Hamlet written by William Shakespeare and produced first by Elizabethan Stage Society in 1881, starring William Poel, played Hamlet and Maud Holt Ophelia

   Scenes from Hamlet written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 -1616) and produced first by Elizabethan Stage Society at St. George's Hall, London, in 1881, starring William Poel (the moving spirit of the ESS, 1852 - 1934) as Hamlet and Maud Holt as Ophelia

   Poel revived Hamlet, using the text of the first quarto and doing without scenery. From 1881 to 1883 he was manager of Royal Victoria Hall, London, and then for a year manager of F. R. Benson's company. And in 1895 he founded the Elizabethan Stage Society. 

court scene

Et Dukkehjem (A Doll's House 1879) written by Henrik Ibsen and produced in Bergen, Norway, with Adeleide Johannessen as Nora, in 1881.

   Scenes from Et Dukkehjem (A Doll's House 1879) written by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906) and produced in Bergen, Norway, with Adeleide Johannessen as Nora, in 1881.

   Within the span of a month this play was performed for the first time in each of the three Scandinavian capitals, the world premiere taking place in Copenhagen on 21 December 1879, followed by the first performances in Stockholm and Christiania on 8 and 20 January 1880.

La mascotte (The Mascot, a three-act opéra comique), performed at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Paris, on 28 December 1880, having an initial run of 301 performances.

   A scene from La mascotte (The Mascot, a three-act opéra comique) with music by Edmond Audran and words by Alfred Duru and Henri Chivot, performed  at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Paris, on 28 December 1880, having an initial run of 301 performances.

   The story concerns a farm girl who is a "mascotte": someone with the mystic power to bring good luck to all around her, so long as she remains a virgin.

1880??

Opéra-comique en 3 actes créé aux Bouffes-Parisiens le 29 décembre 1880.

Scene-image by Olaf Jørgensen of the second act of A Doll’s House (Et dukkehjem) at Christiania Theater, on January 20, 1880, with (from the left) Nora (Johanne Juell), Helmer (Arnoldus Reimers), Mrs. Linden (Thora Hansson (Neelsen)) og Doctor Rank (Hjalmar Hammer)

Scene-image by Olaf Jørgensen of the second act of A Doll’s House (Et dukkehjem) written by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen and produced at the Christiania Theater, on January 20, 1880, with (from the left) Nora (Johanne Juell), Helmer (Arnoldus Reimers), Mrs. Linden (Thora Hansson (Neelsen)) og Doctor Rank (Hjalmar Hammer).

Sir Henry Irving as Hamlet of 1893, written by William Shakespeare

Sir Henry Irving (actor-manager, 1838 -1905) as Hamlet in the 1893 production of Hamlet, written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 -1616).

Ellen Terry and Sir Henry Irving as Ophelia and Hamlet 

All's Well That Ends Well written by William Shakespeare, and produced with Ellen Ternan as Countess Rousillion and Lewis Ball as Lavatch starred, around 1880.

A scene from All's Well That Ends Well written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564-1616), and produced with Ellen Ternan as Countess Rousillion and Lewis Ball as Lavatch starred, around 1880.

Mrs Ternan as the Countess Roussillon and Mr Lewis Ball as Her Clown, Act I Scene 3, in All's Well That Ends Well, engraved by D. Pound from a daguerreotype by Paine of Islington (engraving)

Much Ado About Nothing written by William Shakespeare and produced at the Princess' theatre in 1859, with Charles Kean as Benedick, Ellen Kean as Beatrice

A scene from Much Ado About Nothing written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 -1616) and produced at the Princess' theatre in 1859, with Charles Kean as Benedick, Ellen Kean as Beatrice.

(II.i, the masked ball scene)