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 (1908 four-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 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 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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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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