Saturday, 25 September 2004

The Music Master (a theatrical play), written by Charles Klein, and produced and directed by David Belasco, at the Belasco Theatre, New York city, on September 26, 1904.

   Scenes from The Music Master (a theatrical play), written by the American playwright Charles Klein (1867 – 1915) , and produced and directed by David Belasco, at the Belasco Theatre, New York city, on September 26, 1904, running  for 124 performances. 

   The three-act comedy-drama opened at the Belasco Theatre in New York on September 26, 1904. It ran for 124 performances before it was moved to the Bijou Theatre where it ran for another 511 performances over that and the next two seasons (taking summers off), before going on tour.



David Warfield in The Music Master


David Warfield in "The Music Master


"The Music Master" Act I. - Herr Von Berwig's Dinner Party


David Warfield in "The Music Master" Act III


David Warfield and Minnie Dupree in "The Music Master"




 "The Music Master" Act I. - Herr Von Berwig's Dinner Party


 "David Warfield in The Music Master", The New York Times, September 27, 1904



Friday, 24 September 2004

Medocs vinhandel (Medoc's wine shop) performed at the Dramatiska teatern, in 1904

Scenes from Medocs vinhandel (Medoc's wine shop) performed at the Dramatiska teatern (The Swedish National Theatre founded in 1788 in Stockholm), in 1904, starring Nils Edvard Personne (Swedish actor and director, 1850 – 1928) as Henri and Amanda Janson as Berthe.






Thursday, 26 August 2004

His Majesty's Servant, performed at the Imperial Theatre, London, in 1904.

 Scenes from His Majesty's Servant, performed at the Imperial Theatre, London, in 1904.



1904 LONDON Imperial His Majestys Servant, Elliott Hosford Hamilton Mohun



'His Majesty's Servant' at Imperial Theatre, 1904


The Play Pictorial featuring the romantic Play His Majesty's Servant at the Imperial Theatre, starring Lewis Waller.



HIS MAJESTY'S SERVANT Sketches at Imperial Theatre, 1904


1904 The Imperial Theatre His Majesty's Servant programme



Sunday, 1 August 2004

A Doll’s House written by Henrik Ibsen and produced in St Petersburg, featuring Vera Komissarzhevskaya as Nora in 1904

Scenes from Et Dukkehjem (A Doll’s House, published in 1879) written by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), and produced at the Komissarzhevsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg,  under the direction of Vsevolod Emilevich Meyerhold (Russian theatre director, 1874 - 1940), starring Vera Komissarzhevskaya (most celebrated Russian actress, 1864 - 1910) as Nora, in 1904.









Friday, 30 July 2004

Some scenes from The Wisdom of the Wise written by John Oliver Hobbes (1867 – 1906), and performed at the St. James's Theatre, in 1901.

Some scenes from The Wisdom of the Wise (a comedy in three acts) written by the Anglo-American dramatist John Oliver Hobbes (1867 – 1906), and performed at the St. James's Theatre, in 1901.



(The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, January 12th, 1901)


Thursday, 29 July 2004

Some scenes from Sunday written by Thomas Raceward,and performed at the Comedy Theatre, from 27th June in 1904, starring Julia Neilson and Fred Terry.

   Some scenes from Sunday written by Thomas Raceward,and performed at the Comedy Theatre, from 27th June in 1904, starring Julia Neilson and Fred Terry.
   This play is written by Horace Hodges (1863-1951), Edward Irwin (fl. 1900) and Thomas Wigney Percyval (1865-?) under the joint pen name of "Thomas Raceward". 
   First performed at the Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, on 11 January, 1904 and also played at Prince’s Theatre, Bristol (1904 – 1905). In the USA the play was first performed in New York at the Hudson Theatre on Broadway from 15 November, 1904, to January, 1905, produced by Charles Frohman, staged by William Seymour and featuring Ethel Barrymore.















Friday, 2 July 2004

The Cherry Orchard written by Anton Chekhov and performed at the Moscow Art Theater in 1904

Scenes from the third act of The Cherry Orchard written by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) and performed at the Moscow Art Theater in 1904.