Sunday, 28 December 1980

La mascotte (The Mascot, a three-act opéra comique), performed at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Paris, on 28 December 1880, having an initial run of 301 performances.

A scene from La mascotte (The Mascot, a three-act opéra comique) with music by Edmond Audran and words by Alfred Duru and Henri Chivot, performed at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Paris, on 28 December 1880, having an initial run of 301 performances.



1880??

Opéra-comique en 3 actes créé aux Bouffes-Parisiens le 29 décembre 1880.


Friday, 4 July 1980

Sir Henry Irving as Hamlet of 1893, written by William Shakespeare

Sir Henry Irving (actor-manager, 1838 -1905) as Hamlet in the 1893 production of Hamlet, written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 -1616).






Ellen Terry and Sir Henry Irving as Ophelia and Hamlet 


 Painting by Edward H. Bell of Henry Irving and Ellen Terry in the nunnery scene from William Shakespeare's Hamlet, 1879.

Saturday, 19 January 1980

Scene-image by Olaf Jørgensen for the second act of A Doll’s House (Et dukkehjem) at Christiania Theater, on January 20, 1880, with (from the left) Nora (Johanne Juell), Helmer (Arnoldus Reimers), Mrs. Linden (Thora Hansson (Neelsen)) og Doctor Rank (Hjalmar Hammer)

A scene-image drawn by theater-painter Olaf Jørgensen for the second act of A Doll’s House (1879), written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906) and produced at the Christiania Theatre, Oslo, with the characters of Nora (Johanne Juell), Helmer (Arnoldus Reimers), Mrs. Linden (Thora Hansson (Neelsen)) og Doctor Rank (Hjalmar Hammer), having a run of 44 performances from January 20, 1880 to May 27, 1885.



(from the left) Nora (Johanne Juell), Helmer (Arnoldus Reimers), Mrs. Linden (Thora Hansson (Neelsen)), and Doctor Rank (Hjalmar Hammer)

Tuesday, 1 January 1980

Les Honnêtes Femmes, written by Henri Becque and performed at the théâtre du Gymnase, Paris in 1880

A scene from Les Honnêtes Femmes (The Honest Women, a one-act comedy first published in 1880), written by French playwright Henri Becque (1837-1899) and first performed at the Théâtre du Gymnase, Paris, on January 1, 1880, and then at the Comédie-Française, on October 27, 1886.

A short history of THE HONEST WOMEN 
  • Performed on the stage of the Théâtre du Gymnase on 1 January 1880.
  • Revived at the Théâtre de la Renaissance on 7 February 1886.
  • Revived at the Comédie-Française on 27 October 1886.
  • Revival at the Théâtre national de l'Odéon on 25 October 1907.
  • Revived at the Comédie-Française on 28 March 1923.


Tenth Scene