Mesiats v Derevne (A Month in the Country 1850) written by Ivan Turgenev and produced at the Moscow Art Theatre in December 1909

      A scene from Mesiats v Derevne (A Month in the Country 1850) written by the Russian playwright Ivan Turgenev (1818 - 1883) and produced at the Moscow Art Theatre in December 1909.

The Glittering Gate (a short one-act play for two actors) written by Lord Dunsany (1878-1957) and first performed and directed by David Llewellyn and Jade Thomson, at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, on 29 April 1909

   Scenes from The Glittering Gate (a short one-act play for two actors) written by the Irish playwright Lord Dunsany (1878-1957) and first performed and directed by David Llewellyn and Jade Thomson, at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, on  29 April 1909, featuring Tom Galashan as ‘Jim’ and Isaac Nixon as ‘Bill’.

Original Cast:  

Jim Fred O'Donovan (1)
Bill Norreys Connell

    The Glittering Gate tells the story of two burglars trapped outside the gates of heaven. In its mixture of comedy and existential bleakness, the play anticipates the work of Beckett, and clearly was a major influence on Waiting for Godot in particular. 

Hamlet (by William Shakespeare) produced by Royal Shakespeare Company, on 22nd April 1909, at Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon,

A scene from Hamlet (by William Shakespeare) produced by Royal Shakespeare Company, on 22nd April 1909 (press night), at Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, starring Nelly hutin britton as ophelia and matheson lang as hamlet.

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A scene from A Message from Mars, written by Richard Ganthony (1856–1924), and produced on May 30, 1909, at the Grand Opera House, Seattle.

A scene from A Message from Mars, written by the British actor and playwright Richard Ganthony (1856–1924),  and produced on May 30, 1909, at the Grand Opera House, Seattle.

Hamlet written by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced at the Lyceum Theatre, London, on 13 March 1909

Scenes from Hamlet written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced at the Lyceum Theatre, London, on 13 March 1909, starring Matheson Lang and Mary Allestree.

Shakespeare's play Hamlet, performed at London's Lyceum Theatre in 1909. Matheson Lang plays Prince Hamlet.

Lang played Hamlet in 1909 at the Lyceum Theatre, London.

 Matheson Lan as Hamlet Presented by the Lyceum Theatre on the occasion of the Fiftieth Performance of Hamlet April 27, 1909

THEATRE Matheson Lang as Hamlet at the Lyceum, 1909

Die Räuber (1781) written by Friedrich Schiller and produced at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg, in 1909

Two scenes from Die Räuber (1781) written by the German playwright Friedrich Schiller (1759 - 1805) and produced under the direction of Alfred Freiherr von Berger, at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg, on November 10, 1909, with the cast including Robert Nhil, Konrad Gebhardt, Franz Kreidemann, Grete Egenolf, Max Montor, Max Freiburg, Willy Pfeiffer, Otto Röhl, Emil Stettner.

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The Dashing Little Duke (A Musical Play in three acts), witten by Seymour Hicks and, performed at the Hicks Theatre, London, on February 17, 1909, where it ran for 101 performances.

Scenes from The Dashing Little Duke (A Musical Play in three acts), witten by Seymour Hicks, with lyrics by Adrian Ross music by Frank E. Tours and, performed at the Hicks Theatre, London, on February 17, 1909, where it ran  for 101 performances.

Ellaline Terriss. Elizabeth Firth "The Dashing Little Duke"

Ellaline Terriss. Hayden Coffin "The Dashing Little Duke"

Courtice Pounds, Ellaline Terriss and Hayden Coffin "The Dashing Little Duke"

Ellaline Terriss. Hayden Coffin "The Dashing Little Duke"

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News March 13th 1909, "The Dashing Little Duke," at the Hicks Theatre.

a- Miss Ellaline Terriss, as the Duc de Richelieu, and Miss Elizabeth Firth, as Diane de Noailles, his Wife.

b- The duel between the Chevalier de Martignon (Mr. Hayden Coffin) and the Duc de Richelieu (Miss Ellaline Terriss), which terminates in the latter's favour.

c- Mr. Courtice Pounds, as the Abbe de la Touche, and the fencing pupils.

d- The Duchesse de Bourgoyne (Miss Louie Pounds), who has been at first indignant at the Duc de Richelieu's midnight surprise, screens the offender when the cries for help have brought the guards for his arrest.

e- Miss Coralie Blythe, as Cesarine de Noce, in love with both Martignon and Richelieu.

f- Miss Elizabeth Firth, as the defiant wife of the Duc de Richelieu.