Thursday, 17 August 2006

The Harlequin King (4-act masquerade), written by Rudolph Lothar, adapted by Louis N. Parker and Selwyn Brinton and produced at the Imperial Theatre, London in 1906

Scenes from The Harlequin King (4-act masquerade), written by Austrian playwright Rudolph Lothar (1865-1943), adapted by Louis N. Parker and Selwyn Brinton, and produced at the Imperial Theatre, London, in 1906, starring Lewis Waller (British actor, 1860 - 1915), Evelyn Millard (1869 - 1941) as Colombina, and Norman McKinnel (1870 - 1932) as Tancred.



1906 Imperial Theatre Harlequin King Waller Millard




Miss Millard Mr Waller Harlequin King Imperial Theatre 1906



Miss Evelyn Millard and Mr. Lewis Waller, reunited after their trials and dangers, in love and happiness in Act IV. of The Harlequin King, at the Imperial Theatre.











Tuesday, 15 August 2006

Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich (Zar Fedor Iwanowitsch, 1868) written by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy and produced at The Moscow Art Theatre, in 1906

Scenes from Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich (Zar Fedor Iwanowitsch, premiered in an amateur production in Saint Petersburg in 1890), written by Russian playwright Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817-1875) and produced at the Moskauer Künstlerische Theater (The Moscow Art Theatre) in 1906.





Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich staged by Konstantin Stanislavsky, 1898, Moscow Art Theater, 


Sunday, 6 August 2006

The Prince Chap, written by Edward Peple and produced at the Criterion Theatre, London, in 1906.

Scenes from The Prince Chap, written by American playwright Edward Peple (known for his comedies and farces, 1867-1924) and produced at Criterion Theatre, London, in 1906.



The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, July 21st, 1906, "The Prince Chap," by Edward Peple, at the Criterion Theatre.  /  Miss Lilias Waldegrave, as Alice Travers, and Mr. H. Roberts, as William Peyton.  /  Miss Hilda Trevelyan, as Phoebe Puckers.  /  Mr. H. R. Roberts, as William Peyton, and Betty Green, as Claudia, in Act I.  /  Miss Janet Alexander, as Claudia, in Act III.


1906 Antoine Criterion Theatre Prince Chap Le Passe


Wednesday, 2 August 2006

Tristram and Iseult (A Drama in Four Acts) written by J. Comyns Carr and performed at the Royal Adelphi Theatre, London, in 1906

Scenes from Tristram and Iseult (A Drama in Four Acts), written by English playwright J. Comyns Carr (1849 – 1916)  and performed at the Royal Adelphi Theatre, London, in 1906, starring Oscar Asche, Matheson Lang, Charles Rock, Cecil Duncan, Henry Kitts, etc.



1906 LONDON ADELPHI THEATRE Comyn Carr Tristram Iseult


The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, September 15th, 1906, "Tristram and Iseult," by J. Comyns Carr, at the Adelphi Theatre.  /  Miss Lily Brayton, as Iseult, and Mr. Matheson Lang, as Sir Tristram.  /  Miss Edith Wynne-Matthison, as Brangwaine, Iseult's attendant.  /  Mr. Oscar Asche, as Mark, King of Cornwall.  /  The death of Tristram, showing King Mark (Mr. Oscar Asche), Sir Tristram (Mr. Matheson Lang), Sir Andred (Mr. Charles Rock), and Iseult (Miss Lily Brayton).


Sunday, 30 July 2006

The Triumph of the Philistines, written by Henry Arthur Jones and performed at the St. James's Theatre in 1895.

Scenes from The Triumph of the Philistines, written by the English dramatist Henry Arthur Jones (1851-1929), and performed at the St. James's Theatre, in 1895.





Saturday, 22 July 2006

Der Corregidor by Hugo Wolf produced by the Komischen Oper Berlin in 1906

A scene from Der Corregidor (4-act comic opera) by Hugo Wolf (Austrian composer, 1860 - 1903) produced by the Komischen Oper Berlin (German opera company based in Berlin) in 1906.





Saturday, 8 July 2006

Rosmersholm (1886) written by Henrik Ibsen, and produced at the Lessing Theater, Berlin, in 1906

Scenes from Rosmersholm (Four-act Tragedy, first published in 1886), written by Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), performed at the Lessing Theater, Berlin, in 1906, starring Emanuel Reicher (1849-1924) as Rosmer and the German actress Irene Triesch (1877-1964) as Rebecca.



Irene Triesch (Actress, 1877-1964) as 'Rebecca' and Emanuel Reicher as 'Rosmer' in Rosmerholm