Käthchen von Heilbronn written by Heinrich von Kleist and produced at the Deutsches Theater, Berlin, in 1905, with the stage designed by Max Reinhardt

A scene from Käthchen von Heilbronn written by Heinrich von Kleist (1777–1811) and produced at the Deutsches Theater, Berlin, in 1905, with the stage designed by Max Reinhardt (1873 - 1943)

Stage photo of Gertrud Eysold and Frank Wedekind in Earth Spirit (Erdgeist, 1895) written by Frank Wedekind, photographed in 1905.

   Stage photo of Gertrud Eysold (German actress, 1870 - 1955) and Frank Wedekind in Earth Spirit (Erdgeist, 4-act-tragedy, first published in 1895) written by the German playwright Frank Wedekind (1864 - 1918), photographed in 1905.

   The play was first performed at Feb 1, 1904 at the Intime Theater in Nürnberg, but banned by the German censors afterwards. But Karl Kraus organised a private performance of Frank Wedekind's Die  Büchse der Pandora at the Trianon Theatre in Vienna, on May 29, 1905. 

Romeo and Juliet, written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced at the Imperial Theatre, in May 1905.

Scenes from Romeo and Juliet, written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced at the Imperial Theatre, in May 1905.

Lewis Waller and Evelyn Millard in Romeo and Juliet

An Illustration drawn by C. A. Buchal called "Romeo and Juliet" at the Imperial Theatre." Showing "The Balcony Scene.

Miss Evelyn Millard as "Juliet" and Mr. Waller as "Romeo," The Sphere, April 29th 1905

THEATRE Characters of Romeo & Juliet at the Imperial - Antique Photo Print 1905

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, May 13th, 1905, "Romeo and Juliet," at the Imperial Theatre.

1- Romeo and Juliet (Mr. Lewis Waller and Miss Evelyn Millard) :  "Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day / Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops."

2- Mr. H. V. Esmond as Mercutio :  "Men's eyes were made to look, and let them gaze,

       I will not budge for no man's pleasure, I."

3- Juliet with the Friar (Mr. A. E. George) : "Oh bid me leap, rather than marry Paris,

       From off the battlements of yonder tower ;"

4- Juliet with her nurse (Miss Mary Rorke) : "O, he's a lovely gentleman! Romeo's a dishclout to him."

Man and Superman written by George Bernard Shaw and first produced at the Royal Court Theatre, London, on May 23, 1905

Scenes from Man and Superman written by the British playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) and first produced at the Royal Court Theatre, London, on May 23,  1905, with Harley Granville Barker as John Tanner and Lillah McCarthy as Anne Whitefield.

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What Pamela Wanted, performed at the Criterion Theatre, London, from 22 April to 16 June, 1905, runnnig for 56 performances.

Some scenes from What Pamela Wanted, performed at the Criterion Theatre, London, from 22 April to 16 June, 1905, runnnig for 56 performances.

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, May 6th, 1905, "What Pamela Wanted," at the Criterion Theatre.

1- The courtship of Pamela and Raymond (Miss Ethel Irving and Mr. Leslie Faber). They have never met before, but in ten minutes have agreed to marry and afterwards to do exactly as he or she pleases.

2- But being married, they discover that liberty of action is only thoroughly satisfactory to the person liberated, and consequently soon become madly-though causelessly-jelous of each other.

3- The separation of Pamela and Raymond, when the former declares a pretended passion for the amorous but unheroic "Puff Puff" (Mr. Lennox Pawle), whom she embraces before her husband.

4- The father of Raymond (Mr. Frank Cooper), who has flirted with the mother of Pamela (Miss Lottie Venne) throughout the play, proposes to her in the last act.

5- Their children soon after patch up their quarrel on discovering that they are to fond of each other to keep apart. In future liberty of action must be subject to the consent of both.

Ethel Irving and Leslie Faber in What Pamela Wanted. 

Miss Ethel Irving, as Pamela during the period of her efforts at husband management in "What Pamela Wanted," at the Criterion Theatre. 1905.

ETHEL IRVING (1869–1963) in What Pamela Wanted at the Criterion,  1905

Alice Sit-By-The-Fire written by James M. Barrie (1860-1937), and produced at the Duke of York's Theatre, London, from 5th April 1905.

Several scenes from Alice Sit-By-The-Fire written by the Scottish playwright James M. Barrie (1860-1937), and produced at the Duke of York's Theatre, London, from 5th April 1905.

A E Matthews, Lettice Fairfax and Irene Vanbrugh "Alice Sit-by-the-Fire: A Page From A Daughter's Diary" by J M Barrie. Duke Of York's, 1905, 115 performances.

A E Matthews, Lettice Fairfax and Irene Vanbrugh "Alice Sit-by-the-Fire: A Page From A Daughter's Diary" by J M Barrie. Duke Of York's, 1905, 115 performances

She Stoops to Conquer (a comedy) written by Oliver Goldsmith, and produced at the Abbey Theater, Dublin, starring Kyrle Bellew and Eleanor Robson, on March 23, 1905

A scene from She Stoops to Conquer (comedy, first performed in London in 1773) written by the Anglo-Irish author Oliver Goldsmith (1728 -1774), and produced by the Garrick Amateur Dramatic Club at the Abbey Theater, Dublin in Ireland, starring Kyrle Bellew and Eleanor Robson, on March 23, 1905 (just one performance), with the prologue by Mr. W. Alexander Craig, M.R.I.A. and spoken by Miss Mary O'Hea and orchestral music during the intervals by Mr. G. R. Hillis's Concert Orchestra.

Kyrle Bellew and Eleanor Robson in a scene from She Stoops to Conquer (1905)

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