Some scenes from The Tree of Knowledge written by Henry James (1843 – 1916), and produced at the St. James's Theatre, in 1897.

   Some scenes from The Tree of Knowledge written by  the American-British author Henry James (1843 – 1916), and produced at the St. James's Theatre, in 1897.
   The Tree of Knowledge first appeared in the volume of short stories published under the collective title The Soft Side in 1900 – a remarkably productive year for Henry James.

(The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, November 6th, 1897)

Photographic portrait of the actress Constance Collier (1878-1955) as Belle in the Tree of Knowledge, at St James's Theatre, London Stereoscopic Company, 1897.

Fay Davis as Monica Blayne in The Tree of Knowledge, St. James’s Theatre, London, 1897

Principal characters

Peter Brench bachelor (50) and ‘writer’

Morgan Mallow his friend, a sculptor

Mrs Mallow Mallow’s wife

Lance (Lancelot) their son

Egidio their Italian footman

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