The Perplexed Husband (1911) written by Alfred Sutro and performed in 1911,

A scene from The Perplexed Husband (1911) written by the English dramatist Alfred Sutro (1863 - 1933) and performed in 1911, featuring Gerald du Maurier, Athene Seyler, A. E. Benedict, E. Lyall Swete, Maude Millett, Enid Bell, Henrietta Watson.

Henrietta Watson and E. Lyall Swete

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Arms and the Man (1893-94) written by George Bernard Shaw and performed at the Junior-Senior Supper Play, Pennsylvania, in 1911

A scene from Arms and the Man (1893-94) written by the British playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) and performed at the Junior-Senior Supper Play, Pennsylvania, in 1911.

Stage design by Edward Gordon Craig for a scene for Electre, 1911.

Stage design by Edward Gordon Craig (1872 - 1966) for a scene for Electre, 1911. The heroine’s shadow on an upstage flat is huge and opaque. Electra herself is small, with no visible face and gloved hands. Her dark robes blend in with the floor.

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The Count of Luxenbourg (operetta) opened at Daly's Theatre, London, on May 20, 1911

   Some scenes from The Count of Luxenbourg (operetta) opened at the Daly's Theatre, London, on May 20, 1911 and ran for a successful 345 performances, starring Lily Elsie, Huntley Wright, W. H. Berry and Bertram Wallis.

   The Count of Luxembourg is an operetta in two acts with English lyrics and libretto by Basil Hood and Adrian Ross, music by Franz Lehár, based on Lehár's three-act German operetta Der Graf von Luxemburg which had premiered in Vienna in 1909. 

The Count of Luxenbourg at Daly's Theatre

Drawing of Wallis and Elsie

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The Taming of the Shrew written by William Shakespeare and produced by Royal Shakespeare Company, on 6th May 1911, at Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.

Scenes of the play The Taming of the Shrew written by William Shakespeare and produced by Royal Shakespeare Company, on 6th May 1911 (press night), at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.

Cast & Crew
Baptista Alfred Brydone
Bianca Ethel McDowall
Biondello James Berry
Cook George Manship
Curtis Elinor Aickin
Gremio H O Nicholson
Grumio Henry Caine
Hortensio Alfred Wild
Katherina Constance Benson
Lucentio Murray Carrington
Nathaniel Rupert L Conrick
Pedant W W Caithness
Petruchio F R Benson
Sugar Sop Cecil Dighton
Tailor John Maclean
Tranio J Moffat Johnston
Vincentio John Howell
Walter Reginald Coplestone
Widow Violet Farebrother
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Director F R Benson
Playwright William Shakespeare

Better Not Enquire produced at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London, on 20th April, 1911

Scenes from Better Not Enquire produced at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London, on 20th April 1911.

Scene from Better Not Enquire, 20th April 1911

Fanny's First Play (3-act-comedy, 1910-11) written by George Bernard Shaw and produced at the Little Theatre, London, in 1911,

   A scene from Fanny's First Play (3-act-comedy, 1910-11) written by the British playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) and produced at the Little Theatre, London, on April 19, 1911, having run for 622 performances.

   Fanny's First Play is a 1911 play by George Bernard Shaw. It was first performed as an anonymous piece, the authorship of which was to be kept secret. However, critics soon recognised it as the work of Shaw. It opened at the Little Theatre in the Adelphi in London on 19 April 1911 and ran for 622 performances. The mystery over the authorship helped to publicise it. It had the longest run of any of Shaw's plays.

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