The Critic (a Tragedy) written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and first staged at Drury Lane Theatre in 1779, presented by The Yale University Dramatic Association at at Parsons Theatre, on December 31, 1908.

   The Critic (a Tragedy) written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and first staged at Drury Lane Theatre in 1779, presented by The Yale University Dramatic Association at at Parsons Theatre, on December 31, 1908.

   New York Times :  1908/12/31  YALE MEN GIVE "CRITIC."; Sheridan's Play Presented by ... HARTFORD, Dec. 30.—The Yale University Dramatic Association presented Sheridan's “The Critic” at Parsons Theatre to-night, this being the association's tenth annual production.

 Yale University Dramatic Association Original Poster, Sheridan's The Critic, Preceded by The Fire Eater  1909

Der junge Medardus (Dramatic History in a Prelude and Five Acts) written by Arthur Schnitzler (1862 - 1931) and produced at the Lessing Theater, Berlin, in December 1908.

A scene from Der junge Medardus (Dramatic History in a Prelude and Five Acts) written by the Austrian playwright Arthur Schnitzler (1862 - 1931) and produced at the Lessing Theater, Berlin, with Ilka Gruening and Theodor Loos, in December 1908.

Sir Anthony (A Comedy), by C. Haddon Chambers (1860 – 1921), and performed at the Wyndham's Theatre, London, on November 29, 1908.

   Sir Anthony (A Comedy of the Outskirts in Three Acts), by the Australia-born dramatist C. Haddon Chambers (1860 – 1921), and performed at the Wyndham's Theatre, London, on November 29, 1908.

   New York Times :  1908/11/29  "SIR ANTHONY" DELIGHTS.; Haddon Chambers's Comedy Produced at ...  LONDON, Nov. 28.—Haddon Chambers's comedy, “Sir Anthony,” which has already been seen in America, was produced to-night at Wyndham's Theatre and provided an evening of pure delight...

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, December 19th, 1908, "Sir Anthony," by C. Haddon Chambers, at Wyndham's Theatre.

Some scenes from Fanny and the Servant Problem written by Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927), and produced at the Aldwych Theatre, London, on October 14th, 1908.

   Some scenes from Fanny and the Servant Problem (A Quite Possible Play in Four Acts) written by the English writer Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927),  and produced at the Aldwych Theatre, London, on October 14th, 1908.

    Fanny and the servant problem, a quite possible play in four acts by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka), 1859-1927 Publication date c1909 Publisher New York, S. French; Collection cdl; americana Contributor University of California Libraries Language English 89 p. 18 cm Produced at the Aldwych theatre, London, October 14, 1908.

   New York Times LONDON, Nov. 14.—Arrangements were completed yesterday by which Fanny Ward will appear within a short time in New York in Jerome K. Jerome's comedy, “Fanny and the Servant Problem,”...

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, October 24th, 1908, "Fanny and the Servant Problem," at the Aldwych Theatre.

Upper picture shows Lady Bantock battling for supremacy with her servants, who are also her relatives, and the lower one shows her ladyship in the antiquated dress ordered for her by her domestics, while the butler-tyrant of the house is putting a stop to the smoking of one of her guests, her former theatre manager.

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, October 24th, 1908, "Fanny and the Servant Problem," by Jerome K. Jerome, at the Aldwych Theatre."

L'Oiseau bleu (The Blue Bird) written by Marie Bernard Maeterlinck and first staged by Constantin Stanislavski at the Moscow Art Theatre on October 13, 1908,

Many characters in L'Oiseau bleu (The Blue Bird) written by the Belgian playwright  Marie Bernard Maeterlinck (1862-1949) and first staged by Constantin Stanislavski at the  Moscow Art Theatre on October 13, 1908, with the cast of Alisa Koonen as Mytyl and Sofia Khalyutina as Tiltil.

