Some scenes from Old Heidelberg written by Wilhelm Meyer-Förster (1862–1934), and performed at the St James's Theatre, London, from 19 March to 17 July, 1903.

   Some scenes from Old Heidelberg written by  the German playwright Wilhelm Meyer-Förster (1862–1934), and  performed with the director Bill Alexander and the designer Walter Hann at the St James's Theatre, London, from 19 March to 17 July, 1903, running 129 performances.

   Old Heidelberg (German: Alt Heidelberg) is a five-act romantic drama written by German author Wilhelm Meyer-Förster, which premiered on 22 November 1901 at the Berliner Theater in Berlin. Adapted from Meyer-Förster's own 1898 novel Karl Heinrich, the play is a nostalgic "Studentenstück" (student piece) that evokes the idyllic student life in Heidelberg during the late 19th century.

   LONDON, March 20 -- The Times's critic says of "Old Heidelberg," the English version of "Alt Heidelberg," produced by George Alexander last evening at the St. James's Theatre, that it...

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A scene from If i were King (an opéra-comique in three acts) created by Adolphe Adam (1803-1856) and performed at the St. James's Theatre, London, in 1903.

   A scene from If i were King (an opéra-comique in three acts) created by Adolphe Adam  (1803-1856) and performed at the St. James's Theatre, London, in 1903.
   This opera-comique was written by the French composer Adolphe Adam while he was working as a journalist, with the libretto written by Adolphe d’Ennery and Jules Bresil.  It is seen as possibly Adam’s finest work, although less popular than some of his others, and was first staged at Paris’ Theatre Lyrique in September 1852. 

(The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, Match 7th, 1903,)

Médée (in three acts and in verse, 1898) written by writer Catulle Mendès, and produced at the Comedie Francaise, Paris, starring Madeleine Roch as La Nourrice, in July 1903

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The Professor's Love Story (1894) written by Sir James M. Barrie at St. James, London, in the winter of 1903

A scene from The Professor's Love Story (1894) written by the Scottish playwright Sir James M. Barrie (1860 - 1937) at St. James' Theatre, London, in the winter of 1903.

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Les affaires sont les affaires (Business is business 1903) written by Octave Mirbeau and produced at Comédie-Française in 1903

Some scenes from Les affaires sont les affaires (Business is business, first published in 1903) written by the French playwright Octave Mirbeau (1848 - 1917) and produced at Comédie-Française, Paris, in 1903.

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Act 1, Scene 1 in King Lear banishing Cordelia, painted by Henry Fuseli in 1803

A scene of Act 1, Scene 1 in King Lear banishing Cordelia, painted by Henry Fuseli (1741 -1825) in 1803.