerrold and Mr. Norman Forbes) greet her with subdued fear.” The Sphere, November 6, 1920

Michael Billington’s article appeared in the Guardian, Leon Quartermaine and Fay Compton in Mary Rose at the Haymarket theatre, 1926

Several scenes from The Little Minister writteen by James M. Barrie (1860-1937),and first produced in Washington D. C. and then New York in September 1897.

   Several scenes from The Little Minister (a four-act play) writteen by the Scottish playwrights James M. Barrie (1860-1937), loosely based on his earlier novel of the same name. It was first produced in Washington D. C. and then New York in September 1897, and was presented in London in November of the same year.

Sep 27, 1897–Jun 1, 1898 (Empire Theatre, New York, NY; Garrick Theatre, New York, NY; Empire Theatre, New York, NY)

   It tells the story of a spirited aristocratic young woman and a conscientious young pastor in a Scottish town in the aftermath of Luddite riots, and their victory over a mean-minded army captain seeking to punish the townspeople.

1897 New York production: from left, Kate Ten Eyck, Robert Edeson and Maude Adams

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“I’LL GI’E YOU MY RABBIT,” MICAH SAID, “IF YOU’LL GANG AWA’.”

IN WINDYGHOUL.

THE WARNING

“I HOPE YOU WILL CATCH HER, SERGEANT.”

“SURELY, WE PART FRIENDS, THEN?”

“DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD INVITE THE MINISTER, NANNY?”

“SIT DOWN, BOTH OF YOU, AT ONCE!”

“I HAVE READ MY FORTUNE.”

“IT’S A GUID MERINO YET.”

“ROB STRUCK HIM FOR A FOOL FOR TAKING A GYPSY’S WORD.”

Some scenes from The Legend of Leonora written by James M. Barrie (1860-1937), and first produced on December 29, 1913 in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Some scenes from The Legend of Leonora written by the Scottish playwright James M. Barrie (1860-1937). The first time the play was given in America was on December 29, 1913 in Springfield, Massachusetts. It also opened at the Empire Theater on January 5, 1914.

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A scene from The Twelve Pound Look, written by James M. Barrie (1860-1937), and produced at the Little Theatre, on 3rd October, 1911.

A scene from The Twelve Pound Look (a 1911 one-act play), written by the Scottish playwright James M. Barrie (1860-1937), and produced at the Little Theatre, starring Lillah McCarthy and Edward Maurice on  3rd October, 1911.