Hamlet written by William Shakespeare and produced in July 1899, featuring Sir Frank Benson as Hamlet.

   Scenes from Hamlet written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced at Stratford-upon-Avon?, in 1899, featuring Sir Frank Benson as Hamlet, Matheson Lang as Osric Frances, Dillon as Gertrude.

   On an afternoon in July 1899, Frank Benson took the radical step of introducing a complete First Folio text of Hamlet for Stratford audiences.

Sir Frank Benson as Hamlet, and Katherine as Ophelia in Hamlet

  

The following is one of a number of cards with an actor or actress photographed against the ivy-covered wall outside the Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford. Sir Frank played Hamlet at Stratford seventeen times between 1886 and 1916. 

In Days Of Old performed at the St. James's Theatre, London, in 1899, probably in June.

Some scenes from In Days Of Old performed at the St. James's Theatre, London, in 1899, probably in June.

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, June 10th, 1899, "In Days Of Old" at the St. James's Theatre.

   a- Miss Violet Vanbrugh as Margaret of Anjou (Act III.).

   b- Miss Esme Beringer as Lady Agatha.

   c- Mr. H. V. Esmond as Adam Haygarth (Act II.).

   d- Mr. H. B. Irving as Ulick Beddart.

 The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, May 6th, 1899, Drawings by Ray Potter for "In Days Of Old" at the St. James's Theatre.

   a- "Am i the one you Seek?"   b- "Strike for the Lady."    c- "You Shall Answer For This"  Act II.

Romeo and Juliet (tragedy) written by William Shakespeare and produced by Charles Frohman at the Empire Theatre, in 1899

Scenes from Romeo and Juliet (tragedy) written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced by Charles Frohman (American director, 1856 - 1915) at the Empire Theatre, having run from May 8, 1899 to the date unknown, starring Maude Adams as Juliet and William Faversham as Romeo.

Reading of The Seagull written by Anton Chekhov, Moscow Art Theater actors, on May 7, 1899

Reading of The Seagull written by Anton Chekhov, at the Moscow Art Theater on May 7, 1899, photographed by Peter Pavlov.

  

The Seagull (1895) written by Anton Chekhov and directed by Constantin Stanislavski and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko at the Moscow Art Theater in 1898

   Some scenes from The Seagull (Чайка, first published in 1895) written by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) and directed by Constantin Stanislavski (Russian theatre practitioner, 1863 - 1938) and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko at the Moscow Art Theater on December 29, 1898.

   The cast included Stanislavski as Trigorin and Vsevolod Meyerhold as Konstantin, Olga Knipper as Arkadnia, Maria Lilina as Masha, Maria Roksanova as Nina, Yevgeniya Raevskaya as Polina, Ioasaf Tikhomirov as Medvedenko, Vasily Luzhsky as Sorin, Alexander Vishnevsky as Dorn, and Alexander Artem as Shamrayev. The production ran for 57 performances in the 1898—99 season, 13 in the next, and 9 in the 1900 - 01 season. This was the first production in Moscow, though the play had been performed with only moderate success in St. Petersburg two years earlier. 

Act 1 set design for The Seagull at the 1898 Moscow Theatre arts production

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The Seagull (1895) written by Anton Chekhov, directed by Konstantin Stanislavsky and Vladimir Nemirovich Danchenko at the Moscow Art Theater in December, 1898

Scenes from The Seagull (first published in 1895) written by the Russian Playwright Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), performed and directed by Konstantin Stanislavsky (1863-1938) and Vladimir Nemirovich Danchenko (1858-1943) at the Moscow Art Theater in December, 1898.

The Seagull 1898 at Moscow Art Theatre. From left to right; V. Luzhsky as Sorin, V. Meyerhold as Treplev, and M. Roksanova as Nina.

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Milord Sir Smith (a musical comedy) performed at the Comedy Theatre, London, opening on December 15, 1898, with 82 performances.

Some scenes from Milord Sir Smith (a musical comedy) performed at the Comedy Theatre, London, opening on December 15, 1898, running for 82 performances.