A scene from Trilby (a stage play based on the 1895 novel, 1895) written by the Franco-British novelist George du Maurier (1834 - 1896) and produced at the Haymarket Theatre, London, with British actors Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1852–1917) as Svengali and Dorothea Baird (1875–1933) in the title role, in October, 1895.
The London premiere on 30 October 1895 was the company's first presentation at the Haymarket since returning from their American tour.
Dorothea Baird sings "Oh, don't you remember sweet Alice, Ben Bolt; Sweet Alice, with her hair so brown?" to Herbert Beerbohm Tree in a scene from the play
Miss Dorothea Baird in Trilby (1895)
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Dorothea Baird Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Svengali in the London production (1895) |
