Sunday, 29 February 2004

Arme Henrik (The Poor Henrik), written by Gerhard Hauptmann and performed at the Svenska Teatern, Stockholm, in March 1904

Scenes from Arme Henrik (The Poor Henrik), written based on a medieval legend from the 13th century by German playwright Gerhard Hauptmann (1862-1946) and performed at the Svenska Teatern (Swedish Theatre) in Stockholm in March 1904, starring Mr. de Wahl and Miss Astri Torseli. The play was not a real success in Germany or in Stockholm. 





Justus Hagman as Patern, Astri Torsell as Ottegebe and Anders de Wahl as Henrik in Arme Henrik at Svenska teatern, 1904. 


Astri Torsell as Ottegebe and Anders de Wahl as Henrik.


Justus Hagman as Patern, Astri Torsell as Ottegebe and Anders de Wahl as Henrik.


No. 25. March 20, 1904 From the main city's stages, Norwegian lecture in Stockholm




Tuesday, 24 February 2004

Riders to the Sea is a play written by Irish and Literary Renaissance playwright John Millington Synge, first performed on 25 February 1904 at the Molesworth Hall, Dublin..

Riders to the Sea (a one-act play), written by Irish Literary Renaissance playwright John Millington Synge and first performed on 25 February 1904 at Molesworth Hall in Dublin by the Irish National Theater Society, with Helen Laird playing Maurya. 

CAST:
MAURYA (an old woman)......  Honor Lavelle
BARTLEY (her son)..........  W. G. Fay
CATHLEEN (her daughter)....  Sarah Allgood
NORA (a younger daughter)..  Emma Vernon
MEN AND WOMEN



Abbey Theatre, 1904



Sunday, 8 February 2004

Twelfth Night, written by William Shakespeare and produced by Charles Frohman at the Knickerbocker Theatre, New York City, starring Viola Allen as Viola, in 1904

Scenes from Twelfth Night, written by English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), produced by Charles Frohman (1856 - 1915) and directed by Ben Greet, at the Knickerbocker Theatre, New York City, starring Viola Allen as Viola. It ran for 16 performances from February 8, 1904. On February 22, a new cast with Ben Greet’s company began another two-week run, with Greet playing Malvolio and Edith Wynn Matthison playing Viola.











The scenery here suggests that the photograph is from Act I, Scene ii, of the play when the captain and Viola enter as survivors of the shipwreck.