Thursday, 29 July 2010

Alias Jimmy Valentine written by the American playwright Paul Armstrong, and performed at the Comedy Theatre, London, in 1910.

   Some scenes from Alias Jimmy Valentine is a 1909 play written by the American  playwright Paul Armstrong (1869–1915), based on the 1903 short story A Retrieved Reformation by O. Henry. This was performed at the Comedy Theatre, London, on March 30, 1910.

   It has four acts, a large cast, four settings, and fast pacing. The story follows a former safecracker's attempt to go straight, and the choice he must make between saving a child's life and exposing himself to arrest.

   New York Times :  1910/03/30  LONDON SEES AMERICAN PLAY; " Alias Jimmy Valentine" Presented ...  LONDON, March 29.-"Alias Jimmy Valentine," which is running at Wallack's Theatre in New York, was produced here to-night by Charles Frohman at the Comedy Theatre and met a reception








Tuesday, 13 July 2010

A Midsummer Night’s Dream written by William Shakespeare and produced under the direction of Herbert Beerbohm Tree, and with the scenery by Joseph Harker & Walter Hann and the costumes by Percy Anderson, at His Majesty's Theatre, London, in 1910-1911

A scene from A Midsummer Night’s Dream written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced under the direction of Herbert Beerbohm Tree, and with the scenery by Joseph Harker & Walter Hann and the costumes by Percy Anderson, with the cast of  Evelyn D'Alroy as Oberion and Margery Maude as Titania, at His Majesty's Theatre, London, in 1910-1911.