Some scenes from The Noble Lord, writtenby Robert Marshall (1863 – 1910), and performed at the Criterion Theatre, London, in 1900.

Some scenes from The Noble Lord, writtenby the Scottish playwright Robert Marshall (1863 – 1910), and  performed at the Criterion Theatre, London, in 1900. (A Chat with Miss Ellis Jeffreys.- by G. Spencer Edwards.)

The Noble Lord : "An Original Farcical Comedy" by Robert Marshall. Produced at the Criterion Theatre (London - c. 1900) starring Arthur Bourchier, Weedon Grossmith, George Giddens, Annie Hughes, May Pardoe, etc. Billed with "A Charitable Bequest" by W. Newnham Davis

Noble Lord Criterion Ellis Jeffreys Kathleen H Green, 1900

Scene from The Noble Lord at the Criterion Theatre, 1900

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, November 3rd 1900, "The Noble Lord" at the Criterion Theatre. (the Article is a Chat with Miss Ellis Jeffreys.- by G. Spencer Edwards.)

a- Miss Ellis Jeffreys at Home.

b- Mr. Terence O'Hagan (Leader of the Irish Party)- Mr. George Giddens. With Lord Archibald Melrose (Prime Minister, Etc.)- Mr. Arthur Bourchier. and The Right Hon. Oliver Watson (Leader of the Opposition)-Mr. Weedon Grossmith.

c- Half Page Photograph showing - The Baroness (Miss Jeffreys) is asked by O'Hagan if she will Marry him, provided he takes in his Irish Party to vote for her Women's Rights Bill, on the passing of which she has set her heart. The division bell, he says, is about to ring, and in desperation she tells him he may, "generally speaking, hope."

d- Half Page Photograph showing - "O'hagan having been reported dead, the Baroness is claimed by the leader of the Opposition (Mr. Weedon Grossmith) as his bride, he having brought in and supported her Bill, although the Irish Party turned the voting in its favour. Her real Lover, the Prime Minister, is best man. In the midst of the ceremony O'Hagan presently breaks, rescued from sea, and the ensuing hubbub of the claimants for the bride is arrested by the best man stepping into the place of the late bridegroom.