Tuesday, 29 February 2000

Hamlet written by William Shakespeare and produced by Frank Benson's troupe, at the Lyceum Theatre, London, in March, 1900

   Scenes from Hamlet written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced by Frank Benson's troupe, starring Arthur Whitby as Claudius, Frances Dillon as Gertrude, Lady Constance Benson as Ophelia, Frank Rodney as Laertes, producing this play without cuts, at the Lyceum Theatre, London, six times in March, 1900.

   In Stratford, earlier in 1899, Frank Benson had given the entire Folio Hamlet.


Act I, Scene iv. Harcourt Williams as Horatio, Benson as Hamlet and Alfred Brydone as ghost 

 Act IV, Scene v




Constance Benson as Ophelia in “Hamlet”

Saturday, 26 February 2000

My Daughter in Law produced at the Lyceum Theatre, New York City, featuring Paul Bilhaud and Michel Carré, in 1900


   A scene of the last act from My Daughter in Law (from the French of Fabrice Carre and Paul Bilhaud) produced at the Lyceum Theatre, New York City, featuring Paul Bilhaud and Michel CarrĂ©, having run for 72 performances from February 26 to April 1900.

   My Daughter-In-Law : "A Comedy" by Fabrice Carre and Paul Bilhaud. Produced by Charles Frohman's London Comedians at the Lyceum Theatre (NYC - 1900) starring Herbert Standing, Seymour Hicks, Henry Kemble, Ferdinand Gottschalk (By courtesy of Daniel Frohman), Fannie Brough, Ellaline Terriss, etc.















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