Some scenes from A Message from Mars, written by the British actor and playwright Richard Ganthony (1856–1924), and first performed at London's Avenue Theatre in November 1899.
Richard Ganthony was an actor and playwright. He is best known as the author of the drama A Message from Mars, which premiered in 1899.
The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, October 27th 1900, "A Message from Mars," at the Avenue Theatre.
a- Horace Parker (Charles Hawtrey). The Messenger from Mars.
b- Miss Bella Pateman as Miss Parker.
c- Mr. Arthur Williams as a Tramp.
d- Horace Parker deigns to justify himself, with generalisations, in conversation with his fiancee Minnie (Miss Jessie Bateman).
e- Horace Parker the over-night cynic and sceptic, after a night spent with the Messenger, cannot even believe an urchin guilty of the theft of which he is accused.
f- The Tramp (Mr. Arthur Williams).
g- Horace is Supernaturally made Hungry and Cold, to learn charity for the Houseless Poor.
THEATRE Scenes from A Message from Mars at the Avenue, 1900
Portrait of Jessie Bateman (1877–1940) as Minnie Templer and Bella Pateman as Miss Parker in A Message from Mars from The Sketch, Vol. XXXII, No. 405, October 31, 1900.
Portrait of Jessie Bateman (1877–1940) as Minnie Templer, Bella Pateman as Miss Parker, and Hilda Hanbury (1875–1961) as Mrs. Clarence in A Message from Mars from The Sketch, Vol. XXXII, No. 405, October 31, 1900.
1900 THEATRE Charles Hawtrey Avenue Message from Mars, Messenger Jessie Bateman
Poster advertising touring production of A Message From Mars, c.1900
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