With Flying Colours (a play of five acts) written by the British playwright Seymour Hicks (1871 – 1949) and Frederick G. Latham, and produced at the Adelphi Theatre, opening on 19 August 1899.

Scenes from With Flying Colours (a play of five acts) written by the British playwright Seymour Hicks (1871-1949) and Frederick G. Latham and produced at the Adelphi Theatre, London, on 19 August 1899.

   Performances:  First 19 August 1899; Next 21 August 1899
   Time:  7:30  Genre:  (Drama) new drama; 5 acts

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, September 9th 1899, called "With Flying Colours" at the Adelphi Theatre. Page shows 6 Photographs as follows.
                      a- The Hero a Convict.
                      b- Hackett (Mr. Robert Pateman) at end of Death struggle with
                          Strangeways (Mr. W.L. Abingdon).
                      c- Mr. W.L. Abingdon. Mrs. Raleigh. Mr. Julius Knight.
                      d- Mary Derrick (Miss Sheldon); Wilfred (Mr. Aubrey Mallalieu); Sir
                          John Derrick (Mr. Vibart).
                      e- Dare (Mr. Julius Knight). Wilfred (Mr. Mallalieu).
                      f- Harry Belt (Mr. Harry Nicholls) disguised as a Sailor. Polly (Miss 
                          Florence Lloyd).

Scenes from 'With Flying Colours' at Adelphi Theatre, 1899

First Night Cast:

Sir John Derrick: Henry Vibart

Wilfred Derrick (his son): Aubrey Mallalieu

Lotan Hackett (Sir John Derrick's manager): Robert Pateman

James Strangeways (formerly in the Navy): W[illiam] L. Abingdon

Harry Belt (manager of the bank): Harry Nicholls

Mr. Welldon (of Scotland Yard): H[enry] J. Carvill

Lieut. Charles Andover R. N.: Charles Thursby

Gen. Bellingfield (retired): C[harles] M. Lowne

Lieut. Richard Dare (of H.M.S. Defiance): Julius Knight

Lieut. Camperdown R.N. (of H.M.S. Defiance): Charles Wellesley

Lieut. Turrell (of H.M.S. Defiance): Harry Trevor

Midshipman Horatio Winter (of H.M.S. Defiance): Master Sefton

Bos'un Shelly: Webb Darleigh

Governor of Dartmouth Prison: Clarance Holt

Mary Derrick (Sir John Derrick's daughter): Miss Suzanne Sheldon

Polly Tumble (servant at the bank): Miss Florence Lloyd

Martha Belt (Harry Belt's wife): Mrs. Henry Leigh

Florence Hackett (Lotun Hackett's wife): Mrs. [Cecil] Raleigh

An Interrupted Honeymoon (a play in three acts), written by F. Kinsey Peile, and performed at the Avenue Theatre, London, in 1899.

   Scenes from An Interrupted Honeymoon (a play in three acts), written by the British actor and playwright F. Kinsey Peile (1861-1934), and performed at the Avenue Theatre, London, in 1899.

   In addition to acting, Peile was a playwright. His works written for the West End included Solomon's Twins, 1897; An Interrupted Honeymoon, 1899; Lyre and Lancet, 1902; The Man Who Was, 1903; Money and the Girl, 1910; Bill, Twelve o'clock, and The Shooting Star, all 1912; The Pink Nightgown, 1913; and Who Laughs Last, 1919.

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, October 14th 1899,  "An Interrupted Honeymoon" at the Avenue Theatre.

   a- Miss Sarah Brooke.

   b- Miss Kemmis. Miss Granville. Miss Sarah Brooke. Mrs. George Canninge.

   c- Mr. Arthur Williams as Penny. Mr. Sothern as Kenneth Benyon. Miss Granville

       as the Hon. Mrs. Daniel Gordon.

   d- Mr. Arthur Williams as Penny.

   e- Mrs George Canninge as Miss Rachel Gordon. and Mr. Arthur Williams as 

       Penny.

    f- Miss Bella Pateman as Miss Perceval.  Mr. Sothern as Benyon.  Mr. Holmes 

       Gore as Sir Charles.  Miss Granville as the Hon. Mrs. Daniel Gordon.  Mr. Du 

       Maurier as Chris Trevor.  Miss Sarah Brooke as Miss Violet Babbington.

THEATRE Scenes from The Interrupted Honeymoon at the Avenue, 1899

Miss Granville, the Clever and Dignified Actress who plays the Hon. Mrs. Gordon in An Interrupted Honeymoon at the Avenue Theatre.

Actors from An Interrupted Honeymoon at the Avenue Theatre, 1899

The Mystical Miss performed at the Comedy Theatre, London, in 1899.

 Scenes from The Mystical Miss performed at the Comedy Theatre, London, in 1899.

Cast from The Mystical Miss at the Comedy Theatre, 1899

JESSIE MACKAYE in The Mystical Miss at the Comedy Theatre, 1899

In January 1900, Mackaye again teamed with Hopper in The Mystical Miss (aka The Charlatan) in London.

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.