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.

   The story concerns a farm girl who is a "mascotte": someone with the mystic power to bring good luck to all around her, so long as she remains a virgin.

1880??

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

Scene-image by Olaf Jørgensen of 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)

Scene-image by Olaf Jørgensen of the second act of A Doll’s House (Et dukkehjem) written by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen and produced at the 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).

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 

All's Well That Ends Well written by William Shakespeare, and produced with Ellen Ternan as Countess Rousillion and Lewis Ball as Lavatch starred, around 1880.

A scene from All's Well That Ends Well written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564-1616), and produced with Ellen Ternan as Countess Rousillion and Lewis Ball as Lavatch starred, around 1880.

Mrs Ternan as the Countess Roussillon and Mr Lewis Ball as Her Clown, Act I Scene 3, in All's Well That Ends Well, engraved by D. Pound from a daguerreotype by Paine of Islington (engraving)

Much Ado About Nothing written by William Shakespeare and produced at the Princess' theatre in 1859, with Charles Kean as Benedick, Ellen Kean as Beatrice

A scene from Much Ado About Nothing written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 -1616) and produced at the Princess' theatre in 1859, with Charles Kean as Benedick, Ellen Kean as Beatrice.

(II.i, the masked ball scene)

A scene-image for the second act of A Doll’s House (1879) written by Henrik Ibsen at Christiania Theater, on January 20, 1880,

A scene-image for the second act of A Doll’s House (1879) written by the 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), with the image drawn by theater-painter Olaf Jørgensen, having run for 44 performances from January 20, 1880 to May 27, 1885.

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, one-act-comedy, first published in 1880) written by the 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.

Tenth Scene

THE HONEST WOMEN, COMEDY IN ONE ACT

Performed on the stage of the Théâtre du Gymnase on January 1, 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.