Gamla Heidelberg, written by Wilhelm Meyer-Förster (1862-1934), and performed at the Svenska teatern, Stockholam, in 1903.

Scenes from Gamla Heidelberg (Old Heidelberg, Alt Heidelberg, a German romantic play premiered in 1901), written by German playwright Wilhelm Meyer-Förster (1862-1934) and performed at Svenska Teatern, Stockholm, in 1903. 

Astri Torsell as Käthie and Anders de Wahl as Karl Henrik in Gamla Heidelberg at Svenska teatern 1903.

Astri Torsell as Käthie and Anders de Wahl as Karl Henrik

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The Lower Depths written by Gorky, and produced by the Moscow Arts Theatre on December 18, 1902, under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavski

   Scenes from The Lower Depths, written by the Russian playwright Gorky (1868 - 1936) and produced on December 31, 1902, by the Moscow Arts Theatre under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavski (Russian theatre practitioner, 1863 - 1938) and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, with scenic design by Viktor Simov (Russian painter, 1858 - 1935).

   The cast included Georgy Burdzhalov as Kostyliov, Elena Muratova as Vassilissa, Maria Andreyeva as Natasha, Vladimir Gribunin as Medvediev, Aleksei Kharlamov as Vassily Pepel, Alexander Zagarov as Kleshch, Margarita Savitskaya as Anna, Olga Knipper as Nastya, Maria Samarova as Kvashnia, Vasily Luzhsky as Bubnov, Vasili Kachalov as the Baron, Mikhail Gromov as the Actor, Ivan Moskvin as Luka, Alexander Adashev as Alyoshka, Alexander Vishnevsky as Tatar, and Nikolai Baranov as Krivoy Zob. Stanislavski played Satin for the first five performances, after which Serafim Sudbinin took over. 

Stanislavsky as Satin (center)

The Lower Depth, written by A. Maxim Gorky, starring Klesch & Krivoy Zob & VISHNEVSKY (Tatar) probably at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1902

   Some scenes from The Lower Depth (Na dne 'At the bottom,' 1902), written by the Russian playwright A. Maxim Gorky (1868-1936), and produced by the Moscow Arts Theatre under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavski (Russian theatre practitioner, 1863 - 1938) and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, with the scenic design by Viktor Simov (Russian painter, 1858 - 1935), at the Moscow Art Theatre, on December 18, 1902. Gorky himself saw the production nearly a year later, on October 18, 1903.

    The cast included Georgy Burdzhalov as Kostyliov, Elena Muratova as Vassilissa, Maria Andreyeva as Natasha, Vladimir Gribunin as Medvediev, Aleksei Kharlamov as Vassily Pepel, Alexander Zagarov as Kleshch, Margarita Savitskaya as Anna, Olga Knipper as Nastya, Maria Samarova as Kvashnia, Vasily Luzhsky as Bubnov, Vasili Kachalov as the Baron, Mikhail Gromov as the Actor, Ivan Moskvin as Luka, Alexander Adashev as Alyoshka, Alexander Vishnevsky as Tatar, and Nikolai Baranov as Krivoy Zob. Stanislavski played Satin for the first five performances, after which Serafim Sudbinin took over. 

Stanislavsky as Satin (center)

  

Спектакль "На дне" 1902

Спектакль "На дне" 1902

Спектакль "На дне" 1902

Спектакль "На дне" 1902

Спектакль "На дне" 1902 

Спектакль "На дне" 1902

Спектакль "На дне" 1902 

Спектакль "На дне" 1902

Спектакль "На дне" 1902

Спектакль "На дне" 1902

At the Bottom (or The Lower Depth, 1902) written by A. Maxim Gorky (1868-1936), and produced at the Moscow Art Theatre on December 18, 1902.

Scenes from At the Bottom (or The Lower Depth, 1902) written by the Russian playwright A. Maxim Gorky (1868-1936), starring Ivan Moskvin and Vasily Kachalov as the Baron, probably produced at the Moscow Art Theatre on December 18, 1902.



World Premier, Closing scene, act 3

Konstantin Stanislavsky in the role of Satin

Der Marquis von Keith (The Marquis of Keith, 1901) written by the German playwright Frank Wedekind and performed at the Kleines Theater, Berlin, on Decemberr 17, 1902.

