Friday, 30 September 2005

Greven av Antwerpen (The Count of Antwerp), performed at the Svenska teatern, Stockholm, in 1905.

Scenes from the play Greven av Antwerpen (The Count of Antwerp), performed at the Svenska teatern, Stockholm, in 1905.



Gösta Hillberg as Aubert, Anders de Wahl as Gonthier and Astri Torsell as Aymelotte in Greven av Antwerpen, Svenska teatern 1905. 


Astri Torsell as Aymelotte, Anders de Wahl as Gonthier, Bror Olsson as Läkaren and Lina Sandell as Yseult


John Riégo as Perceval, Einar Fröberg as Kungen, Anders de Wahl as Gonthier and Gösta Hillberg as Aubert in Greven av Antwerpen at Svenska teatern 1905. 

Fjärde paragrafen (The Fourth Paragraph) written by Gustav Kadelburg (1851-1925), and performed at the Svenska teatern, Stockholm

Scenes from the play Fjärde paragrafen (The Fourth Paragraph) written by the Hungarian-German dramatist Gustav Kadelburg (1851-1925), and performed at the Svenska teatern, Stockholm, in 1905, starring the Swedish actor Carl Barcklind (1873-1945).



Justus Hagman as Sigismund, Anna Rustan as Clotilde, Oscar Baeckström as Ludolf, Frida Kumlin as Kaspar, Gunnar Klintberg as Gerd, Astri Torsell as Hilde, Carl Barcklind as Egon, Oscar Johanson as Viktor and Gustaf Ranft as Richard in Fjärde paragrafen at Svenska teatern 1905. 


Victor Lundberg as Ruschke, Mrs Hjertberg as Elise Ruschke, Justus Hagman as Sigismund, Constance Byström as Irmgard, Oscar Baeckström as Ludolf, Carl Barcklind as Egon and Astri Torsell as Hilde. 

Thursday, 29 September 2005

The Well of the Saints (first produced in 1905) written by John Millington Synge and painted by John S. Currie

   A stage sketch of The Well of the Saints (3-act-play, first produced at the Abbey Theatre in 1905) written by the Irish playwright John Millington Synge (1871-1909), painted by John S. Currie (American, 1897-1946).

   The Well of the Saints is a three-act play written by Irish playwright J. M. Synge, first performed at the Abbey Theatre by the Irish National Theatre Society in February 1905. The setting is specified as "some lonely mountainous district in the east of Ireland one or more centuries ago."





Saturday, 24 September 2005

Scenes from The Walls of Jericho, opened at the Savoy Theatre, in New York City, on September 25, 1905 and played through February 1906, starring James K. Hackett and Mary Mannering.

   Scenes from The Walls of Jericho, opened at the Savoy Theatre, in New York City, on September 25, 1905 and played through February 1906, starring James K. Hackett and Mary Mannering.

   New York Times :  1906/04/23  SUNDAY PLAY IN BOSTON.; Authorities Let Hackett and Mannering ...  BOSTON, April 22.—At the Tremont Theatre to-night James K. Hackett and Mary Mannering presented “The Walls of Jericho” for the benefit of the San Francisco sufferers.








Savoy Theatre, Hackett and Mannering, "The Walls of Jericho"


Wednesday, 21 September 2005

The clansman, first performed by the Southern Amusement Co., at the Academy of Music, Norfolk, Virginia, on September 22, 1905.

   Scenes from The clansman (an American drama from his two famous novels The leopard's spots and The clansman), first performed by the Southern Amusement Co., at the Academy of Music, Norfolk, Virginia, on September 22, 1905.

   The Clansman: An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan is a novel published in 1905. It was the second work in the Ku Klux Klan trilogy by Thomas F. Dixon, Jr. that included The Leopard's Spots and The Traitor. It was influential in providing the ideology that helped support the revival of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). The novel was immediately adapted by its author as a play entitled The Clansman (1905).


The clansman - an American drama - from his two famous novels The leopard's spots and The clansman - presented by the Southern Amusement Co. (1905) (14763391714).jpg


The clansman - an American drama - from his two famous novels The leopard's spots and The clansman - presented by the Southern Amusement Co. (1905) (14579108079).jpg


The clansman - an American drama - from his two famous novels The leopard's spots and The clansman - presented by the Southern Amusement Co. (1905) (14579115538).jpg


The clansman - an American drama - from his two famous novels The leopard's spots and The clansman - presented by the Southern Amusement Co. (1905) (14765431372).jpg


The clansman - an American drama - from his two famous novels The leopard's spots and The clansman - presented by the Southern Amusement Co. (1905) (14763401424).jpg


The clansman - an American drama - from his two famous novels The leopard's spots and The clansman - presented by the Southern Amusement Co. (1905) (14579112748).jpg


Monday, 5 September 2005

Man and Superman (1901-02) written by George Bernard Shaw and produced at the Hudson Theater, New York City, in 1905-06

Two scenes from Man and Superman (1901-02) written by the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) and produced at the Hudson Theater, New York City, running for 192 performances from Sep. 5, 1905 to 1906.


Clara Bloodgood stars in Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman in 1905




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Sunday, 4 September 2005

The Prince Chap, written by Edward Peple (1867-1924), and produced at Weber and Fields' Broadway Music Hall, New York, from September 4 to December 30, 1905, runnning for 136 performances.

A scene from The Prince Chap, written by the American playwright Edward Peple (1867-1924),  and produced at Weber and Fields' Broadway Music Hall, New York, from September 4 to December 30, 1905, runnning for 136 performances.





"The Prince Chap," by Edward Peple, at the Criterion Theatre, 1906




Thursday, 1 September 2005

Fiamme nell'ombra (Flames in the Shadows, drama in three acts) and Il Cuculo (The Cuckoo, playful comedy in three acts), written by Enrico Annibale Butti (1868-1912), and the former produced at the Teatro Manzoni, Milan, and the latter at the Teatro Olympia, Milan, in 1905.

Scenes from Fiamme nell'ombra (Flames in the Shadows,  drama in three acts) and Il   Cuculo (The Cuckoo, playful comedy in three acts), written by the Italian playwright Enrico Annibale Butti (1868-1912), and the former produced at the Teatro Manzoni, Milan, and the latter at the Teatro Olympia, Milan, in 1905.