Pygmalion written by George Bernard Shaw and produced at three Broadway theatres, New York City, in 1914

   A scene from Pygmalion (5-act-romance) written by the British playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856 -1950) and produced at three Broadway theatres, New York City, with the cast including Philip Merivale and Mrs Patrick Campbell, having run for 74 performances in all.  

   Park Theatre, (Oct. 12,1914 - Nov. 7, 1914)
   Liberty Theatre, (Nov. 9, 1914 - Nov. 21, 1914)   
   Wallack's Theatre, (Nov. 23/1914 - Dec. 12, 1914)  

   After creating the role of Col. Pickering in the London production, Philip Merivale (second from right) played Henry Higgins opposite Mrs. Patrick Campbell (right) when Pygmalion was taken to Broadway.

The first Pygmalion, 1914 – New York Theate

Mrs. Patrick Campbell as Eliza Doolittle

Mrs. Patrick Campbell as Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion

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Within the Law written by the American playwright Bayard Veiller and produced at the Haymarket Theatre, London, in 1914

   Scenes from Within the Law written by the American playwright Bayard Veiller (1869 – 1943) and produced at the Haymarket Theatre, London, in 1914. 

   The play was a hit on Broadway in 1912-1913, running for 541 performances.

 'Within The Law' at Haymarket Theatre 24/05/1913 

Edyth Goodall as Margaret and Mabel Russell as Agnes 

 a program of Within the Law, at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket

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Never Say Die written by William H. Post and William Collier at the Apollo Theatre, London, in 1914, starring Dorothy Minto and Charles Hawtrey

A scene from Never Say Die written by William H. Post and William Collier at the Apollo Theatre, London, in 1914, starring Dorothy Minto and Charles Hawtrey.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream written by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced under the direction of Harley Granville-Barker at the Savoy Theatre, London, in 1914.

Scenes from A Midsummer Night’s Dream written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced under the direction of Harley Granville-Barker at the Savoy Theatre, London, in 1914.

Harley Granville Barker, Shakespeare 

Donald Calthrop (1888-1940) and George Burrows as Puck and a fairy in A Midsummer Night's Dream at The Savoy. Production by William Poel, direction by Harley Granville Barker. Photograph. London, England, 1914.

A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Savoy Theatre, 1914 

Costume for Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1914

The Playboy of the Western World written by John Millington Synge, is performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in 1914

   A scene from The Playboy of the Western World written by the Irish playwright John Millington Synge (1871 - 1909), is performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in 1914.

   The Playboy of the Western World is a three-act play written by Irish playwright John Millington Synge, first performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, on 26 January 1907. 

Scenes from Goethe Festival (Rheinische Goethe-Festspiele) in Düsseldorf in 1914

Scenes from Goethe Festival (Rheinische Goethe-Festspiele) in Düsseldorf in 1914.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream written by William Shakespeare and produced by Harley Granville Barker at the Savoy Theatre, London, in 1914

   A scene from A Midsummer Night’s Dream written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced by Harley Granville Barker at the Savoy Theatre, London, in 1914, starring George Burrows as Oberon and Donald Calthrop as Puck
   

   His production was perhaps the most influential, with a small cast, spare staging and golden, slightly sinister fairies based on Asian idols.

Oberon and Puck 

Seven Keys to Baldpate (The Mystery Farce), written George M. Cohan (1878 – 1942), and performed at the Apollo Theatre, London, in 1914.

   Some scenes from Seven Keys to Baldpate (The Mystery Farce), written by the American playwright George M. Cohan (1878 – 1942), and performed at the Apollo Theatre, London, in 1914.

   Seven Keys to Baldpate is a 1913 play by George M. Cohan based on a novel by Earl Derr Biggers. The dramatization was one of Cohan's most innovative plays. It baffled some audiences and critics but became a hit, running for nearly a year in New York, another year in Chicago and receiving later revivals; Cohan starred in the 1935 revival.

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, October 10th, 1914, "Seven Keys to Baldpate." The "Mystery Farce," at the Apollo Theatre.  

   1- Lou Max (a thief) covers Peter the Hermit of Baldpate (a lunatic and a thief) with his revolver when Peters attempts to get the 200,000 dollars out of the safe.  Meantime Magee (a good man) covers Lou Max with another weapon.  These are very customary attitudes of the persons of the play.

   2- "Hands  up!"- Myra Thornhill under fire from William Magee-an attitude struck by all the characters in turn.

   3- "When thieves fall out."-Lou Max shoots Myra Thornhill for her treachery to him, although he was at least as bad as she.  (Myra comes to life again later.)

   4- William Magee lets go of his revolver and has to pay the penalty.  Cargan and Max are his assailants.

   5- The good girl of the play.- Miss Doris Lytton as Mary Norton, a journalist, who is beloved by William Magee.

   6- William Magee blandly holds the six villains at bay while Mary Norton has time to travel to the nearest town with the 200,000 dollars the crooks all want to handle.  The six sit like this through the night, passing the time by cursing each other's treachery, and Myra is here seen paying compliments to Lou Max.

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, October 3rd, 1914, "Our Captious Critic," showing a Review with Illustrations by Thomas Downey for "Seven Keys to Baldpate," at the Apollo.

The play premiered on Broadway on September 22, 1913 at the Astor Theatre and ran for 320 performances. The New York Times drama critic called it "melodrama of the good, old-fashioned sort".

Mary Goes First, performed at the Playhouse Theatre, London, in 1914.

A scene from Mary Goes First, performed at the Playhouse Theatre, London,  in 1914.

