Some scenes from Lorrimer Sabastin, written by Mr. R.C. Caton (1853 – 1928), and was performed at the St. James's Theatre, London, in 1909.

Some scenes from Lorrimer Sabastin, Dramatist written by the English actor and playwright Mr. R.C. Caton (born Richard Claude Critchett, 1853 – 1928), and  was performed at the St. James's Theatre, London, in 1909.

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, November 20th 1909,  "Lorrimer Sabastin, Dramatist," by Mr. R.C. Caton, at the St. James's Theatre. 

a- Miss Beryl Faber as Lady Cheynley, a Lady with a "brute of a husband," and Mr. George Alexander as the sympathetic Lorrimer Sabiston.

b- Mr. George Alexander as Lorrimer Sabastin, and Miss Rosalie Toller as Alida, his daughter.

c- Mr. Godfrey Tearle as Noel Darcus, the young author who produces Sabiston's "advanced" play, "One Law for the Woman," as his own, and Miss Beryl Faber as Lady Cheynley, with whom he elopes.

Some scenes from Rupert of Hentzau written by Anthony Hope (1863-1933), and performed at the St. James's Theatre, London, in 1900.

   Some scenes from Rupert of Hentzau written by the British playwright Anthony Hope (1863-1933), and performed at the St. James's Theatre, London, in 1900.

   Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope, was a British novelist and playwright. He was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels but he is remembered predominantly for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898).

   LONDON, Feb. 1.—St. James's Theatre, which was entirely remodeled during George Alexander's absence from London, was reopened this evening with Anthony Hope's "Rupert of Hentzau"...

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, February 10th 1900, "Rupert of Hentzau" at the St. James's Theatre.

a- Rupert of Hentzau (Mr. H.B. Irving). and Rudolf Rassendyll (Mr. George Alexander).

b- Rosa Holf (Miss Julie Opp). Rupert of Hentzau (Mr. H.B. Irving).

c- Colonel Sapt (Mr. W.H. Vernon).

d- Lieut. Bernenstein (Mr. Sydney Brough).

    Count Rischenheim (Mr. Bassett Roe).

    Colonel Sapt (Mr. W.H. Vernon).

    Rudolf Rassendyll (Mr. George Alexander).

e- Baroness Von Diekerk (Miss Katie Sergeantson).

    Sophia Von Diekerk (Mrs. Maesmore Morris).

    Baron Von Diekerk (Mr. G.P. Hawtrey).

    Rudolf Rassendyll (Mr. George Alexander).

f- King Rudolf of Ruritania (Mr. George Alexander. 

   Boris. (Dog).

1900 LONDON St James's Rassendyll George Alexander Rupert Hentzau Irving (68)

The Whip written by Cecil Raleigh (1856 – 1914) and Henry Hamilton, and produced at Drury Lane Theatre, London, in 1909.

Scenes from The Whip written by  the English playwright Cecil Raleigh (1856 – 1914) and Henry Hamilton, and produced at Drury Lane Theatre, London, in 1909. 

Smith (a comedy) written by W. Somerset Maugham (1874 – 1965), and first produced from 30th September 1909 to 26th February 1910, at Comedy Theatre, London.

   Several scenes from Smith (a comedy) written by the British dramatist W. Somerset Maugham (1874 – 1965), and first produced  by Arthur Chudleigh and Charles Frohman, from 30th September 1909 to 26th February 1910, at Comedy Theatre, London.

   In New York the play was first seen on 5 September 1910 at the Empire Theatre, running until December 1910.

 Tom Freeman (Robert Loraine), Rose Dallas Baker (Kate Cutler), Algy Peppercorn (AE Matthews), Smith (Marie Lohr)

Robert Loraine, Lydia Bilbrooke, Edyth Latimer, A E Matthews, Kate Cutler, Frederick Volpe

Principal members of the original cast in 1909 at the Comedy Theatre:

Thomas Freeman – Robert Loraine

Algernon Peppercorn – A. E. Matthews

Mrs Dallas-Baker (Rose) – Kate Cutler

Emily Chapman – Edyth Latimer

Mrs Otto Rosenberg (Cynthia) – Lydia Bilbrook

Smith – Marie Lohr

Fletcher – Percy Goodyer

H. D. Baker KC – Frederick Volpe

The Truth written by Clyde Fitch (1865-1909), and produced at the Comedy Theatre, from 6th April in 1907.

Some scenes from The Truth written by the American playwright Clyde Fitch (1865-1909), and produced at the Comedy Theatre,  from 6th April in 1907.

Mandacious Mrs. Warder : Miss Marie Tempest and Mr. Dion Boucicault, now playing in "The Truth" at the Comedy. 1907 (The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, April 27th, 1907)

Act IV and Scene 1 in Much Ado About Nothing, Claudio rejects Hero at their Wedding, from the first illustrated works of Shakespeare edited by Nicholas Rowe in 1709

A scene of Act IV and Scene 1 in Much Ado About Nothing, Claudio rejects Hero at their Wedding, from the first illustrated works of Shakespeare edited by Nicholas Rowe in 1709.

Die schwarzen Masken (Black Masks, 1908) written by the Russian playwright Leonid Andrejew and produced at the Kommissarschewskajas Dramatischen Theater, St. Petersburg, in 1909

A scene from Die schwarzen Masken (Black Masks, 1908) written by the Russian playwright Leonid Andrejew (1871 - 1919) and produced at the Kommissarschewskajas Dramatischen Theater, St. Petersburg, in 1909.

Murderer, the Women's Hope (short expressionist play) written by Oskar Kokoschka (1886 - 1980) and first performed at the Kunstschau Theatre in Vienna in 1909.

   A scene from Murderer, the Women's Hope (short expressionist play) written by the Austrian painter and playwright Oskar Kokoschka (1886 - 1980) and first performed, under the direction of  Ernst Reinhold, at the Kunstschau Theatre in Vienna, on 4 July 1909.

   The production of the first German Expressionist play, Murderer, the Women's Hope (Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen), broke upon the staid Vienna art scene with the force of scandal in 1909. (Although Kokoschka is credited with having written and performed Murderer, The Women's Hope in 1907 and 1908, his own accounts of the improvised rehearsal for the July 4, 1909 production at the Kunstschau make it doubtful that an earlier script or production could have existed.) Oskar Kokoschka angered the public and most of the critics with his play, which they considered dangerous to the public morals and offensive to esthetics.

Oskar Kokoschka. Pietà (Poster for Murderer, Hope of Women), 1909

Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare and produced at the Lyceum Theatre, London, in 1909, starring Nora Kerin as Juliet and Matheson Lang as Romeo

Scenes from Romeo and Juliet written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced at the Lyceum Theatre, London, in 1909, starring Nora Kerin as Juliet and Matheson Lang as Romeo.