She Stoops to Conquer written by Oliver Goldsmith (1728 -1774), and produced at the Haymarket Theater, London, in 1881.

A scene from She Stoops to Conquer (comedy, first performed in London in 1773) written by the Anglo-Irish author Oliver Goldsmith (1728 -1774), and produced at the Haymarket Theater, London, in 1881.

Actress Lillie Langtry in her theatrical debut as Kate Hardcastle in She Stoops To Conquer, performed at London's Haymarket Theater in 1881. 

Langtry was eventually to become the mistress of King Edward VII.

Old Antique Print Langtry Haymarket Theatre 1881 Stoops Conquer 

Hamlet written by William Shakespeare and produced first by Elizabethan Stage Society in 1881, starring William Poel, played Hamlet and Maud Holt Ophelia

   Scenes from Hamlet written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 -1616) and produced first by Elizabethan Stage Society at St. George's Hall, London, in 1881, starring William Poel (the moving spirit of the ESS, 1852 - 1934) as Hamlet and Maud Holt as Ophelia

   Poel revived Hamlet, using the text of the first quarto and doing without scenery. From 1881 to 1883 he was manager of Royal Victoria Hall, London, and then for a year manager of F. R. Benson's company. And in 1895 he founded the Elizabethan Stage Society. 

court scene

Et Dukkehjem (A Doll's House 1879) written by Henrik Ibsen and produced in Bergen, Norway, with Adeleide Johannessen as Nora, in 1881.

   Scenes from Et Dukkehjem (A Doll's House 1879) written by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906) and produced in Bergen, Norway, with Adeleide Johannessen as Nora, in 1881.

   Within the span of a month this play was performed for the first time in each of the three Scandinavian capitals, the world premiere taking place in Copenhagen on 21 December 1879, followed by the first performances in Stockholm and Christiania on 8 and 20 January 1880.