1914 The Playhouse Theatre London "Mary Goes First" Programme

Der Bogen des Odysseus (The Bow of Odysseus) written by Gerhart Hauptmann and staged at Deutsches Kuenstlertheater, Berlin, in 1914

Scenes from Der Bogen des Odysseus (The Bow of Odysseus) written by the German playwright Gerhart Hauptmann (1862 - 1946) and staged at Deutsches Kuenstlertheater, Berlin, with Hans Maar as Odysseus, Theodor Loos as Telemach, Hedwig Reicher as Leukone, in 1914.

Der Bogen des Odysseus (The Bow of Odysseus, 1914) written by Gerhart Hauptmann and produced at Deutsches Kuenstlertheater, Berlin, in 1914

Scenes from Der Bogen des Odysseus (The Bow of Odysseus, 1914) written by the German playwright Gerhart Hauptmann (1862 - 1946) and produced at Deutsches Kuenstlertheater, Berlin, in 1914.

Wozzeck left incomplete by the German playwright Georg Büchner (1813 - 1837) at his death, but first produced in Vienna, on 5 May 1914.

   Scenes from Wozzeck left incomplete by the German playwright Georg Büchner (1813 - 1837) at his death, but first produced in Vienna, on 5 May 1914.

   

   Wozzeck is the first opera by Austrian composer Alban Berg, created between 1914 and 1922 and premiered on 14 December 1925 at the Berlin State Opera. Based on Georg Büchner's play Woyzeck (1836), it depicts a soldier's tragic slide into madness and murder amid militarism and oppression.

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The Truth written by Clyde Fitch (1865-1909), and produced by Winthrop Ames at the Little Theatre, New York, from April 14 to June in 1914, with 55 performances.

   A scene from The Truth written by the American playwright Clyde Fitch (1865-1909), and produced by Winthrop Ames at the Little Theatre, New York, from April 14 to June in 1914, with 55 performances.

   New York Times :  1914/04/12  "THE TRUTH" WILL RISE AGAIN AFTER SOME SEVEN YEARS; Clyde ...  "THE TRUTH" WILL RISE AGAIN AFTER SOME SEVEN YEARS; Clyde Fitch's Play to be Revived by Mr. Ames at the Little Theatre.

The Truth (revival, 1914) by Clyde Fitch, with actor Guthrie McClintic

Pygmalion written by George Bernard Shaw and produced at Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree's His Majesty's Theatre in London, running for 118 performances from 13 April 1914

A scene from Pygmalion (5-act-romance) written by the British playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856 -1950) and produced at His Majesty's Theatre in London, starring Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Professor Henry Higgins and Mrs Patrick Campbell as Eliza Doolittle, running for 118 performances from 13 April 1914.

Spread from The Sketch magazine showing scenes from Pygmalion premiered at His Majesty's Theatre, London on 11 April 1914. The cast included Mrs Patrick Campbell as Eliza Doolittle, Edmund Gurney as Alfred Doolittle and Sir Herbert Tree as Professor Higgins.

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Pygmalion written by George Bernard Shaw and produced at His Majesty's Theatre on April 13, 1914

Scenes from Pygmalion (5-act romance) written by the British playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) and produced at His Majesty's Theatre, London, on April 13, 1914, with Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Professor Henry Higgins and Mrs Patrick Campbell as Eliza Doolittle.

 Mrs. Patrick Campbell as Eliza Doolittle selling flowers as Professor Higgins looks on 

Pygmalion written by George Bernard Shaw and opened at His Majesty's Theatre, London, on April 11, 1914

   Scenes from Pygmalion written by the  British playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) and opened at His Majesty's Theatre, London, on April 11, 1914, featuring Mrs Patrick Campbell as Eliza Doolittle, Edmund Gurney as Alfred Doolittle and Sir Herbert Tree as Professor Higgins.

   This Sketch dubbed it Bernard Shaw's 'naughty word play' as Eliza utters the word "bloody" which had never been used on the stage.

Pygmalion, His Majesty's Theatre, 1914

Edmund Gurney as Alfred Doolittle, Mrs Patrick Campbell as Eliza and Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Professor Henry Higgins in the first London run of Pygmalion, at His Majesty's theatre in 1914

Mrs. Patrick Campbell as Eliza Doolittle in 'Pygmalion'. In 1914, she played Eliza Doolittle in the original West End London

1914 photos of Mrs. Pat as Eliza Doolittle. She was wearing the costume on the right (in Act III) when Eliza shocked London by uttering the phrase, “not bloody likely!”

A Sketch Magazine illustration of Mrs Patrick Campbell as Eliza Doolittle from 22 April 1914. Shaw wrote the part of Eliza expressly for Campbell, who played opposite Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Henry Higgins.

The Land of Promise (A Comedy in Four Acts), written by William Somerset Maugham and, produced probably at the Duke of York’s Theatre, London, on 26th February 1914.

A scene from The Land of Promise (A Comedy in Four Acts), written by the British playwright William Somerset Maugham and, produced probably at the Duke of York’s Theatre, London, on 26th February 1914.

This play was produced on February 26, 1914, at the Duke of York’s Theatre, with the following cast:

Norah Marsh Irene Vanbrugh.

Edward Marsh C. V. France.

Gertrude Marsh Marion Ashworth.

Frank Taylor Godfrey Tearle.

Reginald Hornby Basil Foster.

Benjamin Trotter George Tully.

Sidney Sharp J. Woodall-Birde.

Emma Sharp Mary Rorke.

James Wickham Athol Stewart.

Dorothy Wickham Netta Westcott.

Agnes Pringle Lena Halliday.

Clement Wynne Charles Goodwin.

Kate Marion Christie Murray.

CHARACTERS

Norah Marsh.

Edward Marsh.

Gertrude Marsh.

Frank Taylor.

Reginald Hornby.

Benjamin Trotter.

Sidney Sharp.

Emma Sharp.

James Wickham.

Dorothy Wickham.

Agnes Pringle.

Clement Wynne.

Kate.