Thursday, 6 August 2020

Some scenes from Go-Bang, produced by Fred Harris and opened at the Trafalgar Square Theatre on 10 March 1894.

Some scenes from Go-Bang, produced by Fred Harris and opened at the Trafalgar Square Theatre on 10 March 1894. The play ran for 159 performances. 

Go-Bang is an English musical comedy with words by Adrian Ross and music by F. Osmond Carr.



The Sketch, April 11th, 1894, "Go-Bang," at the Trafalgar Theatre.
   a- Mr. Sidney Howard (Guardian of the Golden Canopy).
   b- Mr. Harry Grattan (Jenkins) and Miss Adelaide Astor (Sarah Anne).
   c- Mr. Grattan, Mr. G. Grossmith, jun. (Lieut. the Hon. Augustus Fitzpoop), and Miss Astor.
   d- Mr. Arthur Playfair (Sir Reddan Tapeleigh, K.C.S.I.), Mr. J. L. Shine (The Boojam), and Mr. Frederick Rosse (Narain).



The Sketch, April 11th, 1894, Miss Jessie Bond as Helen Tapeleigh in "Go-Bang," at the Trafalgar Theatre."



The Sketch, April 11th, 1894, "Miss Letty Lind in "Go-Bang," at the Trafalgar Theatre.



The Sketch, June 12th, 1895, "Miss Maud Maude in "Baron Golosh," at the Trafalgar Theatre.




Saturday, 1 August 2020

Some scenes from A Woman Of No Importance written by Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900), and produced at His Majesty's Theatre, London, in 1907, running for 45 performances.

   Some scenes from A Woman Of No Importance written by the Irish playwright Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900),  and produced at His Majesty's Theatre, London, in 1907, running for 45 performances.
   After its first run in London, the play went on tour around Britain in late 1893. Lewis Waller played Lord Illingworth in this tour. The play returned to London's West End in 1907, staged again by Herbert Beerbohm Tree at His Majesty's Theatre. Tree once again played Illingworth, and Marion Terry played Mrs. Arbuthnot. This production ran for 45 performances.



The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, June 8th, 1907, "A Woman of No Importance" at His Hajesty's Theatre.
   1- Mr. Tree as Lord Illingworth.
   2- Miss Kate Bichop as Lady Caroline Pontefract.
   3- Mr. Edmund Maurice as the Ven. James Daubeny, D. D.
   4- Miss Kate Cutler as Lady Stutfield.
   5- Miss Ellis Jeffreys as Mrs. Allenby.
   6- Miss Viola Tree as the young American Girl, Hester Worsley, with her lover Gerald Arbuthnot (Mr. Charles Quartermaine).
   7- Miss Marion Terry as Mrs. Arbuthnot, Lord Illingworth's Victim.



Viola Tree (Hester Worsley) and Charles Quartermaine (Gerald Arbuthnot), 1907 revival at His Majesty's






Wednesday, 29 July 2020

Some scenes from Milord Sir Smith (a musical comedy) performed at the Comedy Theatre, London, opening on December 15, 1898, with 82 performances.

Some scenes from Milord Sir Smith (a musical comedy) performed at the Comedy Theatre, London, opening on December 15, 1898, with 82 performances.








Three scenes fromThe Dictator (a play in three acts ) written by Richard Harding Davis (1864-1916), and performed at the Comedy Theatre, in 1905.

Three scenes fromThe Dictator (a play in three acts ) written by the American playwright Richard Harding Davis (1864-1916), and performed at the Comedy Theatre, in 1905.



(The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, June 3rd, 1905)