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".