Alexandra Rebikova as milk

The Traveling Salesman, written by James Forbes (1871-1938), and performed at the Illinois Theater, Chicago, in 1908

   Scenes from The Traveling Salesman, written by the Canadian playwright James Forbes (1871-1938), and performed  at the Illinois Theater, Chicago, in 1908, starring Frank McIntyre, Doris Kenyon, and Harry Northrup.

   Because a Pullman porter falls to eject him from his berth in the morning, Bob Blake, a traveling salesman, is carried past his station on Christmas morning, and finds himself in Grand Cross. The most interesting sight to that town is the pretty face that smiles at Blake through the window of the telegraph office at the station. Blake is rotund, jovial and trustworthy... 

Poster for the Broadway production of The Traveling Salesman (1908), which Forbes wrote and directed

The Early Worm (A Farce), written by Frederick Lonsdale (1881-1954), and performed at the Wyndham's Theatre, London, on September 8, 1908.

   Scenes from The Early Worm (A Farce), written by the English playwright Frederick Lonsdale (1881-1954), and performed at the Wyndham's Theatre, London, on September 8, 1908.

   New York Times :  1908/09/08  LIKES "THE EARLY WORM."; London Sees a Droll Farce of That ...   LONDON, Sept. 7.—Wyndham's Theatre reopened to-night with a most promising farce, “The Early Worm,” by a new writer, Frederick Lonsdale.

A. E. Matthews as The Duke of Tadcaster and Muriel Beaumont as Sybil Annesley, in The Early Worm

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, October 10th, 1908, "The Early Worm." A Farce by Frederick Lonsdale, at the Wyndham's Theatre.

What Every Woman Knows (4-act-play) written by James M. Barrie and first presented by impresario Charles Frohman at the Duke of York's Theatre, London, on September 3, 1908

Scenes from What Every Woman Knows (4-act-play) written by the Scottish playwright James M. Barrie (1860 - 1937) and first presented by impresario Charles Frohman at the Duke of York's Theatre, London, on September 3, 1908. It ran for 384 performances, transferring to the Hicks Theatre between 21 December 1908 and 15 February 1909. 

English actors Gerald du Maurier (1873 - 1934) and Lillah McCarthy (1875 - 1960) in J. M. Barrie's play What Every Woman Knows at the Duke of York's Theatre, 1908.

English actors Gerald du Maurier (1873 - 1934) and Hilda Trevelyan (1880 - 1959) in J. M. Barrie's play What Every Woman Knows at the Duke of York's Theatre, 1908. 

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Two scenes from What Every Woman Knows written by James M. Barrie, and first presented by impresario Charles Frohman at the Duke of York's Theatre in London on 3 September 1908.

Two scenes from What Every Woman Knows (1908 four-act play) written by the Scottish playwright James M. Barrie, and first presented by impresario Charles Frohman at the Duke of York's Theatre in London on 3 September 1908. It ran for 384 performances, transferring to the Hicks Theatre between 21 December 1908 and 15 February 1909.

English actors Gerald du Maurier (1873 - 1934) and Hilda Trevelyan (1880 - 1959) in 'What Every Woman Knows' at the Duke of York's Theatre, 1908.

The Doctor's Dilemma (1906) written by George Bernard Shaw and produced at the Deutsches Theatre, Berlin, around 1910

Scenes from The Doctor's Dilemma (Des Doktors Dilemma 1906) written by the British playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) and produced at the Deutsches Theatre, Berlin, in September 1908.

Tilla Durieux and Paul Wegener

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Scenes from Der Graf von Gleichen (The Count of Gleichen, 1908) written by Wilhelm Schmidtbonn (1876 - 1952), and produced in Berlin, in September 1908.

Scenes from Der Graf von Gleichen (The Count of Gleichen, 1908) written by the German playright Wilhelm Schmidtbonn (1876 - 1952), and produced in Berlin, in September 1908.

Paul Wegener in the title role of the Count of Gleichen

Paul Wegner and Tilla Durieux

Paul Wegener in the title role of the Count of Gleichen

Mary Dietrich