A Message from Mars, written by Richard Ganthony (1856–1924), and produced with actors Charles Hawtrey, Hetta Bartlett, Mona Harrison and Wallace Widdecombe in 1905.

   A scene from A Message from Mars, written by the British actor and playwright Richard Ganthony (1856–1924), and produced at the Garrick Theatre, London, with actors Charles Hawtrey, Hetta Bartlett, Mona Harrison and Wallace Widdecombe, in 1905.

   A Message from Mars premiered at London's Avenue Theatre in November 1899. Two years later, following a very successful run of more than 500 performances in London, the play and its star performer, Charles Hawtrey, transferred to New York's Garrick Theatre. Between 1903 and 1905, Hawtrey's theater company took the play on tour throughout the United States.

A program from a 1905 production of the stage play.