Several 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, opening on 19 August 1899.

Several 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, opening on 19 August 1899.

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

Preliminaries Commentary

 With Flying Colours

Author: Seymour Hicks; Author: Frederick G. Latham

Performances:  First 19 August 1899; Next 21 August 1899

Time:  7:30  Genre:  (Drama) new drama; 5 acts

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

Convict 90 (a burglar): [A. C.] Hardie

Convict 64 (a clerk): Stanley Brett

Convict 48 (a Jew): Dudley Clinton

Convict 20 (a nobleman): F. G. Bayly

1st warder: R. Forsyth

2nd warder: Dilke

burglar's wife: Miss Mariette Hyde

quartermaster: [William] Dempsey

a waiter (Southampton Hotel): Hodding

mess waiter: T. Hill

detective: Hood

Kevin (gamekeeper): Baylis

railway porter: R. C. Elers

newsboy: Master Green

refreshment boy: Master Thornton

officers, convicts, yokels, sailors, b

Some scenes from Angela written by George Duval and Cosmo Gordon Lennox (1868 – 1921), and performed at the Comedy Theatre, London, in 1907.

Some scenes from Angela written by George Duval and the British playwright Cosmo Gordon Lennox (1868 – 1921), and performed at the Comedy Theatre, London, in 1907.

Some scenes from An Interrupted Honeymoon (a play in three acts), written by F. Kinsey Peile (1861-19), and performed at the Avenue Theatre, London, in 1899.

   Some scenes from An Interrupted Honeymoon (a play in three acts), written by the British actor and playwright F. Kinsey Peile (1861-19), 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

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

 Some 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.

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

Some 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.

Two scenes from The Conquerors (a drama in four acts) written by Paul M. Potter (1853 – 1921), and performed at the St. James's Theatre, London, in 1898.

   Two scenes from The Conquerors (a drama in four acts) written by the American playwright Paul M. Potter (1853 – 1921), and performed at the St. James's Theatre, London, in 1898.

   The Conquerors is a drama in four acts by Paul M. Potter. The play premiered on Broadway on January 4, 1898 at the Empire Theatre in a performance by the Empire Stock Company.  Initial critical reaction to the work was harsh; with the New York press dismissing the work as "immoral" and a "deliberate endeavor to pander to debased tastes". It was rapidly withdrawn with the intent of rewriting the work's final act. The play was reworked and opened to better reception; becoming one of the hits of the season. It was performed in London at the St James's Theatre in 1898.

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Some scenes from The Topsy-Turvy Hotel, performed at the Comedy Theatre, in 1898.

Some scenes from The Topsy-Turvy Hotel, performed at the Comedy Theatre, in 1898. The Topsy-Turvy Hotel is the English libretto by Arthur Sturgess, founded on the French of Maurice Ordonneau; music by Victor Roger and Lionel Monckton.

     

1898 Comedy Theatre London Programme "Topsy-Turvy Hotel"