Lady Ben, performed at the Comedy Theatre, London, in 1905.

A scene from Lady Ben performed at the Comedy Theatre, London, in 1905.

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, April 8th, 1905.

   Betty Callish (1886-after 1941) started acting in London as a student at Herbert Beerbohm Tree's academy. In England, Callish appeared Lady Ben (1905), Leah Kleschna (1905), The Little Stranger (1906), ando so on.

 

Mollentrave on Women, written by Alfred Sutro (1863 - 1933) and produced at the St. James's Theatre, in 1905.

Mollentrave on Women, written by the English playwright Alfred Sutro (1863 - 1933) and produced at the St. James's Theatre, in 1905.

A comedy in three acts

Act One

Act Two

Act Three

Stage designed by Nikolai Ulyanov for Schluck and Jau written by Gerhart Hauptmann and produced under the direction of Vsevolod Meyerhold at the Theatre-Studio in 1905

Stage designed by Nikolai Ulyanov (Russian scenic designer, 1877 - 1949) for Schluck und Jau (Schluck and Jau), written by Gerhart Hauptmann (1862 - 1946) and produced under the direction of Vsevolod Meyerhold (Russian theatre director, 1874 - 1940) at the Theatre-Studio (Studio on Povarskaya Street), Moscow, in 1905.

Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare and produced at the Royalty Theatre, London, in 1905

Scenes from Romeo and Juliet, written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced at the Royalty Theatre, London, in 1905.

Romeo and Dorothy Minto as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, William Poel's production for the Elizabethan Stage Society at the Royalty Theatre, London, 1905.

Dorothy Minto as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, William Poel's production for the Elizabethan Stage Society at the Royalty Theatre, London, 1905.

Die Braut von Messina (The Bride of Messina, tragedy) written by Friedrich v. Schiller at the Schauspielhaus in 1905

A scene from Die Braut von Messina (The Bride of Messina, a tragedy with chorus), written by German playwright Friedrich v. Schiller (1759-1805) and probably performed on May 7, 1905, at Hamburg's Deutsches Schauspielhaus (German Theater).

May 9, 1905 marked the 100th anniversary of Schiller's death. Hamburg's theaters are intensively staging representative works to mark this milestone

Date	Program
May 1	'The Maiden of Orléans'
May 2	'Scheming and Love'
May 3	Don Carlos
May 4	'Wallenstein's Camp', 'Piccolo Mini', 'Wallenstein's Death'
May 5	'The Death of Wallenstein'
May 6	'Bandits'
Afternoon of May 7	'The Bride of Messina'
Night of May 7	'The Maiden of Orléans'
May 8	'Maria Stuart'
May 9	Commemorative performances such as 'William Tell'
May 10	'Maria Stuart'

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Ein Sommernachtstraum) written by William Shakespeare, and produced under the direction of Max Reinhardt, with the actor Eduard von Winterstein as Demetrius, and actress Else Heims as Hermia, in 1905

Scenes from A Midsummer Night's Dream (Ein Sommernachtstraum), written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), and produced in 1905 at the Neues Theater, Berlin, under the direction of Max Reinhardt (Austrian theatre director, 1873 - 1943), with the actor Eduard von Winterstein (Austrian actor, 1871 - 1961) as Demetrius, and actress Else Heims (1878 - 1958) as Hermia.

"A Midsummer Night's Dream" staged by Max Reinhardt, 1905

Stage design model for Max Reinhardt's production »A Midsummer Night's Dream«

by K. Walser, M. Reinhardt, G. Knina, Berlin 1905

Gertrud Eysoldt as Puck in a production by Max Reinhardt in 1905

Much Ado About Nothing, written by William Shakespeare and produced at the Benson's Shakespeare Festival, starring Lewis Waller as Benedick and Winifred Emery as Beatrice, in February 1905

Scenes from Much Ado About Nothing, written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced at the Benson's Shakespeare Festival, starring Lewis Waller (English actor and theatre manager, 1860 -1915) as Benedick and Winifred Emery (English actress and actor-manager, 1861 -1924) as Beatrice, in February 1905.

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Ein Sommernachtstraum) written by William Shakespeare, produced in Berlin under the direction of Max Reinhardt with Eckert as Lysander, and Lusie Hoeflich as Helena, in 1905

A scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream (Ein Sommernachtstraum), written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced at the Neues Teatre, Berlin, under the direction of Max Reinhardt with Eckert (actor) as Lysander, and Lusie Hoeflich (German actress, 1883 - 1956) as Helena, in 1905.