A scene from Der Marquis von Keith (The Marquis of Keith, premiered on 11 October 1901 at Residenztheater in Berlin) written by the German playwright Frank Wedekind (1864-1918) and performed at the Kleines Theater, Berlin, on Decemberr 17, 1902. The play deals with the double standards in bourgeois society, the contradiction between morality and pleasure.

Geyer-Neustaedter, Niemann-Wedekind, Frank Wedekind in role as Marquis von Keith.

Yvette (a comedy in three acts), written by Pierre Berton and premiered at the Svenska teatern on December 15, 1902.

Scenes from Yvette (a comedy in three acts), written by French actor and playwright Pierre Berton (1842-1912), who dramatized Guy de Maupassant's well-known novel of the same title, premiered at the Svenska teatern (The Swedish Theatre) on December 15, 1902. The first performance of Yvette was very successful.

  

Gunnar Klintberg, Nils Arehn, Louise Fahlman and Astri Torsell in Yvette at Svenska teatern 1902.

Louise Fahlman, Gunnar Klintberg and Astri Torsell in Yvette

No. 12. December 21, 1902 - From Stockholm's Theatre World

Othello, written by W. Shakespeare and produced at the Lyric Theatre, London, with Johnston Forbes Robertson playing Othello in 1902

Scenes from Othello, written by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced at the Lyric Theatre, London, under the direction of Leopard Jesnel?, having run for  64 performances from December 1902 until February 1903, with Johnston Forbes Robertson (1853 - 1937) playing Othello, Herbert Waring as Iago, Lena Ashwell as Emilia, and Gertrude Elliott as Desdemona.

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, January 24th, 1903, Othello at the Lyric Theatre.   Mr. Forbes Robertson as Othello.  /  Miss Lena Ashwell as Emilia.  /  Mr. Ben Webster as Cassio.

 

Othello at the Lyric Theatre, 20 Dec. 1902 T. Walter Wilson, R.I.

Johnston Forbes-Robertson as Othello

English actor Johnston Forbes-Robertson (1853 - 1937) as Othell

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Salome (1893), written by Oscar Wilde and perfomed at the Berlin's Kleines Theatre under the direction of Max Reinhardt in November, 1902

A scene from Salome (1893), written by Irish playwright Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) and performed at Berlin's Kleines Theatre (Little Theatre) under the direction of Max Reinhardt (1873-1943) in November 1902.

 

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The Girl from Kay's (a musical comedy in three acts), produced by George Edwardes at the Apollo Theatre in London, opening on 15 November 1902 and moving to the Comedy Theatre on 14 December 1903.

Scenes from The Girl from Kay's (a musical comedy in three acts, with music by Ivan Caryll and book and lyrics by Owen Hall), produced by George Edwardes at the Apollo Theatre in London, opening on 15 November 1902 and moving to the Comedy Theatre on 14 December 1903 to finish its run of 432 performances.

Scenes from The Girl from Kay's at The Apollo Theatre, 1903

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, February 7th, 1903, "The Girl from Kay's," at the Apollo Theatre.

Winnie Harborough (Miss Ethel Irving):- "Marry You? Well, you know, you are not everything a girl could wish for."

Hoggenheimer (Mr. Willie Edouin):- "No, but I can give you everything a girl could wish for - except a title; and I'll give a million pounds to the hospital fund and get that."

THEATRE Kate Cutler as The Girl From Kay's at the Apollo, 1903

KATE CUTLER in The Girl from Kay's at the Apollo Theatre, 1903

Ethel Irving as Winnie Harborough

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The Mocking Bird, produced at the Bijou Theatre and the Grand Opera House for about a month, with Mabel Gillman as Yvette Millet, having run for 86 performances from Nov. 10, 1902 to June 8, 1903

Scenes from the romantic comic opera The Mocking Bird, produced under the direction of R. H. Burnside at the Bijou Theatre and the Grand Opera House for about a month later, with Mabel Gillman as Yvette Millet. The play ran for 86 performances from November 10, 1902 to June 8, 1903.

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