A poster for Kjærlighedens Komedie (Komödie der Liebe, three-act satiric verse comedy, first published in 1862), written by the Norwegian Playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), and performed at Secessionsbühne, Berlin, in 1900, with Edmund Edel

A poster for Kjærlighedens Komedie (Komödie der Liebe, three-act satiric verse comedy, first published in 1862), written by the Norwegian Playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), and performed at Secessionsbühne, Berlin, in 1900, with Edmund Edel.

Midsummer Night’s Dream written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 -1616) and produced by the Byron Company, New York City, in 1900

A scene from Midsummer Night’s Dream written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 -1616) and produced by the Byron Company, New York City, in 1900.

Samuel Phelps and Isabella Glyn, dressed in costume for their roles in Hamlet by William Shakespeare, Lithograph of 1900

Samuel Phelps (English actor and theatre manager, 1804-1878) and Isabella Glyn (actress, 1823-1889), dressed in costume for their roles in Hamlet by William Shakespeare, Lithograph of 1900.