Sunday, 21 August 2005

Mrs Warren's Profession (a play of Victorian England, 1893) written by George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) and produced in Germany, as KItty Warren, around in 1905.

A scene from Mrs Warren's Profession (a play of Victorian England, 1893) written by the English playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) and produced in Germany, as KItty Warren, around in 1905.



Rosa Bertens in Kitty Warren

There she worked successfully in the naïve field and then moved to the Stadttheater in Cologne, from where she was appointed to the Deutsches Theater in Petersburg. In 1887 she joined the association of the Berlin Residenztheater, in 1894 she went to the Deutsches Theater and in 1895 back to the Residenztheater. In 1898 she moved to the Lessing Theatre, where she belonged until at least 1902. In 1911 she was a member of the Berlin Max Reinhardt Ensemble and played Iocaste alongside Ferdinand Bonn in Hofmannsthal's stage adaptation of King Oedipus.

Auferstehung (Воскресение, Resurrection also translated as The Awakening), written by Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), and produced probably in Berlin around 1905.

Scenes from Auferstehung (Воскресение, Resurrection also translated as The Awakening), written by the Russian playwright Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), and produced probably in Berlin around 1905.

Resurrection was first published in December 1899, and the last novel written by Leo Tolstoy. 














Friday, 19 August 2005

Die Braut von Messina (The Bride of Messina, tragedy, 1803) written by Friedrich von Schiller and produced at the Deutsche Schauspielhaus, Hamburg, in 1905

A scene from Die Braut von Messina (The Bride of Messina, tragedy, 1803) written by the German playwright Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805) and produced at the Deutsche Schauspielhaus, Hamburg, in 1905.


Thursday, 11 August 2005

Hamlet written by William Shakespeare and produced at the Lyric Theatre, London, starring Martin Harvey as Hamlet and Nina de Silva as Ophelia in 1905

Some scenes from Hamlet written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced at the Lyric Theatre, London, starring Martin Harvey as Hamlet and Nina de Silva as Ophelia in 1905.




Act III, Scene i


Hamlet, Lyric Theatre, 1905 



Hamlet written by William Shakespeare and produced at the Royal Adelphi Theatre, London, in 1905

Scene from Hamlet written by the english playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced at the Royal Adelphi Theatre, London, in 1905, featuring E. Lyall Swete, H. B. Irving as Hamlet, Oscar Asche as Claudius, and Maude Milton as Gertrude.











"Hamlet" at the Adelphi Theatre.- The Play Scene. 1905.









The Bystander, April 12th, 1905,  "Hamlet" at the Adelphi Theatre." Artist- Norman Morrow.
        a- Mr. Oscar Asche- The King. (Drawing)
        b- Mr. Walter Hampden- Laertes. (Drawing)
        c- Mr. E. Lyall Swete- Polonius. (Drawing)
        d- Miss Maud Milton- The Queen. (Drawing)
        e- Mr. Chas Rock- First Gravedigger. (Drawing)
         f- Miss Lily Brayton- Ophelia. (Drawing)
        g- Mr. H. B. Irving as Hamlet. (Photo by Johnston and Hoffmann)

Wednesday, 10 August 2005

Public Opinion (A Farce in Three Acts), written by R. C. Carton (1853 – 1928), and performed at the Wyndham's Theatre, London, in 1905.

Scenes from Public Opinion (A Farce in Three Acts), written  by the English actor and playwright R. C. Carton (1853 – 1928), and performed at the Wyndham's Theatre, London, in 1905.









Saturday, 6 August 2005

Two scenes from The Duel Bill performed at the Criterion Theatre, London, in 1905.

 Two scenes from The Duel Bill performed at the Criterion Theatre, London, in 1905.



The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, August 19th, 1905, "Duel Bill" at the Criterion Theatre.
    1- "Lucky Miss Dean."
         a- Acacia  (Miss Ethel Irving) :  "But, Fred, it isn't true."
             Fred  (Mr. Marsh Allen) : "Anybody could have written it if it had been." (Quarter Page).
         b- Fred :  "Two cheques and we can't use either of them." (Quarter Page).
     2-  " Time is Money."
         a- Susan  (Miss Mona Harrison) :  "Here are your antimacassars, madam." (Half Page).



Wednesday, 3 August 2005

A Message from Mars, written by Richard Ganthony (1856–1924), and produced with actors Charles Hawtrey, Hetta Bartlett, Mona Harrison and Wallace Widdecombe in 1905.

   A scene from A Message from Mars, written by the British actor and playwright Richard Ganthony (1856–1924), and produced at the Garrick Theatre, London, with actors Charles Hawtrey, Hetta Bartlett, Mona Harrison and Wallace Widdecombe, in 1905.

   A Message from Mars premiered at London's Avenue Theatre in November 1899. Two years later, following a very successful run of more than 500 performances in London, the play and its star performer, Charles Hawtrey, transferred to New York's Garrick Theatre. Between 1903 and 1905, Hawtrey's theater company took the play on tour throughout the United States.





A program from a 1905 production of the stage play.


Tuesday, 2 August 2005

Time is Money produced at the Criterion Theatre, London, on August 3, 1905

A scene from Time is Money produced at the Criterion Theatre, London, on August 3, 1905, with Dorothy Hammond as Mrs Murray, Mona Harrison as Susan, and Charles Hawtrey as Charles Grahame.